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Day in the Life

Feb 21, 1877

Journal Entry

February 21, 1877 ~ Wednesday

21. I presided at the Temple we baptized 484 for the dead J L Smith
Baptized 208 A P Winsor 276 I wrote one letter to Bulah & her children
[FIGURE] President Young visited us ([FIGURES] I gave seconed Anointing for
10 persons 3 for the dead (Addison Everet & wife Thomas Day)

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9 mentions
11 mentions
Woodruff, Beulah Augusta Beatie
19 Jul 1851 - 13 Jan 1905
248 mentions
Family
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3299 mentions
Apostle, Family
40 mentions
Day, Thomas
1814-1893
8 mentions

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St. George Temple, St. George, Washington County, Utah Territory

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1877
Church membership reaches 115,065.
February 23, 1877
Wilford receives revelation authorizing proxy ordinances for his family by non-relatives.
March 1, 1877
In honor of Wilford's 70th birthday, 154 women serve as proxies in ordinances for his deceased female relatives.
March 21, 1877
Wilford and others finished writing down the ceremonies and temple procedures.
April 16, 1877
Wilford resigns as President of the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society after 15 years.

Feb 21, 1877