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Day in the Life

Mar 2, 1877

Journal Entry

March 02, 1877 ~ Friday

March March 2 1877
I went to the Temple at 8 oclok I found 197 Men & women
waiting to receive their Endowments I was greeted by many
friends on the Events of my birth ^day^ we gave Endowments 197 to
day. W Woodruff sealed 201 couple, E. Snow 39. their was 63 Elders
ordaind [FIGURE] I sealed Joseph Smith & Sarah Melissa Granger
President Young visited us to day

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
640 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2227 mentions
Kimball, Sarah Melissa Granger
29 Dec 1818 - 1 Dec 1898
16 mentions

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

Events

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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.

Mar 2, 1877