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Day in the Life

Mar 6, 1877

Journal Entry

March 06, 1877 ~ Tuesday

6. I met at President Youngs to attend to the burial of Br
Tout He was laid out in fine clean linen robes and
Apron and laid in a good but plain coffin. President
^[FIGURES]^ Young remarked to us we are burying this man as we
requested to be buried in our wills, and when I die
I want to be quietly laid away without any demonst-
ration and then I want Evry body to go about their
business. I made a Prayer at the House, but no funeral
three carriages of us went to the grave, President Young went
went, made a few remarks at the Grave, and we returned I was
at the Temple in the Afternoon. I attended a prayer Meeting

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3304 mentions
Apostle, Family
2 mentions

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

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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 6, 1877