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Day in the Life

Mar 13, 1877

Journal Entry

March 13, 1877 ~ Tuesday

13. I spent the day in the Temple we Baptized 844 for the dead
(W Woodruff gave 2nd Anointing to 10 persons) I wrote
[FIGURE] 2 letters to Susan C Scholes gave an account my [Birth]
day work I Also wrote to James J Woodruff

People

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Woodruff, James Jackson
25 May 1847 - 8 Dec 1927
85 mentions
Family
Scholes, Susan Cornelia Woodruff
25 Jul 1843 - 6 Oct 1897
357 mentions
Family

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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 13, 1877