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Day in the Life

Mar 14, 1877

Journal Entry

March 14, 1877 ~ Wednesday

March 14, 1877 I spent the day in the Temple we gave
[FIGURES] Endowments to 178 181. E Snow sealed 46
there was 70 Elder ordained I washed
^[FIGURES]^ And Anointed President Brigham Young for and in
behalf of John Sanderson Twiss to get Endowments
for his the first time that President Young has Ever
got Endowments for any person on Earth I also
gave President Young his Second Anointing for John Sander
Twist for John Sanderson Twiss.

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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
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 14, 1877