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Day in the Life

Mar 15, 1877

Journal Entry

March 15, 1877 ~ Thursday

15 Keys crossed We gave Endowments to 222 persons the most we
ever gave in one day in that Temple President
Brigham Young spent the day in the Temple I washed and
Anointed him, and gave him his Endowments for
[blank] Peirce I gave President Brigham Young his
seconed Anointing for and in Behalf of Moses Whitesides
Also Sister Amelia Young her 2nd Anointing for her Mother

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3425 mentions
Apostle, Family
Young, Lucy Bigelow
3 Oct 1830 - 3 Feb 1905
39 mentions
Family
2 mentions
54 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 15, 1877