Day in the Life

Apr 9, 1877

Journal Entry

April 09, 1877 ~ Monday

April 9. I gave 2 second Anointing to
A crown A single key with teeth to the right A single key with teeth to the right A single key with teeth to the right The wife of G. Q. Cannon And L John Nuttall
wife Wilford Woodruff was Anointed for and in Behalf of
the Prophet Robert Mason and Father Aphek Woodruff
And Uncle Ozem Woodruff And Phebe Amelia Woodruff
Snow
was Anointed for Bulah Thompson Woodruff &
Hannah Hart Woodruff & 3 Three wives of Robert Mason)
I Adopted or sealed 10 children to Parents to day we gave
24 Seconed Anointing and Baptized 956 for the dead A single key with teeth to the left

People

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Woodruff, Aphek, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
574 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Bulah Thompson
22 Apr 1783 - 11 Jun 1808
76 mentions
Family
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2227 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Hannah Day Hart
20 Mar 1799 - 26 Dec 1887
62 mentions
Family
Nuttall, Leonard John
6 Jul 1834 - 23 Feb 1905
Woodruff, Ozem, b. 1787
3 Nov 1787 - 18 Feb 1871
159 mentions
Family
Snow, Phebe Amelia Woodruff
4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919
341 mentions
Family
Mason, Robert
1 Aug 1748 - 5 Feb 1835

Events

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Wilford receives revelation authorizing proxy ordinances for his family by non-relatives.
In honor of Wilford's 70th birthday, 154 women serve as proxies in ordinances for his deceased female relatives.
Wilford and others finished writing down the ceremonies and temple procedures.
Wilford resigns as President of the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society after 15 years.

Apr 9, 1877