Day in the Life

Apr 13, 1877

Journal Entry

April 13, 1877 ~ Friday

A crown A single key with teeth to the right A single key with teeth to the right A crown ^14^ I went to the Temple And set apart John Daniel
Thompson MCAllister
to officiate at the Altar in sealing
Ordinances And He sealed to Wilford Woodruff 53 single
women who were dead Eudora Louvina Young
officiated as Proxey

143 A crown A single key with teeth to the right We gave Endowments to 87, Ordained 36 Elders
G Q Cannon sealed 24 couple W Woodruff 1.
^ Keys crossed^ Ezra Carter sen, and Phebe Whitemore Sarah Fabyan
Phebe Whitamore Ezra Carter jr, and Sarah Fabyan
Ozem Woodruff, and Acksa, & Hannah Hart Woodruff.
All the above three families were Adopted to Wilford Woodruff sen
Also Robert Mason and his three wives, were Adopted
to Wilford Woodruff sen and Phebe Whitamore Carter
Woodruff. Wilford Woodruff sen and Phebe Whitamore
Carter Woodruff was then adopted to his Father Aphek
Woodruff
. John H Standiford Adopted to Wilford Woodruff sen
11 seconed Anointings and 15 Adoptions. April 14 My family left this morning

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Woodruff, Aphek, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
574 mentions
Family
Carter, Ezra (Jr.)
29 Apr 1804 - 11 May 1887
177 mentions
Family
Carter, Ezra, b. 1773
18 Mar 1773 - 10 Mar 1868
288 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
McAllister, John Daniel Thompson
19 Feb 1827 - 21 Jan 1910
648 mentions
Missionary
Woodruff, Ozem, b. 1787
3 Nov 1787 - 18 Feb 1871
159 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1580 mentions
Family
Mason, Robert
1 Aug 1748 - 5 Feb 1835
Carter, Sarah Fabyan
8 Apr 1775 - 24 Jul 1845
90 mentions
Family

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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 13, 1877