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Day in the Life

Apr 20, 1877

Journal Entry

April 20, 1877 ~ Friday

20 . We gave 290 Endowments 31 Elders ordained for the dead
[FIGURE] I wrote to Leslie W Snow. W Woodruff sealed 13 couple
J. D. T. McAllister 15 couple WW gave 3 second Anointings and
sealed 3 Sons of Artiemus Millet to him I sealed 6 children
to Artemus Millet to hism

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1 mention
McAllister, John Daniel Thompson
19 Feb 1827 - 21 Jan 1910
596 mentions
Missionary
Snow, Leslie Woodruff
6 Feb 1862 - 28 Nov 1935
175 mentions
Family

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.

Apr 20, 1877