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Day in the Life

Aug 19, 1877

Journal Entry

August 19, 1877 ~ Sunday

19. Sunday Met at the Tabernacle at 11 oclok prayer By W W Smith
Augustus Hardy spoke 10 Minuts, Thomas Hall 10 M[inutes], B F
Pendleton 14 Minuts. Afternoon prayer By James Nixon
Frank B. Woodly spoke 2 M[inutes], Moroni Snow 2 M[inutes], Seth Pimm 1,
Erastus B Snow spoke 6 M[inutes], W Woodruff 35 M[inutes] D. H. Cannon 35
I wrote 2 Letters to Bulah, & Emma.

A crown I spent the Evening in preparing a list of the Noted Men of the
17 centaury and 18th including the signers of the declaration of
Independance and the Presidents of the United State[s] for
Baptism on Tuesday the 21, Aug 1877

People

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Hardy, Augustus Poore
2 Mar 1831 - 23 Dec 1912
8 mentions
Pendleton, Benjamin Franklin
13 Mar 1818 - 11 Nov 1881
4 mentions
Woodruff, Beulah Augusta Beatie
19 Jul 1851 - 13 Jan 1905
260 mentions
Family
Cannon, David Henry
23 Apr 1838 - 24 Dec 1924
156 mentions
Missionary
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
987 mentions
Family
Snow, Erastus Beman
10 May 1853 - 22 Sep 1900
18 mentions
Woolley, Franklin Benjamin
11 Jun 1834 - 21 Mar 1869
10 mentions
Family
Nixon, James William
1836–1882
19 mentions
Snow, Moroni
13 May 1858 - 18 Jan 1935
2 mentions
2 mentions
9 mentions
7 mentions

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St. George Tabernacle, St. George, Washington County, Utah Territory

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Discourse 1877-08-19
Meeting some of the young Brethren spoke after which B Woodroof [s]poke on the influence the temple had upon the People of St George and throug out the settlements of the Saints, and that those holy men and women who [o]fficiated in the house of the Lord for their kindred dead whou would have it to meet in the spirit world and would be looked upon with joy and as saviours on Mount Zion. And on friday last while speaking

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August 19-21, 1877
Wilford's vision of Signers of Declaration of Independence; proxy baptisms for 100 Eminent Men and 68 Eminent Women under Wilford's direction.
August 22-24, 1877
Majority of endowments completed for Eminent Men and Women; some sealings also completed.
September 16, 1877
Wilford publicly shares his vision of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Aug 19, 1877