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Day in the Life

Mar 20, 1880

Journal Entry

March 20, 1880 ~ Saturday

March 20 [FIGURE] I spent the day in the Temple I had one live Man and
[blank] dead adopted to me this includes the Woodruff, Thompson &
Hart family I then walked to Br McAllister I ordained William
Henry Thompson to the office of a High Priest I spent the Evening writing

People

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McAllister, John Daniel Thompson
19 Feb 1827 - 21 Jan 1910
599 mentions
Missionary
Thompson, William Henry
1 May 1838 - 3 Apr 1922
260 mentions
Missionary

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

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Daybook (October 24 1879 - January 31 1881)
day March 20, 1880 [FIGURE] I spent the day in the Temple and I had 1 Live man & 136 Dead Adopted to me this includes the Woodruff Thompson & Harts family I then walked to Br McAllister I ordained William Henry Thompson to the office of A High priest I spent the evening writing up my Journal

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January 26, 1880
Wilford receives Wilderness Revelation regarding God's defense of the patriarchal law of marriage.

Mar 20, 1880