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Dec 12, 1883

Journal Entry

December 12, 1883 ~ Wednesday

Dec 12 1883
Keys crossed A crown A hand pointing to the right I went to the Temple & rowrote a letter to President
Taylor. We attended to Endowments to day Emma
Woodruff
was Baptized for the renewal of her cov-
enants
. Emma Woodruff got Endowments to day
for her Grand Mother Smith and we were sealed
for 46 couple of my dead Relatives We had 66 End-
owments and 25 ordinations. E Snow read a vision
of Jacob Gates

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Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
1027 mentions
Family
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
697 mentions
Apostle
Gates, Jacob
9 Mar 1811 - 14 Apr 1892
73 mentions
Zion's Camp
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1954 mentions
Apostle

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Discourse 1883-12-12
Amazeah Nodworth—Br Woodroof made some very good remarks in the Temple last Wend 12th, on the magnetude of the work to be done for the dead the great blessing attending such work building temples and the power of God which attended those who sought dillegently to re- deem their Dead Kindred.
Daybook (6 December 1883 - 3 May 1884)
12 I went to the Temple to attend to the Endowments Emma got Endo[w]ts for her Grand Mother Smith I and Emma were sealed for 46 of my Dead relatives we had 66 Endowments Ordained 1 Living 24 Dead McAllister 1 Living & 17 Dead D H Cannon 2 living 3 Dead & J G Bleak 38 dead Adoptions J G B 2 Dead E Snow brought a vision of J Gates A plesant Day
Temple - Endowment and Sealings, 12 December 1883
Emma Smith Woodruff proxy Mac A [sideways text] Geo Teasdale D H Cannon [end of sideways text]

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Majority of proxy endowments completed for Eminent Men and Women; some proxy sealings also completed.

Dec 12, 1883