Day in the Life

Dec 20, 1886

Journal Entry

December 20, 1886 ~ Monday

20th A folded letter/box A hand pointing to the right We received a Letter from Nellie & wrote
^3^ 1 Letter to Nellie & 1 to Henry and 1 to Clara and Blanch
21 I spent the day reading I went to the Temple in the Evening
22 I spent with Emma She got 2 Anointing for her Mother ^Martishia^ Smith


On the night of the 17 Dec Emma & myself went into the
Temple & was sealed for 34 couple of our dead friends among
the Number Martishia Smith Emmas Mother was
Keys crossed sealed to David W. Patten the Martered Apostle
Emma Smith Woodruff received her second Anointing
for her Mother at the Temple in the Evening of Dec 20, 1886

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Beebe, Clara Martisha Woodruff
23 Jul 1868 - 29 Dec 1927
413 mentions
Family
Patten, David Wyman
14 Nov 1799 - 25 Oct 1838
140 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Emma Manella
4 Jul 1860 - 30 Nov 1905
241 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
993 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Henry Azmon
20 May 1855 - 2 Feb 1939
138 mentions
Family
Smith, Martisha Smoot
28 Oct 1812 - 3 Nov 1883
20 mentions
Family, 1835 Southern Convert
Daynes, Winnifred Blanche Woodruff
9 Apr 1876 - 2 Apr 1954
272 mentions
Family

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Edmunds-Tucker Act passed by Congress: disincorporated the Church and Perpetual Emigration Fund; authorized confiscation of Church property.

Dec 20, 1886