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Day in the Life

Dec 20, 1886

Journal Entry

December 20, 1886 ~ Monday

20th [FIGURES] 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
[FIGURE] 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

People

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

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

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January 13, 1887
Edmunds-Tucker Act passed by Congress: disincorporated the Church and Perpetual Emigration Fund; authorized confiscation of Church property.

Dec 20, 1886