June 20, 1876
of the Woodruff Family. Bulah Augusta Woodruff
Beatie was Baptized for 29 Dead Friends to be {sealed to Wilford Woodruff}Wilford Woodruff Jr was Baptized
for 153. 187, Brigham Y. Woodruff was Baptized
fo 153, & David P Woodruff was Baptized for
305 persons the most any one person was Ever
Baptized for in one day in this Church & kingdom.
Sister Sarah B Foss was Baptized for 21 persons
Total Baptized for & confirmed for the dead this
20 day of June (949) Nine Hundred & Forty Nine
I Felt to rejoice that after Forty three years labor in
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints that
I had the privilege of going into a Baptismal font
with my Eldest Brother Azmon Woodruff and my
children to redeem our dead
~ Wednesday
June 21. I Attended the funeral of Levi Richards at the Levi Richards 20 ward School House Joseph YoungLorenzo Young
W Woodruff & John Taylor spoke I then went to
the Endowment House & there was Baptized ^Near 1000^
& W Woodruff sealed 145 couple for the Dead & J F Smith
36 couple I was vary much distressed in my lungs before
I closed
June 20, 1876
of the Woodruff Family. Bulah Augusta Woodruff
Beatie was Baptized for 29 Dead Friends to be
{sealed to Wilford Woodruff}Wilford Woodruff Jr was Baptized
for 187, Brigham Y. Woodruff was Baptized
fo 153, & David P Woodruff was Baptized for
305 persons the most any one person was Ever
Baptized for in one day in this Church & kingdom.
Sister Sarah B Foss was Baptized for 21 persons
Total Baptized for & confirmed for the dead this
20 day of June (949) Nine Hundred & Forty Nine
I Felt to rejoice that after Forty three years labor in
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints that
I had the privilege of going into a Baptismal font
with my Eldest Brother Azmon Woodruff and my
children to redeem our dead
~ Wednesday
June 21. [FIGURE] I Attended the funeral of Levi Richards at the
[FIGURE] Levi Richards 20 ward School House Joseph YoungLorenzo Young
W Woodruff & John Taylor spoke I then went to
the Endowment House & there was Baptized Near 1000
& W Woodruff sealed 145 couple for the Dead & J F Smith
36 couple I was vary much distressed in my lungs before
I closed
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," June 21, 1876 - June 22, 1876, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 4, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/yrJn