Explore information on thousands of people who are included in Wilford Woodruff's records. Discover their stories through his daily journal entries and their correspondence with him.
These short biographies identify individuals by name; birth date and location; parentage; marriage date and location (if applicable); baptism date and location (if applicable); death date and location; and a brief description of their association with Wilford Woodruff. A biographical reference is included for individuals who are mentioned in the Papers but may not have associated directly with him, such as historical and scriptural figures.
This list is regularly updated as new documents are transcribed and published on this site.
Eminent Men and Women
St. George, Utah, United States
August 1877 marked Wilford Woodruff's third experience in the St. George Temple that would impact temple ordinance work for generations. This experience—the appearance of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence to Wilford—changed not only his view of temple work, but has become an important symbol of the universal nature of temple work.
This list includes the names of the 189 individuals Wilford Woodruff initiated proxy temple work for. Proxy baptisms and confirmations were administered on August 21, 1877, followed by proxy priesthood ordinations and many proxy endowments, as well as proxy sealings of some couples.
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