Day in the Life
Journal Entry
February 18, 1877 ~ Sunday
18. Sunday we rode to Santa Clara Settlement and hold
two meetings W Woodruff spoke 55 Minuts in the forenoon
Afternoon J. D. T. McAllister 33 M[inutes], & L J Nuttall 40 M[inutes]
we then returned to St George I wrote 4 letters to the following
persons 1 to Phebe sent order for $125 for rent for March
sent word to O Pratt to take my Journals at Historians Office
I wrote 1 to Brigham Y Woodruff, 1 to Brigham Young Jr
1 to Charles Wilckin
People
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Young, Brigham (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
580 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Brigham Young, b. 1857
18 Jan 1857 - 16 Jun 1877
63 mentions
Family
Wilckin, Charles Henry
1831-1915
85 mentions
McAllister, John Daniel Thompson
19 Feb 1827 - 21 Jan 1910
653 mentions
Missionary
Nuttall, Leonard John
6 Jul 1834 - 23 Feb 1905
427 mentions
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1082 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1580 mentions
Family
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Church membership reaches 115,065.
First baptism for the dead administered in St. George Temple font.
First proxy endowments administered in this dispensation in St. George Temple.
First proxy sealings and first sealings and endowments for the living in St. George Temple.
Brigham Young asks Wilford and others to write out the temple ceremonies.
Wilford administers second anointing to the first couple in the St. George Temple.
Wilford administers second anointing by proxy for the first time in the St. George Temple.
Wilford receives revelation authorizing proxy ordinances for his family by non-relatives.
In honor of Wilford's 70th birthday, 154 women serve as proxies in ordinances for his deceased female relatives.
Rutherford B. Hayes inaugurated as 19th President of 38 United States.
Wilford sealed to Eudora Lovina Young by her father Brigham Young.
Wilford and others finished writing down the ceremonies and temple procedures.
Wilford administered first adoptions (two couples to Brigham Young) in St. George Temple.
Wilford's wife Phebe, and children Wilford Jr., Beulah and Phoebe Amelia arrive in St. George to serve in temple.
First time Wilford ever served as proxy in endowment when he completed endowment for "Prophet" Robert Mason.
General Conference held in completed St. George Temple, dedication of entire temple.
Wilford called to preside over the St. George Temple at age 70 (served until June 26, 1884).
First time anyone adopted (sealed) by ordinance to Wilford: Josiah G. Hardy, Samuel B. Hardy and their wives.
Wilford's family leaves St. George to return to Salt Lake City.
Wilford resigns as President of the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society after 15 years.