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Day in the Life

Feb 23, 1877

Journal Entry

February 23, 1877 ~ Friday

23 ^[FIGURE]^ I presided in the Temple to day {While praying at the altar I received a revelation concerning the redempting of my dead} we gave Endowments to 159. E Snow
sealed 33 W. Woodruff 13 couple D H Cannon Ordained
27 Elders A H Raleigh 11, J L Smith 11, W Woodruff 2
A P Winser 1, Wm W Smith 2 I spent the Evening with [blank]
[FIGURES] I wrote 2 letters to Phebe {and sent her the revelation}

People

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Raleigh, Alonzo Hazeltine
7 Nov 1818 - 13 May 1901
75 mentions
11 mentions
Cannon, David Henry
23 Apr 1838 - 24 Dec 1924
141 mentions
Missionary
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
641 mentions
Apostle
40 mentions
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1551 mentions
Family
5 mentions

Places

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

Events

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1877
Church membership reaches 115,065.
February 23, 1877
Wilford receives revelation authorizing proxy ordinances for his family by non-relatives.
March 1, 1877
In honor of Wilford's 70th birthday, 154 women serve as proxies in ordinances for his deceased female relatives.
March 21, 1877
Wilford and others finished writing down the ceremonies and temple procedures.
April 16, 1877
Wilford resigns as President of the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society after 15 years.

Feb 23, 1877