People

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.

Discover your family connections in Wilford Woodruff's papers with the help of FamilySearch

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.

Categories

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.

View August 21, 1877 Journal Entry

0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Frederick the Great of Prussia
24 Jan 1712 - 17 Aug 1786
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Maria Theresa of Austria
13 May 1717 - 29 Nov 1780
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Marie Antoinette of France
2 Nov 1755 - 16 Oct 1793
2 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Napoleon III of France
20 Apr 1808 - 9 Jan 1873
10 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Abigail Smith Adams
22 Nov 1744 - 28 Oct 1818
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
John Adams
30 Oct 1735 - 4 Jul 1826
3 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
John Quincy Adams
11 Jul 1767 - 23 Feb 1848
2 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Samuel Adams
27 Sep 1722 - 2 Oct 1803
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Louis Agassiz
28 May 1807 - 12 Dec 1873
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Jane Austen
17 Dec 1775 - 18 Jul 1817
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Josiah Bartlett
21 Nov 1729 - 19 May 1795
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Camillo Benso de Cavour
10 Aug 1810 - 6 Jun 1861
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Carter Braxton
10 Sep 1736 - 10 Oct 1797
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Henry Peter Brougham
19 Sep 1778 - 8 May 1868
3 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Elizabeth Moulton Barrett Browning
6 Mar 1806 - 29 Jun 1861
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Jean Armour Burns
3 Mar 1765 - 26 Mar 1834
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Robert Burns
28 Jan 1759 - 21 Jul 1796
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Anna Isabella Milbanke Byron
17 May 1792 - 19 May 1860
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
George Gordon Byron
22 Jan 1788 - 19 Apr 1824
6 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
John Caldwell Calhoun
18 Mar 1782 - 31 Mar 1850
5 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Charles Carroll
19 Sep 1737 - 14 Nov 1832
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Thomas Chalmers
17 Mar 1780 - 31 May 1847
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Samuel Chase
17 Apr 1741 - 20 Jun 1811
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Abraham Clark
15 Feb 1726 - 15 Sep 1794
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Henry Clay
12 Apr 1777 - 29 Jun 1852
8 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
George Clymer
16 Mar 1739 - 23 Jan 1813
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Richard Cobden
3 Jun 1804 - 2 Apr 1865
3 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
20 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Emily Mary Lamb Cowper Temple
21 Apr 1787 - 11 Sep 1869
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
John Philpot Curran
24 Jul 1750 - 14 Oct 1817
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Sarah Creagh Curran
abt. 1755-1844
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Daniel Parke Custis
15 Oct 1711 - 8 Jul 1757
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Martha Parke Custis
12 Apr 1756 - 13 Jun 1773
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Francis Burney d'Arblay
13 Jun 1752 - 6 Jan 1840
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
3 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Maria Edgeworth
1 Jan 1767 - 22 May 1849
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
William Ellery
22 Dec 1727 - 15 Feb 1820
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Michael Faraday
22 Sep 1791 - 25 Aug 1867
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Sarah Barnard Faraday
7 Jan 1800 - 6 Jan 1879
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
David Glasgow Farragut
5 Jul 1801 - 14 Aug 1870
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Millard Fillmore
7 Jan 1800 - 8 Mar 1874
12 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Benjamin Franklin
6 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790
13 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Elizabeth Gurney Fry
17 May 1780 - 12 Oct 1845
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Robert Fulton
14 Nov 1765 - 23 Feb 1815
3 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
David Garrick
19 Feb 1717 - 20 Jan 1779
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Eva Maria Veigel Garrick
29 Feb 1724 - 16 Oct 1822
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Elbridge Thomas Gerry
17 Jul 1744 - 23 Nov 1814
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Edward Gibbon
27 Apr 1737 - 16 Jan 1794
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Oliver Goldsmith
10 Nov 1728 - 4 Apr 1774
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Henry Grattan
3 Jul 1746 - 4 Jun 1820
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville
26 Dec 1780 - 28 Nov 1872
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Button Gwinnett
3 Mar 1735 - 19 May 1777
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Lyman Hall
12 Apr 1724 - 19 Oct 1790
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
6 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
William Henry Harrison
9 Feb 1773 - 4 Apr 1841
8 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
John Hart
5 Nov 1713 - 11 May 1779
2 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans
25 Sep 1793 - 16 May 1835
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Joseph Hewes
23 Jun 1730 - 10 Nov 1779
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Thomas Heyward
28 Jul 1746 - 17 Apr 1809
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Sarah Matilda Hoffman
8 Nov 1791 - 26 Apr 1809
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
William Hooper
28 Jun 1742 - 14 Oct 1790
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Stephen Hopkins
7 Mar 1707 - 13 Jul 1785
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Francis Hopkinson
21 Sep 1737 - 9 May 1791
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Samuel Huntington
3 Jul 1731 - 5 Jan 1796
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Washington Irving
3 Apr 1783 - 28 Nov 1859
6 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Andrew Jackson
15 Apr 1767 - 8 Jun 1845
3 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Eleanor Junkin Jackson
6 Mar 1825 - 22 Oct 1854
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Rachel Donnelson Robards Jackson
15 Jun 1767 - 22 Dec 1828
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
21 Jan 1824 - 10 May 1863
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Anna Brownell Murphy Jameson
13 May 1797 - 18 Mar 1860
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Sarah Van Burgh Livingston Jay
2 Aug 1756 - 28 May 1802
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson
30 Oct 1748 - 6 Sep 1782
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Thomas Jefferson
13 Apr 1743 - 4 Jul 1826
6 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Andrew Johnson
29 Dec 1808 - 31 Jul 1875
3 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Samuel Johnson, b. 1709
18 Sep 1709 - 13 Dec 1784
2 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Pablo Benito Juárez
21 Mar 1806 - 18 Jul 1872
3 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Emily Chubbuck Judson
22 Aug 1817 - 1 Jun 1854
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
John Philip Kemble
1 Feb 1757 - 26 Feb 1823
3 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Francis Lightfoot Lee
14 Oct 1734 - 11 Jan 1797
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Richard Henry Lee
20 Jan 1732 - 19 Jun 1794
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Charlotte of Belgium
7 Jun 1840 - 19 Jan 1927
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Francis Lewis
21 Mar 1713 - 31 Dec 1802
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Abraham Lincoln
12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865
32 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Philip Livingston
15 Jan 1716 - 12 Jun 1778
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
David Livingstone
19 Mar 1813 - 1 May 1873
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Martin Luther
1483-1546
15 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Thomas Lynch
1749-1779
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Edward George Lytton Bulwer
25 May 1803 - 18 Jan 1873
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Thomas Babington Macaulay
25 Oct 1800 - 28 Dec 1859
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Letitia Elizabeth Landon Maclean
14 Aug 1802 - 15 Oct 1838
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Dolley Payne Todd Madison
20 May 1768 - 12 Jul 1849
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
James Madison
16 Mar 1721 - 28 Jun 1836
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Thomas McKean
19 Mar 1734 - 24 Jun 1817
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Arthur Middleton
26 Jun 1742 - 1 Jan 1787
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Mary Russell Mitford
16 Dec 1787 - 10 Jan 1855
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
James Monroe
28 Apr 1758 - 4 Jul 1831
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Elizabeth Dyke Moore
15 Nov 1793 - 4 Sep 1865
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Hannah More
2 Feb 1745 - 7 Sep 1833
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Sydney Owenson Morgan
25 Dec 1781 - 14 Apr 1859
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Lewis Morris
8 Apr 1726 - 22 Jan 1798
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Mary Philipse Morris
3 Jul 1730 - 13 Sep 1825
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Robert Morris
31 Jan 1734 - 8 May 1806
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
John Morton
10 Mar 1724 - 20 Apr 1777
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Horatio Nelson
29 Sep 1758 - 21 Oct 1805
18 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Thomas Nelson
26 Dec 1738 - 4 Jan 1789
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Charlotte Brontë Nicholls
21 Apr 1816 - 31 Mar 1855
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Daniel O'Connell
6 Aug 1775 - 15 May 1847
3 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Mary O'Connell O'Connell
25 Sep 1778 - 31 Oct 1836
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Francis Sargent Locke Osgood
18 Jun 1811 - 12 May 1850
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli
23 May 1810 - 16 Jul 1850
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
William Paca
31 Oct 1740 - 13 Oct 1799
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Robert Treat Paine
11 Mar 1731 - 11 May 1814
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Euphrosyne Parepa Carvell Rosa
7 May 1836 - 21 Jan 1874
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
George Peabody
18 Feb 1795 - 4 Nov 1869
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
John Penn
1741-1788
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Franklin Pierce
23 Nov 1804 - 8 Oct 1869
9 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
James Knox Polk
2 Nov 1795 - 15 Jun 1849
24 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Hiram Powers
29 Jul 1805 - 27 Jun 1873
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
George Read
18 Sep 1733 - 21 Sep 1798
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Joshua Reynolds
16 Jul 1723 - 23 Feb 1792
3 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Caesar Rodney
7 Oct 1728 - 26 Jun 1784
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
George Ross
10 May 1730 - 14 Jul 1779
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Benjamin Rush
24 Dec 1745 - 19 Apr 1813
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Edward Rutledge
23 Nov 1749 - 23 Jan 1800
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Walter Scott
15 Aug 1771 - 21 Sep 1832
4 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Catherine Maria Sedgewick
28 Dec 1789 - 31 Jul 1867
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
William Henry Seward
16 May 1801 - 10 Oct 1872
9 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Roger Sherman
19 Apr 1721 - 23 Jul 1793
2 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Sarah Kemble Siddons
5 Jul 1755 - 8 Jun 1831
2 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Lydia Huntley Sigourney
1 Sep 1791 - 10 Jun 1865
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
James Smith
1720-1806
1 mention
Historical Figure, Missionary, Eminent Men and Woman
Mary Ann Eden Spalding Brougham
1 Oct 1785 - 12 Jan 1865
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
George Stephenson
9 Jun 1781 - 12 Aug 1848
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Richard Stockton
1 Oct 1730 - 28 Feb 1781
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Thomas Stone
1743-1787
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
George Taylor
1716-1781
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Zachary Taylor
24 Nov 1784 - 9 Jul 1850
12 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
William Makepeace Thackeray
18 Jul 1811 - 24 Dec 1863
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Matthew Thornton
3 Mar 1714 - 24 Jun 1803
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
John Tyler
29 Mar 1790 - 18 Jan 1862
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Amerigo Vespucci
18 Mar 1454 - 22 Feb 1512
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
28 Aug 1749 - 22 Mar 1832
2 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Johann Justus von Liebig
12 May 1803 - 18 Apr 1873
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
George Walton
1749-1804
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Amphyllis Twigden Washington
2 Feb 1602 - 9 Jan 1855
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Ann Pope Washington
1 Dec 1635 - 26 Sep 1668
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Anne Fairfax Washington Lee
17 Sep 1728 - 14 Mar 1761
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Augustine Washington
12 Nov 1694 - 12 Apr 1743
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
George Washington
22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
48 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Henry Washington
21 Mar 1615 - 9 Mar 1664
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Jane Butler Washington
24 Dec 1699 - 24 Nov 1728
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
John Washington
12 Feb 1632 - 16 Sep 1677
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington
2 Jun 1731 - 22 May 1802
3 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Mary Ball Washington
30 Nov 1708 - 25 Aug 1789
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Mildred Warner Washington Gale
15 Jul 1669 - 26 Apr 1726
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Abigail Eastman Webster
27 Sep 1739 - 14 Apr 1816
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Daniel Webster
18 Jan 1782 - 24 Oct 1852
4 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Grace Fletcher Webster
16 Jan 1781 - 21 Jan 1828
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
29 Apr 1769 - 14 Sep 1852
6 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
John Wesley
17 Jun 1703 - 2 Feb 1791
14 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
William Whipple
14 Jan 1730 - 28 Nov 1785
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
William Williams
8 Apr 1731 - 2 Aug 1811
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
James Wilson
14 Sep 1742 - 21 Aug 1798
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
John Witherspoon
5 Feb 1723 - 15 Nov 1794
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Oliver Wolcott
26 Nov 1726 - 1 Dec 1797
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Mary Hutchinson Wordsworth
16 Aug 1770 - 17 Jan 1859
0 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
William Wordsworth
7 Apr 1770 - 23 Apr 1850
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
George Wythe
3 Dec 1726 - 8 Jun 1806
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman