Timeline of Events

Date		Description
1801 - 1809		Thomas Jefferson is third President of 16 United States.
Mar 1, 1807		Wilford is born in Farmington Township (Avon) Connecticut to Beulah Thompson and Aphek Woodruff.
June 7, 1807		Wilford is baptized in the Northington Connecticut (Congregational) Church by Reverend Rufus Hawley.
June 11, 1808		Wilford's mother, Bulah Thompson Woodruff, dies at age 26 of spotted fever.
Mar 4, 1809		James Madison is inaugurated as fourth President of 17 United States.
Nov 9, 1810		Wilford's father Aphek marries Azubah Hart; only two of their six children live to adulthood.
Mar 4, 1817		James Monroe inaugurated as fifth President of 17 United States.
1820		Joseph Smith's First Vision. Joseph Smith - History 1:14 - 20
May 1, 1821		Wilford works summers, continues schooling at Farmington Academy during the winters.
May 1, 1821 - 1826		Wilford completes general education at age 14; lives with George Cowles for two years to learn miller's trade.
Sep 21, 1823		Joseph Smith's second vision: instruction about the Book of Mormon and mission of Elijah. Joseph Smith - History 1:30 - 54
Mar 4, 1825		John Quincy Adams is inaugurated as sixth President of 24 United States.
1827		Wilford begins managing mill for his Aunt Helen Wheeler.
Sep 22, 1827		Joseph Smith receives records to begin translation of the Book of Mormon. Joseph Smith - History 1:59
Mar 4, 1829		Andrew Jackson is inaugurated as seventh President of 24 United States.
May 1829 - June 1829		Aaronic and Melchizedek priesthoods are restored. Joseph Smith - History 1:68 - 72; Doctrine and Covenants 27 - 8, 12
June 1829		Joseph Smith finishes translating the Book of Mormon.
1830		Church membership reaches 200; the population of the 24 United States is 12,866,000.
Mar 26, 1830		Wilford is age 23 when Robert Mason prophesies of the restoration of the gospel and Wilford's place in it.
Apr 1830		Joseph Smith officially organizes the Church in Fayette Township, New York.
Apr 6, 1830		First copies of the Book of Mormon are available in Palmyra, New York.
May 1830		Wilford hired by Collins Axe Company to run their mill; works in Collinsville (South Canton), CT
Dec 1830		Joseph Smith explains the need for all living and dead to receive ordinances.
1831		Wilford works in Cowles mill in Farmington, Connecticut.
May 5, 1831		Wilford is baptized by immersion by George Phippen, a Baptist minister; does not join Baptist Church.
Feb 16, 1832		Joseph Smith receives revelation regarding the three degrees of glory. Doctrine and Covenants 76
Mar 8, 1832		First Presidency of the High Priesthood organized with Joseph Smith, Jesse Gause, and Sidney Rigdon.
Apr 1832		Wilford reads newspaper article about the Mormons; intrigued by similarities to New Testament church.
Apr 1832		Wilford feels inspired to go to Rhode Island, but does not follow prompting.
May 1832		Wilford and his brothers purchase a farm, sawmill, and orchard in Richland, Oswego County, NY.
Dec 1832		Joseph Smith commanded to build a temple in order to receive priesthood keys. Doctrine and Covenants 88:119 - 120
June 5, 1833		Construction of the Kirtland Temple begins.
July 23, 1833		Cornerstones laid for the Kirtland Temple.
Dec 29, 1833		Wilford hears the restored gospel for the first time from Zerah Pulsipher and Elijah Cheney.
Dec 31, 1833		Wilford is baptized and confirmed by Zerah Pulsipher; Wilford's brother Azmon also baptized.
Jan 1834		Wilford begins preaching with Harry Brown (father of future wife Sarah) and James Blakesly. Page 14 from Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)
Jan 2, 1834		Richland Branch of Church organized; Azmon ordained a priest, Wilford ordained a teacher. by Zerah Pulsipher.
Apr 1, 1834		Wilford is directed by Parley P. Pratt and Harry Brown to join Zion's Camp.
Apr 11, 1834		Wilford leaves New York to join Saints in Kirtland, Ohio.
Apr 25, 1834		Wilford arrives in Kirtland, Ohio, where he meets Joseph Smith and stays at his house for the week.
May 1834 - June 1834		Wilford travels with Zion's Camp to Missouri to help protect and defend persecuted Saints there.
July 1834 - Dec 1834		Wilford works in Clay County, Missouri, making brick to build the home of Michael Arthur.
Nov 5, 1834		Wilford ordained a priest by Simeon Carter at Adam-ondi-Ahman in Clay County, Missouri.
Nov 13, 1834		Wilford licensed by Edward Partridge as a representative of the Church in order to serve a mission.
Dec 31, 1834		Wilford consecrates himself and all his earthly possessions to the Church.
Jan 13, 1835		Wilford leaves for his first mission in Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee with Harry Brown.
Feb 14, 1835		The first Quorum of the Twelve Apostles is organized in Kirtland, Ohio. Doctrine and Covenants 101:23 - 24
June 28, 1835		Wilford ordained an Elder by Warren Parrish at Eagle Creek, Tennessee. Page 55 from Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)
Jan 21, 1836		First washings and anointings administered; vision of celestial kingdom in Kirtland Temple. Doctrine and Covenants 137
Mar 27, 1836		Kirtland Temple is dedicated. Doctrine and Covenants 109
Apr 3, 1836		Jesus Christ appears in Kirtland Temple; Moses, Elias, Elijah confer priesthood keys. Doctrine and Covenants 110; 1:67
Apr 19, 1836		Wilford called to be a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy at age 29. Page 80 from Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)
Apr 22, 1836		Wilford stays in Samuel Smith's home (father of future wife Emma Smith).
May 31, 1836		Wilford ordained a Seventy in Second Quorum of Seventy by David Patten and Warren Parrish. Page 85 from Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)
Oct 25, 1836		Wilford leaves Kentucky to return to Ohio.
Nov 7, 1836		Wilford votes in national elections for Martin Van Buren (President) and Richard Johnson (Vice President).
Nov 25, 1836		Wilford returns to Kirtland from mission to Southern states and tours Kirtland Temple.
Dec 1836		Wilford studies Latin and Greek in the Kirtland School (held in the attic of the temple).
Jan 1837 - Apr 1837		Wilford attends School of the Prophets.
Jan 3, 1837		Wilford called to be a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. Page 123 from Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)
Jan 28, 1837		Wilford introduced to Phebe Whittemore Carter, a recent convert from Maine.
Mar 23, 1837		Wilford spends his first day in the Kirtland Temple.
Apr 6, 1837		Wilford attends Solemn Assembly and receives washings and anointings in Kirtland Temple.
Apr 13, 1837		Wilford and Phebe married by Frederick G. Williams in Joseph Smith's home in Kirtland.
Apr 15, 1837		Wilford receives his patriarchal blessing from Joseph Smith Sr.
May 1837		Wilford and Phebe live with Warren and Martha Parrish; Wilford works for Heber C. Kimball.
May 1837		Woodruffs live with Jonathan and Olive Hale; Wilford records patriarchal blessings for Joseph Smith Sr.
May 31, 1837		Phebe stays with Olive; Wilford leaves on mission to Canada/Maine with Jonathan Hale. Page 153 from Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)
June 12, 1837		Wilford visits childhood home in Farmington, Connecticut and stays with his family.
July 12, 1837		Wilford baptizes his Uncle Ozem, Aunt Hannah, and cousin John Woodruff. Page 165 from Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)
Aug 8, 1837		Wilford meets Phebe's family for the first time while visiting Scarborough, Maine.
Aug 19, 1837		Wilford arrives in the Fox Islands, Maine.
Dec 29, 1837		Wilford stays with Charles Brown (father of future wife Sarah E. Brown).
Jan 12, 1838		Joseph Smith moves Church to Far West, Missouri, to escape persecution in Ohio.
Apr 19, 1838		Wilford stays with Charles Brown (father of future wife Sarah E. Brown).
May 14, 1838		Wilford reads Parley P. Pratt's explanation of adoption by baptism into kingdom of God.
July 1838		Joseph Smith explains the need for all living and dead to receive ordinances.
July 1, 1838		Wilford baptizes father Aphek, stepmother Azubah, half-sister Eunice in Farmington, CT.
July 8, 1838		Wilford called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Doctrine and Covenants 118
July 14, 1838		Wilford present for birth of his first child, Sarah Emma, in Scarborough, Maine. Page 51 from Journal (January 1, 1838 – December 31, 1839)
Aug 7, 1838		Wilford returns to his mission in the Fox Islands.
Aug 9, 1838		Wilford receives news of calling as an Apostle; call to go on mission to England with apostles. Page 54 from Journal (January 1, 1838 – December 31, 1839)
Oct 4, 1838		Woodruffs begin trek from Maine to Missouri with group of converts to gather with the Saints.
Oct 27, 1838		Governor Boggs issues order expelling Saints from Missouri under threat of extermination.
Oct 30, 1838		Haun's Mill massacre in Caldwell County, Missouri, and surrender of Church leaders in Far West demanded.
Nov 1838		Court hearings to determine Church leaders' fate; Joseph, Hyrum and others are incarcerated in Liberty Jail.
Nov 1838 - Dec 1838		While Church leaders remain in Liberty Jail, the Saints are forced from Missouri and relocate in Illinois.
Nov 1, 1838		Joseph and Hyrum Smith and other Church leaders surrender; General Samuel Lucas orders their execution.
Dec 1838 - Apr 1839		Phebe deathly ill with brain fever; after her spirit leaves her body Wilford restores her to life.
Mar 16, 1839		At age 32 Wilford is ordained an Apostle at the temple site in Far West, Missouri.
Apr 16, 1839		Wilford records his call to serve his third mission.
Apr 26, 1839		Woodruffs move to Montrose, IA, live in abandoned barracks with Brigham Young's family.
May 4, 1839		Joseph Smith begins dictating history to scribe James Mulholland; used in Manuscript History of the Church.
May 18, 1839		Wilford leaves on two year mission to England with John Taylor.
June 11, 1839		Woodruffs winter in Rochester, IL with Brown family; Charles and Rebecca Brown die.
Aug 8, 1839		Times and Seasons published in Nauvoo, Illinois through 1846.
Nov 1839 - Dec 1839		Church leaders escape Liberty Jail with help of guards; Saints move to Commerce, Illinois and establish Nauvoo.
Nov 1839		Church historian James Mulholland dies; completed Manuscript History of the Church up to September 30, 1830.
Nov 3, 1839		Joseph Smith travels to Washington, D.C. to deliver Missouri redress petition to President Van Buren.
Nov 29, 1839		Wilford's half-brother Asahel dies in Indiana at the age of 24 (last living of 5 half-brothers). Page 111 from Journal (January 1, 1838 – December 31, 1839)
Dec 11, 1839		3,000 gather in unfinished temple for the first official meeting (the walls were only 4 feet high).
Dec 11, 1839		Willard Richards starts writing Manuscript History of the Church November 1, 1831 - August 30, 1834.
Dec 11, 1839		Wilford, Phebe, and Sarah Emma finally arrive in Quincy, Illinois.
Jan 11, 1840		Church membership is 16,800; population of the 26 United States is 17,100,000.
Feb 10, 1840		Wilford arrives in Liverpool, England; helps convert 1,800 people; serves until May 1841.
Mar 5, 1840		Wilford celebrates Queen Victoria's marriage to Prince Albert by preaching the gospel.
Mar 22, 1840		Wilford arrives at John Benbow's home; over 600 people baptized in 35 days.
May 1840		Phebe's second child Wilford Jr. is born in Montrose, Iowa in Wilford's absence. Page 2 from Letter from Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff, 2 July 1840 [LE-260]
July 17, 1840		The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star first published in Manchester, England by Parley P. Pratt.
Aug 14, 1840		Phebe's first child Sarah Emma dies at age two in Montrose, Iowa. Page 1 from Letter from Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff, 18 July 1840 [LE-273]
Aug 15, 1840		Joseph Smith's first explanation of doctrine on baptism for the dead by living relatives.
Sep 1840		First baptisms for the dead performed in the Mississippi River.
Jan 19, 1841		Joseph Smith announces the need to build a temple in Nauvoo.
Mar 4, 1841		W. W. Phelps writes Manuscript History of the Church Vol. A - 1 for November 1830 to November 1, 1831.
Apr 6, 1841		Revelation to Joseph Smith on building Nauvoo Temple; place for baptisms and endowment. Doctrine and Covenants 124:28 - 42
Apr 6, 1841		William Henry Harrison inaugurated as ninth President of 26 United States.
Apr 20, 1841		John Tyler inaugurated as tenth President of 26 United States after death of President Harrison.
May 20, 1841		Cornerstones are laid for the Nauvoo Temple.
June 2, 1841		Wilford leaves England for America with other members of Quorum of the Twelve.
July 1841 - Aug 1841		Wilford spends time with family; officiates in marriage of sister Eunice to Dwight Webster on August 4. Page 92 from Journal (January 1, 1841 – December 31, 1842)
July 1841 - Aug 1841		Wilford arrives in New York.
Aug 27, 1841		Reunited with Phebe after 2 years; meets his 15-month-old son Wilford Jr.
Oct 3, 1841		Church historian Robert B. Thompson dies; he completed Manuscript History of the Church September to November 1830.
Oct 6, 1841		Joseph Smith directs Saints to stop proxy baptisms in Mississippi River, wait for completion of temple font.
Oct 30, 1841		Wilford and Phebe arrive in Nauvoo, move into their own home for the first time in their married life.
Nov 8, 1841		Wilford is appointed to Nauvoo City Council. Page 113 from Journal (January 1, 1841 – December 31, 1842)
Nov 21, 1841		Wooden font completed in the unfinished basement of Nauvoo Temple.
Dec 27, 1841		Wilford witnesses first baptisms for the dead in the Nauvoo Temple.
Jan 1842		Wilford sees Urim and Thummim.
Feb 3, 1842		Wilford helps haul stone for the Nauvoo House and Nauvoo Temple.
Feb 19, 1842		Wilford appointed manager of the Church's official newspaper Times and Seasons.
Mar 4, 1842		Wilford sets type for printing/publishing the Book of Abraham in Times and Seasons.
Mar 15, 1842		Phebe's third child Phebe Amelia is born in Nauvoo, Illinois.
Mar 27, 1842		Serial publication of Manuscript History of the Church in Times and Seasons as "History of Joseph Smith." Page 144 from Journal (January 1, 1841 – December 31, 1842)
Apr 21, 1842		Nauvoo Reformation included rebaptisms; Wilford rebaptized for the first time.
May 3, 1842		Wilford baptized for mother Bulah; half-brothers Philo and Asahel; Phebe for grandparents.
May 4, 1842		Joseph receives revelation regarding the meaning of endowment; prepares place to administer endowment.
May 7, 1842		Joseph administers first endowment ordinances in room above the Red Brick Store in Nauvoo.
May 15, 1842		Wilford baptized by proxy for great-grandparents Josiah and Sarah Woodford Woodruff.
May 29, 1842		Wilford baptized by proxy for more great-grandparents.
June 1842		Millennial Star begins serial publication of Manuscript History of the Church in England.
Aug 1842 - Sep 1842		Wilford and Phebe baptized for six family members.
Sep 6, 1842		Wilford is confined to his bed with illness for 40 days.
Oct 30, 1842		Joseph Smith's letter states baptism for the dead is welding link between fathers and children. Doctrine and Covenants 128
May 1843		Wilford assists in publication of the Nauvoo Neighbor (published until Saints leave Nauvoo in 1846).
May 16, 1843 - May 17, 1843		Joseph Smith's letter states baptism for the dead is welding link between fathers and children. Doctrine and Covenants 128
July 1843 - Nov 1843		Wilford serves fourth mission in eastern states (with other apostles) to raise funds for temple.
July 12, 1843		Revelation regarding new and everlasting covenant of marriage for eternity dictated. Doctrine and Covenants 132:15 - 20
July 25, 1843		Phebe's fourth child Susan Cornelia born in Nauvoo, Illinois, in Wilford's absence.
Aug 5, 1843		Wilford arrives in Philadelphia.
Oct 1, 1843		Willard Richards starts Volume B - 1 of the Manuscript History of the Church commencing with September 1, 1834.
Nov 4, 1843		Wilford returns to Nauvoo from mission to New England. (Age 36.)
Nov 11, 1843		Wilford's marriage to Phebe sealed for eternity by Hyrum Smith.
Dec 2, 1843		Wilford receives washings, anointings, and endowment.
Dec 23, 1843		Phebe receives washings, anointings, and endowment.
Jan 28, 1844		Publication of "The History of Joseph Smith" in the Times and Seasons covering period up to January 7, 1832.
Mar 2, 1844		Wilford and Phebe receive second anointings.
Mar 2, 1844		Willard Richards completes Manuscript History of the Church Vol. B - 1 covering September 1, 1834 - August 5, 1838.
Mar 26, 1844		Wilford attends meeting when Joseph Smith confers priesthood keys on Quorum of the Twelve.
Apr 7, 1844		Wilford records Joseph Smith's discourse on important doctrines at funeral of King Follett. Page 237 from Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)
May 1844 - Aug 1844		Wilford completes brick home in Nauvoo; over the next 2 years lives in it for less than 6 weeks.
May 4, 1844		Wilford serves fifth mission in the eastern states; holds conferences, campaigns for Joseph Smith.
June 26, 1844		Wilford arrives in Boston to attend convention; nominate Joseph Smith for President of the United States.
June 27, 1844		Joseph and Hyrum Smith murdered while in Carthage Jail.
July 1, 1844		Wilford attends Jeffersonian Democracy Convention in Boston to nominate Joseph Smith.
July 7, 1844		Work on the Nauvoo Temple resumes.
July 9, 1844		Wilford learns of Joseph and Hyrum's death through newspaper article in Boston Times.
Aug 6, 1844		Wilford returns to Nauvoo with other members of the Quorum of the Twelve.
Aug 8, 1844		Meeting where majority of Saints sustain Quorum of Twelve as governing body of the Church.
Aug 12, 1844		Wilford accepts call to preside over the European Mission for one year.
Aug 26, 1844		Wilford and Phebe baptized in Mississippi River for deceased relatives.
Aug 28, 1844		Wilford and Phebe and their children leave Nauvoo for England; Wilford's sixth mission.
Dec 6, 1844		Woodruffs board ship to sail from New York City to Liverpool.
Dec 11, 1844		Willard Richards, under the direction of Brigham Young, resumes work on Manuscript History of the Church.
Jan 3, 1845		Woodruffs arrive in Liverpool.
Mar 4, 1845		James K. Polk inaugurated as eleventh President of 27 United States.
June 15, 1845		Willard Richards and Thomas Bullock resume work on Manuscript History of the Church begin at August 5, 1838.
June 25, 1845		First stone laid for the new baptismal font in the Nauvoo Temple.
July 18, 1845		Phebe's fifth child, Joseph, is born in Liverpool, England.
Oct 5, 1845		Church Conference is held in the Nauvoo Temple; pulpits are complete and windows installed.
Dec 10, 1845		First endowments for the living performed in the Nauvoo Temple.
Jan 8, 1846		Population of Nauvoo 14,000 - 15,000; population of Illinois 500,000 - 600,000.
Jan 11, 1846		First priesthood adoptions performed in the Nauvoo Temple.
Jan 16, 1846		First sealings of children to parents performed in the Nauvoo Temple.
Jan 20, 1846		Phebe and 40 other Saints (incl. Wilford's future wife Mary Ann Jackson) leave England.
Jan 22, 1846		Willard Richards and Thomas Bullock stop work on Manuscript History of the Church (until July 1, 1854).
Feb 1846 - Mar 1846		Main exodus of Saints from Nauvoo. Brigham Young's family leaves February 15. Temperature -12 F on February 24.
Feb 1846 - Mar 1846		Times and Seasons stops serial publication of the Manuscript History of the Church; final entry re: August 11, 1834.
Feb 4, 1846		Wilford leaves England for New York; experiences terrible Atlantic storm.
Feb 7, 1846		First Saints leave Nauvoo for Iowa.
Feb 15, 1846		On final day of work in temple, 600 received ordinances; total of 5,615 received endowments in Nauvoo.
Mar 17, 1846		Wilford retrieves daughter from sister-in-law's where she lived during his mission to England.
Mar 20, 1846		Wilford returns to Farmington, CT; parents and cousin Betsey Cossett accompany him to Nauvoo.
Apr 13, 1846		Wilford arrives in Nauvoo with daughter, cousin, and parents; Phebe arrived a few days before.
Apr 15, 1846		Woodruffs tour Nauvoo Temple with others.
Apr 30, 1846		Private dedication of Nauvoo Temple.
May 3, 1846		Public dedication of Nauvoo Temple; Wilford attends with parents, Phebe, Mary Ann Jackson.
May 13, 1846		United States Congress declares war on Mexico.
May 22, 1846		Woodruffs leave Nauvoo to join Saints in Iowa.
June 26, 1846		Wilford at Mt. Pisgah when Captain Allen arrives to recruit Mormon Battalion.
July 9, 1846		Woodruffs reach Council Bluffs.
July 16, 1846 - July 17, 1846		Mormon Battalion recruited by United States Army.
July 25, 1846		Woodruffs cross Missouri River to Cutler's Park, Nebraska.
Aug 1846		Wilford expels Sarah E. Brown and Mary C. Barton from his family.
Aug 2, 1846		Wilford moves his family to Winter Quarters and begins building a cabin to house them for the winter.
Aug 8, 1846		Wilford sealed to Mary Ann Jackson, Sarah Elinor Brown, Mary Caroline Barton.
Aug 29, 1846		Wilford rebaptized 2nd time; rebaptizes Phebe, Sarah E. Brown, Mary C. Barton, Mary Ann Jackson, Rosetta King.
Oct 15, 1846		Wilford severely injured by falling tree: breaks breastbone, three ribs, suffers internal injuries.
Nov 12, 1846		Phebe's fifth child Joseph dies at age 16 months in Winter Quarters, Nebraska.
Dec 10, 1846		Phebe's sixth child Ezra born in Winter Quarters, Nebraska, and dies 2 days later.
Dec 13, 1846		483 Saints at Winter Quarters: 334 sick, 53 wives of Mormon Battalion soldiers, 75 widows.
Jan 19, 1847		Church membership is 34,694.
Apr 14, 1847		Wilford organizes "adopted" family (40 heads of households) under covenant to abide rules.
May 25, 1847		Wilford leaves for the Salt Lake Valley with the first company of pioneers.
May 25, 1847		James Jackson Woodruff born (only child of Mary Ann Jackson and Wilford).
June 14, 1847		Mary Ann Jackson and her 19-day-old son James start journey to Salt Lake with Wilford's father Aphek.
July 22, 1847		Advance company arrives in Salt Lake Valley (still Mexican territory at the time); sets up camp.
July 24, 1847		Wilford arrives in Salt Lake Valley with Brigham Young and plants potatoes.
July 26, 1847		Wilford first to climb Ensign Peak.
July 26, 1847		Location for Salt Lake Temple Block designated (originally 40 acres).
July 31, 1847		First bowery built on Temple Block by Mormon Battalion.
Aug 6, 1847		Wilford, Brigham Young, and other apostles are rebaptized (Wilford's third rebaptism).
Aug 26, 1847		After planting crops and building cabins, Wilford leaves Salt Lake to return to Winter Quarters.
Sep 5, 1847		Wilford's group meets companies heading west incl. father Aphek, wife Mary Ann, son James.
Oct 28, 1847		Phebe's seventh child Shuah Carter born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in Wilford's absence.
Oct 31, 1847		Wilford arrives in Council Bluffs/Kanesville, Iowa.
Dec 1847		First Presidency reorganized with Brigham Young as President of the Church.
Dec 5, 1847		Log tabernacle built in Council Bluffs.
Dec 27, 1847		Brigham Young sustained as President of the Church by the Saints.
Feb 2, 1848		Treaty signed ending Mexican-American War. Mexico cedes to United States: present day CA, NV, NM, WY, AZ, and CO
Mar 18, 1848		Wilford baptizes 8-year-old son Wilford Jr.
May 11, 1848		Mary Ann Jackson divorces Wilford.
June 21, 1848		Wilford leaves Iowa with family to preside over Church in Eastern United States and Canada.
July 22, 1848		Phebe's seventh child Shuah Carter dies in LaMoille, Illinois at age 9 months.
Aug 12, 1848		Woodruffs arrive in Boston, Massachusetts.
Mar 5, 1849		Zachary Taylor inaugurated as twelfth President of 30 United States.
Mar 8, 1849		Constitutional convention held to form the State of Deseret. (to encompass present day Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and parts of CA, WY, CO, NM, OR, and ID.
Mar 22, 1849		Wilford baptizes father-in-law Ezra Carter.
Apr 1849		Second bowery built on Temple Block in Salt Lake City.
1850		Church membership 61,000; population of Utah Territory 11,380; population of United States 23,192,000.
Apr 9, 1850		Woodruffs leave Boston with a group of 209 converts to join the Saints in Utah.
May 16, 1850		Woodruffs return to Council Bluffs, Iowa.
June 15, 1850		Woodruffs leave for Salt Lake Valley from Kanesville, Iowa.
July 10, 1850		Millard Fillmore inaugurated as 13th President of 30 United States.
Sep 9, 1850		Under Compromise of 1850, Congress created the Utah Territory; Brigham Young appointed as Governor.
Oct 14, 1850		Woodruffs arrive in Salt Lake Valley and live in cabins Wilford built in 1847.
Dec 5, 1850		Wilford appointed to the Council (Legislature) of the State of Deseret (serves a total of 21 terms).
1851		Wilford moves his cabins from Old Fort to construct home on South Temple and West Temple.
1851 - 1854		Marriage sealings and endowments administered in the Utah Territorial Council House in Salt Lake City.
Jan 6, 1851		Wilford begins serving as member of Utah Territorial Legislature.
Mar 20, 1851		Wilford's stepmother Azubah Hart dies in Burlington, Vermont.
Apr 1851		Plans announced for construction of adobe Tabernacle on Temple Block.
July 19, 1851		Phebe's eighth child Beulah Augusta born in Salt Lake City.
Aug 2, 1851		Groundbreaking for adobe Tabernacle on Temple Square.
Nov 15, 1851		Publication of the Manuscript History of the Church begins in the Deseret News.
Jan 1852 - Mar 1852		First Thursday of the month designated for fasting and prayer (later changed to first Sunday by Wilford).
Mar 28, 1852		Wilford serves second term as member of Territorial Legislature.
Mar 28, 1852		Wilford sealed to plural wife Mary Meek Giles Webster by Brigham Young in Woodruff's home.
Apr 6, 1852		General Conference held in new adobe Tabernacle on Temple Block.
Apr 7, 1852		Brigham Young sustained as Governor of the State of Deseret.
July 7, 1852		Endowments resumed in Council House by Heber C. Kimball at the direction of Brigham Young.
July 25, 1852		Wilford rebaptizes plural wife Mary Webster and baptizes 8-year-old daughter Susan.
Aug 3, 1852		Workers began laying foundation stones for the wall around the Temple Block.
Aug 8, 1852		Revelation on patriarchal marriage first made public by Brigham Young.
Oct 3, 1852		Wilford's plural wife Mary Meek Giles Webster dies.
Dec 21, 1852		Wilford appointed clerk and historian of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles at age 45.
Jan 14, 1853		Wilford serves third term as member of Utah Territorial Legislature.
Jan 25, 1853		Phebe's ninth child Aphek born in Salt Lake City and only lives two hours.
Feb 1853 - Apr 1853		Wilford attends groundbreaking ceremony and dedication of Salt Lake Temple site.
Feb 14, 1853		Wilford assigned to supervise construction of temple foundation; started digging February 23.
Mar 4, 1853		Franklin Pierce inaugurated as 14th President of 31 United States.
Mar 13, 1853		Wilford sealed to Emma Smith and Sarah Brown in Council House; resealed to Phebe.
Apr 6, 1853		Cornerstones of Salt Lake Temple were laid.
June 15, 1853		Eunice, Wilford's only sister, dies in Burlington, Vermont.
July 1, 1853		Thomas Bullock and Willard Richards resume work on the Manuscript History of the Church.
Dec 1, 1853		Manuscript History of the Church completed to March 1, 1843: Vol. D - 1 is August 1, 1842 to July 1, 1843.
Dec 13, 1853		Sealing to Mary Ann Jackson cancelled?
Jan 20, 1854		Wilford serves fourth term in Utah Territorial Legislature.
Apr 4, 1854		Sarah Brown's first child David Patten Woodruff is born in Salt Lake City.
Apr 7, 1854		George A. Smith appointed Church Historian; Manuscript History of the Church July 1, 1843 - April 30, 1844.
June 1854		Third bowery built on Temple Square, north of adobe Tabernacle.
Dec 11, 1854		Wilford serves in Territorial Legislature December 11 to January 19, 1855.
Feb 3, 1855		Church Reformation takes place in Utah.
May 5, 1855		Wilford elected president of the Universal Scientific Society established in the Territory.
May 5, 1855		First endowments for the living administered in the Endowment House.
May 5, 1855		Wilford attends dedication of Endowment House in Salt Lake City.
May 27, 1855		Wilford tours southern Utah settlements with Brigham and apostles.
Sep 13, 1855		Wilford helps establish the Deseret Horticultural Society.
Dec 1855 - Jan 1856		Wilford serves fifth term in Territorial Legislature.
Mar 17, 1856		Wilford serves on Board of Directors of Deseret Agriculture and Manufacturing Society.
Mar 17, 1856		Second Constitutional Convention held and petition for State of Deseret delivered to Washington, D.C.
Apr 7, 1856		Wilford rebaptizes family members over the age of 8 (3 wives, 3 children, and "Lamanite" boy Moroni).
Apr 28, 1856		Wilford appointed Assistant Church Historian (serves in Historian's Office from 1856 to 1883).
Sep 1856		Wilford poisoned while skinning livestock; life saved through priesthood blessings.
Oct 2, 1856		Church-wide reformation includes rebaptizing, restructuring and recommitment to principles and covenants.
Oct 2, 1856		Wilford helps dedicate Endowment House baptismal font.
Dec 1856 - Jan 1857		Wilford serves sixth term in Utah Territorial Legislature to January 16, 1857.
Dec 30, 1856		First baptisms performed in font; Quorum of the Twelve rebaptized (4th rebaptism for Wilford).
Dec 30, 1856		Members of Utah Territorial Legislature rebaptized (Wilford for the fifth time).
Jan 1857		Church membership is 55,236.
Jan 18, 1857		Wilford and George A. Smith complete Manuscript History of the Church up to Joseph Smith's death in 1844.
Mar 4, 1857		Sarah's second child Brigham Young Woodruff is born in Salt Lake City.
Mar 4, 1857		James Buchanan inaugurated as 15th President of 31 United States.
July 13, 1857		President Buchanan removes Brigham Young as Governor; sends army to escort new Governor Cumming.
July 24, 1857		Saints receive news that 2,500 U.S. Army troops are coming to Utah.
July 31, 1857		Wilford sealed to plural wife Sarah Delight Stocking ("Delight") by Brigham Young.
Sep 11, 1857		Attack on wagon train of emigrants and massacre at Mountain Meadows.
Sep 29, 1857		John D. Lee gives false report of Mountain Meadows massacre to Wilford and Brigham Young. Page 251 from Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)
Oct 1, 1857		United States Army winters at Camp Scott, Wyoming, 100 miles from Salt Lake City.
Oct 4, 1857		Emma's first child Hyrum Smith Woodruff is born in Salt Lake City.
Oct 16, 1857		US Army Colonel Alexander's letter threatens Saints with extermination if they oppose Army.
Nov 21, 1857		Alfred Cumming charges Brigham Young with treason; declares Utah citizens in rebellion against U.S.
Dec 13, 1857		Wilford serves seventh term in Territorial Legislature.
Feb 3, 1858		President Buchanan asks for four more regiments to help quell "rebellion."
Apr 1858		Wilford moves families to Provo; 30,000 Saints prepare to abandon/burn Salt Lake City ahead of army.
Apr 1858		Third bowery on Temple Block in Salt Lake City dismantled before arrival of Johnston's Army.
Apr 8, 1858		Governor Cumming enters Salt Lake City without army escort under terms negotiated by Thomas Kane.
June 1858		U. S. Army enters abandoned Salt Lake Valley.
July 1858 - Aug 1858		Saints begin returning to their homes in Salt Lake City.
Nov 24, 1858		Emma's first child Hyrum Smith Woodruff dies at age 13 months.
Dec 13, 1858 - Dec 31, 1858		Wilford serves eighth term in Utah Legislature.
Jan 30, 1859		Wilford performs marriage of daughter Susan to Robert Scholes (first child to marry).
Apr 4, 1859		Wilford's daughter Phoebe Amelia is sealed to Lorenzo Snow as his eighth wife.
May 30, 1859		Sarah's third child Phebe Arabell is born in Salt Lake City.
Oct 16, 1859 - Oct 29, 1859		Wilford is dying; gives family final instructions on funeral and disposition of belongings.
1860		Church membership 61,000; population of Utah Territory 40,273, population of 33 United States 31,443,000.
May 21, 1860		First grandchild born, Robert and Susan's daughter; four generations living in his home.
July 4, 1860		Emma's second child Emma Manella is born in Salt Lake City.
Dec 20, 1860		Seven southern states secede from Union. (Confederacy included 15 states and territories by 1862.)
Mar 4, 1861		Abraham Lincoln inaugurated as 16th President of 26 states.
Apr 21, 1861		News arrives in Utah of firing on Fort Sumter and the beginning of the Civil War.
May 28, 1861		Wilford's father Aphek Woodruff dies.
June 1, 1861		Delight's first child Marion is born in Salt Lake City; Wilford learns of father's death.
Dec 1861		Governor John Dawson arrives on 7th departs on 31st; vetoes 3rd Constitutional Convention.
Jan 14, 1862		Legislature of the State of Deseret meets simultaneously with Utah Territorial Legislature.
Jan 20, 1862		Sarah's fourth child Sylvia Melvina is born in Salt Lake City.
June 9, 1862		Congress rejects fourth petition for formation of State of Deseret; Brigham Young still serves as Governor.
June 9, 1862		Wilford helps draft constitution for State of Deseret; Brigham Young elected first governor.
June 10, 1862		Salt Lake Temple foundation razed and top stones removed.
July 6, 1862		Wilford moves plural wife Delight to Fort Herriman to be near her family.
July 6, 1862		Morrill Anti-Bigamy Law signed by Abraham Lincoln.
July 8, 1862		Wilford baptizes son David Patten Woodruff.
July 22, 1862		Wilford serves as President of Deseret Agriculture and Manufacturing Society for 15 years (1862 - 1877).
Aug 23, 1862		Wilford records Brigham Young's plans for a 15,000-seat tabernacle on Temple Square.
Jan 1, 1863		Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln.
Feb 3, 1863		Emma's third child Asahel Hart is born in Salt Lake City.
Apr 6, 1863		Plans announced for construction of Great Tabernacle on Temple Block.
Apr 7, 1863		Wilford Jr. called to serve a mission in England.
May 29, 1863		James Jackson Woodruff returns to live with Wilford.
July 25, 1863		Delight's second child Emeline is born in Salt Lake City.
Nov 3, 1863		Sarah's fifth child Newton is born in Salt Lake City.
Mar 4, 1865		Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration.
Apr 9, 1865		Civil War ends.
Apr 14, 1865		Abraham Lincoln assassinated.
Apr 15, 1865		Andrew Johnson inaugurated as 17th President of 36 United States.
Dec 23, 1865		Delight's third child Ensign is born in Salt Lake City.
Dec 26, 1866		Brigham Young reintroduces second anointings.
Feb 12, 1867		Emma receives her second anointing.
Feb 14, 1867		Delight receives her second anointing.
Apr 10, 1867		Emma's fourth child Ann Thompson is born in Salt Lake City and dies the next day.
Apr 11, 1867		Emma's child Ann Thompson dies.
Oct 6, 1867		First meeting held in Great Tabernacle on Temple Block.
Oct 26, 1867		Sarah's sixth child Mary is born in Salt Lake City.
Dec 2, 1867		Wilford participates in reestablishment of the School of the Prophets.
July 23, 1868		Emma's fifth child Clara Martisha is born in Salt Lake City.
Aug 29, 1868		Delight's fourth child Jeremiah is born in Fort Herriman, Utah.
Mar 4, 1869		Ulysses S. Grant inaugurated as 18th President of 37 United States.
May 10, 1869		Transcontinental Railroad completed, effectively ending isolation of Utah.
Dec 16, 1869		Delight's fourth child Jeremiah dies at age 15 months in Salt Lake City.
1870		Church membership 90,130; population of Utah Territory 86,336; population of 38 United States 39,820,000.
Feb 1870		Utah women given the right to vote; Liberal (non-Mormon) Party formed opposing People's (Mormon) Party.
Nov 21, 1870		Wilford comforts Emma through her miscarriage.
Dec 5, 1870		Sarah's seventh child Charles Henry is born in Salt Lake City.
Jan 31, 1871		Brigham Young proposes idea of building a temple in St. George.
Feb 2, 1871		Sarah's seventh child Charles Henry dies at age two months in Salt Lake City.
Apr 17, 1871		Delight's fifth child Rosannah is born in Salt Lake City.
Apr 18, 1871		Wilford moves wife Sarah Brown and her children to Randolph, Utah along with Wilford Jr. and his family.
Oct 6, 1871		Priesthood members vote in favor of building temple in St. George.
Nov 9, 1871		Groundbreaking ceremony for St. George Temple.
Sep 27, 1872		Wilford travels to California to attend California State Fair.
Oct 22, 1872		Delight's fifth child Rosannah dies at age 18 months in Salt Lake City.
Nov 23, 1872		Emma's sixth child Abraham Owen is born in Salt Lake City.
Feb 2, 1873		Sarah's eighth child Edward Randolph is born in Randolph, Utah.
Feb 8, 1873		Sarah's eighth child Edward Randolph dies in Randolph.
Aug 14, 1873		Delight's sixth child John Jay is born in Salt Lake City.
June 23, 1874		Poland Act passed by Congress becomes legal basis for the prosecution of polygamists in the 1870s and 1880s.
Apr 10, 1875		Seniority of apostles adjusted according to ordination date, placing John Taylor ahead of Wilford.
July 17, 1875		Wilford rebaptized (for the sixth time) along with other members of the Quorum of the Twelve.
Aug 11, 1875		St. George Temple baptismal font dedicated; used to rebaptize Saints entering the United Order in St. George.
Oct 3, 1875		President Ulysses S. Grant visits Salt Lake City.
Oct 9, 1875		Great Tabernacle on Temple Block dedicated by President John Taylor.
Jan 3, 1876		Wilford moves Delight into her new house in Salt Lake City.
Apr 9, 1876		Emma's seventh child Winnifred Blanche is born in Salt Lake City.
Nov 1, 1876		Wilford moves to St. George to assist in readying temple for dedication.
Nov 7, 1876		National elections.
Nov 13, 1876		Wilford, L. John Nuttall and John D. T. McAllister begin writing down the temple ceremony.
1877		Church membership reaches 115,065.
Jan 1, 1877		Wilford, Brigham Young Jr., and Erastus Snow dedicate portions of St. George Temple.
Jan 9, 1877		First baptism for the dead performed in St. George Temple font.
Jan 11, 1877		First proxy endowments performed in this dispensation in St. George Temple.
Jan 11, 1877		First proxy sealings and sealings and endowments for the living in St. George Temple.
Jan 14, 1877		Brigham Young asked Wilford and others to write out the temple ceremonies.
Jan 16, 1877		Wilford administers second anointing to the first couple in the St. George Temple.
Feb 7, 1877		Wilford administers second anointing by proxy for the first time in the St. George Temple.
Feb 23, 1877		Wilford receives revelation authorizing proxy ordinances for his family by non-relatives.
Mar 1, 1877		In honor of Wilford's 70th birthday, 154 women serve as proxies in ordinances for his family.
Mar 3, 1877		Rutherford B. Hayes inaugurated as 19th President of 38 United States.
Mar 10, 1877		Wilford sealed to Eudora Lovina Young by her father Brigham Young.
Mar 21, 1877		Wilford and others finished writing down the ceremonies and temple procedures.
Mar 22, 1877		Wilford performed first adoptions (two couples to Brigham Young) in St. George Temple.
Mar 27, 1877		Phebe, Wilford Jr., Beulah and Phoebe Amelia arrive in St. George to work in temple.
Mar 30, 1877		First time Wilford ever acted as proxy in endowment: for "Prophet" Robert Mason.
Apr 1, 1877		General Conference held in completed temple, dedication of entire temple.
Apr 8, 1877		At the age of 70, Wilford called to preside over the St. George Temple (served until June 26, 1884).
Apr 11, 1877		First time anyone ever adopted to Wilford: Josiah G. Hardy, Samuel B. Hardy and their wives.
Apr 14, 1877		Wilford's family leaves St. George to return to Salt Lake City.
Apr 16, 1877		Wilford resigns as President of the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society after 15 years.
Apr 25, 1877		Site for Manti Temple dedicated by Brigham Young.
May 18, 1877		Site for Logan Temple dedicated by Brigham Young.
June 16, 1877		Wilford's son Brigham drowns in Bear River at age 20.
July 1877		Church-wide priesthood reorganization included rebaptism.
Aug 19, 1877 - Aug 21, 1877		Wilford's vision of Signers of Declaration of Independence; proxy baptisms for Eminent Men and Women.
Aug 22, 1877 - Aug 24, 1877		Majority of endowments completed for Eminent Men and Women; some sealings also completed.
Aug 29, 1877		Brigham Young dies.
Sep 1, 1877		Wilford accompanies Lucy Bigelow Young to Salt Lake City for funeral.
Sep 2, 1877		Funeral service for Brigham Young held in Tabernacle.
Sep 2, 1877		Wilford dedicates Brigham Young's grave.
Sep 4, 1877		Apostles meet and agree that John Taylor will be President of the Quorum of the Twelve.
Sep 16, 1877		Wilford publicly shares his vision of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Sep 17, 1877		Wilford participates in the cornerstone laying ceremony for the Logan Temple.
Oct 6, 1877		Solemn Assembly to sustain Quorum of Twelve as leading body; John Taylor as Quorum president.
Nov 29, 1877		Endowments resume in Endowment House in Salt Lake City for those too ill or elderly to travel to St. George.
Jan 1878 - Mar 1878		Wilford spends two months working in St. George Temple.
Apr 1, 1878		Wilford and Eudora's son Brigham Young Woodruff is born and dies nine hours later. He is buried in the St. George City Cemetery.
June 28, 1878		Delight's seventh child Julia Delight Stocking is born in Salt Lake City.
Nov 1878		Wilford is divorced from Eudora Young? ("sent bill" on November 25; "signed bill" on November 28).
Dec 2, 1878		Wilford asks Mary Ann Jackson to be resealed to him. (Note written in shorthand in journal margin.)
Jan 1, 1879		Wilford and Phebe move from Valley House into house next door; lease Valley House to be used as a hotel.
Jan 2, 1879		Emma's eighth child, Wilford's 34th and last child, Mary Alice is born in Salt Lake City.
Jan 6, 1879		Supreme Court denies George Reynolds' challenge to Morrill Law; plural marriage a criminal offense.
Feb 7, 1879		Wilford goes into hiding to avoid arrest for polygamy.
Mar 1879 - Apr 1880		Wilford spends a year in Arizona "on the underground" serving a mission among the Native Americans.
1880		Church membership 135,000; Utah Territory 143,963; population of 38 United States 50,190,000.
Jan 26, 1880		Wilford receives Wilderness Revelation re: God's defense of the patriarchal law of marriage.
Apr 2, 1880		Wilford returns to Salt Lake City from exile in Arizona.
Oct 10, 1880		First Presidency reorganized with John Taylor President; Wilford as President of Quorum of Twelve.
Oct 10, 1880		Pearl of Great Price officially accepted as scripture by the membership of the Church.
Jan 16, 1881		Wilford appointed General President of Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association.
Feb 1881 - Mar 1881		Wilford works for a month in the St. George Temple.
Mar 4, 1881		James A. Garfield inaugurated as 20th President of 38 United States.
Mar 5, 1881		Apostles wash feet against enemies as directed in Wilderness Revelation.
May 1881 - Apr 1889		Wilford serves eight years as Church Historian (until becoming President of the Church).
Sep 20, 1881		Chester A. Arthur inaugurated as 21st President of 38 United States after assassination of James A. Garfield.
Nov 1881 - Dec 1881		Wilford works in St. George Temple.
Jan 8, 1882		Assembly Hall on Temple Block dedicated by Joseph F. Smith.
Mar 14, 1882		Edmunds Act passed: plural marriage a felony, cohabitation a misdemeanor.
Mar 24, 1882		First Presidency counsels men to live with "only one wife under the same roof."
Apr 1882		Sixth Constitutional Convention for Utah held; Congress rejects petition for statehood on February 23, 1883.
Oct 5, 1883		Wilford sustained in General Conference as Church Historian and recorder.
Oct 12, 1883		John Taylor reinstitutes the School of the Prophets with "washing of the feet."
Dec 1883 - Jan 1884		Wilford works in St. George Temple.
May 17, 1884		Wilford helps dedicate Logan Temple.
May 29, 1884 - June 19, 1884		Wilford tours Idaho settlements with wife Sarah and Heber J. Grant.
Jan 1885 - Oct 1887		Wilford goes into hiding again to avoid arrest; lives in St. George area from January 20 to November 5, 1885.
Mar 4, 1885		Grover Cleveland inaugurated as 22nd President of 38 United States.
Nov 5, 1885		Wilford called back to Salt Lake City for a meeting of Quorum of the Twelve.
Nov 9, 1885		Wilford sees his wife Phebe for the last time and gives her a blessing.
Nov 10, 1885		Phebe Woodruff dies; Wilford watches funeral from Church office to avoid arrest.
Jan 13, 1887		Congress passes the Edmunds-Tucker Act; Act becomes law on March 3, 1887.
Apr 24, 1887		John D. T. McAllister becomes St. George Temple President.
June 1887 - July 1887		Seventh Constitutional Convention for Utah held; Congress rejects petition for statehood.
July 25, 1887		Wilford, as President of Quorum of the Twelve, becomes the leader of the Church.
July 25, 1887		John Taylor dies at the age of 80.
July 29, 1887		Wilford watches John Taylor's funeral procession from Church office to avoid arrest.
July 30, 1887		Frank H. Dyer appointed receiver for the government; Church property confiscated.
Oct 9, 1887		Wilford meets with Saints in Salt Lake Tabernacle for first time in three years.
Mar 1888		Wilford's reorganization of First Presidency fails due to discord re: George Q. Cannon.
May 17, 1888		Wilford dedicates the Manti Temple in private services.
May 21, 1888		Lorenzo Snow dedicates Manti Temple in public ceremony after Wilford returns to Salt Lake City.
May 27, 1888		When Erastus Snow dies Wilford is only living Apostle who served in the days of Joseph Smith.
June 14, 1888		Wilford directs all 32 stakes to establish Stake Academies to educate youth of the Church.
July 9, 1888		Church's attorneys obtain commitment from U.S. Solicitor that temples would not be confiscated.
Nov 7, 1888		Benjamin Harrison is elected president.
Dec 20, 1888		Apostles refuse to sign document rejecting polygamy.
Mar 4, 1889		Benjamin Harrison inaugurated as 23rd President of 38 United States.
Apr 5, 1889		First Presidency reorganized: Wilford as President, George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith as counselors.
Apr 7, 1889		Solemn Assembly held in Tabernacle to sustain new First Presidency.
Oct 21, 1889 - Nov 16, 1889		Wilford travels with wife Emma and Church leaders to Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Canada.
Nov 1889		Salt Lake Endowment House closed and demolished.
Nov 24, 1889		Wilford receives revelation on politics and polygamy; will not trade religion for statehood.
Nov 30, 1889		Judge Anderson denies immigrating Church members United States' citizenship.
Dec 23, 1889		Church-wide fast day on Joseph Smith's birthday asking for deliverance from persecution.
1890		Church membership 188,000; Utah Territory 210,779; population of 44 United States. 62,948,000.
May 19, 1890		U.S. Supreme Court sustains Edmunds-Tucker Act and Congress's right to escheat Church property.
June 1890		Secretary of State James G. Blaine drafts document renouncing polygamy which Church leaders refuse to sign.
Aug 1890		Frank H. Dyer is removed as receiver and replaced by Henry W. Lawrence.
Aug 3, 1890		Wilford visits Saints throughout Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
Sep 24, 1890		Wilford meets with three apostles regarding decision on polygamy.
Sep 25, 1890		Wilford issues Manifesto on polygamy as a press release.
Oct 6, 1890		Majority of members of the Church attending General Conference sustain the Manifesto.
May 9, 1891		Wilford meets President Benjamin Harrison when he visits Salt Lake City.
May 29, 1891		People's Party is disbanded; Saints advised to join Democrat/Republican parties.
Oct 19, 1891		Wilford testifies in court regarding practice of polygamy.
Oct 25, 1891		Wilford's testimony to Saints and defense of Manifesto.
Nov 6, 1891		Wilford decides temple recommends will be signed by Bishops and Stake leaders only, not by Church president.
Oct 13, 1892		President Harrison asks for the prayers of the First Presidency on behalf of his very ill wife.
Jan 5, 1893		Limited amnesty granted to former polygamists by President Harrison.
Mar 4, 1893		Grover Cleveland inaugurated as the 24th President of 44 United States.
Apr 6, 1893		Wilford dedicates the Salt Lake Temple at age 86.
Aug 29, 1893		Wilford attends World's Fair in Chicago.
Oct 17, 1893		Wilford meets with temple presidents to harmonize the endowment ceremony in all four operating temples.
Jan 12, 1894		Money taken by government under Edmunds-Tucker Act returned to the Church.
Mar 19, 1894		Wilford has dream about Benjamin Franklin.
Apr 6, 1894		Wilford receives revelation regarding sealing practices and the Law of Adoption.
Apr 8, 1894		Wilford announces end to practice of adoption.
Apr 18, 1894		Wilford present at first endowment ceremony in Salt Lake Temple.
July 17, 1894		President Cleveland signed the Utah Enabling Act which gave Utah admission into the Union.
Oct 25, 1894		Wilford inaugurates weekday religious education classes (precursor to seminary and institute programs).