A couple of years ago, I was teaching my seminary class about Wilford Woodruff doing the baptisms for the dead at the St. George Temple for all the founding fathers and all the presidents of the United States. The picture in the seminary book (Church in the Fulness of Times, Institute manual) showed the page from the temple recorder's book.
I looked up at the top of the page and noticed the names of the witnesses, and saw that Wayne's ancestor Anson Perry W. was one of the witnesses to those baptisms. It is logical that he would serve as a temple ordinance worker, since he was living near St. George and in charge of the Church's cattle ranch there (Pipe Springs).
It really makes me feel good to know that one of Wayne’s ancestors participated in one of my favorite church history stories.
(Last year, Bryce had a companion on his mission in Oaxaca, Mexico, whose name was Elder Woodruff. Elder Woodruff was a direct descendant of Wilford Woodruff, and he had a copy of Wilford's journal. Bryce and Elder Woodruff had fun telling people this story.)
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