Edwin Dilworth Woolley, Jr.
Birth Date
On 1845 April 30 (Born)
Death Date
On 1920 July 20 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
1845 April 30
Mother
Mary Wickersham (1808 - 1859)
Father
Edwin Dilworth Woolley (1807 - 1881)
Date Details
Occurred On 1845 April 30
Traveled in
Brigham Young Company (1848)
1848 June 5 – September 24 (Age 3)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Samuel Wickersham Woolley (Age 8)
Henrietta Woolley (Age 5)
Edwin Dilworth Woolley (Age 40)
Mary Wickersham (Age 39)
Ellen Wilding (Age 29)
John Wickersham Woolley (Age 16)
Franklin Benjamin Woolley (Age 13)
Rachel Emma Woolley (Age 11)
Mary Louisa Woolley (Age 0)
Sarah Woolley (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1848 June 5
Joined Company
Ended Between 1848 September 20 – 24
Company Arrived
Baptized by F D Woolley
1854 May 9 (Age 9)
Married
Emma Geneva Bentley
1867 March 9 (Age 21)
Served in
British Mission
1877 May 5 – October 6 (Age 32)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
4th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
St George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr.
Location Served
Europe
Date Details
Started On 1877 May 5
Set Apart
Ended On 1877 October 6
Released
Died in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States
1920 July 20 (Age 75)
Media
Edwin Dilworth Woolley Jr. (1845 - 1920) Profile
Sources
Person
Washington County News
"E. D. Woolley Called", Washington County News, (29 July 1920), Page 1.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 5 May 1877, Vol. B, Page 41, Line 1611.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 5 May 1877, Vol. A, Page 38, Line 1611.
Pioneer
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849. Brigham Young's 1848 emigration division, First 100, report: Page 1-6.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1848: Page 9.
Utah Pioneer Biographies
"Woolley, Edwin Dilworth, Jr.", Utah Pioneer Biographies, 30, Page 141.
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