George Washington Woolsey Hickerson (1848 - 1915) Profile

Individual

death-date-qualifier-death

George Washington Woolsey Hickerson

birth-date-qualifier-birth

George W. Hickerson autobiographical sketch, 1866, 5

George W. Hickerson autobiographical sketch, 1866, 5.

I left in the Spring of 1847 and moved to what is now called Florence on the Missouri River.



Worked this summer with John D. Lee at what was called Summer Quarters about 18 miles from Florence. But this amounted to nothing and in the Fall I found myself with nothing with which to pursue my journey and on the 15th of September 1847 George Washington Woolsey Hickerson was born at 5 o’clock P.M.



And now notwithstanding my great poverty I was not altogether discouraged. I went into Missouri and labored with all the power and might that I possessed and finally succeeded in obtaining a scant outfit with which in the Spring of 1848 I started for Great Salt Lake Valley in the company of Elder Willard Richards one of the First Presidency of the Church, and it was not until the 4th or 5th of July that we got well under way from Florence. It was a very hard trip on me, my wife being in poor health and part of the time two teams to drive with the assistance of Isaac my little son who was only about eight years old. But we arrived in the Valley on the 19th of October and notwithstanding my scant means I do not think we have done altogether without bread any one whole day but we had some bread every day.

Transcript for George W. Hickerson autobiographical sketch, 1866, 5

The Whitaker Family in England and America

The Whitaker Family in England and America, Page 248.

The Whitaker Family in England and America.

Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days

Prophets of the Restoration

Global Histories

Revelations in Context

Women of Conviction

Joseph Smith Papers

Church Historian’s Press

More

Publications

Church History Museum

Historic Sites

Church History Library

Visit

Church History Catalog

Missionary Database

Pioneer Database

Treasures of the Collection

Pioneer Resources

Research

Church Historic Sites

Quick Links

Church History Biographical Database

/chd/landing

company-arrived

joined-company

pioneerCompanyReferenceIdValue

Default List Title

Name

Presided Over

Sources

Title

George Washington Woolsey Hickerson

Birth Date

Death Date

Gender

Sources