John Stillman Woodbury
Birth Date
On 1825 November 20 (Born)
Death Date
On 1914 December 21 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
1825 November 20
Mother
Elizabeth Bartlett (1794 - 1851)
Father
Jeremiah Woodbury (1791 - 1883)
Date Details
Occurred On 1825 November 20
Baptized by Elias Harris
1841 September 27 (Age 15)
Traveled in
Abraham O. Smoot/George B. Wallace Company (1847)
1847 June 18 – September 29 (Age 21)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Jeremiah Woodbury (Age 56)
Elizabeth Bartlett (Age 53)
Orin Nelson Woodbury (Age 18)
Hannah Maria Woodbury (Age 13)
Date Details
Started On 1847 June 18
Joined Company
Ended Between 1847 September 25 – 29
Company Arrived
Married
Elvira Stevens
1850 (Age 24)
Served in
Hawaiian Mission
1851 March – 1856 May 7 (Age 25)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Location Served
Sandwich Islands
Date Details
Started On 1851 March
Departed from Home
On 1851 August 9
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1856 May 7
Arrived at Home
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1856)
1856 (Age 30)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Traveling Group
Elvira Stevens (Age 23)
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1856
Joined Company
Circa 1856
Company Arrived
Served in
Hawaiian Mission
1857 March 1 – 1858 October 27 (Age 31)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Location Served
Sandwich Islands
Date Details
Started On 1857 March 1
Called
On 1857 April 21
Set Apart
On 1857 September 24
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1858 October 27
Arrived at Home
Traveled in
Frederick A. Mitchell Company (1858)
1858 September 8 – October 26 (Age 32)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Date Details
Started On 1858 September 8
Joined Company
Ended On 1858 October 26
Company Arrived
Married
Martha Alice Parker
1864 December 27 (Age 39)
Served in
Hawaiian Mission
1877 January 1 – 1879 October 13 (Age 51)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
5th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
St George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Wilford Woodruff
Location Served
Sandwich Islands
Date Details
Started On 1877 January 1
Set Apart
On 1877 February 11
Arrived in Field
On 1879 September 29
Departed from Field
Ended On 1879 October 13
Arrived at Home
Died in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States
1914 December 21 (Age 89)
Media
John Stillman Woodbury (1825 - 1914) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 Utah Census
1850 Utah Census.
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, Page 343.
Mission
Hawaii Honolulu Mission missionary registers, 1850-1972, Church History Library
Hawaii Honolulu Mission missionary registers, 1850-1972, Church History Library.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 1 March 1857.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 7 April 1851.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 1 January 1877, Vol. A, Page 37, Line 1570.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 1 January 1877, Vol. B, Page 40, Line 1570.
Mormon Missionary Diaries, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
Mormon Missionary Diaries, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration, Vol. 3, Page 479-480.
The Journal of George Q. Cannon
The Journal of George Q. Cannon.
Washington County News
"J.S. Woodbury Called", Washington County News, (24 December 1914), Page 1.
Pioneer
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849
"Ezra T. Benson's 100, report", Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849, (24 September 1849), Page 1-8.
Frederick A. H. F. Mitchell journals, 1856-1858 and 1899
Frederick A. H. F. Mitchell journals, 1856-1858 and 1899.
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George Benjamin Wallace Emigrating Company journal
George Benjamin Wallace Emigrating Company journal, June.
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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 21 June 1847, Page 6-51.
Lyman, Edward Leo, Susan Ward Payne, and S. George Ellsworth, eds., No Place to Call Home: The 1807-1857 Life Writings of Caroline Barnes Crosby, Chronicler of Outlying Mormon Communities [2005], 399
Lyman, Edward Leo, Susan Ward Payne, and S. George Ellsworth, eds., No Place to Call Home: The 1807-1857 Life Writings of Caroline Barnes Crosby, Chronicler of Outlying Mormon Communities [2005], 399.
