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        Pioneer Database

        1847–1868

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        Birth Date
        4 November 1808
        Death Date
        29 March 1859
        Gender
        Female
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        Mary Wickersham Woolley

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        • She gave birth to her daughter Mary Louisa en route, as confirmed in Mary Louisa's obituary.

        Brigham Young Company (1848)

        • Age at Departure: 39

        Traveled with

        • Edwin Dilworth Woolley (Age: 40)
        • John Wickersham Woolley (Age: 16)
        • Franklin Benjamin Woolley (Age: 13)
        • Rachel Emma Woolley (Age: 11)
        • Samuel Wickersham Woolley (Age: 8)
        • Henrietta Woolley (Age: 5)
        • Edwin Dilworth, Jr. Woolley (Age: 3)
        • Mary Louisa Woolley (Age: Infant)

        Sources

        • Brief Biography of Rachel Emma Woolley Simmons, 11-14.  Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
        • Catharine E. Mehring Wooley's journal transcribed by J. Cecil Alter and printed in serial in "In the Beginning: Diaries of Mormon Pioneers," Salt Lake Telegram.  7 Jan. 1935; 8 Jan. 1935; 9 Jan. 1935; 10 Jan.1935; 1 Jan. 1935. (Link will direct to the first installment of the serial.)
        • “Churchman’s Mother to Observe Birthday,” Salt Lake Telegram, 30 June 1934, 7.  
        • "Died," Deseret News [Weekly], 13 Apr. 1859, 48.
        • "First 100, report, 1848 June" in Camp of Israel schedules and reports 1845-1849, Brigham Young's 1848 emigration division.
        • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1848, 2.