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1847–1868

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


Alternate Names

    Mary Wickersham

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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 Woolley Jr. (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.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1848, 2.
  • "Journal of Rachel Emma Woolley Simmons," Heart Throbs of the West, Vol. 11, pp. 161-63.