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John Mills Woolley (1822 - 1864)

John Mills Woolley aka Wooley
Born in New Lynn, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of Americamap
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Husband of — married 9 Jan 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Ilmap
Husband of — married 25 Jan 1857 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utmap
Husband of — married 18 Jun 1864 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United Statesmap
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Died at age 41 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United Statesmap
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John Woolley was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

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Biography

John Mills Woolley was born 20 November 1822, at New Lynn (or Newlin-Chester), Pennsylvania, United States of America.[1]

John was the son of John Woolley and his wife, Rachel Dilworth, who were both of Chester county, Pennsylvania.[2]

John had siblings:[3][4][5]

  1. Edwin Dilworth Woolley;
  2. Taylor Hoopes Woolley;
  3. Sarah Woolley;
  4. Susan Woolley;
  5. Phoebe Ann Woolley; and
  6. Samuel Amos Woolley.


Church/Temple Ordinances

-Baptism on October 7, 1840, officiated by Almon W. Babbitt (Reference: Family GroupSheet-self; Temple Patron Notification Reference; LDS Biographical Encyclopeclia. Jenson, Andrew. 1951, Volume: 1 Page: 782-783)

-Ordained Elder in April, 1842 at Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States (Reference: LDS Biographical Encyclopedia. Jenson, Andrew. 1951, Volume: 1 Page: 782-783)

-Quorum of Seventy in April, 1843 (Reference: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46; LDS Biographical Encyclopedia. Jenson, Andrew. 1951, Volume: 1 Page: 782-783)

-Received Patriarchal-Blessing on February 28, 1838 at Rochester, Columbiana, Ohio, United States, officiated by Joseph Smith Sr. (Reference: Early Church File; Book of Patriarchal Blessings Index, Volume: 3 Page: H

-Endowment at the Temple in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States on January 9, 1846 (Reference: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46; Family Group Sheet-self; Temple Index Bureau)

-Sealing-to-Spouse #1 at the Temple in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in January, 1846 (Reference: Mormon Manuscripts to 1846. Andrus, Hyrum. 1977)

John arrived in Utah on 26 September 1847, in the George B. Wallace company, and is considered a pioneer of Utah because he arrived before 30 December 1868 and the coming of the railroad.[2]

John a missionary, bishop's counselor and a bishop, was a sawmill owner and lumberman. He built the first house in 9th ward Salt Lake City.[2]

Marriages and Children

John married Maria Lucy Dewey on 9 January, 1846.[2] Maria was the daughter of Ashbel Dewey and his wife Harriet Adams, who were also pioneers in the George B. Wallace company.[2]

John and Maria had children:

  1. John Dewey Woolley, born 30 December, 1846, died 14 May 1849, in Winter Quarters;[6]
  2. Ashbel Dewey Woolley, born 1 June 1850, married Ida Ann Bird on 12 December, 1878;[2]
  3. Harriet Arabell Woolley, born 27 March, 1853, married Joseph E Taylor on 5 September, 1889;[2]
  4. Frank Albert Woolley, born 2 May, 1856, married Eliza Kimball on 14 May, 1880;[2]
  5. William Dewey Woolley, born 25 February, 1858;[2]
  6. Vilate Annabell Woolley, born 21 August, 1860, died 19 October, 1867;[7]
  7. Marion Dewey Woolley, born 28 June, 1862, died 19 December 1888.[8]

Between 1847 and 1890, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints practised polygymous plural marriages, and John would have received the approval of the the Church leaders to take a second wife.[9] Caroline Patience Harrar accepted marrying John in a polygamous union and they married on 25 January, 1857, at Salt Lake City.[2] Caroline was the daughter of John Harrar and Ann Law.[2]

John and Caroline had children:

  1. Lorenzo Harrar Woolley, born 12 January, 1858, died November 1859;[10]
  2. Taylor Harrar Woolley, born 29 March, 1860, married 1) Caroline Louise Ahlstrom on 19 May 1881, and 2) Florence Belle Garrard on 23 January, 1891;[2]
  3. Albaroni Harrar Woolley, born 2 April, 1862, at Salt Lake City, married Josephine L Groo on 22 October, 1884;[2]
  4. Laura Virginia Woolley, born 5 February, 1864, at Salt Lake City, married Theodore Tobiason on 21 October, 1885.[2]

On 1 June 1850, the seventh population census of the United States recorded as Free Inhabitants in the County of Great Salt Lake, Deseret: John M Woolley, a farmer who owned $100 of real estate, aged 28, born in Pennsylvania; his wife Mary, aged 27, born in Massachusetts; and one year-old Ashbel Woolley, born in Deseret.[11]

By the eighth census of the United States, taken on 1 June 1860, John now a 37 year-old Trader owning $1,000 worth of real estate and $1,000 worth of personal estate, was the head of a household three times the size of that in the previous census. John's family now included his wife, Maria L, aged 36, and their children, who were all born in Utah: Ashbel D Woolley, aged 10, Harriet A Woolley, aged 7; Frank Woolley aged 4; and William D Woolley aged 2. Also residing with John were his mother-in-law, Harriet Dewey, aged 60, born in Connecticut; Matilda Barret, aged 17, born in Wales; and Rodolph Huy, a Labourer aged 24 owning $200 worth of real estate, born in Switzerland.[12]

Death and Burial

JOHN MILLS WOOLLEY, b. Nov. 20, 1822, at Newlin, Chester Co., Pa.; d. Aug. 18, 1864, from an accident in Little Cottonwood Canyon; he was a bishop in the Mormon Church and had filled several missions previous to his settling in Utah in 1847.

On 4/3/1868, an Administrators report for John M Woolley by Davis was filed in Salt Lake County (Utah).[13]

John's wives survived him, both dying at Salt Lake City and buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery; Maria Lucy Woolley died on 27 January 1911,[14] and Caroline P Woolley died on 4 January 1901.[15]

Sources

  1. ↑ Salt Lake City Cemetery, "John M Wooley", Names in Stone, http://www.namesinstone.com/ViewMap.aspx?externalGraveId=GRV1194&cemeteryId=323, accessed 7 July 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Esshom, Frank. Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies ... the Early History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Volume 2, p. 1262, Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Pub. Co, 1913. Internet Archive. https://archive.org/stream/pioneersprominen02essh#page/1262/mode/2up, accessed 6 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Source: #S42 Page: Birth year: 1779; Birth city: Chester Co; Birth state: PA. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=2841859&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Data: Text: Birth date: 19 August 1779Birth place: Chester Co, PADeath date: 13 August 1832Death place: Newlin TownshipMarriage date: 11 September 1806Marriage place: West Chester, Chester Co, PA
  4. ↑ Source: #S42 Page: Birth year: 1782; Birth city: Chstr; Birth state: PA. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=707821&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Data: Text: Birth date: 10 August 1782Birth place: Chstr, PADeath date: 9 December 1826Death place: Newlin TownshipMarriage date: 11 September 1806Marriage place: West Chester, Chester Co, PA
  5. ↑ Source: #S40 Page: Birth year: 1779; Birth city: Chester Co; Birth state: PA. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=2841859&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Data: Text: Birth date: 19 August 1779Birth place: Chester Co, PADeath date: 13 August 1832Death place: Newlin TownshipMarriage date: 11 September 1806Marriage place: West Chester, Chester Co, PA
  6. ↑ Salt Lake City Cemetery, "John D Wooley", Names in Stone, http://www.namesinstone.com/ViewMap.aspx?externalGraveId=SLC79427&cemeteryId=323, accessed 7 July 2015.
  7. ↑ Salt Lake City Cemetery, "Vilate Hannabell Wooley", Names in Stone, http://www.namesinstone.com/ViewMap.aspx?externalGraveId=GRV1193&cemeteryId=323, accessed 7 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Salt Lake City Cemetery, "Marion Dewey Wooley", Names in Stone, http://www.namesinstone.com/ViewMap.aspx?externalGraveId=SLC86618&cemeteryId=323, accessed 7 July 2015.
  9. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Plural Marriage and Families in Early Utah, Intellectual Reserve, https://www.lds.org/topics/plural-marriage-and-families-in-early-utah?lang=eng, accessed 7 June 2015.
  10. ↑ Salt Lake City Cemetery, "Lorenzo H Wooley", Names in Stone, http://www.namesinstone.com/ViewMap.aspx?externalGraveId=SLC79207&cemeteryId=323, accessed 7 July 2015.
  11. ↑  7th Census of Population 1850, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, Population Schedule, Deseret, pp. 80 (stamped) 159, dwelling 9, John M Woolley; [digital image], Internet Archive, (http://www.archive.org/stream/populationschedu0919unix#page/n163/mode/1up : 6 July 2015).
  12. ↑  8th Census of Population 1860, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, Free Inhabitants, 9th Ward Gt Salt Lake City, pp. 79, dwelling 577, Family 17, Lines 13-21, John M Woolley; [digital image], Internet Archive, (http://www.archive.org/stream/populationschedu1313unix#page/n140/mode/1up : 7 July 2015)roll 1313.
  13. ↑ Probate Court, Civil and criminal case files (Series 373); Reel Number: 17; Box Number: 12; Folder Number: 134; Entry 4101--WOOLLEY, JOHN M, Utah State Archives and Records Service, http://axaem.archives.utah.gov/cgi-bin/indexesresults.cgi?RUNWHAT=IDXFILES&KEYPATH=IDX373%20%200004101, accessed 7 July 2015.
  14. ↑ Salt Lake City Cemetery, "Maria Lucy Woolley", Names in Stone, http://www.namesinstone.com/ViewMap.aspx?externalGraveId=SLC79429&cemeteryId=323, accessed 7 July 2015.
  15. ↑ Salt Lake City Cemetery, "Caroline P Woolley", Names in Stone, http://www.namesinstone.com/ViewMap.aspx?externalGraveId=SLC79214&cemeteryId=323, accessed 7 July 2015.




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