Samuel Wickersham Woolley (1840 - 1908)

Born 2 Apr 1840 in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA

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Died 28 Jan 1908 at age 67 in Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah, USA

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Biography

Samuel Wickersham Woolley was born on 2 Apr 1840 in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA, son of Edwin Dilworth Woolley Sr. (1807 - 1881) and Mary Wickersham (1808 - 1859).

His siblings were:

1. John Wickersham Woolley (1831 - 1928)
2. Franklin Benjamin Woolley (1834 - 1869)
3. Rachel Emma (Woolley) Simmons (1836 - 1926)
4. Henrietta (Woolley) Simmons (1843 - 1911)
5. Edwin Dilworth Woolley (1845 - 1920)
6. Edwin Gordon Woolley Sr (1845 - 1930)
7. Sarah (Woolley) Sutton (1847 - 1902)
8. Mary Louisa (Woolley) Clark (1848 - 1938)
9. Joseph Wilding Woolley (1850 - 1877)
10. Henry Alberto Woolley (1851 - 1894)
11. Hyram Smith Woolley (1852 - 1936)
12. Orson Alpin Woolley (1853 - 1941)
13. Marcellus Simmons Woolley (1854 - 1921)
14. Edwin Thomas Woolley (1854 - 1924)
15. Amelia (Woolley) Wardrop (1855 - 1936)
16. Ruth (Woolley) Hatch (1857 - 1934)
17. Olive (Woolley) Kimball (1859 - )
18. Fannie (Woolley) Parkinson (1864 - 1946)
19. George Edwin Woolley (1866 - 1938)

Samuel married Emily Sophia Wahlgren (1848 - 1896)

Samuel married Maria Angell (1841 - 1930) in 1858. Their children were:

1. Lottie Woolley (1858 - 1935)
2. Samuel Edwin Woolley (1859 - 1925)
3. Eugene Truman Woolley (1861 - 1939)
4. Phebe Ann (Woolley) Jeffs (1873 - 1948).

Samuel married Rachel Cahoon (1849 - 1887) in 1868. Their daughter was Janet Maria (Woolley) Taylor (1870 - 1956).

Samuel died on 28 Jan 1908 in Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah aged 67. He is buried in Grantsville City Cemetery, Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah, USA.

• Fact: Burial Grantsville City Cemetery, Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah, USA

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRR-SX1 : accessed 28 September 2020), Samuel W. Woolley, Batesville, Grantsville, Lakeview, Mill Precincts Grantsville city, Tooele, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 143, sheet 11A, family 191, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,686.

• "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Z-JW8F : 23 February 2018), Samuel Wickersham Woolley, from 1839 to 1846; citing Residence, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, from 1839 to 1846, Citing BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, Provo, Utah.

• Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848: Ancestry.com. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Black, Susan Easton, compiler. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1989. Private Donor. Ancestry Record 5333 #100952 Death:

   Name:	Samuel Wickersham Woolley
   Gender:	Male
   Relationship to Primary Person:	Self (Head)
   Father:	Edwin Dilworth Woolley
   Mother:	Mary Wickersham
   Birth Date:	2 Apr 1840
   Birth Place:	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
   Death Date:	28 Jan 1908
   Death Place:	Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, USA
   Burial Date:	31 Jan 1908
   Alternate Burial Dates:	Feb 2, 1908
   Burial Place:	Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, USA
   LDS Church Ordinance Data:	Baptism Date: 1849 Ordained High Priest Ordained Seventy Ordained Patriarch
   LDS Temple Ordinance Data:	Baptism Date: December 1, 1967 Temple: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA Endowment Date: November 16, 1855 Temple: Endowment House, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Sealed to Parents Date: February 6, 1895 Sealed to Spouse Date: April 17, 1858 Temple: Endowment House, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Sealed to Spouse Date: June 28, 1868 Temple: Endowment House, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
   Vocations:	Livestockman Farmer, Stockraiser
   Comments:	Samuel came to Utah in 1848 with the Heber C. Kimball company. He served as a high councilor; he also served a mission to Ohio, 73. Selectman several years; justice of the peace. Minuteman and veteran Indian war; participated in Echo Canyon compaign. President Co-op at Grantsville.

   Household Members
   Name	Age
   Samuel Wickersham Woolley	Self (Head)
   Maria Angell	Spouse
   Samuel Edwin Woolley	Child
   Eugene Truman Woolley	Child
   Leo Carlos Woolley	Child
   Horace Wickersham Woolley	Child
   Rachel Emma Woolley	Child
   Walter Dee Woolley	Child
   Mary Louisa Woolley	Child
   Alice May Woolley	Child
   Nellie Vilate Woolley	Child
   Sarah Viola Woolley	Child
   Franklin Edgar Woolley	Child
   Fannie Leone Woolley	Child
   Rachel Cahoon	Spouse
   Janet Maria Woolley	Child
   Maggie Elizabeth Woolley	Child
   Phebe Ann Woolley	Child
   Andrew Dilworth Woolley	Child
   Polly Tolman	Spouse
   Alonzo Hewet Woolley	Child
   Lucy Woolley	Child
   Lenora Woolley	Child

See Also,

Find a Grave, database and images ( Find A Grave: Memorial #28560774 samuel-wickersham-woolley : accessed 25 April 2022), memorial page for Samuel Wickersham Woolley (2 Apr 1840–28 Jan 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28560774, citing Grantsville City Cemetery, Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by SMS (contributor 46491005) .