William Shin Wordsworth (1819 - 1888)

Born 5 Mar 1819 in Woodstown, Salem, New Jersey, United States

Died 18 Jan 1888 at age 68 in Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States

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William became a member of the LDS Church between 1830 - 1848.

William Wordsworth was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Biography

William was born in 1819 in New Jersey, United States.

He was the son of William Wordsworth and Catherine Morgan.

He married first Ann Fogg. He married second Nancy Ann Vance; they had six children. He married third Martha Streper. He married fourth Nellie Grlfflth.

LDS Temple Ordinance: Endowment at the Temple in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States on January 5, 1846 (Reference: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46)

William traveled to the valley in Brigham Young's 1847 company and was part of the 6th Company of Ten led by Charles Shumway. At various times in his life, particularly in Nauvoo, his surname was spelled in sources as "Wordsworth." In Utah, it was spelled "Wadsworth" in the census, obituary, property list, and numerous newspaper articles. His gravestone shows his surname as "Wordsworth." In 1856 he was a returning missionary.

He passed away in 1888 in the Utah Territory, United States.

Sources

• Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints 1830-1848, Volume XLVII, WIN—YOC Compiled by Susan Ward Easton Black, Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1988. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE5800000
• LDS Pioneer Overland Travel 1847-1868 web site: https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/479/william-shin-wordsworth