Son of John Woolley and Rachael Dilworth
- Married Mary Wickersham, 24 Mar 1831, Columbiana County, Ohio
- Married Ellen Wilding, 28 Dec 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
- Married Louisa Chapin Gordon, 28 Dec 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
- Married Mary Ann Olpin, 10 Nov 1850, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
- Married Elizabeth Ann Marshall, 11 Feb 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
History - Edwin Dilworth Woolley was born in 1807. He was reared as a prosperous farmer, and a staunch Quaker. He acquired a good common school education. His mother died in 1826 and his father in 1832. Edwin, as the eldest child, faithfully and willingly assumed the responsibility of the family.
In 1837 he visited Kirtland and invited Joseph Smith Sr., to return home with him for the winter. On Dec. 24th 1837, he was baptized. The next day he was ordained a High Priest, and made President of the Branch at East Rochester.
In 1839 he moved to Quincy, Illinois, and in 1840 to Nauvoo. He filled missions to Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and elsewhere. The prophet once promised him that neither he, his children, nor his children's children, should ever want for bread.
With the Church he passed through all the persecutions and trials of the exodus from Nauvoo and of crossing the Plains.
He served in the first and several subsequent Territorial legislatures and he presided as Bishop over the Thirteenth Ward for about 28 years. He was very conscientious in his public duties of practical nature but deeply interested in religion.
Son of John Woolley and Rachael Dilworth
- Married Mary Wickersham, 24 Mar 1831, Columbiana County, Ohio
- Married Ellen Wilding, 28 Dec 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
- Married Louisa Chapin Gordon, 28 Dec 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
- Married Mary Ann Olpin, 10 Nov 1850, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
- Married Elizabeth Ann Marshall, 11 Feb 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
History - Edwin Dilworth Woolley was born in 1807. He was reared as a prosperous farmer, and a staunch Quaker. He acquired a good common school education. His mother died in 1826 and his father in 1832. Edwin, as the eldest child, faithfully and willingly assumed the responsibility of the family.
In 1837 he visited Kirtland and invited Joseph Smith Sr., to return home with him for the winter. On Dec. 24th 1837, he was baptized. The next day he was ordained a High Priest, and made President of the Branch at East Rochester.
In 1839 he moved to Quincy, Illinois, and in 1840 to Nauvoo. He filled missions to Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and elsewhere. The prophet once promised him that neither he, his children, nor his children's children, should ever want for bread.
With the Church he passed through all the persecutions and trials of the exodus from Nauvoo and of crossing the Plains.
He served in the first and several subsequent Territorial legislatures and he presided as Bishop over the Thirteenth Ward for about 28 years. He was very conscientious in his public duties of practical nature but deeply interested in religion.
Family Members
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John Wickersham Woolley
1831–1928
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Franklin Benjamin Woolley
1834–1869
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Rachel Emma Woolley Simmons
1836–1926
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Samuel Wickersham Woolley
1840–1908
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Henrietta Woolley Simmons
1843–1911
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Edwin Dilworth Woolley Jr
1845–1920
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Edwin Gordon Woolley Sr
1845–1930
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Sarah Woolley Sutton
1847–1902
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Mary Louisa Woolley Clark
1848–1938
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Joseph Wilding Woolley
1850–1877
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Henry Alberto Woolley
1851–1894
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Hyrum Smith Woolley
1852–1936
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Orson Alpin Woolley
1853–1941
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Marcellus Simmons Woolley
1854–1921
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Edwin Thomas Woolley
1854–1924
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Mary Ellen Woolley Smith
1855–1902
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Amelia Woolley Wardrop
1855–1936
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Ruth Woolley Hatch
1857–1934
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Sarah Ann Woolley
1859–1859
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Olive Woolley Kimball
1860–1906
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William Edgar Woolley
1862–1862
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Fannie Woolley Parkinson
1864–1946
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George Edwin Woolley
1866–1938
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Carlos Alfred Woolley
1868–1873
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Clarence Herbert Woolley
1871–1877
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