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Woolley, Edwin
Biography
27 June 1807–14 Oct. 1881. Farmer, coal miner, cattleman, builder, merchant. Born in East Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania. Son of John Woolley and Rachel Dilworth. Raised in Quaker faith. Married Mary Wickersham, 24 Mar. 1831, in Columbiana Co., Ohio. Moved to East Rochester, Columbiana Co., by 1833. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Lorenzo D. Barnes, 24 Dec. 1837, in West Township, Columbiana Co. Ordained a high priest, 6 May 1838, in West Township. Served as president of branch at East Rochester. Moved to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, 1839. Served mission to Pennsylvania, 1840. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, 1840. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Served mission to Massachusetts and Connecticut, 1842. Migrated to Salt Lake City, Sept. 1848. Elected to Utah territorial legislature, 1851. Died in Salt Lake City.
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- Agreement with Edwin Woolley, 27 April 1840
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- History, circa 1841, draft [Draft 3]
- History, circa 1841, fair copy
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–B
- Introduction to Niswanger v. Wight and Jett
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Letter from Eliza Lowry Nicholson, 23 April 1843
- Letter from George Miller, 4 September 1842
- Letter to John M. Bernhisel, 7 September 1842
- License Record Book
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Minutes, 10 June 1844
- Minutes, 10 June 1844, Extract, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes, 2 July 1844
- Minutes, 2 July 1844, Extract, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes, 27 May 1843
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book B, 1843–1846
- Petition from George W. Crouse and Others, circa 9 March 1844
- Proposed Plan for a Moot Organization and Congress, 6 February 1844
- Recognizance, 25 June 1844–A [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Recognizance, 25 June 1844–D [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Tithing Daybook B
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
- Gender
- Male