Brief Life History of Samuel Amos
When Samuel Amos Woolley was born on 11 September 1825, in Newlin Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Woolley Jr, was 46 and his mother, Rachel Dilworth, was 43. He married Catherine Elizabeth Mehring on 21 May 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 23 March 1900, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Samuel A Wolley, "United States Census, 1850"
- Samuel Amos Woolley, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- S A Woolley in entry for Wm G Woolley, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old English wulf ‘wolf’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’, such as Woolley (Huntingdonshire, Yorkshire), Woolley in Bovey Tracy (Devon), and Woolley in Bradford on Avon (Wiltshire).
Irish (Cavan): in Ireland, according to Woulfe, when this is not the English name, it has been adopted for Woulfe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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A Brief Account of the Early Life of Samuel Amos Woolley
I was born in Newlin Township, Chester County, state of Pennsylvania, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-vie. I was the seventh and last child my dear mother bore, as she di …
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