Joseph Woodmansee

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Woodmansee was born on 17 December 1826, in Fairfield Township, Highland, Ohio, United States, his father, James Woodmansee, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Ann Terrell, was 22. He married Amelia Ann Smith on 24 July 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 15 February 1899, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Woodmansee
1826–1899
Emily Hill
1836–1906
Marriage: 7 May 1864
Sarah Alexandrina Bray
1850–1929
Gladys Elizabeth Hill Woodmansee
1865–1906
Franklin Hill Woodmansee
1867–1910
May Hill Woodmansee
1868–1869
Ernest Woodmansee
1869–1870
Walter Hill Woodmansee
1871–1933
Sylvia Woodmansee
1872–1913
Rowland Hill Woodmansee
1872–1899
Pearl Hill Woodmansee
1874–1960
Constance Myrtle Woodmansee
1877–1954

Sources (92)

  • Joseph Woodmansee, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Joseph Woodmansse, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Joseph, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

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.

1833

Historical Boundaries: 1833: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1834: Michigan Territory, United States 1834: Des Moines, Michigan Territory, United States 1836: Des Moines, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1838: Des Moines, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Des Moines, Iowa, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English (London): habitational name from Woodmansey in East Yorkshire, probably named from Old English wudumann ‘woodman, forester’ + ‘sea, lake’ or from wudumannes (genitive form of wuduman) + ēa ‘river, stream’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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