Brief Life History of Franklin Benjamin
When Franklin Benjamin Woolley Sr was born on 11 June 1834, in East Rochester, West Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States, his father, Edwin Dilworth Woolley, was 26 and his mother, Mary Wickersham, was 25. He married Olive Carl Foss on 11 February 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1848 and lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 21 March 1869, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Franklin B Woolley, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Legacy NFS Source: Franklin Benjamin Woolley - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Franklin Benjamin Woolley Sr.
- Franklin Benjamin Woolley, "Find A Grave Index"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1839 · Nauvoo is Settled
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
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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AN ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF FRANKLIN BENJAMIN WOOLLEY BY HIS BROTHER, E. D. WOOLLEY, GIVEN FROM MEMORY FORTY-FOUR YEARS AFTER TO HIS DAUGHTER BESSIE, THIS 18TH DAY OF AUGUST 1912.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF FRANKLIN BENJAMIN WOOLLEY BY HIS BROTHER, E. D. WOOLLEY, GIVEN FROM MEMORY FORTY-FOUR YEARS AFTER TO HIS DAUGHTER BESSIE, THIS 18TH DAY OF AUGUST 1912. In the year 1868 a c …
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