Brief Life History of John Stillman
When John Stillman Woodbury was born on 20 November 1825, in New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Jeremiah Woodbury, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Bartlett, was 31. He married Elvira Stevens in 1850. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1858 and lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 21 December 1914, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- J S Woodbury, "United States Census, 1880"
- BIRTH & BAPTISM: SALT LAKE CITY 7TH WARD, JOHN STILLMAN WOODBURY born 20 NOVEMBER 1825, re-baptized 15 Aug 1849, 24 Feb 1851, 12 Mar 1857 Salt Lake City 7th Ward
- "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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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.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English (Somerset and Devon): habitational name from Woodbury in Devon, named from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + byrig, dative of burg ‘fortress’, or from either of two places called Woodborough, in Nottinghamshire and Wiltshire. The Nottinghamshire placename has the same origin as Woodbury in Devon. Woodborough in Wiltshire is named with the same first element + Old English beorg ‘hill’.
History: John Woodbury emigrated from Somerset, England, to Gloucester, MA, in 1623.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Jeremiah Woodbury & Elizabeth Bartlett
Written by Leland and Myrlene Woodbury in 1978. Jeremiah Woodbury, sixth child and second son of John Woodbury and Mary Ward, was born in Leverett, Franklin County, Massachusetts, March 9, 1791, but l …
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