Edwin Dilworth Woolley, Sr. (June 28, 1807 – October 12, 1881) was a Mormon pioneer, an early Latter-day Saint bishop in Salt Lake City, and a businessman in early Utah Territory who operated mills.

Woolley was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and raised in a Quaker family. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the 1830s and later served as a missionary in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.

(son of John Woolley, born August 17, 1779, Rachel Dilworth, born August 10, 1782, both of Chester county, Pennsylvania). He was born June 28, 1807, in Chester county, Pennsylvania. Came to Utah in 1848, Brigham Young company.

   Married:	Mary Wickersham (daughter of Amos and Annie Wickersham), who was born November 4, 1808, and came to Utah with husband.

   Their children:

           John W. born December 30, 1831;
           Franklin born;
           Rachel Emma;
           Henrietta;
           Samuel W. born April 2, 1840, married Maria Angell;
           Edwin Dilworth born April 30, 1845;
           Mary Louisa;
           Marsellus.

   Family home Salt Lake City.
   Married:	Louisa Chopin Gordon February 6, 1846, Nauvoo, Illinois, who was born February 28, 1820, at Williamson, New York. Their only child was Edwin Gordon Woolley.
   Married:	Ellen Wilding, who was born April 8, 1822, at Leon, England.

   Their children:

           Sarah;
           Joseph;
           Hyrum Smith;
           Edwin Thomas;
           Mary Ellen.

   Family home Salt Lake City.
   Married:	Ann Olpin.

   Their children:

           Henry Alberto;
           Amelia;
           Orson;
           Ruth;
           Olive;
           Fannie;
           George;
           Carlos.

   Married:	Betsy Ann Jackman.

   One son:

           Oceolo.

   Married:	Elizabeth Jackman.

Sources:

   Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah photographs, page 139
   Joseph Smith Papers Project profile: Edwin+Woolley
   Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, page 1263

SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'Edwin D. Woolley', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 13 November 2010, 12:08 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edwin_D._Woolley&oldid=396494603> [accessed 18 February 2011]