Autobiography and diary, 1869-1896.

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Autobiography and diary, 1869-1896.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122605948

Photocopy of a typescript. Woolley writes about his early life in an autobiogrphy and then continues his story in a diary. The journal has many gaps. He writes about his militia activities and his enconters with Paiute Indians early in his life. Wolley spent much of his adult life in St. George, Utah. He also spent time in Salt Lake City, Utah on business and on political activities. Woolley served as a justice the peace, a city recorder, a member of a Utah constitutional convention, a member of the Utah territorial legislature, a probate jude, and a high councilman of the St. George Stake of the Mormon Church. Woolley also writes about meeting David Whitmer, an early leader of the Mormon Church.

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Harold B. Lee Library

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