Edwin D. Woolley

Edwin Dilworth Woolley (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 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the 1830s and later served as a missionary in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.

In 1851, Woolley was a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature. For many years Woolley was bishop of the 13th Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. He referred to a member of his ward, the young Heber J. Grant, as lazy, which has been likened to someone calling Abraham Lincoln dishonest. [Madsen, Truman G., "Defender of the Faith: The B. H. Roberts Story", (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1980) p. 67]

Woolley was the grandfather of J. Reuben Clark and Spencer W. Kimball, among other Latter-day Saint leaders.

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*"From Quaker to Latter-day Saint: Bishop Edwin D. Wooley" (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1976)