Thomas Hobart Woodbury

1822 - 1899  (76 years)

• Name	Thomas Hobart Woodbury  [1, 2]
  Birth	4 Jul 1822	New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Jun 1899	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah   [2]
  Burial	8 Jun 1899	Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I36680	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah Woodbury
  Mother	Elizabeth Bartlett
  Family ID	F19528	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Rebecca Haskell,   b. 6 Jul 1816, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts d. 2 Nov 1891, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	8 May 1842	New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts   [3, 4, 5]
  Children	1. Sarah Elizabeth Woodbury,   b. 16 Nov 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois d. 18 Sep 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois (Age 0 years)   2. Malinda McKenzie Woodbury,   b. 27 Mar 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois d. 13 Jun 1864, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (Age 20 years)   3. John Haskell Woodbury,   b. 11 Sep 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois d. 18 Dec 1935, Granger, Salt Lake, Utah (Age 90 years)   4. Catherine Maria Woodbury,   b. 21 Jul 1850, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah d. 22 Jan 1852, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (Age 1 year)   5. Thomas Hobart Woodbury, Jr.,   b. 3 Jun 1852, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah d. 17 Mar 1933, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (Age 80 years)   6. Maria Cornelia Woodbury,   b. 31 Mar 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah d. 24 Jan 1930, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F19458	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas Woodbury converted to LDS in 1841, and moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1842. He rented a farm from Prophet Joseph Smith and was ordained an elder in December 1841, later a Seventy, and became a member of the 18 quorum. He was a mechanic as well as a farmer. He crossed the plains with his father's family in the A.O. Smoot Company, arriving in the Valley September 26, 1847. He built a house within the old fort. After spending his second winter in the fort, he moved his family to a log house in the Seventh Ward. This house would be between First and Scond West at about 244. On 25, February 1852, he was ordained high priest and as counselor to Bishop William G. Perkins. In 1861 he set out on a mission in southern Utah to start a nursery to supply the local population with fruit trees. In Grafton, he was made justice of the peace and postmaster. He held these positions until the town was abandoned due to Indian trouble. The population moved to Rockville, Washington county, in southwest Utah. In December 1866, Thomas returned to Salt Lake City to join his first wife Catherine, who had moved north two years earlier due to health concerns for her daughter. On August 29, 1873, he was made second counsellor to Bishop William Thorn. He died at age 76 of pneumonia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S11404] Ira J. Haskell, Chronicles of the Haskell Family, (Ellis Printing Company, Lynn Mass 1943; Reprint Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston Mass. 1976). [S43285] RootsWeb.com, Woodbury Family. [S42719] RootsWeb.com, Hascall Family (Richard K. Hascall). [S22741] Descendants of Squire Hascall and Elizabeth Chandler/Russell, (compiled by Richard K. Hascall for the Haskell Family Association). [S43701] Vital Records of New Salem, Massachusetts, to the year 1850.