. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Engineering School in 1914. In1916, he was commissioned by F. Smith to superintend theerection of the Temple at Laie, Oahu,Hawaii. This work was accomplishedin a most satisfactory manner, and thebuilding and settings now attract theattention of all visitors. On Sept. 19, 1933, Elder Woolleywas ordained a High Priest by H. Murphy and set apart aschairman of the Hawaiian MissionHigh Council, and when the OahuS
. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Engineering School in 1914. In1916, he was commissioned by F. Smith to superintend theerection of the Temple at Laie, Oahu,Hawaii. This work was accomplishedin a most satisfactory manner, and thebuilding and settings now attract theattention of all visitors. On Sept. 19, 1933, Elder Woolleywas ordained a High Priest by H. Murphy and set apart aschairman of the Hawaiian MissionHigh Council, and when the OahuStake was organized June 30, 1935,he was chosen as president of thesame. This was the first stake of Zionorganized outside of the American 174 LATTER-DAY SAINT continent. Elder Woolley was setapart to this office July 1, 1935, byPres. Heber J. Grant. In June, 1936,he was appointed by the First Presi-dency as chairman of the L. D. S. Ha-waiian Temple Committee. married Romania H. Hyde,Dec. 8, 1920; they have one littledaughter named Virginia Jeanette. WRIGHT, Lehi, Bishop of MarshCenter Ward, Bannock Co., Idaho,from 1891 to 1901, was born April 1,. 1856, in Brigham City, Utah, a sonof Jonathan C. and Mary Jane was baptized April 25, 1864, byWilliam Neeley and confirmed thesame day by his father. He was or-dained a Priest Aug. 12, 1882, byFrancis M. Lyman and ordained aSeventy July 17, 1884, by WilliamWoodward and became a member ofthe 18th Quorum of Seventy. At theage of fourteen he left home to workin the tie camps of the Union PacificRailroad in Idaho and Wyoming. Afterthis he lived for several years in Gen-tile Valley and Soda Springs, Idaho,and in the spring of 1887 went toMarsh Center to close out the busi-ness affairs of Bishop Melvin L. Gru-well, who had moved to Mexico. AtMarsh Center he became acquainted with Mary Hawkins (daughter of CarlW. Hawkins, formerly a resident ofPlain City, Utah), whom he marriedSept. 12, 1888; six sons and one daugh-ter
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