1784–1842

Introduction

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Born: Jan­ua­ry 13, 1784, Sci­tu­ate, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 9, 1842, New York Ci­ty.

Buried: Orig­in­al­ly in Lau­rel Hill Ce­me­te­ry, San Fran­cis­co, Ca­li­for­nia (ce­me­te­ry now de­funct). Dis­in­terred and cre­mat­ed around 1900.

Biography

Samuel was the son of Ben­jamin Wood­worth and Abi­gail Bryant, and hus­band of Lyd­ia Reed­er.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Oh for a Ser­aph’s Gold­en Lyre
  2. Old Oak­en Buck­et, The