Mary Cossett Woodbridge

Mary (Polley) Cossett (Cossitt) Woodbridge (1790-1867) was born 16 Dec. 1790 in Granby, Hartford Co., Connecticut. She was the daughter of Asa Cossett and Mary Cole and a distant relative of Azuba Hart, Wilford Woodruff’s step-mother. She married Samuel Edwards Woodbridge about Jan. 1823 in Granby, and they had one child. She died 12 Jul. 1867 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey. Her proxy temple ordinance work was initiated by Wilford Woodruff on 1 Jun. 1870.

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