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10 Facts About Wigglesworth Dole

1.

Wigglesworth Dole was a patriarch of an influential American family.

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Wigglesworth Dole's father was Nathaniel Dole and his mother was Mary Noyes.

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The given name of Wigglesworth might seem unusual today, but in the 18th century a well-known family of educators in New England had descended from Michael Wigglesworth.

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An older brother Samuel Dole married Katherine Wigglesworth who was Michael Wigglesworth's great-granddaughter.

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Wigglesworth Dole was born August 30,1788, in Deer Isle, Maine, and died in 1877.

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Wigglesworth Dole worked as a cabinet maker and kept a small farm, while serving as Deacon of a Congregational Church.

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Wigglesworth Dole died on June 16,1845, in Canaan, Maine.

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8.

Wigglesworth Dole's first-born son Daniel Dole became a missionary to the Hawaiian Islands, and founding principal of Punahou School.

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Daniel's son Sanford Ballard Wigglesworth Dole became the first Governor of the Territory of Hawaii.

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Wigglesworth Dole's third son Isaiah Dole, born May 23,1819, was a classical-language teacher, married Elizabeth Todd Pearson August 18,1844, and died May 17,1892.