Wednesday, January 16, 2019

On This Day - January 16

WILLIAM HARRISON WOOLSEY was born on January 16, 1832. He was the oldest child of Temple Woolsey (1811-1898) and Mariah Jane Johnson (1813-1859) and the only one of their eight children born in Edmondson County, Kentucky.  Shortly after his birth they moved to Pike County, Indiana where Temple acquired a 1000 acre farm. Three brothers and then four sisters followed. William married Sarah Frances Huffman in 1853.  By the 1860 census William in farming and has real estate that is valued at $1200 and his family includes three children. In 1870 his family has grown to seven children. They will have two more children but Sarah dies just five months after the birth of their last child. William remarries Matilda Wallace nine months later.  In 1880 there are six children in the household, three from his first wife and three from Matilda's first marriage.  By 1900 Matilda and William have had three sons of their own.  In 1901 William is appointed the postmaster for Augusta, Pike, Indiana. William died on 11 April 1909 in Pike County and is buried in the Barrett Cemetery there.



Winslow Dispatch, April 16, 1909, pg 1, Winslow, IN, from newspaperarchive.com

William Harrison Woolsey is my 2nd cousin 3x removed.



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