Appendix 11 - Notes
13. WILLIAM ANDREW WOOLSEY (JOSEPH7, RICHARD6, THOMAS5, RICHARD4, THOMAS3, GEORGE "JORIS"2, GEORGE SR1) was born January 01, 1833 in IL - Randolph County, and died December 08, 1893 in UT - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake. He married (1) UNKNOWN Abt. 1851 in CA. He married (2) EMILY AMANDA M ROCKWELL January 18, 1857 in CA - Alvarado, Alameda County, daughter of ORRIN ROCKWELL and LUANA BEBEE. She was born Abt. 1835 in MO - Clay County, and died April 09, 1908 in UT - Etna, Box Elder. He married (3) ANN JONES Bet. 1871 - 1872 in UT. She was born 1833 in ENG, and died 1910 in UT - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake.
BIRTH: William Andrew Woolsey was born in Randolph Co, Illinois in 1833. His sister Sarah Woolsey married in Randolph County, Illinois to William M. Stevens, 23 Jul 1834. William M. Stevens died soon after marriage. But this shows the Woolseys were in Randolph County, Illinois as early as 1833, and probably as early as 1832.
HIST: Brooks, Juanita. "John Doyle Lee". 1962. p. 107. 31 Jan. 1847. ". . . Lee sent his teams again into Missouri, this time under the direction of three of his adopted sons; George Laub, Thomas Johnson, and William Woolsey. George Laub recorded their doings carefully, each day's journey, each transaction, prices and amounts. They contracted to pull corn for David Henderson for the sixth row; they they moved on to Samuel Winterbottom's farm where a number from Winter Quarters were employed, among them others of Lee's adopted sons. Here Laub earned fifteen bushels himself; nearly as much as Truman Gillett would get for teaching school."
HIST: Kelly, Charles. JOURNALS OF JOHN D. LEE 1846-47 AND 1859. Univ. of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. 1984. p. 141. Summer Quarters, Wed. 31 Mar 1847. Morning clear. After prayer I cleared off the ground for the foundation of one of my buildings. After brakefast A.D. Young and I commenced cutting house logs, Thomas and W. Woolsey to hauling. p. 51 History of William Taylor. About 4 Bro. Wm. Pace and M. Harris came up. Bro. Harris assisted us till night to cut house logs. Got the lumber for 2 houses cut and for 1 hauled. Evening pleasant.?
p. 55 History of William Taylor: On 30 Apr 1847, two horses were brought to the Mud Creek Camp from Winter Quarters -- one of them belonging to David Young (Journal of John D. Lee): ?Summer Quarters, Friday, April 30, '47 -- Wm. Woolsey returned from W. Q. Brought with him a horse belonging to John Berry and one to David Young.?
HIST: Kelly, Charles. JOURNALS OF JOHN D. LEE 1846-47 AND 1859. Univ. of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. 1984. p. 158. Summer Quarters, Sat. Apr 31 1847. Morning clowdy and cool through the day. W. N.W. Ploughing was carried on lively in camp. Near the same time (abt 4) Wm Woolsey returned from W. Q. Brought with him a horse belonging to John Berry and one to David Young.... This evening cool.
HIST: Kelly, Charles. JOURNALS OF JOHN D. LEE 1846-47 AND 1859. Univ. of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. 1984. p. 175. Summer Quarters, O. N. Thurs. June 10th 1847. Clear, W. N.W. J.D. Lee and some of his family were ploughing and harrowing corn (namely) A. D. Young, Allen Weeks, G. W. Hickerson, Jas. Woolsey, Levi North, Wm. Swap, Jacob Woolsey, Hyrum Rheu[??] and Woolsey [ww could he have meant here Hyrum and Reuben Woolsey?? ww], Allanson, and Marshal Allen, Wm. Woolsey, David Young and Eli Bennett; of the women Nancy the 2nd [No. 12], Nancy the 1st [No. 2], Racheal l[No. 6], Lovina [No. 13] and Nancy Ann, Emoline [No. 11], Lucinda and Louisa Free [ No. 3]. ... Evening clear.
HIST: Kelly, Charles. JOURNALS OF JOHN D. LEE 1846-47 AND 1859. Univ. of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. 1984. p. 180. Summer Quarters, Thurs. 24 Jun 1847. Clear and pleasant. About 8 J.D. Lee took little Wm Woolsey and Eli Bennett, Rachael, Emoline and Nancy and went to the old ft for a load of brick. Stopped and built by the way a bridge over South Mire Creek. Cut 10 stringers 20 feet long with the help of J. Berry. Bedded in and coupled the bridge so as to cross with safety. Day remarkably warm. Returned about dark.
HIST: Kelly, Charles. JOURNALS OF JOHN D. LEE 1846-47 AND 1859. Univ. of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. 1984. p. 189. S. Quarters, Sund., 18 Jul 1847. Scatering clouds are to be seen this morning in the upper hemisphere.. . .. . . Thomas S. Johnson, witness for the plaintiff was called up. . . . He saw the horse running loose in J. D. Lee's lot and among his hay stacks. I tied him up and Wm Woolsey said that J. D. Lee wanted the horse to run at large in the lot, but how much corn he got he knew not, but did not think that he got much. . .
HIST: Cleland, Robert Glass & Juanita Brooks. A MORMON CHRONICLE: The Diaries of John D. Lee - 1848-1876. Vol. I. The Huntington Library. San Marino, California. 1955. p. 9. Summer Quarters. Thurs. 16 Mar 1848. Clear & warm. Abt 7 J. D. Lee, S. Gujlly, S. A. Dun, Wm. Pace, S. Kelsey, & the two Sawyers put up a Pitt & at 8 they went to sawing. J. D. Lee, Jacob Woolsey, S. Ke[l]sey, William & Rheuben Woolsey sheled & sacked about 35 bushels of Corn & loaded 3 waggons with corn for Market. . . . Evening warm. This Morning Mrs. Abigail Lee who had left Bro. J. D. Lee's Family, followed Mar[t]ha's Example, confessed her wrongs & asked the liberty of coming back into Bro. Lee's Family again. To which he upon certain conditions consented.
HIST: Cleland, Robert Glass & Juanita Brooks. A MORMON CHRONICLE: The Diaries of John D. Lee - 1848-1876. Vol. I. The Huntington Library. San Marino, California. 1955. p. 11. Summer Quarters. Mond, 20 Mar 1848. Clowdy, cool. High Wind West. J. D. Lee, Wm. Woolsey, & S. Kelsy hauled 3 Saw Stocks to finish 900 feet of Lumber for J. D. Lee's waggons....
HIST: Cleland, Robert Glass & Juanita Brooks. A MORMON CHRONICLE: The Diaries of John D. Lee - 1848-1876. Vol. I. The Huntington Library. San Marino, California. 1955. p. 11-12. Summer Quarters. Wed., 22 Mar 1848. Cloudy, light snow. At 6 J. D. Lee started to the Rush Bottom, stopped & talked about a hour with L. Steuart, . . . . Stephen & Wm. Woolsey were hauling wood, Jacob choping, J. D. Lee stacking Lumber.
HIST: Cleland, Robert Glass & Juanita Brooks. A MORMON CHRONICLE: The Diaries of John D. Lee - 1848-1876. Vol. I. The Huntington Library. San Marino, California. 1955. p. 12. Summer Quarters. Thurs., 23 Mar 1848. Heavy Frost. J.D. Lee working on waggons. Jos. Allen verry sick. Jacob, Wm. [Woolsey] & Stephen husking corn (S. Gully also) for J. D. Lee. . . Day warm . . . About 12 noon S. Fox & T.S. Johnson started to W. Quarters with 2 loads of corn for Pres. B. Young got of J.D. Lee. Martha Lee & Eliza [Lovina?] Patterson went with them.
HIST: Cleland, Robert Glass & Juanita Brooks. A MORMON CHRONICLE: The Diaries of John D. Lee - 1848-1876. Vol. I. The Huntington Library. San Marino, California. 1955. p. 13. Summer Quarters. Sat., 25 Mar 1848. Clear, wind high. J.D. Lee in. . . . Saw Emoline Lee at Pres. Jos Young working by the week. About 4 Stephen & Wm Woolsey came with 2 loads of corn for J. D. Lee. . .
HIST: Cleland, Robert Glass & Juanita Brooks. A MORMON CHRONICLE: The Diaries of John D. Lee - 1848-1876. Vol. I. The Huntington Library. San Marino, California. 1955. p. 13. Summer Quarters. Sund., 26 Mar 1848. Clear & pleasant. At 8 Stephen & Wm [Woolsey] started with J. D. Lee Teams.
HIST: Cleland, Robert Glass & Juanita Brooks. A MORMON CHRONICLE: The Diaries of John D. Lee - 1848-1876. Vol. I. The Huntington Library. San Marino, California. 1955. p. 204. Washington?. Teus., 22 Mar 1859. Cool. About 10 Bro. Tenny, Freem (Wm. Woolsey whom I hired for 8 month at 10 Per mo. in wheat to keep the balance of the Family on, while Richard & his family Pitch a crop) started to Washington with a load of lumber, provision &c. I took along 3 Milch cows. ... Night cold. Wind high.
CORRES: Letter of Sarah Woolsey Hickerson from So. Weber Fort to her husband George Washington Hickerson, who was on a mission to Tenn & Ill: "I have letters once a month from William [Woolsey]. He is doing well and was at Jameses [Woolsey] when he wrote me the last. James was well and had written several times to me, but I have not got any of them up to this time."
( William Andrew Woolsey went to California with his brother-in-law George Washington Hickerson, who had married their sister, Sarah Woolsey. They were children of Joseph Woolsey and Abigail Schaeffer. George Washington Hickerson's brother, Andrew Jackson Hickerson was also in the gold rush, along with some of their Fayette County, Illinois neighbors.)
GOLD: Davies, J. Kenneth. MORMON GOLD The Story of California's Mormon Argonauts. Olympus Publishing Co. 1670 East Thirteenth South. Salt Lake City. FHL# 977.4 H2da p. 183 ff.
While in the Mariposa mines, Hickerson paid a very small tithing on 1 May. He appears to have been in partnerships with his young brother-in-law, William Woolsey, who also modestly tithed. (14) It is presumed that the latter had been in the Hickerson party; Hickerson and Woolsey also later paid a substantial joint tithing on 9 Aug in the vicinity of Slap Jack or Murderer's Bar.
George and William remained in California over the winter being found by the census taker in Louisville in El Dorado County that winter. They were then identified as "gardeners" with Andrew J. Hickerson and several others, each listed as having $1500 in real estate. (15) Living next to the Hickersons were several Mormon miners. (16) It is possible that some of these had been associated with them and the Pomeroy train.
On 1 Oct 1850 President Willard Richards made a deposit of $202 to his credit in the Gold Accounts, the initials GWH being noted, (17) evidence that Richards and George W. Hickerson were associated in the gold mining venture. It was only one of several deposits made by Richards that fall, indicating that he probably had other partners.
At least George returned to Utah where he was operating a small store at Kanosh, Utah, in 1854 when he was called on a mission to the states. Listed as a farmer in 1863, he died in the faith at Kanosh, in 1884. (18)
AUTOBIO: Hickerson, George Washington. A little before I was taken sick, my brother, A. J. Hickerson came to me from Illinois and after my sickness, he, myself, and four others put our mites together, put up a house and kept goods and provisions and a boarding house. This, we did until Spring, (1851) when William Woolsey and myself sold out to the others and went out to Bear River, and there, kept a trading house until fall when we returned home on the 9th of Oct 1851.
CENSUS:
1850 Census of Louisville, Eldorado County, California, 15th Jan. by C. I. Coffenberry, census taker.
ON-LINE: California Genealogy Index: Woolsey, William and Brazer, Emily 1857 Marriage Date 10271
LETTER: Letter from Wm. Woolsey & Emily Woolsey to G. W. Hickerson [& wife] Alvarado [near Union City], Alameda Co, [California]. 14 Feb 1858 [1859?]. Dear Brother and Sister . . . . you speak of my family. I have a small one I was maried to years ago to 18 of January we have got a boy 7 months old. I got tired of keeping old batch and living a dog's life. I suposed that all of the girls back there that I was acquainted with was maried off or at least them that I was in love with I get along very well I am an old man I can't get along without my pipe my wife sends her love to you both says she would like to make you a visit if convient but she wil haf to stay home ahile I go I cant . . . .
CENSUS: 1860 Census Valley Mills PO, Washington Twp, Alameda Co., CA. FHL# 803055. 14 Aug. p. 210.
CENSUS: 1870 Census Gold Hill PO, Gold Hill Twp, Storey Co., Nevada. FHL# 552334. 5 Jul. p. 337.
[From Emily A. Rockwell website - The following story was told to me by a descendant from this marriage - Reva Andreason, who is now deceased]:
"Woolsey was apparently accused of horse thievery and a posse came to the house looking for him.; Emily hid her husband and went to the door and told them he was not there. Then she dressed him up in her clothes and he left the house disguised as a woman. That was the last they ever saw or heard of him - either he made his escape and went into permanent hiding or met his demise via the lynching party, as that was the penalty in those days for horse thievery."
CENSUS: 1870 Census Silver Park PO, Silver Park Twp, Nye Co, Nevada. FHL# 552333. 12 Jul. p. 243
CENSUS: 1880 Census Jacob City, Tooele, Utah. FHL film 1255338. N. A. film T9-1338. p. 100A.
CENSUS: 1880 Census 6th Ward, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co, UTAH. 3 June. p. 47.
HIST: In Kate B. Carter's compilation " Our Pioneer Heritage", DUP, SLC, 1973, Vol. 16, p. 240-41, she mentions the Woolseys' contributions to outfit three wagons to assist to bring the Saints from Florence, Nebraska. William Woolsey contributed one pair of boots, $10.00.
HIST: Brooks, Juanita. "John Doyle Lee". 1962. p. 306. 1871/1872. "Lee viewed the group with pride, three men, three women,
and thirteen children. His brother-in-law, William Woolsey, and wife were the only ones outside his immediate family. Rachel [Woolsey] and Emma were other women, himself and his son James Y. (by Polly Young) now twenty-one, were the other men." [The thirteen children were all Lee's, so it appears that William and wife did not take any children on this trip. ww]
HIST: Brooks, Juanita. "John Doyle Lee". 1962. p. 308. 1871/1872. "Now the Woolseys returned to the settlements, taking one of the outfits, and Lee took Sammy and rode up the stream to check on the cattle."
VITAL: Salt Lake Cemetery Records. 979.2258 V3a Vol.6:79. William A. Wollsey, age 60 years, b. Ill. s/o Joseph, d 8 Dec 1893, bur 9 Dec 1893, Salt Lake City Cemetery.
CEME: Salt Lake City Cemetery Records. 22 May 2000.
TEMPLE: Salt Lake Temple Records. Book A-Chil. p. 62. William Andrew Woolsey, b 1 Jan 1833, Randolph, IL (Father) Joseph Smith (the Prophet) (dead). Mother - Abigail Shifferd (Woolsey) (dead) and (sealed) to parents 2 Nov 1893.
TELEPHONE: 20 May 2000 - Jean Strom Moss - 467-4212 - Call when www knows about William A. Woolsey. Mary Emma Eardley md James Nuttal Haslam. They had a daughter Florence Eardley Haslam who md a Strom. Their daughter is Jean Strom who md a Moss. Jean said John Eardley was called to help settle St. George, but Mary Emma, his second wife, did not want to go or he could not support two families there while pioneering. She stayed in Salt Lake and worked in Brigham Young's kitchens for several years. Brigham Young gave her a divorce from John Eardley so she could marry Willam Andrew Woolsey. Mary Emma's brother Edward J. Eardley worked as an accountant, a book keeper, probably at ZCMI.
ON:LINE: DIRECTORY: Ancestry.com 7 Dec 2000. Utah Directory, 1890: Salt Lake City, Logan & Provo.
Woolsey, William A. occup: laborer Loc#1 337 W Fourth S. Salt Lake City, Utah. 1884.
Woolsey, W. A. " miner Loc#2 337 W Fourth S. " 1890
Woolsey, Wm. A. " " Loc#2 337 W Fourth S. " 1890
Woolsey, Thomas " Stonemason Loc#2 boards Sears & Co., N.E. bench. Salt Lake City, Utah. 1890.
ON-LINE: Utah State Archives Database -
Woolsey, Peter B. Criminal Pardon Application
Woolsey, William H. Criminal Pardon Application ??
Woolsey, Reuben Indian War Affidavit
Woolsey, Thomas Indian War Affidavit
13S. Emily M. BRAZIER-31286
ON-LINE: California Genealogy Index. Woolsey, William and Brazer, Emily 1857 Marriage Date 10271
LETTER: Letter from Wm. Woolsey & Emily Woolsey to G. W. Hickerson [& wife] Alvarado [near Union City], Alameda Co, [California]. 14 Feb 1858 [1859?]. Dear Brother and Sister . . . . you speak of my family. I have a small one I was maried to years ago to 18 of January we have got a boy 7 months old. I got tired of keeping old batch and living a dog's life. I suposed that all of the girls back there that I was acquainted with was maried off or at least them that I was in love with I get along very well I am an old man I can't get along without my pipe my wife sends her love to you both says she would like to make you a visit if convient but she wil haf to stay home ahile I go I cant . . . .
CENSUS: 1860 Census Valley Mills PO, Washington Twp, Alameda Co., CA. FHL# 803055. 14 Aug. p. 210.
CENSUS: 1870 Census Gold Hill PO, Gold Hill Twp, Storey Co., Nevada. FHL# 552334. 5 Jul. p. 337.
CENSUS: 1870 Census Silver Park PO, Silver Park Twp, Nye Co, Nevada. FHL# 552333. 12 Jul. p. 243
CENSUS: 1880 Census Jacob City, Tooele, Utah. FHL film 1255338. N. A. film T9-1338. p. 100A.
CENSUS: 1880 Census 6th Ward, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co, UTAH. 3 June. p. 47.
13S. Ann JONES-9202
VITAL: Salt Lake Cemetery Records. 979.2258 V3a Vol.6:79. William A. Wollsey, age 60 years, b. Ill. s/o Joseph, d 8 Dec 1893,
bur 9 Dec 1893, Salt Lake City Cemetery.
CEME: Salt Lake City Cemetery Records. 22 May 2000.
HIST: Brooks, Juanita. "John Doyle Lee". 1962. p. 306. 1871/1872. "Lee viewed the group with pride, three men, three women, and thirteen children. His brother-in-law, William Woolsey, and wife were the only ones outside his immediate family. Rachel [Woolsey] and Emma were other women, himself and his son James Y. (by Polly Young) now twenty-one, were the other men." [The thirteen children were all Lee's, so it appears that William and wife did not take any children on this trip. ww]
HIST: Brooks, Juanita. "John Doyle Lee". 1962. p. 308. 1871/1872. "Now the Woolseys returned to the settlements, taking one of the outfits, and Lee took Sammy and rode up the stream to check on the cattle."
CENSUS: 1880 Census 6th Ward, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co, UTAH. 3 June. p. 47.
TELEPHONE: 20 May 2000 - Jean Strom Moss - 467-4212 - Call when www knows about William A. Woolsey. Mary Emma Eardley md James Nuttal Haslam. They had a daughter Florence Eardley Haslam who md a Strom. Their daughter is Jean Strom who md a Moss. Jean said John Eardley was called to help settle St. George, but Mary Emma, his second wife, did not want to go or he could not support two families there while pioneering. She stayed in Salt Lake and worked in Brigham Young's kitchens for several years. Brigham Young gave her a divorce from John Eardley so she could marry Willam Andrew Woolsey. Mary Emma's brother Edward J. Eardley worked as an accountant, a book keeper, probably at ZCMI.
CEME: Ann J. Eardley (1833-1910) is buried in the Salt Lake Cemetery. This is probably Ann Jones who md 1) John Eardley as his second wife and and then she md 2) William A. Woolsey.
14. Joseph WOOLSEY Jr.-19196
SPECULATION by www. We have the marriage in Edmonson County, Kentucky and he doesn't fit into those families. This could explain the fact that Joseph & Abigail Schaffer do not have a son named Joseph. But just speculation. SPECULATION by www
MARR: Edmonson County, Kentucky Marriage Records. FHL# 367219-20. (BYU Lib.) 2 Nov 1829. Joseph Woolsey md Jane Hunt by William R. Davis.
14S. Jane HUNT-19197
We have the marriage in Edmonson County, Kentucky and he doesn't fit into those families. This could explain the fact that Joseph & Abigail Schaffer do not have a son named Joseph. But just speculation by www.
MARR: Edmonson County, Kentucky Marriage Records. FHL# 367219-20. (BYU Lib.)
12 Nov 1829. Joseph Woolsey md Jane Hunt by William R. Davis. one marr record says she born in NC. one in VA
15. Ruth WOOLSEY Woosley-18744
MARR: Hopper, Carol F. Tri-county, Knox-Laurel-Whitley Counties, Kentucky EARLY MARRIAGES Inclusive. Lily, KY c1987. FHL# 976.91 V28h. 100 pp. p. 99. Nehemiah Woolsey md Ruth Woosley 25 Sep 1821. Knox County, Kentucky. - SPECULATION by www
15S. Nehemiah WOOLSEY-18743
MARR: Hopper, Carol F. Tri-county, Knox-Laurel-Whitley Counties, Kentucky EARLY MARRIAGES Inclusive. Lily, KY c1987. FHL# 976.91 V28h. 100 pp. p. 99. Nehemiah Woolsey md Ruth Woosley 25 Sep 1821. Knox County, Kentucky.
16. John WOOLSEY-8492
CENSUS: 1830 Jackson Co, IN census. Salt Creek Twp. 007718. p. 217. Thomas Woolsey 1 0 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 1. The child is probably John Woolsey
CENSUS: Fayette Co, IL 1840 Census FHL film # 007642. p. 174 Thomas Woolsey 2 0 1 0 0 1 -- 0 0 0 0 1.
Thomas Woolsey b. 1800 - 1810 Mary Burrell b. 1810 - 1820
Male Woolsey b. 1825 - 1830 Male Woolsey b. 1835 - 1840
Male Woolsey b. 1835 - 1840
CENSUS: 1850 CENSUS: Not Found
CENSUS: Utah 1860 Census: Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete Co, UT FHL film # 805314. p. 69 597-554
CENSUS: Utah 1870 Census. Kanosh, Millard Co, UT FHL film # 553110. 4 JUL Wm. W. Reynolds, Ass't Marshall. p. 8 65-58.
CENSUS: Utah 1880 Census. Escalante, Iron Co, UT FHL film # 1255336. 7-136-19 Wm. L. Mitchell. p. 332 45-45
It appears as though John Woolsey died before 1840, as only three boys appear in that census and John does not appear in Utah. Julie Mitchell named a boy John in 1864, so Thomas Woolsey probably did not have a son John alive then.
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