Leander John IV Woolsey 1826

Leander John IV Woolsey 1826 - 1881

LEANDER JOHN IV WOOLSEY (JOHN⁷, JOHN II⁶, JOHN⁵, RICHARD⁴, THOMAS³, GEORGE "JORIS"², GEORGE SR¹)was born March 15, 1826 in OH - Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, and died October 09, 1881 in CA - Oakland, Almeda. He married MARTHA 1848 in IL - Knox County. She was born 1827 in IL - Knox County.

GENE: Woolsey, Robert M. THE WOOLSEY FAMILY --- A Genealogy in the form of annotated Family Charts. 1936- 1969. 2-133. 2.135 B. 2.168 B.

ON-LINE: Rootsweb. Woolsey-L. posted 11 Mar 2000, by Nancy Kent Thoben.
Glad someone is finally documenting all this info on the Woolseys. Glad to do my part. Wright's Parents:
John Woolsey III b 6 May 1781, Newburgh, NY, went to Ohio in 1820 and then on to IL in 1846, md Elizabeth Bradshaw b 5 Dec 1781, Charlton, Saratoga, NY md 1815 in Boylestown, NY. John d 1 Apr 1854, Knoxville, Elizabeth d 16 Jun 1878. Both buried in Knoxville.
Children:
Deborah Ann Woolsey 13 Jun 1816 md Chauncy Dunbar
William Henry Woolsey, 1818, md Margaret. He was in Civil War, d 17 Jun 1864 of war wounds
Wright Woolsey
James Bradshaw Woolsey 1822, md Hannah Reeve, d 1908
John Leander Woolsey 1826 md Martha, d 1881
Edwin Wheeler Woolsey 1828, md Mary Tingle, d 1910
Leonard Woolsey 1830 md Elizabeth, d 1870
Elizah Woolsey 1831 d 1978,
Eli Homer Woolsey 1831, md Mary Massey, d 1918

CIVILWAR: Ancestry.com - American Civil War Soldiers Woolsey, John L. Served California enl 21 Dec 1864 PVT at San Francisco, CA Union Army CIVILWAR: HISTORY OF KNOX CO., IL. by Albert J. Perry. illus. S. J. Clark Co. 1912. FHL# 977.349 D3pe I:295. J. L. Woolsey, Pvt. Knoxville. 77th Inf. Co. A. enl 1 Aug 1862 - m.o. 10 Jul 1865.

CIVILWAR: ON-Line Search Illinois Civil War Veterans Database Search: 12 Nov 2000.
Woolsey, John L. Pvt Co. A 77th IL US Inf enlisted at Knoxville

HIST: Brad Woolsey reports "Elijah Woolsey did not fight in the Civil War. He was 37 years old with 3 small children and Lucretia in marginal health at that time. I believe males 18-45 were subject to military duty. I do have a record of Elijah's younger brother Edwin Wheeler Woolsey who served three years as a captain in the 1st Ill. Cavalry during the Civil War. I also have info from the Knoxville Directory of 1865 listing Elijah, two brothers, occupations (carpenter and joiner) and brother John "in US Army". The last record of Elijah was when he died from a fall off the roof of a Catholic school he was working on. We have the clipping."

MARR: ON-LINE - Illinois Marriages. Knox Co. John Woolsey = Mrs. Rebecca Woolsey 8 Jan 1878 F:1

HISTORY: ancestry.com - Death Valley, California in 1849. Chapter XIII. p. 365 [written after 1892.]
The following are supposed to be dead:
Asa Haines, Knoxville, Ill.
Sidney P. Edgerton, formerly of Blair, Nebraska
Thomas McGrew
John Cole
Wm. B. Rude
Wm. Robinson
Alex. Palmer, of Knoxville, (Knox co.), Ill.
Marshall B. Edgerton, late of Galesburg, Ill.
Wm. Ischam, of Rochester, NY
Mr. __ Fish, of Oskaloosa, Iowa
John L. West
Aaron Larkin
Capt. Edwin Doty of Knoxville, Ill
Brien Byram, of Knoxville, Ill.
Mr. __ Cater, of Wisconsin
George Allen
LEANDER WOOLSEY of Henderson, (Knox Co) IL
Chas. Clark, of Henderson, (Knox co.), Ill.
[p. 365] Mr. Gretzinger, of Oskaloosa, Iowa
a Frenchman whose name is unknown
Leander Woolsey, Knoxville, IL, died in Oakland, CA 8 Sep 1881. (Dow Stephens, Jayhawker in California, 1849)

CORR: 2000 Nov. 9 from Wilford Whitaker
I have always been interested in the 49's of California. I thought the following was interesting: Does anyone know of Leander Woolsey - as follows: Rootsweb.com. 29 Mar 2000. Knox County, Illinois "Jayhawkers" to California 1849.

Woolsey, Leander, From Knoxville, IL. b Ashtabula, Ohio 18 Jun 1828, died at Oakland, CA 8 Sep 1881 or 7 Oct 1881. The Jayhawkers were a group of young men from Galesburg area, their name was taken from their initiation, each candidate for the trip had to pass a Courage test (or idiocy test) by having a pinch of flesh "gyped" from his body, without flinching. They left Galesburg 5 Apr 1849 for the California goldfields. As they traveled west they often were accompanied by other groups. About 250 miles south of Salt Lake City, they met a group of Mormons who told them there was a shorter route. Many of the larger groups felt this was too dangerous but the Jayhawkers went on. They went through Death Valley and did lose some of their members to death. Luther Abijah Richards called "Little Deacon" did find a spring and the group finally after much hardship came through the San Francisquito Canyon into the Santa Clara Valley. A rancher there fed them even after they killed one of his cattle to eat and they went on to the Gold Fields with out notable success. A number of them settled around San Jose, California and some went back to Illinois. They had a Reunion every February 4th as long as any of them were alive, sometimes in the midwest, sometimes in California. The last Jayhawker died in 1921. Among them: Leander Woolsey.

CENSUS:
1880 Camp Washington, Stanislaus, CA FHL film 1254084 N.A. film T9-0084. p. 346 A.
Leander Woolsey, b 1823, mw b Maine, Chicken raiser, Father b in Maine, Mother b in Maine

ON-LINE: California Historical Society Publications Index:
Woolsey, John L. 28:294.

GENE: Woolsey, Charles. THE WOOLSEY HERITAGE. May 1979. 10 Pages. No place named. p. 8.
[There is no documentation given in the whole book. This data must be taken with a great deal of care.] "John, born 28 Jun 1826, wife unknown, had three children: Harley, Homer and Albertina."

From Nancy Thoben
I know of a Leander Woolsey son of John Woolsey and Elizabeth Bradshaw, I have his birth as 15 Mar, 1826 Ashtabula, died 9 Oct 1881 in Oakland,Ca. He married Martha 1852 prob, in Newburgh, NY. He is listed in 1870 census in Alameda Co. Ca. He is a brother to my Wright Woolsey. Thanks, Nancy Thoben.

CORR: 2004 June 30 from Wilford W. Whitaker

Subject: [WOOLSEY] Woolsey orphans and other fascinating data

In 1979 a gentleman by the name of Charles R. Woolsey wrote a ten page WOOLSEY HERITAGE, listing some of the descendants of John Woolsey and Elizabeth Bradshaw of New York and Knox Co, IL.

I had some questions about this material as he did not provide any documentation, but I have now worked with this material for several years and have found, for the most part, that he is remarkably correct in most of his findings.

Charles R. Woolsey lists the children of John Woolsey and Elizabeth Bradshaw, including the following:
p. 8. "John, born 28 Jun 1826, wife unknown, had three children: Harley, Homer and Albertina."

Subsequent research has shown this to be John Leander or Leander John Woolsey, whose wife was Martha ____. They were from Knox Co, IL to Sacramento, CA. Leander John Woolsey was one of the "Jayhawkers", a group of '49ers' from Illinois to the California Goldfields.

There is some confusion as to when he died, but these appear to be the parents of the orphan children. At least Albertina is a most unusual Woolsey name.
I have been unable to place John Woolsey of the bar-room fracas yet.
It is interesting that the Woolseys and the Crockers cross their paths. According to my computer 'relationship' program, May Holister Woolsey and Albertina Woolsey are 3rd cousins, but have to go back 5 generations for a common ancestor (John Woolsey & Chlorene Peck).
I am pretty sure that the William Woolsey who was one of the guests at the 40th wedding anniversary of Alonzo Meacham and Sarah Jane Tate, is NOT Wellington Jerome Woolsey (William), son of Luther Smith Woolsey.

Rather, I am fairly confident that that William Woolsey is the son of Rev. Ezra Woodhull Woolsey 1824-1910) and Martha Ann Weeks, the "Patriarch of the Santa Rosa Valley". Ezra Woodhull Woolsey is the E. W. Woolsey of the wedding guests. He is the grandson of John Woolsey, the Sweet Hollow Giant, of Huntington, Suffolk Co, NY.

And William Woolsey is the son of Rev. Ezra Woodhull Woolsey and Martha Ann Weeks.

Also, another of the guests was Charles H. [C. H.] Dwinelle, who married Maria Louise Woolsey, d/o Rev. Ezra Woodhull Woolsey and Martha Ann Weeks.
And from the same paper: 1 Aug 1890.

Married in Santa Rosa at residence of W. C. Woolsey 31 Jul 1890 were P. D. Wheeler and L. B. Manion.
And finally, I have no record of any Woolseys in Plumas Co, CA, so I can't identify the Mrs. Woolsey who was clamoring for a final divorce decree from Attny Creed Haymond.

ON-LINE: posted 29 Jun 2004 by Marilyn Demas :
I am not sure who John Woolsey is here in Sacramento in 1894, but I do know that we had two Woolsey Orphans here earlier who were at the Sacramento Orphan Asylum, the young girl became the Matron of the Asylum later on. I don't know what became of the boy. I suspect that this may be he. - Marilyn

Children of LEANDER WOOLSEY and MARTHA are:

HARLEY WOOLSEY, b. 1860, CA - Sacramento, Sacramento.

CENSUS:
1870 Provident Orphan Asylum, 4th Ward, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA. FHL# 545575? 30 Aug. p. 378. 1028-1974.
Woolsen, Harry, 10, m, attending school, CA, (not connected)
Woolsey, Arbertina, 9, f, attending school, CA
(SUPPOSITION by www as to any relationship whatsoever.)

ON-LINE: posted 29 Jun 2004 by Marilyn Demas
I am not sure who John Woolsey is here in Sacramento in 1894, but I do know that we had two Woolsey Orphans here earlier who were at the Sacramento Orphan Asylum, the young girl became the Matron of the Asylum later on. I don't know what became of the boy. I suspect that this may be he.

SACRAMENTO DAILY RECORD-UNION
Monday 10 Sep 1894.
ABOUT A WOMAN - Row in Which a Cobblestone and a Pistol Played Part.
"There came near being a case of murder, or homicide, or something of the sort, at the Play saloon on Saturday night. A man named John Woolsey got into an altercation with Robert Allen, the barkeeper, and went into the street and picking up a cobblestone returned to the saloon and threw it at Allen. The latter dodged the missile and it went crashing into a large plate-glass mirror behind the bar. Allen immediately drew a pistol and fired a shot at Woolsey, but failed to hit him. The rock-wielder, fearing that Allen would do more shooting, took refuge in another saloon near by, where he was arrested by Officer maley. The trouble was about a woman whose affection Woolsey claimed Allen had alienated from him. - Moses S. Wahrhaftig and Edward Stanten were standing on the northwest corner of Fifth and K streets, engaged in conversation, when they heard the grash of the mirror in the saloon, followed by the pistol shot. - Woolsey had run in that direction, and fearing that more shooting was to follow, they left their position on the sidewalk in a hurry. - [follows Moses & Edwards dash to get out of the way.]
HOMER WOOLSEY, b. 1856, OH.

Born in 1856 in , , Ohio or , , Iowa. He was christened in of, Placer, California. He died after 1880 in of , Union, Oregon.

CENSUS:
1870 Twp #2, Placer Co, CA. FHL# 545575. 25 Aug. p. 364. 208-208. Homer Woolsey, 14, m, Works on farm, OH

1880 Census North Powder, Union, Oregon. FHL film 1255084. N. A. film T9-1084. P. 171D.
Homer Woolsey, Other, M, S, W, 22, IA, Farm Laborer, IL, IN, [Living with James G. & Sarah A. Welch]
ALBERTINA WOOLSEY, b. 1859, IA

CENSUS:
1870 Provident Orphan Asylum, 4th Ward, Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA. FHL# 545575? 30 Aug. p. 378. 1028-1974.
Woolsen, Harry, 10, m, attending school, CA (not connected)
Woolsey, Arbertina, 9, f, attending school, CA

1880 Pine Nut Hills, Antelope Valley, Douglas Co., Nevada. FHL# 1254758. 12 June. p. 20.180-180.
Woolsey, Albertina, w, f, 21, boarder, single, School Teacher, born Iowa

ON-LINE: posted 29 Jun 2004 by Marilyn Demas
I am not sure who John Woolsey is here in Sacramento in 1894, but I do know that we had two Woolsey Orphans here earlier who were at the Sacramento Orphan Asylum, the young girl became the Matron of the Asylum later on. I don't know what became of the boy. I suspect that this may be he. - Marilyn - " FOLLOW-UP: . . . Mrs. Edwin [Margaret] Crocker funded the Asylum and interacted with Albertina Woolsey. If I remember correctly, Mrs. Crocker proposed Albertina's name for the position of Headmistress. Why this is significant to me is that in May Woolsey's trunk are several calling cards from Mrs. Crocker to Mary Crocker and to Luther and Mary Woolsey - to several social gatherings but specifically invitations to meetings of the Bric-a-Brac Club. The Bric a Brac Club was a sort of an art collecting group that existed before Mrs. Crocker went into art collecting on a grand scale and turned her home over to the city of Sacramento in May of 1885 as the Crocker Art Gallery. My point is simply that I'm sure Mrs. Crocker noted the fact that Albertina Woolsey shared the surname of a friend and fellow patron of the arts. One wonders why Luther and Mary did not take in Albertina and Harry. To me it suggests that these were not very close familial ties. At the same time I conjecture that Luther and Mary did what they could to look after the well being of these children who shared their common surname, if not directly able to help, then indirectly through Mrs. Crocker.
HEWLETT M WOOLSEY, b. 1857, CA; m. KITTIE DAVIS, 1881, CA - San Francisco, San Francisco; b. 1865, CA.

ON-LINE: San Francisco CALL Newspaper Vital records for 1878-1891.
Woolsey, Hewlett M., to Kittie Davis, - 1881, M-4838.

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