 Appendix 5 - Notes4. RICHARD WOOLSEY (JOSEPH7, RICHARD6, THOMAS5, RICHARD4, THOMAS3, GEORGE "JORIS"2, GEORGE SR1) was born August 28, 1808 in KY - Fishing Creek, Lincoln (Nicholasville, Jassamine), and died February 22, 1882 in UT - New Harmony, Washington. He married (1) SARAH "SALLY" KINWORTHY June 18, 1830 in IN - Salt Creek, Jackson, daughter of THOMAS KINWORTHY. She was born January 12, 1809 in IN - Jackson, and died March 08, 1841 in IL - Nauvoo, Hancock. He married (2) HANNAH FOXALL August 26, 1841 in IL - Carthage, Hancock, daughter of JAMES FOXHALL and MARY JENKINS. She was born January 07, 1823 in England, and died Bef. 1860 in UT. He married (3) CLARISSA COLE January 05, 1847 in IA - Van Buren County, daughter of OWEN COLE and SARAH TURNBAUGH. She was born May 06, 1827 in NY - Penfield, Monroe, and died Bet. March 23, 1885 - 1895 in UT - Silver Reef, Washington. He married (4) CAROLINE ANDERSON May 05, 1857 in UT - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake. She was born Abt. 1836. Richard WOOLSEY [Photo]-1520 GENE: Woolsey, Robert M. THE WOOLSEY FAMILY --- A Genealogy in the form of annotated Family Charts. 1936- 1969. 2.184 A. 2.2066. RESEARCH: Stultz, Carolyne Joan Elkins. Jackson County, IND Marriage index 1816-1920. Bowie, MD:Heritage Books, Inc., c1991. 628p. p. 621. Here the compiler has transcribed and indexed Woolsey as Wollery, possibly an error in reading an "s" as "r", etc. Richard Wollery md Sally Kinworthy 18 Jun 1830 (A & B p. 188.) (Same day as his sister Polly (Mary Elizabeth Wollery md Thomas Whitson, q.v.) TEMPLE: Nauvoo, Illinois, Part #3, Reel # 4550 (Historian's Office) Record of Members 1841 - 1845. Record of members who handed in certificates of membership. Richard Woolsey Anna Woolsey [Hannah Foxhall] md 26 Aug 1841 Sarah Woolsey * (dead) died 08 Mar 1841 Juliann Woolsey Thomas Woolsey under 8 George W. Woolsey BAPT: "Baptisms at Nauvoo for the Dead in the Mississippi River [fhl# 255501] no dates, bet. 1841-1845. A:178. Richard Wolsey was baptized 1841 for his Aunt Ruth Wolsey; 1841, his uncle Washington Wolsey; and 1841 his nephew, Richard Wolsey ON-LINE: Illinois State Marriage Index - -- Richard Woolsey = Hannah Foxall, Hancock Co., IL. 26 Aug 1841. CD: MARRIAGE INDEX, IOWA. 1779-1992. Van Buren Co. Richard Woolsey = Clarissa Cole. 5 Jan 1847. TEMPLE: Richard Woolsey, b 28 Aug 1808, Jessamine Co, Kentucky was sealed 5 Feb 1846 to Sarah Kinworthy, deceased, in the Nauvoo Temple. [Hannah Foxall was proxy]. TEMPLE: Richard Woolsey, b 28 Aug 1808, Jessamine Co, Kentucky was sealed 5 Feb 1846 to Hannah Foxall, [living], in the Nauvoo Temple. TEMPLE: Richard Woolsey, b 28 Aug 1808, Nicholasville, Mercer [s/b Jessamine County], Kentucky, was sealed 5 Mar 1857 to his spouse Caroline Anderson, in the President's office in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City. TEMPLE: Richard Woolsey, b 28 Aug 1808, Kentucky, was sealed 16 Oct 1871, to his spouse Clarissa Cole, in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah. NAUVOO: Platt, Lyman De. NAUVOO Early Mormon Records Series, Highland, Utah. 1980. Vol. 1:52. (Nauvoo 3rd Ward, p. 25).
TRADITION: Tom Wolsey (the branch that went to Canada spell their name with one "O" - Wolsey)- "Eternity in their Hands" -said that he grew up hearing that there were four Woolsey Brothers who came to Utah. They were his ancestor Thomas (who is supposed to be in the "Golden Spike" photograph as per LeRoy Hall, Dec 1997, also a descendant of Thomas, through Reuben Burrell Woolsey).
HIST: Whitaker Book. p. 254. "As soon as George Hickerson and his brothers-in-law James [www now believes that James did not come here in Utah], Richard and Thomas Woolsey arrived [1852] in South Weber, they commenced work on a canal to divert water from the Weber River onto their farms. They were original owners of the canal. They used shovels, teams, scoops and sleds to dig the canal." HIST: Brooks, Juanita. "John Doyle Lee". 1962. p. 233. 1858. "At Provo they picked up two of Richard Woolsey's boys to take along so that they might bring back teams and move their whole family south. They were destitute and wanted to get where Lee could help them." RESEARCH: Census 1840 Fayette County, Illinois FHL# 007642. p. 171. Richard Woolsey 210001 // 001101 (Everyone is accounted for except for female b 1820-1825. This is very likely Richard's sister, Rachel Andora Woolsey, b 1825.) Census 1850 Pottawattamie, Iowa Census 1856 Provost City (Provo), Utah Census 1860 Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah Census 1870 Kanarah, Kane, Utah Census 1880 Escalante, Iron, Utah Death aft 1880 New Harmony, Washington, Utah |
RESEARCH: CENSUS: Jackson Co, IN 1820 Census. 977.2 X2p. p. 229.
NAUVOO: Record of Members 1841-1845 Record of members who handed in Certificates. (Reel 4550) Richard Woolsey, 12 Oct 1840 from Vandalia Branch, signed by C. P. Lott & Eleazer Miller, Elders.
NAUVOO: Record of Members 1841-1845 Record of members: Richard Woolsey, Anna, Sarah (dead) Juliann, Thomas, under 8, Geo. W. Woolsey (dead)
PETITION: 1848 Petition of inhabitants near "the Log Tabernacle" in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, for a post office, included Richard ("Uncle Dick") Woolsey, Thomas Woolsey, James Woolsey ("Uncle James"), James Woolsey, Jr., Jacob C. Woolsey (brother of Joseph Woolsey, Abigail Schaeffer Woolsey's brother-in- law), Joseph Woolsey and Reuben Woolsey (This "Uncle Rube" MUST be Reuben Burell Woolsey, son of Thomas & Sarah Kinworthy Woolsey, but of such an age that members of the family thought he must be another brother but was actually a son of Thomas.)
CENSUS: 1850 Census of Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Dist. # 21. FHL# 442963. 23 Nov. p. 145 B 1257-1257.
(Again, notice the spelling and not indexed as Woolsey but as "Wooley". Each page had to be searched.)
HIST: Journal History. Utah Immigration Card Index. CH EM MS8550 #3. Richard Woolsey, with 5 persons. 1852, crossed the plains with 6th Company (Captain David Wood). J.H. 31 Dec 1852. Supplement - p. 35. Richard Woolsey had 4 males, 2 females, 1 wagon, 2 oxen, 2 cows and 4 young stock. Not counting Richard, the father, the 4 males would be the above 3 sons: Thomas, George and William, and possibly his son Brigham H. Woolsey (b. 1850), son of Clarissa. The females would be his wife, Clarissa and her daughter Sarah Abigail Woolsey, b 1848. Where is Mary E. Woolsey, d/o Clarissa? Also where is Hannah Foxhall, and her dau Hannah and her son Richard? on this 1852 trip? Lavina Patterson Woolsey, wife of James Hopkins Woolsey and their three children also came in 1852, in David Wood Company, in the family of Wm. M. Gregor "and Laving Woolsey".
Richard Woolsey settled his large family fairly early in Provo, Utah, UT. He and a large family (families) were found in the
1856 Utah State census (FHL film # 505913). In that census, only names & sex were recorded, so it is with some difficulty that the individuals can be identified. They were found on pp 954 and 956 and were roughly divided into three groups.
Also living in Provo was the following unidentified family:
CENSUS: 1856 Utah State Census. FHL film # 505913. & Index compiled by Bryan Lee Dilts. Index Publishing. Salt Lake City. 1983. FHL # 979.2 X22d p. 286, 288. 1856 Utah State Census. p.? 1013. Provo, Utah, UT
This seems to be a whole, new family, as of yet unaccounted for in Utah. They don't seem to be in subsequent censuses so they may have moved, as a family, to other parts. Because there is a son "Jacob" I have put this John as a son of Jacob C. Woolsey and Elizabeth Weger.
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. 146. Provo. Wed. 27 Jan 1858. Took dinner with Bro. Isaac Bullock, Provo. Here Richard Woolsey Sent two of his sons in an agreement with R. Woolsey, relative to our farming, etc. [Rich prob in Manti? Washington??
HIST: Kelly, Charles. JOURNALS OF JOHN D. LEE 1846-47 AND 1859. Univ. of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. 1984. p. 220. at ___ Harmony to Washinton - Frid 24 June 1859 About sunset I started to residence in Washington, my wife Rachel with me. Had a load of flour, cheese, tools, etc. for the benefit of my family.
HIST: Kelly, Charles. JOURNALS OF JOHN D. LEE 1846-47 AND 1859. Univ. of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. 1984. p. 220. at ___ Harmony to Washinton - I started and reached Washington about 8. Found my family in good health, my crop that was in charge in Wm. Freem and my family is promising peas in abundance, melons as large as cups, but the crop pitched by R. Woolsey and sons rather indifferent.
HIST: Kelly, Charles. JOURNALS OF JOHN D. LEE 1846-47 AND 1859. Univ. of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. 1984. p. 222. Washington. Tues 28 Jun 1859. I bought 2 loads of hay of R. Woolsey. I also took his crop to tend by leaving Thomas to assist Br. Freem and Geor. to work with me, and relieve him (Richard) and his family to return to Harmony, not being able to endure the bad weather.
HIST: Kelly, Charles. JOURNALS OF JOHN D. LEE 1846-47 AND 1859. Univ. of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. 1984. p. 223. Washinton to Harmony. Thurs. 30 Jun 1858. About 12 noon I started back to harmony in company with R. Woolsey, hauled a part of his load and family; took back 2 of my cows.
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. 172. Harmony, Washington Co., Deseret. 4 July 1858. [celebration] 2nd Prayer by the chaplin R. Woolsey.
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. 176. Harmony. Sund. 13 [Jul 1858] I was requested to address the Saints, which I did & was folloed by Bishop Davis, endorsing what I had Said. The labours of this day I believe will be productive of Much good. This Evening Bishop W.R. Davies Said to me that he wished me to take with me who ever I wished & go from house to House & stir up the Saints & Such as would not be reclaimed should be severed from the branch, & continued, that there was not a man in the branch that could do as much good as you can. In obeidiance to council I called to my aid Bro. Richard Woolsey, & commenced with my family first. All felt humble & desired to do right, with the exception of Mary Ann who was then under a heavy trial; in fact near 1/2 the women in Fort are alienatd in their feelings from their Husband.
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. 180. Fort Harmony. Mond., 8 Aug 1858.
I commencd Harvesting my wheat. I had 30 acres tolerable crop. . . . Up to Sept. 10th I was thrashing & takeing of my grain. I also contracted with Richard Wooley & Hyrum to make me 225 Rods of Fense for a Pasture at 325 c. a Rod, which amounted the use [price?] of 700.
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.
CENSUS: 1860 Utah Census FHL film # 805314. Mt. Pleasant, P.O. Moroni, Sanpete Co., UT, p. 70 600-557, p. 76 657-614
HIST: In Kate B. Carter's compilation " Our Pioneer Heritage", DUP, SLC, 1973, Vol. 16, p. 240-41, she mentions 22 Dec 1861, following the arrival of the Sevy party that the Saints met and organized a branch of the LDS church, John D. Lee, Presiding Elder, William Pace, Branch Clerk; James Pace and Richard Woolsey as Teachers.
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. Richard Woolsey turned out the only yoke of oxen he had for the third team. Clarissa Woolsey, one pair of pants.
CENSUS: 1870 Utah Census FHL film # 553110. Kanarah, Kane Co, UT, p. 473 14-14
CENSUS: 1880 Utah Census FHL film # 1255336. Harmony Precinct, Kane Co. 7-136-19 1 Jun 1880 by Wm L. Mitchell. p. 421 9-9
In Richard Woolsey & Clarissa Cole's FGS sub. by Mrs. LaRee A. Hull Driggs, 2143 Terois? St., SLC 84109, she states that Richard was a blacksmith and a "Shoemaker". Also that Richard died 13 Feb 1879 in New Harmony, but he was in the 1880 Harmony, Kane Co, UT 1880 census (as above) so that couldn't be his death date. Also, under sources, she gives as a reference "Day book of Richard Woolsey". I have found this "day book", an account book of his income. Other sources include "East of Antelope Island, p. 172-3;
Endowment House Sealing Book C, John D. Lee's Diaries. and also cites "Record book of James Richard Woolsey, child # 4". I need to know what kind of record this is.
BYU Library. Woolsey, Richard. MSS SC 868. ACCOUNT BOOK, 1864-1919, bulk 1867-1871. 2 copies. 58 leaves. This collection consists of photocopies of the original holograph account book. Woolsey recorded his cost in repairing shoes and boots. He also mentioned such farm matters as the birth of animals. He probably lived in Kanab. Utah. Woolsey was a cobbler and a farmer.
DEATH: In the Ancestral File, Richard's death is given as 13 Feb 1878, but he evidently is living in the 1880 census of Harmony, Kane Co, Utah. see above.
ON-LINE: www.Lofthouse.com REMEMBRANCES of the LIFE of MERL SMITH - Family Reunion 21 Aug 1993, Cedar City, Utah
"Merl Smith was born 4 Mar 1917 in Torquerville, Utah. He was the first child of Mitchell Monroe Smith and Iva Eleanor Slack. Mel's father, Mitch, came from "over the mountains" in Henrieville , - - - During the summer months the new family traveled to the Woolsey Ranch area west of Cedar City to work on their homestead and to grow a vegetable garden and do the other ranch work. Several other family members on the Slack side worked together in the area on their homesteads. Grandfather Slack and his family had a house across the road from the present Woolsey Ranch house."
ON-LINE: New Harmony, Washington County, Utah Cemetery
4S. Sarah (Sally) KINWORTHY-7929
RESEARCH: CENSUS: Jackson Co, IN 1820 Census. 977.2 X2p. p. 229.
TEMPLE: Nauvoo, Illinois, Part #3, Reel # 4550 (Historian's Office) Record of Members 1841 - 1845. Record of members who handed in certificates of membership.
Richard Woolsey
Anna Woolsey [Hannah Foxhall] md 26 Aug 1841
Sarah, Woolsey * (dead) died 08 Mar 1841
Juliann Woolsey
Thomas Woolsey under 8
George W. Woolsey
TEMPLE: Richard Woolsey, b 28 Aug 1808, Jessamine Co, Kentucky was sealed 5 Feb 1846 to Sarah Kinworthy, deceased, in the Nauvoo Temple. [Hannah Foxall was proxy].
HIST: Pioneer Heritage Library \ Biographical Sketches, Stories, and Photographs \ Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah \ Genealogies and Biographies \ B. p. 938. David Oscar Holdaway (s/o Timothy Holdaway and Mary Trent, of Hawkins Co, TN). B 9 Mar 1832 in Hawkins Co. Came to UT 1850. md Elizabeth Haws Jun 1852, Salt Lake City (d/o John Haws and Martha Sessions of Wayne Co, Ill. (Lists children). md 2) E. Prater Dec 1855, Provo, UT (d/o Thomas Prater and Sarah Kinsworthy of Brownstown, Jackson Co, IN - widow of John Huntsman whom she md 7 Jun 1846, Bonaparte, Iowa. (Lists children of John Huntsman & Elizabeth Prater): Sarah Katherine b 12 Sep 1847 md William A. Woolsey; Julia, md Hyrum Smith and Mr. Liberty. They lived at Kanesville, Iowa). She was born 12 Jan 1828. Their (Holdaway & Elizabeth Prater) children: (Lists children). David Holdaway was a High councilor; member 44 quorum seventies. Probate judge. Machinist. died 13 Mar 1907, Provo, Utah.
Richard Woolsey settled his large family fairly early in Provo, Utah, UT. He and a large family (families) were found in the
1856 Utah State census (FHL film # 505913). In that census, only names & sex were recorded, so it is with some difficulty that the individuals can be identified. They were found on pp 954 and 956 and were roughly divided into three groups.
ARC: Automated Resources Center. LDS FHL Indiana Marriages 1826 - 1850.
4S. Hannah FOXHALL-4582
TEMPLE: Nauvoo, Illinois, Part #3, Reel # 4550 (Historian's Office) Record of Members 1841 - 1845. Record of members who handed in cert. of membership. From Vandalia Branch. 12 Oct 1840. Elders C.P. Lott & Eleazer Miller.
Richard Woolsey
Anna Woolsey [Hannah Foxhall] md 26 Aug 1841
Sarah Woolsey * (dead) died 08 Mar 1841
Juliann Woolsey
Thomas Woolsey under 8
George W. Woolsey
ON-LINE: Illinois State Marriage Index - -- Richard Woolsey = Hannah Foxall, Hancock Co., IL. 26 Aug 1841.
TEMPLE: Richard Woolsey, b 28 Aug 1808, Jessamine Co, Kentucky was sealed 5 Feb 1846 to Sarah Kinworthy, deceased, in the Nauvoo Temple. [Hannah Foxall was proxy].
TEMPLE: Richard Woolsey, b 28 Aug 1808, Jessamine Co, Kentucky was sealed 5 Feb 1846 to Hannah Foxall, [living], in the Nauvoo Temple.
Richard Woolsey settled his large family fairly early in Provo, Utah, UT. He and a large family (families) were found in the
1856 Utah State census (FHL film # 505913). In that census, only names & sex were recorded, so it is with some difficulty that the individuals can be identified. They were found on pp 954 and 956 and were roughly divided into three groups.
4S. Clarissa COLE Photo-7668
CD: MARRIAGE INDEX, IOWA. 1779-1992. Van Buren Co. Richard Woolsey = Clarissa Cole. 5 Jan 1847.
CENSUS: 1850 Census of Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Dist. # 21. FHL# 442963. 23 Nov. p. 145 B 1257-1257.
TEMPLE: Richard Woolsey, b 28 Aug 1808, Kentucky, was sealed 16 Oct 1871, to his spouse Clarissa Cole, in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Richard Woolsey settled his large family fairly early in Provo, Utah, UT. He and a large family (families) were found in the 1856 Utah State census (FHL film # 505913). In that census, only names & sex were recorded, so it is with some difficulty that the individuals can be identified. They were found on pp 954 and 956 and were definitely divided into three groups.
CENSUS: 1880 Utah Census FHL film # 1255336. Harmony Precinct, Kane Co. 7-136-19 1 Jun 1880 by Wm L. Mitchell. p. 421 9-9
ON-LINE: Find A Grave. 2002.
Woolsey, Clarissa Cole, b 6 May 1827, d. 1886, bur: New Harmony Cemetery, Utah.
DEATH: see Deseret News 3 Apr 1895, p. 5.
ON-LINE: New Harmony Cemetery, Washington County, Utah
4S. Caroline ANDERSON-8384
TEMPLE: Richard Woolsey, b 28 Aug 1808, Nicholasville, Mercer [s/b Jessamine County], Kentucky, was sealed 5 Mar 1857 to his spouse Caroline Anderson, in the President's office in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City.
Appendix 6 - Notes
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