June: I have some WOOLEVERs and FRYs that appear in a WARNER genealogy work which I have. The FRYs that I can find seem to be connected with a marriage of a Susan WINNER to a John E. FRY. I don't see a Daniel Fry in the bunch. I have a Mary Ellen WOOLEVER, born 11-29-1850 but it shows her married to Pierson Palmer HILL on 6-27-1877. I do have the marriage of Edwin WOOLEVER and Esther WHEELAND. Edwin Woolever was a son of Abraham Woolever and Priscilla FORWARD. At the end of this reply I will give you a genealogy report of Abraham Woolever and Priscilla Forward. Hope this helps. Sarah McCray Descendants of Abraham Woolever Generation No. 1 1. ABRAHAM1 WOOLEVER He married PRISCILLA FORWARD, daughter of JACOB FORWARD and MARTHA WARNER. She was born February 06, 1783. Children of ABRAHAM WOOLEVER and PRISCILLA FORWARD are: 2. i. EDWIN2 WOOLEVER, b. October 09, 1818; d. May 12, 1897. ii. JACOB WOOLEVER, b. November 15, 1820; m. BARTHINDA WYMKOOP. 3. iii. WARNER WOOLEVER, b. January 14, 1824. 4. iv. PRISCILLA WOOLEVER, b. May 15, 1829. Generation No. 2 2. EDWIN2 WOOLEVER (ABRAHAM1) was born October 09, 1818, and died May 12, 1897. He married ESTHER WHEELAND February 16, 1843. She was born September 02, 1822, and died March 23, 1907. Notes for EDWIN WOOLEVER: Where Edwin Woolever and Esther Wheeland's marriage and children are listed, there is another birthdate listed under Edwin's, it may be Esther's. The birthdate is September 2, 1822. Children of EDWIN WOOLEVER and ESTHER WHEELAND are: i. CLARA LOUISA3 WOOLEVER, b. August 27, 1844; m. (1) LOREN B. HOLCOMB, December 30, 1863; m. (2) BENJAMIN F. JOHNSON, June 20, 1866; d. 1925. 5. ii. GRAFFIUS HEYLMAN WOOLEVER, b. September 17, 1848; d. February 17, 1907. 6. iii. MARY ELLEN WOOLEVER, b. November 29, 1850. 7. iv. CHARLES COLEMAN WOOLEVER, b. October 19, 1854. 8. v. WILLARD HARVEY WOOLEVER, b. March 03, 1866. vi. CHARLES HIRAM WOOLEVER, b. September 01, 1846; d. February 17, 1847. vii. LAURA EMILY WOOLEVER, b. January 02, 1861; d. December 23, 1862. viii. SARAH JANE WOOLEVER, b. September 18, 1852; d. November 10, 1855. 3. WARNER2 WOOLEVER (ABRAHAM1) was born January 14, 1824. He married JULIA ATWATER Abt. 1846. Children of WARNER WOOLEVER and JULIA ATWATER are: i. PEARSON LLOYD3 WOOLEVER, b. August 27, 1847. ii. SARAH JANETTA WOOLEVER, b. November 30, 1849; m. HENRY DAY. iii. MICHAEL WOOLEVER, b. July 21, 1851. iv. MARTHA ANN WOOLEVER, b. January 07, 1855. v. OSCARADELBERT WOOLEVER, b. January 05, 1858. vi. HARRIET AMELIA WOOLEVER, b. January 05, 1861. vii. IRA HERBERT WOOLEVER, b. February 23, 1864. 4. PRISCILLA2 WOOLEVER (ABRAHAM1) was born May 15, 1829. She married THOMAS CHAPMAN. Children of PRISCILLA WOOLEVER and THOMAS CHAPMAN are: i. DAVID3 CHAPMAN. ii. MARY JANE CHAPMAN. iii. EDWIN CHAPMAN. iv. WALTER CHAPMAN. v. F. COLEMAN CHAPMAN. vi. GEORGE CHAPMAN. vii. CLARA LOUISA CHAPMAN. viii. FRANK CHAPMAN. Generation No. 3 5. GRAFFIUS HEYLMAN3 WOOLEVER (EDWIN2, ABRAHAM1) was born September 17, 1848, and died February 17, 1907. He married LIZZIE MCCARTY February 23, 1874. Children of GRAFFIUS WOOLEVER and LIZZIE MCCARTY are: i. CLYDE BRUCE4 WOOLEVER, d. in childhood. ii. MYRTLE WOOLEVER, d. in childhood. 6. MARY ELLEN3 WOOLEVER (EDWIN2, ABRAHAM1) was born November 29, 1850. She married PIERSON PALMER HILL June 27, 1877. Children of MARY WOOLEVER and PIERSON HILL are: 9. i. LAURA MEADE4 HILL, b. July 14, 1878. 10. ii. AMY BELLE HILL, b. August 01, 1880. 11. iii. LYNN WOOLEVER HILL, b. July 02, 1885. 12. iv. DAVID EARL HILL, b. September 23, 1889. 7. CHARLES COLEMAN3 WOOLEVER (EDWIN2, ABRAHAM1) was born October 19, 1854. He married EMMA CATHARINE LODER November 13, 1879. Children of CHARLES WOOLEVER and EMMA LODER are: 13. i. BLANCHE MAY4 WOOLEVER, b. April 26, 1880. ii. EMERSON LODER WOOLEVER, b. June 17, 1883; m. MABEL COPPES, October 14, 1905. 14. iii. EDITH ELLEN WOOLEVER, b. October 09, 1885. 15. iv. SAMUEL BRUCE WOOLEVER, b. May 29, 1888. 16. v. CLARA ETHEL WOOLEVER, b. June 30, 1893. 17. vi. CHARLES ARTHUR WOOLEVER, b. August 11, 1898. 8. WILLARD HARVEY3 WOOLEVER (EDWIN2, ABRAHAM1) was born March 03, 1866. He married ETHEL MAE RAKESTRAW June 02, 1892. Children of WILLARD WOOLEVER and ETHEL RAKESTRAW are: i. EDNA RAY4 WOOLEVER, b. April 16, 1893; m. JOHN W. METCALF, July 06, 1922. 18. ii. JAMES WATSON WOOLEVER, b. November 11, 1894. Generation No. 4 9. LAURA MEADE4 HILL (MARY ELLEN3 WOOLEVER, EDWIN2, ABRAHAM1) was born July 14, 1878. She married JOHN A. TURK July 15, 1894. Children of LAURA HILL and JOHN TURK are: 19. i. HELEN LULA5 TURK, b. May 27, 1895. 20. ii. MYRTLE EDITH TURK, b. October 03, 1897. 10. AMY BELLE4 HILL (MARY ELLEN3 WOOLEVER, EDWIN2, ABRAHAM1) was born August 01, 1880. She married FRANK ADAMS June 20, 1906. Children of AMY HILL and FRANK ADAMS are: i. HELEN MARION5 ADAMS, b. January 07, 1908. ii. FRANCIS EDWARD ADAMS, b. June 22, 1909. iii. DAVID HILL ADAMS, b. December 03, 1914. iv. THOMAS COOPER ADAMS, b. November 04, 1918. 11. LYNN WOOLEVER4 HILL (MARY ELLEN3 WOOLEVER, EDWIN2, ABRAHAM1) was born July 02, 1885. He married ANNA MARGARET MCCOY December 23, 1908. Children of LYNN HILL and ANNA MCCOY are: i. LAURA EMILY5 HILL, b. February 07, 1910. ii. ROBERT EUGENE HILL, b. March 14, 1911. 12. DAVID EARL4 HILL (MARY ELLEN3 WOOLEVER, EDWIN2, ABRAHAM1) was born September 23, 1889. He married (1) IDA MAY MILLER October 26, 1910. He married (2) MARY DAYE June 23, 1913. Children of DAVID HILL and IDA MILLER are: i. HAZEL LOUISE5 HILL, b. July 14, 1911; d. September 22, 1913. Notes for HAZEL LOUISE HILL: May have been a twin with Ida May Hill. ii. IDA MAY HILL, d. October 05, 1911. Notes for IDA MAY HILL: May have been a twin with Hazel Louise Hill. Children of DAVID HILL and MARY DAYE are: iii. DAVID EARL5 HILL, b. March 31, 1914; d. March 31, 1914. iv. DOROTHY ELEANOR HILL, b. July 02, 1915. v. THELMA MAY HILL, b. February 04, 1917; d. February 04, 1917. vi. AMY LUCILLE HILL, b. June 26, 1918. vii. FLORENCE ELIZABETH HILL, b. February 04, 1920. viii. RALPH PIERSON HILL, b. June 11, 1921. ix. EDITH IRENE HILL, b. August 30, 1922. 13. BLANCHE MAY4 WOOLEVER (CHARLES COLEMAN3, EDWIN2, ABRAHAM1) was born April 26, 1880. She married OREN CHIDESTER August 18, 1898. Children of BLANCHE WOOLEVER and OREN CHIDESTER are: 21. i. ESTHER5 CHIDESTER, b. April 16, 1899. ii. FRANCIS CHIDESTER, b. April 01, 1902; d. March 19, 1908. Notes for FRANCIS CHIDESTER: Died of Scarlet Fever iii. JOHN CHIDESTER, b. August 09, 1904; d. March 19, 1908. Notes for JOHN CHIDESTER: Died of Scarlet Fever 14. EDITH ELLEN4 WOOLEVER (CHARLES COLEMAN3, EDWIN2, ABRAHAM1) was born October 09, 1885. She married J. HERBERT RUPERT February 10, 1913. Children of EDITH WOOLEVER and J. RUPERT are: i. EMERSON H.5 RUPERT, b. July 20, 1915. ii. FRANCIS E. RUPERT, b. December 25, 1917. 15. SAMUEL BRUCE4 WOOLEVER (CHARLES COLEMAN3, EDWIN2, ABRAHAM1) was born May 29, 1888. He married CATHARINE SMITH October 04, 1919. Children of SAMUEL WOOLEVER and CATHARINE SMITH are: i. CATHARINE ROSEINA5 WOOLEVER, b. March 02, 1920. ii. NAOMI LOUISE WOOLEVER, b. September 17, 1922. 16. CLARA ETHEL4 WOOLEVER (CHARLES COLEMAN3, EDWIN2, ABRAHAM1) was born June 30, 1893. She married HERMAN HAZEN November 13, 1917. Notes for CLARA ETHEL WOOLEVER: Birthday could have been July Children of CLARA WOOLEVER and HERMAN HAZEN are: i. HAROLD EDWIN5 HAZEN, b. April 05, 1920. ii. ROBERT EUGENE HAZEN, b. September 01, 1922. 17. CHARLES ARTHUR4 WOOLEVER (CHARLES COLEMAN3, EDWIN2, ABRAHAM1) was born August 11, 1898. He married MARY ERTLE June 20, 1920. Children of CHARLES WOOLEVER and MARY ERTLE are: i. CHARLES EMERSON5 WOOLEVER, b. January 11, 1921. ii. DONALD ARTHUR WOOLEVER, b. May 18, 1924. iii. EARL COLEMAN WOOLEVER, b. March 31, 1926. 18. JAMES WATSON4 WOOLEVER (WILLARD HARVEY3, EDWIN2, ABRAHAM1) was born November 11, 1894. He married MARY ABIGAIL BERNETT March 17, 1917. Children of JAMES WOOLEVER and MARY BERNETT are: i. HELEN LOUISE5 WOOLEVER, b. March 27, 1918. ii. DORIS MARIE WOOLEVER, b. June 10, 1919. iii. NAOMIA CATHARINE WOOLEVER, b. September 05, 1920. iv. JAMES WATSON WOOLEVER, b. May 25, 1925. Generation No. 5 19. HELEN LULA5 TURK (LAURA MEADE4 HILL, MARY ELLEN3 WOOLEVER, EDWIN2, ABRAHAM1) was born May 27, 1895. She married JAMES FULLER HAYES November 09, 1916. Children of HELEN TURK and JAMES HAYES are: i. JAMES ROBERT6 HAYES, b. April 21, 1918. ii. HARRY THEODORE HAYES, b. March 12, 1921. iii. RUTH JEANNETTE HAYES, b. June 11, 1923. iv. JOHN WILLIAM HAYES, b. August 15, 1925. 20. MYRTLE EDITH5 TURK (LAURA MEADE4 HILL, MARY ELLEN3 WOOLEVER, EDWIN2, ABRAHAM1) was born October 03, 1897. She married KENNETH ERNEST SMITH June 04, 1924. Child of MYRTLE TURK and KENNETH SMITH is: i. CARL LEROY6 SMITH, b. May 25, 1927. 21. ESTHER5 CHIDESTER (BLANCHE MAY4 WOOLEVER, CHARLES COLEMAN3, EDWIN2, ABRAHAM1) was born April 16, 1899. She married CLYDE L. DYER June 1917. Children of ESTHER CHIDESTER and CLYDE DYER are: i. ESTHER ELIZABETH6 DYER, b. April 16, 1918. ii. CLYDE LAVERNE DYER, b. 1921. June wrote: > Hi! I'm trying to find information on the Woolever family who lived in > Lycoming county during the 1800s. My ancestor, Mary E. WOOLEVER (d. 1888) > was married to Daniel Stennard FRY (b. 1834 or 1835). Their three children > were Cordelia Jane Fry (m. Andrew J. ST. CLAIR), James Franklin Fry, and > Ulysses Simpson Grant Fry (m. Laura Catherine MOORE). > I'm trying to find the names of Mary's parents and siblings. I've found > some information in a history of Lycoming county regarding a business > partnership between the Woolevers and Frys in the 1880s - 1890s. I think > that my ancestors may have been connected with these families in Lycoming > county, but I haven't found any convincing evidence yet. > I am also interested in information regarding the family of Edwin Woolever > and Esther Wheeland. This couple had a son named Grafius H. Woolever. > Because this is not exactly a common first name, I am wondering if this > family may have had ties to the Graffius/Grafos family, who lived mostly in > Clearfield County. > If any of this rings a bell, please contact me; I'd appreciate any > information! Thanks in advance! >