To any interested Woolsey researcher: Does anyone know anything about this Joplin, Missouri policeman? Detective William Woolsey, died 8 Dec 1917. >From ON-LINE: <http://www.joplinpolice.org/fallen.htm> FALLEN HEROS On December 8, 1917, Detective William Woolsey was standing on the 3rd Street Viaduct when Frank Warren and Chub Hardin attempted to rob him and another citizen he was talking to at the time. Although Warren had stuck a pistol in Woolsey's abdomen, the Detective still went for his gun and had even squeezed the trigger before Warren realized what was happening. The Detective's gun did not fire, however, so the Detective pulled the trigger a second time. So did Warren. Both guns fired and both men fell to the ground and died. Chub Hardin was captured later, but because he was a juvenile, he received no harsh punishment. Does this man fit into anyone's family? Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker

To all interested Woolsey researchers: >From the New York Woolseys comes Lt. Melancthon T. Woolsey, noted during the War of 1812. Didn't someone send a post about a restaurant named after him? Was that in Sackets Harbor?? >From ON-LINE: American Lieutenant Woolsey and the War of 1812. http://www.hamilton-scourge.city.hamilton.on.ca/woolsey.htm United State Navy Lieutenant Melancthon T. Woolsey was sent from Washington to Oswego in 1808 to construct ships for the enforcement of the "Embargo Act" of 1807, and prevent the widespread smuggling across the American-Canadian border. Woolsey set about his work at once, constructing the "Oneida" in less than a year, and stationing militia groups at points along the southern shores of Lake Ontario (including Sackets Harbor) to watch for smugglers. As war seemed to loom on the horizon, Woolsey began preparations for the provisioning of the southern shores of Lake Ontario. He drew up a list of schooners that could be pressed into military service; among these vessels was the "Diana", an American merchant ship that was later renamed the "Hamilton". Woolsey was also present at the capture of the "Lord Nelson", later renamed the "Scourge", and suspected of being involved in smuggling activities. Based on these suspicions, the "Lord Nelson" was taken into custody by Woolsey and the U.S. Navy, and the ship's owner, James Crooks, spent the rest of his life trying to claim reparation for his vessel's 'theft', which occurred 13 days before the official declaration of war. Woolsey, however, had a gallant streak, and invested much time and money in attempting to return some trunks found aboard the "Lord Nelson' to a Mrs. McCormick. THE CAPTURE OF THE "LORD NELSON" ["SCOURGE"] AND MRS. McCORMICK'S TRUNKS When American Lieutenant-Commander Woolsey captured the "Lord Nelson", he also laid claim to all of her contents. Among the trunks containing dry goods, sugar, liquors and the like, were six or seven large trunks containing women's apparel. These last items belonged to Mrs. McCormick of Queenston, a daughter of British Secretary William Jarvis, who had recently married. Woolsey, in a show of gallantry, made efforts to get these goods returned to the lady. In October, 1812, four months after her capture, the goods from the "Lord Nelson" were put up for auction. Woolsey did not expect anyone to bid for Mrs. McCormick's trunks, since it was widely known that he planned to return them. However, by the end of the auction, Woolsey was forced to bid $5,000 for them (by contrast, the ship itself was valued at $2,999.25!). A later appraisal set the value of the trunk's contents at $380.00. Woolsey had to write to the secretary of the Navy, William Jones, in hopes that his bid would be paid by the Navy in a show of "support [for] your officers in all acts of justice or patriotism and valor." The issue of the trunks still had not been settled by 11 May 1813 when Woolsey returned to Sackets harbor after Chauncey's attack on York to find that Mrs. McCormick's possessions were up at auction once again. Woolsey did not manage to return any of the trunks until after the War; and even then all he could manage for all his gallantry was a single trunk "containing a variety of articles which have been saved from the general wreck," delivered to Montreal in 1816. Thus ends this interesting article, accompanied by a photo of the navy lieutenant. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker

To Any Interested Woolsey: Is anyone related to the following?: !ON-LINE: AIR FORCE MAGAZINE. Major Herbert A. Dargue. "The Greatest Gift - Tragedy at Buenos Aires. 1926". Vol. 68, No. 9. Sep 1985. <http://ww.afa.org/magazine/valor/0985valor.html> The 1926 Air Corps Pan American Goodwill Flight was a story of triumph, tragedy and unsurpassed heroism on the part of a young captain. In 1926, the Coolidge Administration, like many that were to follow, was intent on improving US relations with Latin America. Air Corps Chief Maj. Gen. Mason Patrick conceived the idea of dispatching a goodwill flight to 23 Central and South American countries - an idea approved immediately by the Secretaries of State and War and by the President. The Air Corps chose the Loening OA-1 amphibian, a new observation plane, for the flight and Maj. Herbert A. Dargue, one of the ealy Army pilots, as its commander. Five OA-1s, each named for an American city and crewed by two pilots, one of whom was an engineering officer, were to make the 22,000-mile pioneering flight. Among the pilots were three officers who would retire after WW II as three- and four-star generals - Muir Fairchild, Ennis Whitehead, and Ira Eaker. The expedition, known as the Pan American Goodwill Flight, left San Antonio, Texas, on 21 Dec 1926, after the pilots had gone through an intensive course in diplomatic niceties, Spanish, meteorology, and geography. They carried whatever maps were available, cruised at 85 miles an hour over much uncharted territory and through unpredictable weather without radios or gyroscopic flight instruments, and did their own maintenance - between diplomatic receptions and state dinners. Dargue, who rose to the rank of major general and who was killed in a crash on 12 Dec 1941, while enroute to Hawaii, recounted the flight in the October 1927 issue of National Geographic. His 50-page article sketched enough high adventure, flying exploits, close calls, humor, and tragedy to fill a book. The tragedy occurred at Buenos Aires, at about the halfway point of the first aerial circumnavigation of South America. The flight had crossed the Andes from Valdivia, Chile, to Bahia Blanca on the Argentine coast, navigating with rudimentary instruments through very heavy weather. After a stop at Mar del Plata, they flew on to Buenos Aires, where the formation broke preparatory to landing. Dargue in "New York" started a descending turn to the left, his attention on an Argentine escort plane that was passing beneath him. Capt. C. E. Woolsey and Lt. John Benton in "Detroit", who had been flying on Dargue's left wing, broke left, then inexplicably turned slowly to the right, the two planes collided and spun down, interlocked. As the spinning planes separated, Dargue and Whitehead were able to bail out of "New York", but Woolsey and Benton went in with their plane. In his Geographic article, Dargue wrote: "No man may ever fully explain how disaster came. It was all over too quickly." Perhaps that was all the Air Corps would allow him to say. Fifty years later, General Eaker, writing for the Sep 1976 issue of AIR FORCE Magazine, told a story of unsurpassed heroism in his account of the tragedy. He had been flying on Dargue's right wing and had a clear view of the crash. At Mar del Plata, where the planes had landed on water, Woolsey's OA-1 had broken a cable that raised and lowered the plane's wheels. Since their first landing near Buenos Aires was to be on water for a reception aboard an Argentine battleship, Woolsey decided to proceed with the broken cable and the wheels retracted. After the reception, the plane would take off from water and fly to an Argentine Air Force base near Buenos Aires. At that point, Benton would climb out of the rear seat and go out on the wing to release the wheels - a maneuver all the crews had practiced in preparation for the flight. When Dargue gave the signal to break formation, Benton took off his chute and went out on the wing. With his eyes on Benton, Woolsey apparently let "Detroit" drift to the right on a collision course with "New York", while Dargue's attention was focused on the Argentine plane below him. "Detroit's" nose struck the left wing of Dargue's plane. HE ELECTED TO STAY "Woolsey was sitting on his chute and could have saved himself," Eaker wrote. "Instead, he elected to stay with the plane, since Benton was on the wing without his chute. I have never witnessed a more courageous self-sacrifice." Eight members of the flight, which won the Mackay Trophy landed at Bolling Field, D.C. on 2 May 1927, 133 days after they had left San Antonio. They were greeted by President Coolidge, who presented each man the new Distinguished Flying Cross, which had just been authorized by Congress. The Air Force Office of History has no record of posthumous awards to Woolsey and his friend, Benton, with whom he shared a great adventure and to whom he had given the greatest of all gifts. Does anyone know who Captain C. E. Woolsey was? Who were his parents? Are there relatives or descendants who survive him? Should they try to get his Distinguished Flying Cross posthumously? Let me know if any are interested. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker

To interested Woolsey researchers: Some years ago, when I lived in the state of Washington, and made my annual summer trek to Salt Lake City to work in the Library, I was quite surprised to see a Black man working in the Library, doing genealogical research. Being intrigued by his presence in this formerly almost all-white domain, I introduced myself to him. He told me his name was Alex Haley and he was doing genealogical research on his ancestors and that he had interesting family traditions that had been handed down to him concerning his original ancestor who had been sold into slavery from Africa. I suggested some census records, and offered my opinion that he would probably not have much success in tracing his family tree!! because of the scarity of records and that little was done to document the lives of slaves. Well, you know how wrong that opinion was. But since the success of his book, one can see Afro-Americans in the Library in Salt Lake quite frequently now, and I now no longer question whether they will have success or not! Since beginning my research on the Woolsey family, I have found several Black families throughout the United States. These peoples' ancestors were uprooted from their native country, stripped of their freedom, their names and very identity and forced to come to this country as slaves. They were given names by their new owners as whatever pleased the owners. Upon emancipation, these slaves often took new names and frequently took the names of their former owners, especially if they had been well-treated by them, which may explain the name Woolsey as pertaining to these blacks. Even in the Northern states there had been slavery since very early times and we find Woolseys in New York owning slaves, and understandably we find black Woolseys in New York and Connecticut. Often the blacks who took on their owners' names were sons and daughters of a white owner and a black slave woman. However they got their name of Woolsey, I have found the following black Afro-Americans in the records. These are not all of them, I'm sure, but what I have found to date: 1850 Census Town of Woodbury, Litchfield Co., CT. 415-422. Uri Woolsey 36 m Black Day Laborer b CT Cloe " 37 f Black " June " 6 f Black " Julia " 3 f Black " Julia Jackson 44 f Black " John Jackson 5 m Black " Mary A. Jackson 17 f Black " 1860 Census Town of Huntington, Fairfield Co. CT. 1303-1375. Jane Woolsey 20 f Black Servant b CT Joihda " 6/12 m Black " 1850 Census So. Mulberry Ward, Philadelphia, PA. 232-275. Liddy Woolsey 40 f Black Domestic b. NJ 1850 Census No. Mulberry Ward, Philadelphia, PA. 1453-1620. Martha Woolsey 17 f Black b. PA 1870 Census Wood Co., Texas 155-157. Ann Woolsley 50? f color M(crossed out)Black GA Weslay 12 m Black Robt 11 m Black Elmira 7 f Black Lou 3/12 f Black 1870 Census Eatna Beat, Smith Co, Texas 149-149. Sarah Woolsey 14 f Black Texas 1880 Census Colorado Co, Texas Pct #3 187-210. Mat. Woolsey 37 m B Farm Laborer GA GA GA Harriet " 28 f B Wife kh TX TX TX Matilda " 15 f B Dau F.L. TX GA GA Ben " 13 m B Son " " Bettie " 11 f B Dau at home " George " 10 m B Son " " Clara " 4 f B Dau " " Lucy " b Feb B Dau " " ON-LINE: Ancestry.com - VIRGINIA DEATHS - Alexandria Co, VA 1865 - 1896. p. 109. Hall, George, race Black abt 31 Oct 1887, male, mother is Matilda Woolsey. 1870 Census Washington Co., Alabama. p. 7 William Woolsey 18 m Black b Alabama 1870 Census Champagnole PO, Franklin Twp, Union Co. Ark FHL# 545564. 13 Jun. p. 520. 61-61 John Woolsey 20 m Black Farm Laborer b Cherokee Nation. Can't read or write. 1870 Census Galesburg, Knox Co., ILL. FHL# 545749. 25 Jun p. 192 1677-1711. Eliza Woolsey 50 f Black kh VA Eliza Radill 24 f Mulatto kh ALA Jefferson 3 m Mulatto ah ALA If any one is interested or can add to this branch of the Woolsey family tree, I would be glad to hear from you. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker

Looking for parents of Laura WOOLSEY b abt 1854 in IN. Her father was b in England, mother in IN. She was listed on the 1880 Jasper County MO Census living in the home of Edward McGurder and working as a Chamber Maid. Thank you very much. Shirley

I posted some wrong information this morning and need to make a correction. > 2. Gilbert Woolsey b. 11 Sep 1831 > ****Found on the Bureau of Land Management website, > Gilbert Woolsey Heirs filed land patent for 40 acres in Christian Co. MO 10 > Oct 1904. This was a homestead entry under Authority of May 20 1862, > Original. Do not know at this time if these heirs are from the above > Gilbert Woolsey. This should be Newton H. Woolsey heirs instead of Gilbert Woolsey heirs. I didn't catch the mistake until I got home from work and reread the posting. I'm sorry for any confusion this may have caused. > Jean Masoner jmasoner@isc-durant.com Listowner: MASONER-L@rootsweb.com

I have come across this additional information on the internet and from a CD that I have. This pertains to two of the children of Zephaniah Woolsey and Delila Masoner. 1. Polly S. Woolsey b. 29 May 1830-living with Uncle Humphrey Weldon in 1850. ***Found on a marriage CD that I have: William WILD md. Caroline WOOLSEY 25 Dec 1853 in Grundy Co. MO. 2. Gilbert Woolsey b. 11 Sep 1831 ****Found on the Bureau of Land Management website, Gilbert Woolsey Heirs filed land patent for 40 acres in Christian Co. MO 10 Oct 1904. This was a homestead entry under Authority of May 20 1862, Original. Do not know at this time if these heirs are from the above Gilbert Woolsey. Jean Masoner jmasoner@isc-durant.com Listowner: MASONER-L@rootsweb.com

I am researching to find if Eliza Fanny Buzby who married Reginald Shoemaker (born 1842) fits into my line as I have a Shoemaker line that connects to another of my lines. Eliza Fanny Buzby died August 26, 1875 and I am interested in her parents, siblings, etc. Reginald had two subsequent wives: Susan Woolsey and Amelia Dey. Thanks, Lea Simitz Buzby please respond to leabuzby@aol.com

To Nancy Kent Thoben and other Woolsey researchers: I sent the last post off without putting in what I wanted to. I'll put that in now: !CEM: Town of Bedford, Westchester, NY "Cemeteries" FHL #974.7277/B1 N2b Vol. 8. p. iv. "One such stone, preserved underground for perhaps a century, has recently been unearthed in the village graveyard. Its inscription reads: "1742 [next line illegible] Deceased Thomas Woolsey Born in the yeare 1656" This stone was evidently left behind when bodies of the Woolsey family were removed to the Bedford Union Cemetery in the Nineteenth Century. - p. 393. A gravestone for Thomas Woolsey, dug up in the Old Bedford Cemetery in 1976, bears the dates 1656-1742. That should clear up Thomas' death date. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker

To Nancy Kent Thoben and interested Woolsey researchers: Hi, Nancy, Thanks for your information. It is pretty much the same as I have but for the following: Also to Hollis Don Woolsey again: Here is that Jackson Co., IL Census: !CENSUS: 1850 Census for Jackson Co., ILL. Valerie Phillips Gildhaus, Hist. Soc. FHL #977.3994 X2g. #299. p. 125 #5776. Woosley, James 40 m Farmer VA $100 Jane 42 f OH John 15 m ILL James 10 m " Elisabeth 14 f " Mary J. 5 f " Joshua 7 m " Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker

To Hollis Don Woolsey and interested Woolsey researchers: Hi, Hollis, The way you grab hold of a problem and keep working on it is very impressive. Thank you for the data and information. Also in the 1850 Census of Jackson Co., IL is the family of one James Woosley who has a son Joshua Woosley who is 7 years old. Probably the same one. In Jackson Co., IL the names Woosley and Woolsey seem to used interchangeably, so it is difficult to ascertain if there are two different families here or all just masquerading (sp?) as Woolsey?????? Thank you for the Jackson Co., IL records Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker (Still working on Census records). I finished the New York Census records for 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840 and I am about 1/2 through the New York 1850 Census. This has taken me all this week, spending 6 or 7 hours a day in the Library. Good luck.

Hi, This is the burial list for my Woolseys: Thomas Woolsey b10 Apr 1655 Died 1730 Bur. Old Cemetary of Bedford, Westchester, NY Spouse Ruth Bailey d 1739 same Cem. Richard Woolsey b 1697 Died 1782 Bur Old Presbyterian Cem( same as above) Bedford, NY. Spouse Sarah Fowler Same Cem John Woolsey b 1731 Died 1815 Bur River Side Cem, Marlborough,NY, Spouse Chlorine Peck d 1816 same cem. John Woolsey b 1759 Died 1848 Bur River Side Cem, Marlborough,NY, Spouse Deborah Wright Same Cem John Woolsey b 1781 Died 1854 Bur Knoxville, Il, Spouse Elizabeth Bradshaw d 1878 Bur Same Cem Wright Woolsey b 1820 Died 1871 Bur Knoxville, Il, Spouse Rebecca Yeager d 1886 Bur Knoxville, Il Hannah S. Woolsey Stevens b 1844 Died 1909 Bur Lynwood Cem, Galesburg, Il Does anyone have this line? Thanks, Nancy Kent Thoben

Good Day, Here is a report of what I have found in Jackson Co. Ill on the William and Caroline Woolsey family. This is just what I could find on the inter net, and have not yet worked the LDS local History Center or the NAR in Fort Worth, Tx WILLIAM WOOLSEY 1840 Census Jackson Co. Ill. Sheet # 20, 2nd Half William Woolsey 1 M 20-30 Yrs 1 F 20-30 Yrs 2 F < 5 Yrs 1850 Census Jackson Co. Ill. South Dist. William Woolsey 36 M Ill. $275 b: abt. 1814 Caroline 32 F Tn. b: abt 1818 Milton 15 M Ill. b: abt 1835 Angelina 13 F Ill. b: abt 1837 Amanda 11 F Ill. b: abt 1839 Sarah J. 10 F Ill. b: abt 1840 Elizabeth 8 F Ill. b: abt 1842 Richard 7 M Ill. b: abt 1843 Lockey 5 F Ill. b: abt 1845 Nancy 3 F Ill. b: abt 1847 William 1 M Ill. b: abt 1849 1856 BLM Records William A Woolsey 39.88 A Blx 23/ TWP #10-S Range 3-W 3rd Prime Meridian 119.64 A Blx 23/ TWP #10-S Range 3-W 3rd Prime Meridian This is in Jackson Co. Ill And as Wilford suggested about William’s death, 1865 Probate Jackson Co. Ill., from the IRAD database William Woolsey Caroline Woolsey 67 2489 Mar 25 1865 But also a second one (?), Fredrick Walters Caroline Woolsey 64 2420 Mar 25 1865 1868 Probate Jackson Co. Ill. from the IRAD database Sarah Vought Caroline Woolsey 62 2345 May 18 1868 This is the last thing I find in Jackson Co. Ill. for William and Caroline Woolsey. Notes of Woolsey with like names of the above and in Jackson Co. Ill. 1866 Nancy Woolsey to Samuel G Stevenson s/o William Stevenson Richard Woolsey Co H 27 Ill Inf Rec from Murphysboro, Jackson Co. Ill. Co G 9 Ill Inf Pvt Consolidated from 27 Ill Inf 10 Aug 1862 Temp to 79 Ill Inf Richard Woolsey d: 1876 served in Co H 27 Ill Inf Civil War Buried in Clyde Osborn Farm Cem Murphysboro, Jackson Co. Ill. William Woolsey d: 1866 served in Civil War Buried in Clyde Osborn Farm Cen Murphysboro, Jackson Co. Ill. BUT the William Woolsey above appeared to have died in 1865. Names found in both the William Woolsey family and the John Johnson Woolsey family. >From the 1850 Census above for William Woolsey family, and John Johnson Woolsey,s sons: William Everett Marvin Milton dau: Noley Caroline and also one of John’s grand daughters is named Locky / Lockey I do not know how much to make of this! Other Woolsey in Jackson Co. Ill 1818 Census Jackson Co. Ill. Jacob Woolsey 1 M > 21 Yrs 10 others white 1850 Census Jackson Co. Ill., North Dist. Joshua Woolsey 7 M Ill. b: abt 1843 In the Household of Benjamin J Holliday 23 M Tn b: abt 1827 This Joshua Woolsey is the same age as Richard Woolsey and served in the same military units with Richard. I find no other Joshua Woolsey here. J C Woolsey d: 1906 served in Co H 27 Ill inf Civil War Buried in City Cem Murphysboro, Jackson Co. Ill. Could this be Joshua ? James Woolsey to Angeline Goodwin Dec 13 1850 Frank Woolsey 23 Yrs s/o James Woolsey and Ann Goodwin to Ida Belle Mathis 17 Yrs d/o Henry Mathis and Mary Lance April 25 1887 I shall cut it short here. I have about ten or twelve others, but they are not yet connected to this William Woolsey. Will see you alter, and still digging bones. Hollis Don Woolsey

This came through on the TNGREENE mailing list - sound like anyone you know. LETTER TO MY ANCESTORS After spending a frustrating evening pouring over illegible handwriting in badly damaged and out of focus parish registers - and still NOT finding my relatives, I thought it was time to send an open email (at www.ofcoursethereisaHeaven.com) to all my "Upstairs" relatives who have gone to Heaven (99% of them) or the Other Place (1%). The text follows. (Feel free to insert your own relative's names where appropriate.) "Dear __________________: I am your _____________ and living in the early 21st century here in___________, ______. I am sitting in front of a microfilm projector (I'll explain what that is in a later email) in a special library run by the LDS (nice people, but later on them, too) trying to decipher the small and shaky handwriting of your parish's minister/vicar/curate (choose one).He must have been either vertically challenged or had palsy - because it's unreadable! At least I think it's your parish! I'm not even sure of the decade. Thanks for leaving such a good paper trail! (Sarcasm intended.)According to family legend, you and your wife ___________ had _____ children, some of whom lived beyond infancy. Yet not a single one was recorded in the parish records! I can't even find your marriage certificate. You two WERE married, right? Didn't you know that there would be legions of people like me fanatically spending their waking hours and small fortunes looking for any and all traces of your lives? Were you just stubborn, couldn't afford the fees, or not members of the Established (or any) Church? You're wondering, "What's all the fuss, we're dead as doornails?" We're not sure, but I think down here we're infected with the same disease:Rootsus obsessionus. Of course, WE are going to leave better records for our descendants! Anyway, I'm glad I was able to vent my frustrations upward. If I couldn't do that, I'd have probably popped the obnoxious researcher next to me who is right now translating an old parish records in German - and out loud, for Pete's sake! I have an idea.... When I'm "dead-on" (pardon the expression) to finding the correct record, give me some sort of sign. Make the projector bulb flicker twice. Or, if it must be done in the privacy of my home, I have a Labrador Retriever. Talk through her. That will get my attention for sure. Thanks for listening. I'll be better in the morning..... I'll be back at the library tomorrow night for Round 14, so catch me there. Sincerely, Your ________________, Milly Piros ===== Carolyn Woolsey Wilkerson carolynw46@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

I'M LOOKING FOR A COUPLE S.M. WOOLSEYS ONE IS A SR AND THE OTHER ONE IS JR.SO IF YOU SEE ANYTHING ON THEM PLEASE LET ME KNOW TERI L. BARTEE

New subscriber to list. I have been reading the archived messages about Zephaniah Woolsey and Delila Masoner. I have the following information obtained from the IGI submission of Barbara Woolsey and a page from a book by Robert Woolsey of New Hampshire entitled THE WOOLSEY FAMILY. I would like to find descendants of Zephaniah and Delila's children. 1. Polly S. Woolsey b. 29 May 1830-living with Uncle Humphrey Weldon in 1850. 2. Gilbert Woolsey b. 11 Sep 1831 3. Masoner Woolsey b. 31 Jan 1833 4. Lafayette Woolsey b. 14 Nov. 1834. md. Anna Sophiana Kesterson 7 Jan 1866 in Caldwell Co. MO. 3 children. Lafayette brought up by grandfather's family. 5. Newton Harvey Woolsey b. 29 Apr 1838 md. Brunette A. ? 10 May 1864 Carroll Co. MO-lived with uncle John Woolsey in 1850 6. Lorey Ann Woolsey b. 9 Feb 1844-lived with uncle, William Woolsey in 1850. Can anyone help on this line or add or correct my information? Jean Masoner jmasoner@isc-durant.com Listowner: MASONER-L@rootsweb.com

1. From the book: CEMETERIES OF JACKSON CO. ILL. Vol. V : The Qualls And Woolsey Cemetery Murphysboro, Jackson Co., Ill. 2. I think you may have this one on your list, but have names for WWW. The Clyde Osborn Farm - Cemetery Richard WOOLSEY d: 1876 - served in Co. H 27 Ill. Inf. - Civil War WILLIAM WOOLSEY d: 1866 served in Civil War 3. The Oaklawn Cemetery, Carbondale, Ill. WOOLSEYs here also. I am really combing through Jackson Co. Ill. WWW. Still looking, Hollis Don Woolsey

We find the following in: Cemetery Records of Crawford County Missouri, compiled by Helen Marie Wright. Page 772. RUBEL CEMETERY "This cemetery is also called the WOOLSEY CEMETERY. This cemetery is very hard to find. It is located on Highway 19 south. The farm on the right just before you reach the Steelville High School. It is in a field, too far to walk and very hard to find. There are many graves, but on a few have markers. This cemetery is located in Meramec Township." The names of those buried here who have stones are identified as Kreamelmyer(3), Eggers(1), Woolsey(5), Farrar(2). Two Woolsey obituaries are presented for those who are buried in the cemetery, but have no stones. This adds another WOOLSEY cemetery to the list. Marketta in Madera, where we skipped spring, and went directly to summer. Temp. on Monday was 91, far too hot for 3, Apr.

To Gail Hammond and interested Woolsey researchers: There are enough conscientous researchers out there that will keep me on the "straight and narrow" and who make interesting suggestions and corrections. Gail Hammond sent the following: "The cemetery in Fayette Co., GA is actually Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery. My great-grandfather, John Adams Snead, is buried there along with his mother and first wife. His second wife Nancy Marietta Woolsey (my great-grandmother), is buried in Carrolltown, Carroll Co., GA." Thank you, Gail, for that correction and rest assured, I am working on the John C. Woolsey - Zephaniah Woolseys, attempting to pin-point Nancy's parents. Thank you to all who have made encouraging comments, and have sent Cemetery information. All is helpful and appreciated. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker

I find a William A. WOOLSEY in Jackson Co. Ill 4/15/1856 bought 39 A and 119 A of land through the Bureau of land Management - General Land Office Records. Also see a William Woolsey in the 1840 Census Jackson Co. Ill. www. census-online.com Still looking. Hollis D Woolsey