Carolyn, Wilford and other interested Ohio Woolseys, William B is son of Walter and Harriet Frazier. Walter is son of William Benjamin Woolsey, the brother of Margaret Woolsey who married Samuel WINSLOW. I have birth & death dates and burial places in Wyandot Co, OH for all above people. I need to update my database a bit and I will Post those dates later. Following is a biographical sketch for William B. (1847-1914) which I found online. Ruth Hamdorf History of Wyandot Co, Ohio Published 1884, Leggett, Conaway & Co, Chicago Antrim twp, p. 735 WILLIAM B. WOOLSEY, Postmaster, Nevada, Ohio, was born March 10, 1847. He is a native of this township, and is a son of Walter and Harriet (Fraser) Woolsey, natives of New York and Pennsylvania respectively. They were joined in marriage at Little Sandusky in 1832. Their children were nine, four now living: Almira, wife of A. J. Peters; Martha, wife of James Reynolds; William B., Henrietta F., wife of E. R. Irmer. The father(Walter) came to this county in 1831, his death occurring October 6, 1851. Alexander Fraser was a soldier in the war of 1812, serving till the surrender of Hull at Detroit. He was taken prisoner, but was released, and made his way home on foot to Pickaway County, Ohio, in company with a comrade. In the course of their journey they narrowly escaped death by the hand of an Indian, who found them " napping," and snapped his gun at one of them. Mr. Fraser, awakening, killed the Indian on the spot. Mr. F. was one of the first settlers of Wyandot County, locating at Little Sandusky in 1831. Harriet Woolsey died May 20, 1883. She had remarried in 1855 to Benjamin Kerns, two children, Scott and Joseph. being born. In 1865, she was again left a widow, and died as above stated. William B. Woolsey was reared on the old homestead, and obtained a fair education. At the death of his step-father he took charge of the farm, where he resided several years. In 1874, he located in Nevada, and engaged in the grain and wool trade under the firm name of Hunt, Elliot & Co., in which business he continued four years. In 1881, he received the appointment of Postmaster, since serving in that capacity. He was married October 23, 1872, to Miss MARY E.SMITH, daughter of John H. and Sarah (Wirick) Smith, one son, Franklin H., born September 12, 1874. Mr. Woolsey served as Treasurer of Antrim Township three terms, as Corporation Treasurer four years, and was elected Mayor of Nevada in 1883. He is a member of the Knights of Honor and IOOF, and a Republican in politics. Jerome Woolsey, an elder brother, was a member of the Eleventh Ohio Battery, and died of typhoid fever, being buried on the banks of the Tallahassee River, Fla. End of Biographical Sketch Additional: Wyandot County Ohio Cemetery Burial Records Nevada Cemetery, Eden township. p 351 WOOLSEY, William B d. 1914 Mary E. d. 1913