To David Wright and interested Woolsey researchers: Here is the answer I sent to David Wright: Hello, David Wright: Thank you for responding re: your Woolsey family genealogy. I am forwarding this to the Woolsey-List in hopes others will see your question. I have 182 Woolseys in Iowa but none named Nancy nor do I have a Nancy Woolsey who married John Wright. Have you found them in the 1850 census of Iowa? I have the Woolseys from Pulaski County, Kentucky, but I don't have a Nancy among them. Nancy Woolsey, b 1817, a sister of James Hopkins Woolsey, moved with her family to Fayette Co., ILL. where she married 9 Nov 1837 to Thomas A. Gatewood. This Nancy Woolsey and James Hopkins Woolsey are sister and brother to my ancestress Sarah Woolsey who md George Washington Hickerson and migrated to Utah. Nancy and Thomas A. Gatewood lived and died in Fayette Co, ILL. I have many other Nancys, but only seven Nancy Woolseys in my data base come close, but none of them appear to be Nancy Woolsey, b 1814, to Des Moines, Iowa, abt 1841, md John Wright, as per your query. 1. Nancy Woolsey, b 1813, of North Carolina, md ________ Jones abt 1831, died in Christian Co, MO. 2. Nancy Woolsey b 1811, in KY, md 1) Valentine Summers abt 1833, md 2nd) _____ Woolsey, lived in Franklin Co, MO. 3. Nancy Woolsey b abt 1826 md James Thomas 4 June 1846 in Cooper Co, MO. 4. Nancy Woolsey, b 1815, (don't know where born), lived in Fentress Co, TN, md abt 1830 Moses Solomon. 5. Nancy Ann Woolsey b 1825, of Greene Co, TN 6. Nancy B. Woolsey b abt 1826 of Caldwell Co, KY md 19 Sep 1845 to W. T. Rodgers 7. Nancy F. Woolsey b abt 1814, in Georgia, no further information. Sorry I could not be of more help. Please send her family and children if you have them. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker