----- Original Message ----- From: "Wright, David (Engineering)" <dwright@eng.hctx.net> To: <mwdiet@home.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 11:54 AM Subject: WOOLSEY FAMILY GENEALOGY > The 1856 Iowa State Census (Des Moines County-Franklin Township) indicates > the following: > Name Age Years in Iowa > Where Born > John Wright 35 18 > Ohio > Nancy Wright 41 15 > Kentucky > Sarah A. Wright 12 12 > Iowa > Malinda Wright 10 10 > Iowa > Thomas E. Wright 7 7 > Iowa > Mary M. Wright 5 5 > Iowa > Mariah *. Wright 3 3 > Iowa > > There was at least 1 more child (born after 1856), a daughter named > Americus. The Des Moines County records indicate a marriage in 1843 of John > Wright to Nancy Wolsey (not Woolsey). However, our family records spell her > name with 2-O's. As far as I know, she moved to Iowa alone. Do you have any > other Woolsey's living in Iowa during this period of time. Des Moines County > is in the southeast corner of Iowa and it is possible that some of her > family may have settled in Louisa County, Henry County or one of the other > adjacent counties. It is also close to the Illinois and Missouri state > lines. > > Do you have any additional information on Agnes Woolsey (daughter of > Zephaniah Woolsey and Anne Crouch)? Did she ever marry and have children? > She was born the right year (1814) but that is not the right first name. I > did find a little data on Woolsey families living in Ohio County and > Livingston County (Kentucky); but I have not investigated them, yet. Do you > have files on both of these families? I think we can eliminate the families > in Pulaski County and Jessamine County as possibilities.Thank you again for > your information.