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William G "Billy" Woolsey
15 Dec 1865 – 26 Jun 1913
| Birth | 15 Dec 1865 |
| Death | 26 Jun 1913 |
| Cemetery | Erin Springs Cemetery Erin Springs , Garvin County , Oklahoma , USA |
| Added by | U.S. Grave Walker on 13 Sep 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34023347 |
Bio
William use to be my brick wall. According to my Aunt Kathy the story goes that when William was asked about his childhood or where he was from he would tell them that he was from Iowa. That he had an abusive Irish step mother and that's why he stowed away on a wagon train headed west. When he was discovered on the wagon train it was too late for them to turn around and that's how he ended up in TX. Then he'd say that was all he was going to say about that. Supposedly he would never give any more detail then that. I don't know how much of it is true, but that's supposedly why we don't know where he came from or who his parents were. Well that was until about a couple years ago when a John Woolsey saw my posts about William and wrote to me. It turns out I was descended from a William Woolsey who ran away, and John was descended from a Eugene Woolsey whose half brother ran away and no one ever knew where he ended up. Their run away was also named William Woolsey born in Iowa and the same age as my William. After much comparing a notes and further research we have determined that William was the only son of Richard Woolsey and Catherine Beck. It was a second marriage and they split up not long after William was born. At times William even lived with his sisters instead of his mother. Now we understand why he had no love and affection for his parents. We also discovered that he didn't have a Irish step mother, but in fact an Irish mother.
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Siblings
- Eugene Denton Woolsey 1848–1937 FaG
- Evangeline Nancy "Eva" Woolsey Brown 1853–1920 FaG
- Alfred Benton Woolsey 1853–1935 FaG
- Mary Eliza Woolsey Galpin 1853–1927 FaG
- Alice Woolsey Allen 1856–1915 FaG
- Ella Matilda Kenneda Dunn 1874–1954 FaG
- Minnie E. Kenneda 1875–1875 FaG
Children
- Ewing Richard Woolsey 1890–1959
- Minnie Agnes Woolsey Tandy 1893–1972
- Eva Pemela Woolsey Ellis 1895–1941
- Sarah Mae Woolsey Henderson 1901–1970
- Buford James "Boots" Woolsey 1904–1974
- Beulah Leah Woolsey Mills 1906–1986
- John Wesley Woolsey 1910–1997
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