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Richard Woolsey


Birth28 August 1808Pulaski, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Richard Woolsey, (1808-1878), memorial #53537.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Richard Woolsey, ID: KWNV-2B9.

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), p. 226.
Death13 February 1878New Harmony, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
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BurialFebruary 1878New Harmony Cemetery, New Harmony, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Richard Woolsey, ID: KWNV-2B9.
FatherJoseph Henry Woolsey
MotherAbigail Schaffer
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   • Sarah Kinworthy
Married18 June 1830Salt Creek Twp, Jackson, Indiana, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Richard Woolsey and Sarah Kinworthy, ID: KWNV-2B9 and ID: LC6P-PWP.

    Indiana Genealogical Society, Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 (Indiana: County clerk offices), entry for Richard Woolery and Sally Kinworthy.
          Children:
               Julia Ann Woolsey
               Joseph Woolsey
               Thomas Woolsey
               George William Woolsey


   • Hannah Foxall
Married4 September 1841Hancock County, Illinois, United States
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    County offices, Illinois, Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Richard Woolsey and Hannah Foxall (4 September 1841); citing Hancock, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois, certificate 507; FHL microfilm 954,177.
          Children:
               Richard Woolsey
               Jacob Nathaniel Woolsey
               William Andrew Woolsey
               Hannah Woolsey
               Joseph Woolsey


   • Clarissa Cole
Married5 January 1847Van Buren County, Iowa, United States
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    Iowa County Clerks, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 (Iowa: County Courthouses), database, FamilySearch, entry for Richard Woolsey and Clarrissa Cole (5 January 1847); citing Van Buren, Iowa, United States, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 967,640.
          Children:
               Sarah Abigail Woolsey
               Brigham Hyrum Woolsey
               Mary E Woolsey
               James Richard Woolsey
               Melissa Ann Woolsey
               Wilford Woodruff Woolsey
               David Mark Woolsey
               Orson Woolsey
               Rachel E Woolsey
               Martin Owen Woolsey
               Agatha Adeline Woolsey


   • Caroline Ellen Anderson
Married5 March 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Richard Woolsey and Caroline Ellen Anderson, ID: KWNV-2B9 and ID: KWJZ-H5S.
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• 1840Fayette County, Illinois, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
• 1860Mt Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Kanarah, Kane, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Harmony Precinct, Kane, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusFayette County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusThe District No 21, Pottawattamie, IowaExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusMt Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusKanarah, Kane, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusHarmony Precinct, Kane, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• David Wood CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure6 Jun 1852
       Arrival20 Sept-1 Oct 1852

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