Bluford W. Woosley

Brief Life History of Bluford W.

When Bluford W. Woosley was born in June 1865, in Edmonson, Kentucky, United States, his father, Joseph Woosley, was 22 and his mother, Susan D. Nash, was 20. He married Susie Woosley on 20 December 1888. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Glen Dean, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Magisterial District 2, Clay, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 5 December 1951, in Ready, Grayson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Big Reedy, Edmonson, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Bluford W. Woosley
1865–1951
Susie Woosley
1869–
Marriage: 20 December 1888
Jack Harold Woosley
1906–1995
Hillard Wooley
1907–

Sources (15)

  • B W Woosley in household of T J Woosley, "United States Census, 1940"
  • B W Woosley, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Bluford W. Woosley, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1963"

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World Events (8)

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

1884

Historical Boundaries 1884: Grayson, Kentucky, United States

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English (Devon):

habitational name from Wolseley in Staffordshire, named with the Old English personal name Wulfsige (genitive Wulfsiges) + lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’.

habitational name perhaps from Wolversleigh Farm in Sidbury (Devon), given the concentration of early bearers in Devon. The placename derives from the Old English personal name Wulf (genitive Wulfes) + Old English lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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