Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Woolsey was born on 3 November 1806, in Lincoln, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, his father, Joseph Henry Woolsey, was 31 and his mother, Abigail Shaffer, was 20. He married Mary Burrell on 25 April 1829, in Salt Creek Township, Jackson, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Panguitch, Iron, Utah, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1847. He died on 5 January 1897, in Wales, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Wales Cemetery, Wales, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Thomas Woolsey, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Woolsey - Church record: birth:
- Thomas Woolery, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English (Norfolk): from the Middle English personal name Wulsy (Old English Wulfsige, from wulf ‘wolf’ + sige ‘victory’). The personal name was common in Suffolk, where it gave rise to the surname of Henry VIII's minister Cardinal Wolsey.
History: George Woolsey came to New Amsterdam in New Netherland (now New York City, NY) from England via the Netherlands in 1623.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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HISTORY OF THOMAS WOOLSEY He was a brother of our Great-Grandfather James Hopkins Woolsey His name is on the This Is The Place Monument at Salt Lake City, Utah. I have been to his grave at Wales, …
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