Joseph WOOLSEY
SOURCES: 1. Main Archive Record 2. 1994 IGI 3. 1998 Ancestral File 4. 1997 Ordinance Index
DEATH: Abigail died while crossing the Sweetwater River
SOURCES: 1. Patron File (GS ser no 34260 pt 842) 2. Family Records 3. Nauvoo Sealing Records (GS ser no 25163 pt 4) 4. 1998 Ancestral File BIRTH: Birth place also listed as Kentucky on Family Records
SOURCES: 1. 1994 IGI
SOURCES: 1. 1994 IGI
SOURCES: 1. 1994 IGI
He married Abigail Shaffer . Abigail Shaffer was born at Maryland 13 Sep 1786 daughter of John Shaffer and Nancy Hopkins .
They were the parents of 15
children:
Thomas Woolsey
born 3 Nov 1805.
Richard Woolsey
born 28 Aug 1808.
Mary Woolsey
born Abt 1810.
Elizabeth Woolsey
born Abt 1811.
Agatha Ann Woolsey
born 18 Jan 1814.
John Woolsey
born Abt 1815.
Nancy Woolsey
born Abt 1817.
Sarah Woolsey
born 2 Oct 1820.
James Woolsey
born 2 Mar 1822.
Hannah Woolsey
born 7 Jan 1823.
Rachel Andora Woolsey
born 5 Aug 1825.
William Andrew Woolsey
born 10 Jan 1826.
Joseph Hyrum Woolsey
born 1 Feb 1827.
Josiah E. Woolsey
born 10 Jan 1828.
Emaline Vaughn Woolsey
born 4 Jan 1830.
Joseph Woolsey died 1839 at Vandelia, Fayette, Illinois .
Abigail Shaffer died 3 Sep 1848 at Sweetwater River, Fremont, Wyoming .