Eli Woolery

MATHIAS, PIERSON, WOOLERY

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/14/2004 at 11:38:17

Eli Woolery, Madison twp., farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. Earlham; owns 295 acres of land; born in 1822, in St. Lawrence county, New York; came to Iowa in 1852, entering the land he now lives on; married in 1843 to Miss Mary Mathias, who died in 1869; married a second time, in 1870 to Emily Pierson, of Tennessee; have five children living: Sarah J., Irene D., Isaac N., Gilbert B. and Wm. F.; Mr. Woolery has made all his own improvements.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 650