Son of James Hopkins Woolsey and Lovina Patterson
Married Tyresha Mary Myers, 5 Jun 1870, West Point, Nevada
Children - James Brigham Woolsey, John William Woolsey, David Marcellas Woolsey, Jeremiah Ephraim Woolsey, Charles Edwin Woolsey, Joseph Riley Woolsey, Sarah Tyresha Woolsey, Parley Woolsey, Marion Aldous Woolsey, Earl Woolsey
History - James Brigham Woolsey, born August 3, 1846 to James Hopkins Woolsey and Lovina Patterson (Woolsey). He was born in Mt. Pisgah, Iowa. His were converts to the LDS Church and sealed to each other in the Nauvoo Temple in 1846 about 6 months before the birth of James Brigham, their 2nd child. James Brigham knew very little of his father because he left them at Nauvoo when he was very young and traveled to California. They never saw or heard from him again.
In 1852 when James was 6 years old, his mother moved the family to Utah, in a pioneer company under the leadership of Captain Woods. Soon after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley they moved to North Ogden where they lived for the next 8 years. While living there the children attended a one-room country school for a very limited period, the only school training they were ever to receive.
From Ogden they moved to Providence in Cache Valley where the boys had to work hard on the farm and at odd jobs to provide for the family. Here the settlers experienced considerable trouble with the Indians, making it necessary for the young boys to take their turn standing guard against the frequent Indian raids. Young James had occasion to mingle among the Indians considerably while helping to retrieve stolen property, etc., and learned to speak their language quite fluently.
His older brother Joseph S. , married Mary Nelson while they were living in Providence and his young sister, Rachiel Abigail, at the age of 14, ran away from home and married a William Willis who took her back to the States and the Woolseys never saw or heard from her again.
In the Fall of 1867, when James B. was 21 years of age, the family decided to go with others to Dixie in the extreme southwest part of the territory, and one year later moved over the line into Nevada and settled at West Point on the "Muddy". Here they engaged in farming and livestock raising.
At the request of Brigham Young, a number of the saints were attempting to establish a new settlement at this place but the ventrue proved to be almost disasterous because of the difficulties facing them. The climate was hot and several of them got sick and died. While living on the Muddy, James met Tyresha Mary Myers and they were married in 1879 by George Leavitt. The following year, at the advice of Brigham Young, they moved back to Salt Lake City and were sealed in the Salt Lake Endowment House. When they left Muddy, the Woolsey's left with the Myers family. While they were camped at Bennt Springs, near Mountain Meadows, Sister Myers who had been sick with a fever, then with dropsy, died in the wagon during the night. Because of this and the severe weather they decided to spend the rest of the winter in Panaca. Sister Woolsey prepared the mother's body for burial, then looked after the younger children while her father and oldest son took the body to St. George for burial. They were gone nearly a month. When spring came the family moved to Panguitch and lived there for several years. It was permanent for the Myers family. Here the Woolsey's had there first 3 children.
In 1876 James left to go look for a new location known as Potato Valley. Conditions looked favorable so he stayed to provide a place to live in (a dugout) and then returned to Panguitch for the family. The trip back was difficult because no road had been made over the mountain yet. This "trail" became known as the "old pole road". They soon built a home on one-fourth of a town block. This settlement was then given its present name of Escalante. James' home became the first home in town to have a regular floor. Because of the size and wood floor, the home was also used for community dances. James and Tyresha and son Charley (who never married) continued to live in this same place for the rest of their lives. It is still used as a place of residence. James was the first in town to own a team of horses. His first farm was 40 acres.
In 1888 the Woolseys started summer ranching in the Pine Creek Mountains. It was quite successful. They ranched at Hungry creek, the Bill Shurtz place, the Cyclone, "On Top", the Auger Hole, and Blue Springs. Tyresha would make about 125 cheeses every year at these ranches.
In 1896, James was called on a Mission to the eastern states for 26 months, mostly in New York. He made the trip to Salt Lake in time for the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple. Soon after the turn of the century, James carried the U.S. mail between Escalante and Cannonville for 2 years and was paid the sum of $1.00. He kept 40 to 50 hives of honey bees. Many gallons of honey were gathered each year. During swarming time, James would sometimes follow a swarm all the way across town before it would finally settle in someone's orchard. Usually he would hive them without wearing a net to keep from being stung. People all over town knew when a swarm was in the air because they could hear the loud jingle of cowbells that the family would use in getting the bees to settle. He believed that the noise and cups of water thrown into the air made them settle faster and closer at home.
Heart Throbs of the West, Kate B. Carter, Vol. 12, p. 380
Don Carlos Shurtz, Sr., and James McInelly, Sr., were carpenters and cabinet makers. Don Carlos made a piano and a violin for use in the early days of Escalante. James McInelly was also a maker of caskets. Hyrum Norton and his brother worked as carpenters on Escalante's first public building in 1876-1877. This was a log building about 18 x 36 feet. Most of the pioneer men in Escalante, after their crops were planted and the ditches made, would take their broad axes and travel to the canyons where they would chop down logs, flatten the sides and use in building their homes. James B. Woolsey, Sr., boasted the first home with a lumber floor. Other earlier floors were made of flattened logs, hand hewn.
Utah Death Certificate
Married Tyresha Mary Myers, 5 Jun 1870, West Point, Nevada
Children - James Brigham Woolsey, John William Woolsey, David Marcellas Woolsey, Jeremiah Ephraim Woolsey, Charles Edwin Woolsey, Joseph Riley Woolsey, Sarah Tyresha Woolsey, Parley Woolsey, Marion Aldous Woolsey, Earl Woolsey
History - James Brigham Woolsey, born August 3, 1846 to James Hopkins Woolsey and Lovina Patterson (Woolsey). He was born in Mt. Pisgah, Iowa. His were converts to the LDS Church and sealed to each other in the Nauvoo Temple in 1846 about 6 months before the birth of James Brigham, their 2nd child. James Brigham knew very little of his father because he left them at Nauvoo when he was very young and traveled to California. They never saw or heard from him again.
In 1852 when James was 6 years old, his mother moved the family to Utah, in a pioneer company under the leadership of Captain Woods. Soon after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley they moved to North Ogden where they lived for the next 8 years. While living there the children attended a one-room country school for a very limited period, the only school training they were ever to receive.
From Ogden they moved to Providence in Cache Valley where the boys had to work hard on the farm and at odd jobs to provide for the family. Here the settlers experienced considerable trouble with the Indians, making it necessary for the young boys to take their turn standing guard against the frequent Indian raids. Young James had occasion to mingle among the Indians considerably while helping to retrieve stolen property, etc., and learned to speak their language quite fluently.
His older brother Joseph S. , married Mary Nelson while they were living in Providence and his young sister, Rachiel Abigail, at the age of 14, ran away from home and married a William Willis who took her back to the States and the Woolseys never saw or heard from her again.
In the Fall of 1867, when James B. was 21 years of age, the family decided to go with others to Dixie in the extreme southwest part of the territory, and one year later moved over the line into Nevada and settled at West Point on the "Muddy". Here they engaged in farming and livestock raising.
At the request of Brigham Young, a number of the saints were attempting to establish a new settlement at this place but the ventrue proved to be almost disasterous because of the difficulties facing them. The climate was hot and several of them got sick and died. While living on the Muddy, James met Tyresha Mary Myers and they were married in 1879 by George Leavitt. The following year, at the advice of Brigham Young, they moved back to Salt Lake City and were sealed in the Salt Lake Endowment House. When they left Muddy, the Woolsey's left with the Myers family. While they were camped at Bennt Springs, near Mountain Meadows, Sister Myers who had been sick with a fever, then with dropsy, died in the wagon during the night. Because of this and the severe weather they decided to spend the rest of the winter in Panaca. Sister Woolsey prepared the mother's body for burial, then looked after the younger children while her father and oldest son took the body to St. George for burial. They were gone nearly a month. When spring came the family moved to Panguitch and lived there for several years. It was permanent for the Myers family. Here the Woolsey's had there first 3 children.
In 1876 James left to go look for a new location known as Potato Valley. Conditions looked favorable so he stayed to provide a place to live in (a dugout) and then returned to Panguitch for the family. The trip back was difficult because no road had been made over the mountain yet. This "trail" became known as the "old pole road". They soon built a home on one-fourth of a town block. This settlement was then given its present name of Escalante. James' home became the first home in town to have a regular floor. Because of the size and wood floor, the home was also used for community dances. James and Tyresha and son Charley (who never married) continued to live in this same place for the rest of their lives. It is still used as a place of residence. James was the first in town to own a team of horses. His first farm was 40 acres.
In 1888 the Woolseys started summer ranching in the Pine Creek Mountains. It was quite successful. They ranched at Hungry creek, the Bill Shurtz place, the Cyclone, "On Top", the Auger Hole, and Blue Springs. Tyresha would make about 125 cheeses every year at these ranches.
In 1896, James was called on a Mission to the eastern states for 26 months, mostly in New York. He made the trip to Salt Lake in time for the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple. Soon after the turn of the century, James carried the U.S. mail between Escalante and Cannonville for 2 years and was paid the sum of $1.00. He kept 40 to 50 hives of honey bees. Many gallons of honey were gathered each year. During swarming time, James would sometimes follow a swarm all the way across town before it would finally settle in someone's orchard. Usually he would hive them without wearing a net to keep from being stung. People all over town knew when a swarm was in the air because they could hear the loud jingle of cowbells that the family would use in getting the bees to settle. He believed that the noise and cups of water thrown into the air made them settle faster and closer at home.
Heart Throbs of the West, Kate B. Carter, Vol. 12, p. 380
Don Carlos Shurtz, Sr., and James McInelly, Sr., were carpenters and cabinet makers. Don Carlos made a piano and a violin for use in the early days of Escalante. James McInelly was also a maker of caskets. Hyrum Norton and his brother worked as carpenters on Escalante's first public building in 1876-1877. This was a log building about 18 x 36 feet. Most of the pioneer men in Escalante, after their crops were planted and the ditches made, would take their broad axes and travel to the canyons where they would chop down logs, flatten the sides and use in building their homes. James B. Woolsey, Sr., boasted the first home with a lumber floor. Other earlier floors were made of flattened logs, hand hewn.
Utah Death Certificate
Son of James Hopkins Woolsey and Lovina Patterson
Married Tyresha Mary Myers, 5 Jun 1870, West Point, Nevada
Children - James Brigham Woolsey, John William Woolsey, David Marcellas Woolsey, Jeremiah Ephraim Woolsey, Charles Edwin Woolsey, Joseph Riley Woolsey, Sarah Tyresha Woolsey, Parley Woolsey, Marion Aldous Woolsey, Earl Woolsey
History - James Brigham Woolsey, born August 3, 1846 to James Hopkins Woolsey and Lovina Patterson (Woolsey). He was born in Mt. Pisgah, Iowa. His were converts to the LDS Church and sealed to each other in the Nauvoo Temple in 1846 about 6 months before the birth of James Brigham, their 2nd child. James Brigham knew very little of his father because he left them at Nauvoo when he was very young and traveled to California. They never saw or heard from him again.
In 1852 when James was 6 years old, his mother moved the family to Utah, in a pioneer company under the leadership of Captain Woods. Soon after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley they moved to North Ogden where they lived for the next 8 years. While living there the children attended a one-room country school for a very limited period, the only school training they were ever to receive.
From Ogden they moved to Providence in Cache Valley where the boys had to work hard on the farm and at odd jobs to provide for the family. Here the settlers experienced considerable trouble with the Indians, making it necessary for the young boys to take their turn standing guard against the frequent Indian raids. Young James had occasion to mingle among the Indians considerably while helping to retrieve stolen property, etc., and learned to speak their language quite fluently.
His older brother Joseph S. , married Mary Nelson while they were living in Providence and his young sister, Rachiel Abigail, at the age of 14, ran away from home and married a William Willis who took her back to the States and the Woolseys never saw or heard from her again.
In the Fall of 1867, when James B. was 21 years of age, the family decided to go with others to Dixie in the extreme southwest part of the territory, and one year later moved over the line into Nevada and settled at West Point on the "Muddy". Here they engaged in farming and livestock raising.
At the request of Brigham Young, a number of the saints were attempting to establish a new settlement at this place but the ventrue proved to be almost disasterous because of the difficulties facing them. The climate was hot and several of them got sick and died. While living on the Muddy, James met Tyresha Mary Myers and they were married in 1879 by George Leavitt. The following year, at the advice of Brigham Young, they moved back to Salt Lake City and were sealed in the Salt Lake Endowment House. When they left Muddy, the Woolsey's left with the Myers family. While they were camped at Bennt Springs, near Mountain Meadows, Sister Myers who had been sick with a fever, then with dropsy, died in the wagon during the night. Because of this and the severe weather they decided to spend the rest of the winter in Panaca. Sister Woolsey prepared the mother's body for burial, then looked after the younger children while her father and oldest son took the body to St. George for burial. They were gone nearly a month. When spring came the family moved to Panguitch and lived there for several years. It was permanent for the Myers family. Here the Woolsey's had there first 3 children.
In 1876 James left to go look for a new location known as Potato Valley. Conditions looked favorable so he stayed to provide a place to live in (a dugout) and then returned to Panguitch for the family. The trip back was difficult because no road had been made over the mountain yet. This "trail" became known as the "old pole road". They soon built a home on one-fourth of a town block. This settlement was then given its present name of Escalante. James' home became the first home in town to have a regular floor. Because of the size and wood floor, the home was also used for community dances. James and Tyresha and son Charley (who never married) continued to live in this same place for the rest of their lives. It is still used as a place of residence. James was the first in town to own a team of horses. His first farm was 40 acres.
In 1888 the Woolseys started summer ranching in the Pine Creek Mountains. It was quite successful. They ranched at Hungry creek, the Bill Shurtz place, the Cyclone, "On Top", the Auger Hole, and Blue Springs. Tyresha would make about 125 cheeses every year at these ranches.
In 1896, James was called on a Mission to the eastern states for 26 months, mostly in New York. He made the trip to Salt Lake in time for the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple. Soon after the turn of the century, James carried the U.S. mail between Escalante and Cannonville for 2 years and was paid the sum of $1.00. He kept 40 to 50 hives of honey bees. Many gallons of honey were gathered each year. During swarming time, James would sometimes follow a swarm all the way across town before it would finally settle in someone's orchard. Usually he would hive them without wearing a net to keep from being stung. People all over town knew when a swarm was in the air because they could hear the loud jingle of cowbells that the family would use in getting the bees to settle. He believed that the noise and cups of water thrown into the air made them settle faster and closer at home.
Heart Throbs of the West, Kate B. Carter, Vol. 12, p. 380
Don Carlos Shurtz, Sr., and James McInelly, Sr., were carpenters and cabinet makers. Don Carlos made a piano and a violin for use in the early days of Escalante. James McInelly was also a maker of caskets. Hyrum Norton and his brother worked as carpenters on Escalante's first public building in 1876-1877. This was a log building about 18 x 36 feet. Most of the pioneer men in Escalante, after their crops were planted and the ditches made, would take their broad axes and travel to the canyons where they would chop down logs, flatten the sides and use in building their homes. James B. Woolsey, Sr., boasted the first home with a lumber floor. Other earlier floors were made of flattened logs, hand hewn.
Utah Death Certificate
Married Tyresha Mary Myers, 5 Jun 1870, West Point, Nevada
Children - James Brigham Woolsey, John William Woolsey, David Marcellas Woolsey, Jeremiah Ephraim Woolsey, Charles Edwin Woolsey, Joseph Riley Woolsey, Sarah Tyresha Woolsey, Parley Woolsey, Marion Aldous Woolsey, Earl Woolsey
History - James Brigham Woolsey, born August 3, 1846 to James Hopkins Woolsey and Lovina Patterson (Woolsey). He was born in Mt. Pisgah, Iowa. His were converts to the LDS Church and sealed to each other in the Nauvoo Temple in 1846 about 6 months before the birth of James Brigham, their 2nd child. James Brigham knew very little of his father because he left them at Nauvoo when he was very young and traveled to California. They never saw or heard from him again.
In 1852 when James was 6 years old, his mother moved the family to Utah, in a pioneer company under the leadership of Captain Woods. Soon after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley they moved to North Ogden where they lived for the next 8 years. While living there the children attended a one-room country school for a very limited period, the only school training they were ever to receive.
From Ogden they moved to Providence in Cache Valley where the boys had to work hard on the farm and at odd jobs to provide for the family. Here the settlers experienced considerable trouble with the Indians, making it necessary for the young boys to take their turn standing guard against the frequent Indian raids. Young James had occasion to mingle among the Indians considerably while helping to retrieve stolen property, etc., and learned to speak their language quite fluently.
His older brother Joseph S. , married Mary Nelson while they were living in Providence and his young sister, Rachiel Abigail, at the age of 14, ran away from home and married a William Willis who took her back to the States and the Woolseys never saw or heard from her again.
In the Fall of 1867, when James B. was 21 years of age, the family decided to go with others to Dixie in the extreme southwest part of the territory, and one year later moved over the line into Nevada and settled at West Point on the "Muddy". Here they engaged in farming and livestock raising.
At the request of Brigham Young, a number of the saints were attempting to establish a new settlement at this place but the ventrue proved to be almost disasterous because of the difficulties facing them. The climate was hot and several of them got sick and died. While living on the Muddy, James met Tyresha Mary Myers and they were married in 1879 by George Leavitt. The following year, at the advice of Brigham Young, they moved back to Salt Lake City and were sealed in the Salt Lake Endowment House. When they left Muddy, the Woolsey's left with the Myers family. While they were camped at Bennt Springs, near Mountain Meadows, Sister Myers who had been sick with a fever, then with dropsy, died in the wagon during the night. Because of this and the severe weather they decided to spend the rest of the winter in Panaca. Sister Woolsey prepared the mother's body for burial, then looked after the younger children while her father and oldest son took the body to St. George for burial. They were gone nearly a month. When spring came the family moved to Panguitch and lived there for several years. It was permanent for the Myers family. Here the Woolsey's had there first 3 children.
In 1876 James left to go look for a new location known as Potato Valley. Conditions looked favorable so he stayed to provide a place to live in (a dugout) and then returned to Panguitch for the family. The trip back was difficult because no road had been made over the mountain yet. This "trail" became known as the "old pole road". They soon built a home on one-fourth of a town block. This settlement was then given its present name of Escalante. James' home became the first home in town to have a regular floor. Because of the size and wood floor, the home was also used for community dances. James and Tyresha and son Charley (who never married) continued to live in this same place for the rest of their lives. It is still used as a place of residence. James was the first in town to own a team of horses. His first farm was 40 acres.
In 1888 the Woolseys started summer ranching in the Pine Creek Mountains. It was quite successful. They ranched at Hungry creek, the Bill Shurtz place, the Cyclone, "On Top", the Auger Hole, and Blue Springs. Tyresha would make about 125 cheeses every year at these ranches.
In 1896, James was called on a Mission to the eastern states for 26 months, mostly in New York. He made the trip to Salt Lake in time for the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple. Soon after the turn of the century, James carried the U.S. mail between Escalante and Cannonville for 2 years and was paid the sum of $1.00. He kept 40 to 50 hives of honey bees. Many gallons of honey were gathered each year. During swarming time, James would sometimes follow a swarm all the way across town before it would finally settle in someone's orchard. Usually he would hive them without wearing a net to keep from being stung. People all over town knew when a swarm was in the air because they could hear the loud jingle of cowbells that the family would use in getting the bees to settle. He believed that the noise and cups of water thrown into the air made them settle faster and closer at home.
Heart Throbs of the West, Kate B. Carter, Vol. 12, p. 380
Don Carlos Shurtz, Sr., and James McInelly, Sr., were carpenters and cabinet makers. Don Carlos made a piano and a violin for use in the early days of Escalante. James McInelly was also a maker of caskets. Hyrum Norton and his brother worked as carpenters on Escalante's first public building in 1876-1877. This was a log building about 18 x 36 feet. Most of the pioneer men in Escalante, after their crops were planted and the ditches made, would take their broad axes and travel to the canyons where they would chop down logs, flatten the sides and use in building their homes. James B. Woolsey, Sr., boasted the first home with a lumber floor. Other earlier floors were made of flattened logs, hand hewn.
Utah Death Certificate
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James Brigham Woolsey Jr
1872–1935
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John William Woolsey
1874–1962
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David Marcellas Woolsey
1876–1966
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Jerry Ephraim Woolsey
1878–1879
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Charles Edwin Woolsey
1880–1954
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Joseph Riley Woolsey
1882–1972
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Sarah Tyresha Woolsey Heaps
1884–1972
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Parley Woolsey
1886–1971
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Marion Aldus Woolsey
1888–1963
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Earl Woolsey
1892–1980
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