Marriages: WOLLAM/WOOLUM JACOB JR. 1841 Lawrence Co, OHIO

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Ancestors of Jacob Woolum Jr.

Generation One

1.  Jacob1 Woolum Jr. (Jacob, #2) was born on 26 Mar 1841 at Lawrence Co., 
OH. He married Rhoda Jane Rhodes, daughter of George Rhodes and Catharine 
(Caty) Miller, on 13 Jun 1861 at Lawrence Co., OH. He married Mary 
Catherine Huey, daughter of John Huey and Mary Catherine Lenager, on 
18 Nov 1891 at Jackson Co., OH. He died on 8 Oct 1916 at Roscoe, Jackson 
Co., OH, at age 75. He was buried on 11 Oct 1916 at Clay Cem., Jackson 
Co., OH.
     Jacob Woolum enlisted in the F Company of Ohio Volunteers 173rd and 
served from August 24, 1864, to June 26, 1865, when he was mustered out 
with the unit in Nashville, Tennessee. A farmer when he enlisted, Jacob 
was five feet and five and three quarters inches tall; he had blue eyes, 
light hair, and a fair complexion. (Civil War Military File. # 2025. 
National Archives. Copy.) 
       According to Jacob's Civil War Pension File, Jacob and his wife 
Rhoda Jane had eleven children - Raymond, Mary, Sorilda, John, Alfred, 
Oscar, Christena, Lewis, Calvin, Fannie, and George. Jacob and his second 
wife Mary Cate Huey had four children - Rhoda J., Jacob H., Etta M. 
(who married Robert Yates), and Theodore W. Jacob's pension file contains 
a statement by Robert Franklin Miller saying that he had known Jacob Woolum 
from his early years. Jacob suffered from disease of the nervous system and 
rheumatism that resulted from his Civil War service. 
       Jacob had several professions - farmer, timberman, and furnace worker 
(Neal, p. 198). When Jacob and Mary Cate were married, "the boys treated 
them to a regular old fashioned serenade with horns and bells and tin 
pans." (Jackson Standard-Journal. December 9, 1891.) 
       Jacob Woolum went to Lawrence County for the funeral of his brother 
Raymond in 1910. One of his daughters, Mrs. Charles McLaughin, visited with 
Mary Cate Woolum during this time. (Jackson Standard-Journal. June 29, 1910. 
Copy.). He was a Laborer.


Generation Two

2.  Jacob2 Woolum (Jacob, #4) was born in 1803 at OH. He married Frances 
(Fannie) Neal (see #3), daughter of Daniel Neal and Lydia Sayre, on 12 
May 1833 at Lawrence Co., OH. He died in 1882 at Lawrence Co., OH. He 
was buried in 1882 at Rehoboth Cem., Symmes Twp., Lawrence Co., OH.
     The tract of land that Jacob Woolum and Fanny Neal lived on in Lawrence 
County was first owned by her father Daniel, then in 1839 passed on to 
Daniel Woolum, and then passed on to Jacob and Fannie. Chester Miller 
believes that the Neals sold it to five-year-old Daniel Woolum for $100. 
(Neal, p. 174.) In 1857 Daniel and Helen T. Woolum sold the land to Jacob 
and Fannie. 
       In 1857 Jacob sold the land in Lawrence County that he had acquired 
from Daniel for $300. In 1859 Jacob bought for $25 about 6 acres of land; 
he sold this Lawrence County land in 1861 to his sons Raymond and Jacob 
for $200. (Deeds. Lawrence Co., Ohio. Vol. 19. p. 51. Vol. 21. pp. 147, 
159. Copies.) 
       Jacob Woolum was a modestly successful farmer. For a short time he 
and Fannie lived in Walnut Township of Gallia County. In the 1860 Census 
his farm in Symmes Township, Lawrence County, was worth $3400; in 1870 
it was worth $800. One of the first records of him in this area after his 
wedding comes in 1841 and 1843 when he paid taxes for one horse and one cow. 
       Jacob and Fannie were the parents of sixteen children, three who 
died in infancy. Amazingly, six of their children married descendants of 
Henry Miller. The Millers and Woolums lived together in Symmes Township and 
married and intermarried with great frequency. Henry Miller was credited 
with saying "I will get thee another Barbara," when his first wife died. 
The theme song of the Woolums was definitely "I will get another Miller." 
The relationships in these two families are extraordinarily convoluted. 
       After the death of Jacob, Fannie bought forty acres of land on 
Hungry Hollow road. (Deed. Lawrence Co., Ohio. Vol. 40. p. 552. Copy.) 
In her final years she stayed with her daughter Delilah McDaniel in 
Hungry Hollow. At the end of her life Fannie was almost blind 
(Miller. p. 145). For many years she had a maple "sugar camp" and 
made maple syrup (Neal, p. 175). He was a Farmer.
     Known children of Jacob2 Woolum and Frances (Fannie) Neal (see #3) 
were as follows:
  		   i.	Daniel1 was born in 1834 at Aid Twp., Lawrence 
Co., OH. He married Helen T. Wiseman on 10 Feb 1854 at Lawrence Co., OH. 
He married Sarah after 1883. He married Mahala Hall on 25 Apr 1896 at 
Lawrence Co., OH. He died on 23 Jul 1897 at Lawrence Co., OH.
     According to the 1890 Veteran's Census, Daniel Woolum of Arabia 
served as a private in Company H of the 9th West Virginia Infantry. He 
received a gun shot wound in the right ankle during the war. In July of 
1864 the Ironton Register reported that Daniel has sent $50.00 home to 
his wife Helen. Daniel also served in the 1st West Virginia Veteran 
Volunteer Infantry from 1864 to July 20, 1865. In 1861 Daniel was held at 
Libby Prison, Richmond, and stricken with paralysis on the right side. 
He was then taken to the hospital at Richmond, Virginia. He also received 
a wound in the right eye. (Civil War Pension File. # 477703. National 
Archives. Copy.) 
       Daniel later gave a very detailed record of his Civil War 
experiences. He was serving with the Virginia 9th, when the rebels 
swooped down and captured the town of Guyandotte. Daniel was just 
returning to the army, having been home sick on furlough. Daniel and 
Anderson Vititoe broke into the arsenal to get guns; the fighting got 
so hot a group of the 9th took refuge in a narrow space between two 
houses, an alley four feet wide. They group was arguing about how they
were going to get out of the alley, when Daniel fired a shot. The 
rebels poured 500 bullets into the alley. Every one of those there were 
wounded and captured except Daniel, who got away without a scratch, but 
with 18 holes in his blouse made by the bullets. He moved cautiously about 
a mile out of the city. However, he finally hid himself close to a dead 
rebel, whom Daniel didn't see. When the rebel's comrades came along to 
bury him, they found Daniel and took him to Libby Prison. 
(Ironton Register. June 18, 1888. Copy.) 
       In the Lawrence County Jail Register, a Daniel Woolum was awaiting 
trial in the jail on October 20, 1878. On March 7, 1894, Violet Cade - 
a half sister to Edward Woolum - was admitted to the Children's Home in 
Lawrence County. Daniel Woolum, her uncle from Arabia, came for her, 
claiming he did not know she had left her mother. Edward Woolum, born 
September 9, 1884, had a father who was a native of Gallia County but 
whose whereabouts were unknown and a mother, Elizabeth Cade, maiden 
name Brown. "Her habits are not very good. She lives from place to 
place." Edward went to stay with Mr. John Ross. (Children's Home Records. 
Lawrence Co., Ohio. Copies.) At this point, it is still unclear precisely 
how Violet Cade was related to Daniel Woolum. 
      When Daniel married Mahala Hall, she had two children by her husband 
John Baldwin -- Sadie and Addie.  In October of 1896 Daniel Woolum sued 
Mahala Woolum for divorce on the grounds of adultery. The case was 
dismissed in November of 1897. The notation about the case was quite 
peculiar. The suit was dismissed because of "death of plaintiff 
suggested." (Letter from Elaine Winkler. October 7, 1993; Ironton Tribune. 
Unidentified date. Copy.) Daniel and Mahala had sold their land in Lawrence 
County in February of 1897. (Neal, p. 177). 
       Daniel had ten children: William N., who married Nancy Jane 
Depriest; Raymond; Margaret Jane, Thomas Jefferson Corriell; Mary Belle, 
John Brown; Isaac Dillon; John F., Sarah Heberlin and Hester Smith; 
Samuel R., Minnie Marcum; Arclissa; Lewis Edward; and Ross T., Catherine 
Roberts. (Family group sheet from Ray C. Cramer.) Samuel, a brakeman on 
the Pennsylvania Railroad, was knocked from the train and killed. 
(Ironton Tribune. July 18, 1896. Copy.) Daniel and Mahala, who married 
him as a widow, had no children, but she served as mother to her various 
stepchildren. Mahala was affectionately know as Grandma Baldwin by her 
various families. (Semi-Weekly Irontonian. February 25, 1913. Copy.). 
He was a Farmer.
  		  ii.	Hannah was born in Jun 1835 at Lawrence Co., OH. 
She married Wells Smith on 25 Jul 1851 at Lawrence Co., OH. She died after 
1900 at Gallia Co., OH. She was buried after 1900 at Rehoboth Cem., Symmes 
Twp., Lawrence Co., OH.
     Hannah and her husband had no children of their own but raised a boy by
 the name of John Rife (Neal, p. 178). She was a Housewife. She appeared on 
the census of 1900 at Greenfield Twp., Gallia Co., OH.
  		 iii.	Elizabeth was born on 24 Apr 1837 at Lawrence Co., 
OH. She married Samuel Sherman Miller, son of George Miller and Sarah Smith, 
on 30 Mar 1855 at Lawrence Co., OH. She died on 29 Oct 1923 at Lawrence Co., 
OH, at age 86. She was buried on 1 Nov 1923 at Rehoboth Cem., Symmes Twp., 
Lawrence Co., OH.
     Elizabeth Woolum Miller spent her entire life in Lawrence County. She 
and her husband had eleven children: Mary Hannah, who married Thomas 
Marshall; Jane Missouri, Howard Miller; Rosalene "Todd", W. Scott Miller; 
Isaac Wilson; George; Jacob Sherman; Archibald Wells; John Calvin; Fannie, 
Charles Howard; Christena, Henry Walke; and Minnie Bell, William 
Richendollar (who was the son of Lewis Richendollar and Charlotte White). 
       Samuel Miller was involved with local politics; he served as a 
township trustee and as a justice of the peace. Although he reportedly 
voted for Lincoln for President, he didn't want to fight the President's 
war. After he was called for duty, he hid out in caves and in the woods, 
and Fannie Neal Woolum carried food to him until it was safe for him to 
return to the family (Neal, pp. 178-179). She was a Housewife.
  		  iv.	Raymond Albert was born on 14 Dec 1838 at 
Aid Twp., Lawrence Co., OH. He married Christena Rhodes, daughter of 
George Rhodes and Catharine (Caty) Miller, on 27 Jul 1860 at Lawrence 
Co., OH. He died on 15 Jun 1910 at Lawrence Co., OH, at age 71. He was 
buried on 16 Jul 1910 at Macedonia Cem., Lawrence Co., OH.
     Raymond Woolum married and stayed in Lawrence County, Ohio, where 
he was born. In the 1860 Census he was living with his new bride 
Christena on his father's farm. On January 18, 1869, he purchased 
the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 21, Township 5, Range 17 from 
John Powers (Deed. Lawrence Co., Ohio. Vol. 28. p. 282. Copy). Then 
in August of 1875, Raymond and Christena sold this land for $650. 
(Deed. Lawrence Co., Ohio. Vol. 33. p. 371. Copy.) In 1865 Raymond 
purchased 40 acres of land for $200; in 1868 Raymond and Christena 
sold this land for $400. (Deeds. Lawrence Co., Ohio. Vol. 23. p. 475. 
Vol. 26. p. 135. Copies.) According to the 1885 tax duplicate, Raymond 
had purchased more land in Section 17, Township 5, Range 22. After 
Christena died, Raymond lived with his son John, daughter-in-law Ida, 
and his three grandchildren Ethel, Nora, and Madie (1900 U.S. Census. 
Lawrence Co., OH (Symmes) p. 7. f. 123). His home on Aaron's Creek 
(Ironton Register. June 23, 1910. p. 1. Microfilm 25208. Ohio 
Historical Society) was sold to his son Jacob, and he went to live 
with his son George at the end of his life (Neal, p. 195.) 
       When Raymond Woolum enlisted for the Civil War on August 24, 
1864, he stood five feet and eight inches tall, had blue eyes, dark 
hair, and a fair complexion. He was to serve until the war's end in 
Company F of the Ohio 173. He was mustered out in Nashville, Tennessee, 
on June 26, 1865. In the Special Veteran's Census, Raymond stated that 
he had suffered from kidney trouble since the war (Lawrence Co., OH 
(Symmes). p. 2. E.D. 134). His Civil War Pension file also lists lumbago 
and rheumatism of the hip and leg as a result of his war service. 
       In his book on the Neals, Chester Miller mentions that Raymond 
was a mail carrier and sold his mail contract to his nephew, Jacob Miller. 
Raymond also had some success as a farmer. He had fourteen head of cattle, 
and one of the newspapers reported that eight acres of his corn had done 
very well in 1893 (Neal, p. 195). 
       According to family legend, Christena dropped dead while milking 
a cow (Letter from Bertha Woolum Jones. June 1, 1974). The notice in the 
June 6, 1896, Ironton Register read, "Mrs. R. Woolum died last Thursday 
after an hour's sickness. Something like the bursting of a blood vessel 
was said to be the cause." Raymond committed suicide by cutting his throat 
with a razor. Family members believed that he was temporarily insane, due 
to ill health. (Death Certificate. Lawrence Co., Ohio. Dist# 3650. 
Register# 5. Copy; Semi-Weekly Irontonian. July 17, 1910. Copy.) On her 
tombstone Christena's name is misspelled as "Christoven." (Letter from 
Faye W. Coleman. August 26, 1993.) 
       In 1933 the descendants of Raymond and Christena Woolum began an 
annual reunion, which has lasted until the present day. At the fourth 
reunion, held at Parish Grove in Oak Hill, Ohio, around 150 people 
attended. (Ironton Tribune. July 27, 1936. Copy.). He was a Farmer.
  	1.	   v.	Jacob Jr..
  		  vi.	Lydia was born in 1842 at Lawrence Co., OH. 
She married William Francis Cooper, son of Francis Cooper and Elizabeth 
(Elysbeth) Miller, on 3 Feb 1859 at Lawrence Co., OH. She died in 1876 
at Champaign Co., IL. She was buried after 1876 at Nelson Chapel, 
Champaign Co., IL.
     Lydia was a member of the Methodist Church on John's Creek known 
as "White Chapel." She and William had eight children: Christena, 
who married Hugh Gates; Rebecca, David Boggess; Francis P.; George 
Washington; Fannie, Daniel Hutchinson; Raymond; Thomas; and Samuel. 
       In 1875 the family moved to Champaign or Douglas County in 
Illinois. They remained there for about three years, and after Lydia's 
death, William brought the children back to Lawrence County. 
(Neal, p. 201). She was a Housewife.
  		 vii.	Isaac was born on 12 Mar 1844 at Lawrence Co., 
OH. He married Jane Miller, daughter of John Miller and Anna Mariah 
Neal, on 25 Aug 1868 at Gallia Co., OH. He married Emily (Oliver) 
Dixon, daughter of Thomas Oliver and Elanor Spriggs, on 24 Apr 1903 at 
Jackson Co., OH. He died on 4 Sep 1912 at Jackson Co., OH, at age 68. 
He was buried on 6 Sep 1912 at Rehoboth Cem., Symmes Twp., Lawrence Co., OH.
     Isaac Woolum was known as Ike the molasses maker, because he was 
good at making cane molasses. Although Chester Miller claims that Isaac 
fought in the Civil War, the National Archives does not have a record of 
that service (Miller, p. 89). Isaac was working in the vicinity of Mount 
Vernon Furnace on April 30, 1863; because of events he observed on that 
day, he served as a key witness in the murder case of Nancy Johnson. 
("Murder at Mt. Vernon Furnace." The Ironton Register. April 30, 
1863. p. 1.) 
       On June 11, 1887, Isaac Woolum was tried for assault on R. H. 
Hutchinson. Isaac was found guilty and fined. (Justice Court Record 
(1884-1914). Symmes Township. Lawrence Co., Ohio. Microfilm. Briggs 
Memorial Library. Ironton, Ohio. Copy.) The January 8, 1880, issue of 
Ironton Register reported that "Isaac Woolum's child fell off the door 
step, and broke its arm." (Lawco Lore Newsletter. August 1995. Vol. 
12. p. 10.)
       Isaac and Jane had nine children: Emma Saphrona, who married 
J. Scott Jenkins; Philena, Alexander Miller; Delilah, Charles Shelton; 
Josephine, George S. Newman; Rose, James Otis Staten; Minnie, Ed Griffith; 
George; Lillie May, John E. Miller; and Mary, William Harmon. Philena lost 
a leg from sugar diabetes. Evidentially, many of the Woolum family suffered 
from this disease. (Neal, p. 293.) Isaac's wife, Emily, was alive at the 
time of his death. He was a Farmer.
  		viii.	Nancy June was born in 1849 at Lawrence Co., OH. 
She married John Levisy, son of John Levisy and Catherine Hedrick, on 
9 Feb 1871 at Lawrence Co., OH. She died after 1880 at CO.
     Nancy and her husband lived in Greenfield Township of Gallia 
County after their marriage. They had two children: Elvetta and Amy. 
(Neal, p. 176.) Later the Levisys moved to Colorado. (Letter from 
Bertha Woolum Jones. June 1974.). She was a Housewife.
  		  ix.	Jane was born in 1851 at Lawrence Co., OH. 
She married Joseph Walters, son of Elias Walters and Phebe, on 11
 Dec 1872 at Lawrence Co., OH. She died on 10 Mar 1887 at Lawrence 
Co., OH.     The Walters had at least four children: Flora, who married 
William McDowell; Isabel, Rufus Crance; Charles; and Robert. Jane and 
Joseph both died of Typhoid fever. (Neal, p. 205.). She was a Housewife.
  		   x.	Helen was born on 24 Jan 1854 at Waterloo, OH. 
She married Alfred Martin (Doc) Malone, son of Michael Malone and 
Rhoda E. Miller, on 20 Feb 1873 at Lawrence Co., OH. She died on 17 
Mar 1928 at Lawrence Co., OH, at age 74. She was buried on 19 Mar 1928 
at Macedonia Cem., Lawrence Co., OH.
     Helen Woolum pronounced her name "Heelum" (Miller, p. 168). She 
and Doc lived on Injun creek and had thirteen children: William Samuel; 
Rosetta, who married Hiram Sharp; Martha, Manuel Crabtree; Lavina, 
Isaac Crabtree; Clarence; Roy; Mary Ellen, Alfred Warman; James E.; 
Elizabeth, Walter Edwards; Ollie Bell, William Howell; Fred; Ozie; 
and Helen, John Grubb. (Neal, p. 205.). She was a Housewife.
  		  xi.	Martha was born in 1856 at Lawrence Co., OH. 
She married Richard Warren Malone, son of Michael Malone and Rhoda E.
 Miller, on 4 Sep 1879 at Lawrence Co., OH. She died in 1884 at 
Lawrence Co., OH. She was buried after 1884 at Rehoboth Cem., Symmes 
Twp., Lawrence Co., OH.
     Martha and Richard had three children: Joseph; Frank Edward; and 
Fannie Mae, who married George W. Martin. Martha Woolum died from a 
goiter in her neck (Miller, p. 171). She was a Housewife.
  		 xii.	Wells (Bud) was born in Jan 1858 at Lawrence 
Co., OH. He married Rhoda Rankin, daughter of William Rankin and 
Delilah Sharp, on 27 Mar 1880 at Lawrence Co., OH. He died between 
1900 and 1910 at Lawrence Co., OH.
     According to Chester Miller, Bud Woolum moved to West Virginia to 
work in the mines. He and Rhoda were the parents of at least ten 
children: Louise, who married John Ryan; Lean; Mary; Jacob; Lillie, 
Carl Utz; Fannie; William; Fred; Rockwell; Davis; and Pearl Beatrice 
(Matney). (Neal, p. 209.) 
       In 1908 Wells moved his family to Foundry Rowe in Hanging Rock 
from the Eicher house on Pike Street. (Hanging Rock News. May 22, 1908.) 
On January 26, 1910, Wells's son Jacob married Nova Lunsford in Lawrence 
County. (Letter from Elaine Winkler. October 25, 1993.) In 1912 Wells's 
son William had his face cut by a knife in an unprovoked attack, and the 
cut required fourteen stitches. William was about eighteen years old at 
the time. (Ironton Tribune. March 26, 1912. Copy.) The newspaper account 
of this incident seem to indicate that Wells and his family were still 
living in Hanging Rock in Lawrence County at the time.
     However, in the Census of 1910, Rhoda was living with five children 
at home and Wells was not present. He was a Farmer.
  		xiii.	Isabell (Bell) was born in 1860 at Lawrence Co., 
OH.
     Bell Woolum was listed in the 1870 Census as being 10. She may be 
one of the three Woolums who died in childhood. But Bertha Jones in a 
letter in 1957 stated that Belle married John Brown. More research needs 
to be done about Bell; she might be the link to Elizabeth Brown, whose 
child was rescued by his uncle Daniel Woolum.
  		 xiv.	Mary Delilah (Lile) was born on 29 Sep 1862 at
 Lawrence Co., OH. She married William Franklin McDaniel, son of Alexander 
McDaniel and Delilah Miller, on 4 Dec 1879 at Lawrence Co. (181) 
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