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From: Elaine McConnell <>
Subject: [OHAUGLAI] Re: Woolary Questions
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 16:29:22 -0400


Dan and Terry,
>
> Henry Woolary and Elizabeth Rogers had a son named MICHAEL. He is
> buried in the Sugar Grove Cemetery in Wilmington, Clinton Co., OH next
> to his wife Rosana and his brother Henry and Henry's wife Rachel. He is
> in section 4, lot 61. His tombstone reads: Michael Woolery d 1-20-1875
> age 62 yrs bur 1-21-1875. I stood in front of his grave and copied the
> information. Now when was Michael born?
>
> Also, I have a deed selling the family farm in Clinton Co. to settle
> part of Henry Woolery, Sr.'s estate in 1850. Michael and Rosannah both
> signed the deed. By the way, the name on deed is spelled WOLARY not
> WOOLERY.
>
> There is no split in religion between Henry and his brother Michael.
> There were 2 Michael Wolarys in Clinton Co. The second Michael was a
> Quaker and is buried in a Quaker Cemetery. This Michael is older than
> Henry's brother. Believe it or not, he also came from Federick Co., VA
> about the sane time as Henry and Elizabeth Wolary. Two of his children
> married into the Quaker families of Light and Lewis which also came from
> Federick Co. I believe there is a family connection. Could this
> Michael have been a cousin or brother of our Henry?
>
> As to Elizabeth being a Quaker, forget it. Her mother married John
> Rogers out of union. He married Mrs. Mary Olleman (Allemong) on Oct.
> 30, 1787. The minister who married them was Christian Streit, the first
> Lutheran minister born in America. Mary was Maria Madalene Rinker,
> daughter of Casper and Marie (Schultz) Rinker. Her parents were
> Quakers. Mary/Maria is buried next to her father in the Back Creek
> Quaker Graveyard. Noone knows where John Rogers was buried. He could
> be in an unmarked grave in the Back Creek Quaker Graveyard. John Rogers
> transferred land to the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church. I
> believe this Wolary family was Methodist. Almost all the religious
> referrnces I found on them was as Methodist. The only Quaker references
> were to Henry Jr's sons Asbury and Nathaniel who became Quakers after
> they married Quaker ladies. Nathaniel raised my husband's grandmother
> and she in turn married out of union to a Presbyterian. Even Henry
> Wolary and Elizabeth Rogers married as non-Quakers. They were married
> by Eli Hinkle, a Methodist minister. You didn't have to be a Quaker to
> be buried in a Quaker cemetery. You just had to be a Quaker to be in
> union (full membership) with the church.
>
> The Tam Cemetery list is part of a book entitled: Auglaize County Ohio
> Cemetery Inscriptions, volume 2, book 2, Duchouquet and Moulton
> Townships. It was compiled by the Auglaize County Chapter of the Ohio
> Genealogical Society, copyright 1991. I made a copy of the pages on
> this cemetery. However, I would hesitate to put it on the internet.
> Perhaps, the Genealogical Society would put it on the US GenWeb Archives
> for Auglaize Co. The GenWeb Archives encourages listing cemeteries.
>
> Dan and Terry, six week ago I had not met you nice people nor joined the
> Auglaize or Clinton-L programs. In fact, I was busy with other things
> and not even thinking about Wolarys. A cousin gave Dan my E-mail
> address. I have learned considerably more about my husband's ancestry.
> It appears that the Wolarys spread throughout the U.S. and a number of
> them are now Southerners (including the McConnells). Last summer my
> daughter-in-law, who is from PA, gave me a copy of her family history.
> As I looked over it, I began to recognize Frederick Co., VA names. She
> had VA roots and was also descended from Casper Rinker. Her family left
> Federick Co. in the 1800s and went to Pittsburg. My husband's family
> left and moved to OH. 170 years later, two branches of the Casper
> Rinker family were joined together in a marriage made in GA. I wonder
> what ole Casper would have said if he could have peered into the future
> and seen what the future held for all members of his extended family.
>
> Elaine McConnell

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