{"id":252,"date":"2015-11-27T23:27:35","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T05:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/dekalb\/?p=252"},"modified":"2017-06-10T07:38:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T12:38:16","slug":"mary-woolbridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/dekalb\/mary-woolbridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Woolbridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A distant cousin sent me this picture. On the back it says \u201cAunt Mary Wooldridge\u201d. The family story is that she had 22 children and that she was my gggrandfather\u2019s sister (may have been half sister). We are pretty sure this is Mrs. William Melton Wooldrdige. Another sister, Jemima, made several trips back to TN and later to TEXAS. This also fits the migration of the family. I have the family picture of The Wooldridge Family and am hoping to find someone with a match for this pic. Also have several other connections to this family and especially Marshall Wooldridge and his wife Elizabeth Ward. Can Marshall be \u201cJohn Marshall\u201d. Dale, I am also triying to find someone who has the book that traces the land. I am unable to obtain it through Library INterloan. Thanks, Carole Martin Ring in Nebraska. \u00a0Photo submitted by:\u00a0Carole Ring<\/a> 2009<\/p>\n

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A second photo was submitted by Evelyn Allen, a descendant of William Melton Wooldridge and his wife Mary Jane. This photo is of the whole family taken about October, 1871.<\/p>\n

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Top row L to R.
\nMary Josephine, Luella Frances, Eliza Jane, Harriet Clay, John Harrison.
\nSeated L to R, William Melton, Mary Jane, Martha Evans, Sarah Givens, William Thomas, Robert Jackson, with Julia Adaline standing behind him.
\nIn front of Wm Melton, stands Virginia Ella. At his side is Joel Tennessee. Nancy Evelyne is the infant in her mother’s lap.<\/p>\n

My husband is the gr gr grandson of William and Mary Wooldridge.\u00a0 After comparing this picture you have posted to the site with the family picture, I am almost certain that this is indeed Mary Jane Wooldridge.\u00a0\u00a0 My husband’s gr grandmother Nancy Evelyne Wooldridge married Albert Lee Grissom, April 15 1890 in Cherry Valley, TN.\u00a0 They came to Texas, shortly after the birth of thier second child in 1893.\u00a0 Her sisters and brothers were already in Grayson Co.\u00a0 Most of them went to Collinsville Texas, some were at Sherman, and one went to Denton Co.<\/p>\n

Mary Jane Wooldridge is buried at Collinsville, Grayson Co. Texas along with two daughters and their families and a son.<\/p>\n

Albert and Nancy Evelyne Grissom settled first at Van Alstyne Tx where another child was born, After a few years they moved into Sherman Texas and there the twins were born.<\/p>\n

Their oldest child was Mary E. Grissom, my husband’s [grand]mother married Charles L. Clarke
\nat the age of 15, in Ok.\u00a0 Their oldest child was my husband’s mother Catherine Evelyn
\nClark,\u00a0\u00a0 She married Ollie Allen abt 1934.<\/p>\n

We have been trying to find a family for Mary Jane Heald or Heal for over 20 years. [Heal or Heald was Mary Jane Wooldridge’s maiden name]<\/p>\n

Submitted by: Evelyn Allen<\/a> 05\/01\/2009<\/p>\n

Valley View, TX<\/p>\n

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Additional information added by David Johnson:<\/p>\n

This appears to be the household of Mary with her husband and children. Frederick Miller on the internet also reports some of the children did go to Texas- Denton and Grayson Counties, Texas.<\/p>\n

1860 census of Dekalb County, Tennessee, District 5, Smithville, page 119A:<\/p>\n

559\/549<\/p>\n

Wooldrige, William 46 M keeper of poorhouse NC
\nMary J. 34 F TN<\/p>\n

Martha E. 15 TN
\nSarah G. 13 TN
\nJohn H. 11 TN
\nMary J. 9 TN
\nLuella F. 7 TN
\nEliza J. 5 TN
\nHarriett C. 5 TN
\nJulia A. 6\/12 TN<\/p>\n

others- paupers in the household
\n******<\/p>\n

1870 census of Dekalb County, Tennessee, District\u00a09, Liberty, page 194B:<\/p>\n

107\/107
\nWooldridge, William 56 M W Farmer NC
\nMary 44 F W housekeeper TN<\/p>\n

Sarah 23 F W TN
\nJohn 21 M W TN
\nJosephine 19 F W TN
\nLuella 17 F W TN
\nJane 14 F W TN
\nHarriett 13 F W TN
\nJulia 11 F W TN
\nWilliam 8 M W TN
\nRobert 5 M W TN
\nJoel 4 M W TN
\nVirginia 1 F W TN
\n[Wooldridge] Martha 82 F W NC [William’s mother?]<\/p>\n

11 children in 1870, add Martha E from 1860, add Nancy E. in 1880 = at least 13 children.
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\n1880 census of Dekalb County, Tennessee, District 5, page 137B:<\/p>\n

15\/18<\/p>\n

Wooldridge, William W M 67 md Keeper of the poor NC VA NC
\nMary J. W F 54 wife md keeping house TN VA NC<\/p>\n

Julia A. W F 20 dau TN NC TN
\nWilliam T. W M 18 son TN NC TN
\nRobert J. W M 16 son TN NC TN
\nJoel W M 14 son TN NC TN
\nVirginia W F 12 dau TN NC TN
\nNancy E. W F 8 dau TN NC TN
\nGeorge H. W M 6 g[?] son TN TN TN<\/p>\n

Paupers in the house:
\nWilliam, Humphrey
\n[?], Rebecca
\nBotts, Ellen
\nBotts, Henry
\nBullard, Nancy
\n******
\nWilliam Wooldridge, the head of the household and keeper of the county poorhouse, died Feb. 10, 1885 in Dekalb County and is buried in Aaron Cantrell Cemetery. His mother was Martha Cantrell, daughter of Aaron Cantrell, and she was reportedly buried on the poorhouse property.<\/p>\n

There is no Wooldridge found in Dekalb County in 1900.<\/p>\n

View the Wooldridge family history page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A distant cousin sent me this picture. On the back it says \u201cAunt Mary Wooldridge\u201d. The family story is that she had 22 children and that she was my gggrandfather\u2019s sister (may have been half sister). We are pretty sure…
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