Dubuque County IA Archives Obituaries.....Woolnough, James August 9, 1875
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Dubuque Daily Herald, July 11, 1869
From obit in the Dubuque Daily Herald, July 11, 1869: "...The deceased was a native
of England, having 
been born in Lancashire, near London, January 10, 1828. He came to Elmira, N.Y., in
1831, and, to 
Dubuque in 1855. He opened one of the most elegant fancy and notion stores ever
conducted in the 
city, which had a brief and prosperous existence, having been destroyed by fire
shortly after it had got 
fully under way. The business was reopene(d) near the corner of Main and Fifth
Street and continued 
until 1857 when it again went down in the financial crash of that year. At this time
Mr. Woolnough was 
elected a member of the city council. From the time of his business failure, he was
cramped in a 
financial sense, and had never recuperated his lost fortune. He was a plasterer by
trade, and in the hour 
of his necessity, fell back upon his nerve and industry, and has suceeded always in
making a 
comfortable living and in commanding the respect and confidence of his friends and
the community, as 
an upright business man, a genial associate, a warm hearted friend, a kind and
considerate husband 
and father.  Mr. Woolnough was a member of Metropolitan lodge, No. 49, and his
funeral will be under 
direction of the Masonic fraternity. The service will take place at the Christian
church to-day at 2 
o'clock, p. m. The deceased leaves a wife and one son, Mr. James Woolnough, Jr., to
mourn his loss, in 
which they have the warm sympathy of friends and the community at large."

Additional Comments:
He had a sister, Maria (b..ca 1826, Englnd d. 17 Feb 1875, Dubuque, IA who m.John
Henry Van 
Valkenburg. They had 8 children.  

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