BIOGRAPHIES:  Cyrus WOOLLEY, Sumner Township, Barron County, WI

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Cyrus Woolley, an early settler, was born in New York State, May 14, 1826, 
the son of Judiah Woolley, a native of England, who brought the family to the
present site of Chicago, then scarcely a hamlet, and from there moved to Will
County, in the same state. Cyrus grew to manhood in Illinois, and for several
years farmed in Will County. In 1870 he came to Barron County, and in 1872
secured a homestead of 120 acres in section 17, Sumner Township. This was all
wild land. He put up a frame house, erected a barn of poles, cleared some of 
the land and started farming with little more than his hands and a few crude
implements. About a year after their arrival they traded an organ for a cow. 
The nearest railroad was then at Chippewa Falls. There were many privations 
to endure and many difficulties to overcome, but they persevered and in time 
won success. After many years of hard work there, they retired and took up 
their home with their daughter, Ursula Anderson. He died at the age of eighty
years in Barron while on a visit. His wife, Julia Keene, was born in New
York State, April 6, 1839, daughter of Jas. C. and Polly (Sanford) Keene. Her
grandfather Keene served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. She now lives 
with her son, Edwin C., in Sumner Township. In the Keene family there were 
nine children: William Sanford, Phoebe Jane, James, Andrew Jackson, Laura 
Ann, Isaac Edwin, Susan, Julia and Elizabeth. Mr. Woolley and his wife were 
the parents of seven children: Edwin C., Ursula Polly, Rose, Charles, Martha, 
Jennie and Herbert.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 717.