Russell F. Woolever

Birth date from age given at death. 1840 census shows a son and a daughter, age 10-15, who are otherwise undocumented. 2 children in Evergreen Cemetery do not appear in the census in 1850 or 1860: son Russel H. died 20 Jun 1858, age 5 years 2 months 6 days. son Jay O. died 16 Apr 1862, age 8 years, 28 days Jay O. is a mystery. Russel H. should be in 1855 census. Also a mystery is Willey, age 13 in 1870 census, who does not appear in the 1860 census. Also, in 1870 census, Liddie A is assumed to be Lydia from the earlier census, but her age is way off, matching instead the age of daughter Hannah L., from the 1860 census. Children: 1850 census: Elmira 4 F (attending school) Lida 2 F 1860 census: Elmina S. 14 F (attending school) Lydia A. 12 F (attending school) Nancy J. 9 F (attending school) Hannah L. 4 F Mary A. 2 F Minnie 10/12 F George J. Wright 8 M Martin Denniston 22 M Farm Laborer 1870 census: Liddie A. 14 F Without occupation Willey 13 M Farm Laborer Mary 11 F Attending School (attending school) Minnie 7 F (attending school) Emma 8 F (attending school) Jenney 5 F (attending school) 1875 census: Russell F. Woolever 67 Herkimer farmer Nancy 58 do Lydia Ann 28 do Lillie H. 21 Montgomery Mary A. 19 Oswego Mirenda B. 16 do Emma A. 12 do Jennie 10 do spent 4 years in Auburn prison for 3rd degree manslaughter. Mary A. married George H. Wheller, 1 Sep 1881, by Rev. D. B. Snyder at Orwell. Emma married Merritt Darrow, 20? Mar 1884, by Rev. D. B. Snyder at Orwell. Jennie married John D Lillis, 13 Feb 1883, by Rev. D. B. Snyder at Orwell.