Benjamin Woosley

As printed in 1902

BENJAMIN WOOSLEY.

Benjamin Woosley, deceased, was for many years a prosperous and prominent farmer of Clark county, where his entire life was spent. He was born near South Charleston in Madison township October 30, 1815, and was a son of James Woosley, who-came to this state from Virginia and for a time lived in Ross county. Subsequently he resided in the vicinity of Chillicothe and thence came to Clark county. There is no doubt that the family is of English origin, but the line of descent can not be traced back to any remote period. The family is a distinguished one in England, and that the American branch is known to the royal house of that country is beyond dispute, for on the 28th of May, 1902, William S. Woosley, a son of Benjamin, received an elaborately. printed invitation to attend the coronation of King Edward VII, which reads as follows:

“The royal family of Great Britain and Ireland, imperial India-and the British colonial possessions beyond the seas greeteth thee and commandeth thy presence at the abbey of Westminster in the ancient city of London, on the twenty-eighth day of June, Anno Domino 1902, Anno Regini 1002, on the occasion of the solemn ceremony, the coronation of the son and heir of the reigning house and prince of the royal blood, Albert Edward George Plantaganet, William St. Leger Henry Guelph, James Bittinger Gowes Wettin, Fitz Morris, Knight of the Golden Fleece, Knight of the Garter, Knight of the Bath and possessor of numerous and various other most noble and exalted titles, as Edward VII, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, defender of the faith and emperor of India.”

Benjamin Woosley was reared in the county of his nativity, and after reaching manhood was married December 4, 1838, to Miss Keturah S. Hunt, who was born in New Jersey, December 10, 1817, and the following year was brought to Ohio by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Hunt. By this union were born six children, namely: Sarah, the wife of Charles Briggs, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work; Lavina, who married Jesse Stroup and lives near South Charleston; Emma, the wife of Edward Florence, of Madison township; James, who died at the age of sixteen years; Isaiah, who died in infancy; and William S., whose

As printed in A Biographical Record of Clark County Ohio (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.