William S. Woosley

As printed in 1902

WILLIAM S. WOOSLEY.

William S. Woosley, an esteemed and honored resident of Harmony township, was born two miles east of South Charleston August 22, 1864, and is a son of Benjamin and Keturah S. (Hunt) Woosley, a biography of whom precedes this. His boyhood days were spent on the home farm and at the usual age he entered the public schools, thus acquiring his education. He worked with his father until after he had attained his majority. On the 12th of February, 1885, he was united in marriage to Miss Josephine E. Clark, a daughter of David M. and Frances M. (Creamer) Clark, both of whom are living in this county. Three children grace this union: Frances M., born in Harmony township March 28, 1886; Grace Geneva, born November 13, 1887; and Harry Snyder, born September 22, 1890.

For three years after his marriage Mr. Woosley resided on a farm near Lisbon, where he had two hundred acres of land which he had inherited from his father and which he still owns. He also inherited one hundred and sixty acres, which he traded in partial payment for his present farm in Harmony township, where he has five hundred and fifty acres, upon which he has made his home since 1889. In 1892 he erected his present fine residence and has made other substantial improvements upon the property, including a fine barn erected in 1902, with all modern conveniences and covered with a slate roof—the first to be used on a farm barn in this part of Ohio. This is one of the finest country seats in Clark county. Mr. Woosley also owns two other farms, one comprising one hundred acres and the other fifty acres. His landed possessions are valuable and in the control of his farm property he displays excellent business ability.

Mr. Woosley is a Republican who keeps well informed on the issues of the day, but has never been an office seeker. He and his wife and their two older children belong to the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he is recording secretary, and in church work they take a deep and active interest. Mr. Woosley has a very wide acquaintance in Clark county, where his entire life has been passed, and that he has ever been honorable and upright in his career is indicated by the fact that many who have known him from boyhood are now numbered among his stanchest friends. His success, too, is most creditable and, although he inherited some property, he has greatly increased his holdings and has displayed excellent management, sound judgment and indefatigable industry in carrying on agricultural pursuits.

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.