Miles Treadwell Woolley II (1840 - 1892)

Born 10 Jan 1840 in De Ruyter, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Ellen (Stone) Woolley — married 22 Nov 1866 in Round Grove, Illinois

Descendants

Died 11 Aug 1892 at age 52 in Hot Springs, Fall River, South Dakota

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Biography

Miles was born in De Ruyter, New York. to William Bradford Woolley and Catherine Courtright, The only son, he had two sisters, one older and one younger. A Civil War Veteran, he fought for the Union, serving in the 75th Illinois Infantry. He was injured during his service and began receiving a veterans pension in January 1863. After marrying Ellen Stone when he was 26 years old, they moved to help settle the community of Yankton in Dakota Territory and they had six children together. Miles died from further wounds and hypothermia while he was living at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, in Hot Springs, South Dakota. Injured, or taken ill, on August 10, he died on August 11, 1892.

Sources

US Census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880; US Veterans Schedule 1890; Civil War Pension Index, 1861-1934; Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920, Iowa Marriage Records 1880-1937; Social Security Applications and Claims Index;

• South Dakota, Find A Grave Index, 1830-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Wikipedia information regarding National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.