John
Merritt
Woolley
aka Wooley
Born about in Pike, Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Lucinda (Woolley) Ford, Ladosia (Woolley) Humphreys, Jessie D. Woolley, Levina Woolley, Rebecca Woolley, Joshua S. Woolley Jr., Salena Elender (Woolley) Greer, Catherine Woolley [half] and Lavinia Woolley [half]
Husband of
Mary (Davis) Woolley
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
James M Woolley, Josephus Woolley, Nancy Woolley, Arthur L Woolley, William Brown Woolley, Vincent C Woolley and Francis M Woolley
Died after
after about age 76
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Aug 2018
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Biography
John was born about 1835. He was the son of Joshua Woolley and Sarah Merritt. On June 5, 1862 he enlisted in the military as a corporal. He was wounded in the hand and later discharged. He passed away before 1935.
Sources
- 1870 United States Federal Census
- 1880 United Stataes Federal Census
- 1900 United Stataes Federal Census
- Mississippi, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~3.12%
Gerry Gieger
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #304712
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~0.39%
Pamela Robinson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A586209 [compare], Ancestry member Pambo1157
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~0.39%
Anonymous (Cagle) Anonymous :
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