An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., The
Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893

A.H. WOOLERY, a resident of Sumner, Pierce county, Washington, was born in
Lexington, Fayette county, Kentucky. February 16, 1825, and is the only one now
left of a family of eleven children. The Woolery family moved to Palmyra, Marion
county, Missouri, when A.H. was seven years of age, and there he lived on a farm
for twenty-one years. In 1853 he crossed the plains with an ox team, came direct
to the Puyallup valley and settled on a donation claim of 320 acres, located one
mile from where Sumner now stands. Here he engaged in farming until 1875. That
year he turned his attention to hop-raising, in which he was successfully
engaged for some time. He now has his farm leased and makes his home in Sumner.
Mr. Woolery was married in 1848 to Mary Ann Whobrey. They have been members of
the Baptist Church for forty-six years. Mr. Woolery's father, Francis Woolery,
was a farmer and was of German descent. He died in Marion county, Missouri, in
1850.

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in January 2004 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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