WOOLLEN, WILLIAM WATSON: 1838-1921.
William Watson Woollen , son of Milton and Sarah Black Woollen, was born in Indianapolis on May 28, 1838. He grew up on his father's farm, attended the district schools, and graduated from the law department of Northwestern Christian (now Butler) University page: 349[View Page 349] in 1860. On Apr. 1, 1861, he was admitted to the Indianapolis bar, and at the time of his death he was the senior member both in age and continuous practice.
Mr. Woollen was active in civic affairs and will be remembered largely for his interest in and knowledge of natural history. He founded the Nature Study Club of Indiana, was president of the Indiana Audubon Society, and presented Buzzard's Roost, a tract of ground set apart for bird and flower study, to the city of Indianapolis . He died in Indianapolis on Mar. 26, 1921. He edited and annotated several law books not listed here.
Information from Dunn–Indiana and Indianans and the Indianapolis Public Library.
- Birds of Buzzard's Roost.
Indianapolis, 1907.
- Inside Passage to Alaska, 1792-1920; with an Account cf the
North Pacific Coast from Cape Mendocino to Cook Inlet, from the Accounts
Left by Vancouver and Other Early Explorers, and from the Author's
Journals of Explorations and Travel in that Region; Ed. from His Original
Manuscripts by Paul L. Haworth. Cleveland,
1924. 2 vols.
- Marion County Bar. Indianapolis,
1918.
