WOOLLEN, WILLIAM WESLEY: 1828-1902.
William Wesley Woollen , the eldest son of Edward and Anna Wheeler Woollen, was born June 21, 1828, in Dorchester County, Md. Until he was sixteen years old he lived on his father's farm, attended the district schools, and worked in a dry-goods house. In 1844 he came to Madison, Ind., where he taught school for a time, then entered Hanover College. After he left Hanover , he held county offices of auditor and treasurer and studied law on the side. For two years he was editor and part owner of the MADlSON BANNER, and in 1857, with Capt. John Marsh, he opened the banking house of John Marsh & Co. He moved to Franklin, Ind., in 1860 and was associated with banking there.
In 1865 he came to Indianapolis , where he spent the remainder of his life. He helped found the Indiana Banking Company, was a co-founder of the banking house of Woollen, Webb, & Co., and was associated with insurance companies in Indianapolis . For years he contributed to the editorial columns of the Indi-anapolis SENTINEL and the JOURNAL. He died in 1902.
Information from Representative Men of Indiana, Vol. 11; the Barry Ms.; and the Indianapolis Public Library.
- Madison from 1844 to 1852: a Lecture. n.p.
[Indianapolis], n.d. [1879].
- Biographical and Historical Sketches of Early
Indiana. Indianapolis, 1883.
- William McKee Dunn, Brigadier-General, U. S. A.
New York, 1892.
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Indianapolis, 1880.
