Charles H and Eleanor N Woolf

Andrew Turner Woolf Born: December 25, 1820 Loudoun County, Virginia Died: October 31, 1893 Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio Ann A Dutro Woolf Born: September 30, 1832 Muskingum County, Ohio Died: February 18, 1892 Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio	William Isaac Hart Born: August 20, 1834 Died: July 23, 1876 Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio Martha Harris Hart Born: September 7, 1836 Ohio Died: May 4, 1916 Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

Charles Henry Woolf Born: October 11, 1854 Muskingum County, Ohio Died: May 4, 1945 Cheney, Sedgwick County, Kansas	Eleanor Nancy Hart Woolf Born: August 9, 1858 Muskingum County, Ohio Died: April 30, 1945 Cheney, Sedgwick County, Kansas

Charles H. Woolf, one of the self-made men and especially successful farmers, stock raisers and fruit growers of Kansas, resides on a finely cultivated farm on the northwest quarter of Section 23, Morton township, Sedgwick county, Kansas. He was born October 11, 1854, in Muskingum county, Ohio, of which Zanesville is the county seat, and is a son of Andrew T. and Angeline Woolf. Andrew T. Woolf was a son of Adam and Mary Woolf, who became residents of Ohio in 1830, locating in Muskingum county, the family being originally from Loudoun county, Virginia. The maternal grandmother of Charles H. Woolf was a Pennsylvania Dutch woman, and was brought by her parents to Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1806. His father was the oldest of eight children, some of whom are deceased. John resides in Chicago, while Frank, Samuel and Sophia probably reside in Virginia, as their brother has never heard of their death. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew T. Woolf were married, about 1853, in Muskingum county, Ohio, and being poor people, rented a farm from a German in the neighborhood. Five children were born to them, as follows: Charles H.; Frank, a prominent farmer of Illinois township, Sedgwick county, Kansas; Laura, now Mrs. LeRoy Dunn, who resides on some of the homestead property in Ohio, and has two sons and two daughters; Blanche, who is the wife of Milo E. Dunn, a professional man residing in Columbus, Ohio, and has three children; and Maude, now Mrs. Cawkins, of Zanesville, Ohio. Charles H. Woolf was reared and mentally instructed in the common schools of his district, receiving, however, but few educational advantages. He assisted his father until he was twenty-two years old, when he married (in 1878), and continued on the farm for five years more, when the landlord died. His heirs offered Charles H. the farm at the same rent his father had paid, but he refused, and having heaid of the chances of a poor man in Kansas resolved to try his fortuine in that state. Louis Howard, a friend of his, had been to see the country around Wichita, so, Mr. Woolf determined to see it for himself. Therefore, in December, 1881, in company with Frank Woolf, his brother, the subject of this writing came to Kansas, and after visiting several localities in the eastern portion reached Wichita, and inspected the surroundings. He was so well pleased that he returned to Ohio, sold his live stock and farm implements, and with his wife and two children, his brother's family and his brother-in-law, returned to the Sunflower State in March, 1882. The first location was made on the old Frank Stover farm, fifteen miles south-west of Wichita, where he resided one year. Then he moved to Frank Means' farm, where he also stayed a year. During this time Charles H. Woolf and Frank Woolf had purchased a half section in Illinois township, and the subject hereof moved to this farm. Be resided there until the spring of 1886, when he traded with Thomas Speers for the northwest quarter of Section 23, township 28, range 4 west, his present home, and one of the finest pieces of farm property in Sedgwick county. Very few improvements had been made on this farm by the former owner, who had pre-empted it.	As soon as it came into the possession of Mr. Woolf, however, he commenced enhancing its value, and has continued making improvements ever since. Owing to the care bestowed upon it the farm has yielded manifold and Mr. Woolf has raised fine crops of corn, wheat, etc., which have never failed during the many years of his ownership. Being a man of original ideas, Mr. Woolf has taken especial pains with his orchards and has twenty acres set out in fruit trees. In 1890, at the county fair, he took the "blue ribbon" on his apples, his exhibit including thirteen varieties of apples, two varieties of pears and one of quinces. About the same time that he planted his orchard he set out a fine grove of shade trees, including black locust, maple and catalpa, all of which are in excellent condition. In 1895 Mr. Woolf erected his present comfortable residence, at a cost of some $3,000. It is a large structure, being 32 by 54 feet in dimensions, is 20 foot high to the square, and has nine rooms, including the bathroom. It is supplied with hot and cold water, has a walled cellar, 24 by 26 feet square, and is furnished with all modern improvements. The handsome barn accommodates twelve horses, while numerous other outbuildings testify to the owner's thrift and good management. Mr. Woolf also makes a specialty of dairy products, keeping some forty head of cattle, about twenty of which are milk cows. In his dairy are all modern appliances, including a cream separator, and he sends his cream by express to Wichita for sale. The strain of cattle he prefers is the famous Red Polled, while his hogs are of Berkshire stock. In addition to his home farm Mr. Woolf is the possessor of eighty acres in Section 14 (twenty acres of which are seeded to alfalfa), and also 240 acres in Section 22 (the northeast quarter and the north half of the northwest quarter), which is pasture land, and through which the Ninnescah river runs. In 1878 Mr. Woolf married Ellie Hart, daughter of Isaac and Martha Hart, and nine children have been born to them. The names of the children are as follows: Roy, born in Ohio; Will, born in Ohio; Ada; Mattie, Ida and Laura, deceased; Hattie; Nellie; and Hazel. Since locating in Kansas the members of the family have enjoyed excellent health, although at the time of the moving Mrs. Woolf's health was very poor. Note: Jess Woolf was born after this was written. As a prosperous, practical farmer and business man, Mr. Woolf has few equals, and the success which has crowned his efforts is well deserved. Although not a politician, not seeking office, he has been selected three terms as a trustee of Morton township. Fraternally he is a charter member of the M. W. of A. at Cheney. In church matters he gives his support to and attends the Cheney M. E. Church. Both as a private citizen and a public official Mr. Woolf's every action has been characterized by fairness of dealing and uprightness of purpose. He enjoys a widespread popularity and is regarded as one of the best representatives of the agricultural interests of the great state of Kansas.
Taken from HISTORY OF WICHITA AND SEDGWICK COUNTY KANSAS Published 1910 by C. F. COOPER & CO. CHICAGO

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