[Historic Marker Application: Strunk-Woolsey House] Page: 4 of 6
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:S : S U N D A Y
FEBRUARY 17,
PAGE B-101963
REAL ESTATE *
NEW DWELLINGS * HOME NEColorado County itizen
- 5 , exas
NOV - 11962Other County
Homes Receive
Med llion Awards
i have been awarded for
d n hav re state, says
st uctures over the state, says
Mrs Mike Butler of Austin, chair-
man of the Houses and ~Uildings
committee of the . Tex LspaonsOrs '
Medallion awards
county include those fo the
Strunk and Wolsey house in Oak-
land and te Mrs. Dlue Harris
home in Columbus.
Historical Building Medallions
a o awared for structures of his-
areic awacultural or architectural
significance to the area in Texahic
they exist The State of Texas
deems the structures wor
preservation.
pr preliminary map listing oi
these structures and all thed in the
Medallions will be publish getting
near future. Deadline for getting
in applications for the sting
Nov. 15.Woolsey
Home Due
Medallion
A Texas Historical building me-
dallion will be placed on the home
of Captain John Monroe Woolsey
in Oakland, , in a
s p e c i a ceremony riday at 3
p.m.
This is the third historical me-
dallion awarded in Colorado Coun-
ty. Speaker for the ceremony will
be a great grandson of Capt.
Woolsey, the Rev. R. R u s s e ll
Heaner of the First Methodist
Church of McCamey.
F. W. Woolsey, Austin life in-
surance company executive, is a
grandson of Capt. Woolsey. An-
other grandson, is Wiley R. Wool-
sey of Georgetown, who will at-
tend the ceremony Sunday after.
noon. There are other descend-
ants living in Columbus, Weimar,
Luling,. Victoria and Yoakum.
Capt. Woolsey was a member
of the 20th Legislature of the
State of Texas from District 67.
Born in Georgia in 1819, he came
to Texas before the Civil War and
served, with his sons, in the Con-
federate States Army from Col-,
orado County. When he died, he
was the oldest member of t he
Masonic Lodge in the county.
His farm in Colorado County
was a part of the James Bowie
League. The house in Oakland
was built by Henry J. Strunk and
is of early Texas open-hall or
breezeway type of construction.
The home is well preserved and
is occupied by the present own-
er, Mrs. John Wojtek.
Capt. Woolsey's descendants
are believed to number more
than 500 in Central and South
Texas, and it is hoped that as
many as possible of the descend-CAPT. JOHN M. WOOLSEY
ants will be present for the cere-
mony Sunday afternoon.
"Grandp a," a biography of
Capt. Woolsey, written by his
granddaughter, Mrs. B. T. (Ruby
Woolsey) Heaner, will be ready
for distribution. This book, com-
plete with genealogical notes and
pictures may be ordered from R.
R. Heaner, Box 964, McCamey.B
EDS
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