Chronology of Events
- 1793, July 30: Anthony Woodley is born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
- 1800: census of Derry Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania: age less than 10.
- 1810: census of Muncy Creek, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania): age between 16 and 26.
- c. 1815: Anthony Woodley is married to Hannah Vanfleet
- 1817: August 17: mother Sarah Kinney Woodley dies
- 1818: daughter Sarah is born in Muncy Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
- 1820 census of Muncy Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: age between 26 and 45.
- 1820, January 15: son Mathias Woodley is born in Muncy Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
- 1822, April 25: son Cornelius is born in Muncy Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
- 1824, November 1: son William is born in Muncy Township, Lycoming County Pennsylvania
- 1825, July 24: father Mathias Woodley dies.
- 1825, August 31; Lycoming County Gazette notice of settlement of the estate of his father, Anthony is named administrator
- 1825, August 31; Lycoming County Gazette notice that Anthony Woodley is a Muncy Township delegate to the Democratic party meeting
- 1830, January 14, son Franklin is born in Muncy Township, Lycoming County Pennsylvania
- 1830: census of Muncy Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: age between 20 and 30 [2].
- 1832, November 17: Anthony Woodley rented pew #9, tier #1, in St. James Episcopal Church [3]
- c. 1833: unknown child is born in Wolf Township, Lycoming County Pennsylvania [4].
- 1833, August 10: Anthony Woodley is a member of the vestry of St. James Episcopal Church [5]
- 1836: daughter Margaret is born in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
- 1840: son Jared is born in Washington Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
- 1840 census of Washington Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: age between 40 and 50.
- 1842: daughter Harriet is born in Washington Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
- 1850 census of Washington Township, in Washington Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; age=50, farmer, value $7000; family includes his wife, Hannah, 52, and Children Franklin, Margaret, Jared and Harriet [6].
- 1860 Census or Washington Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania): farmer, age = 66; with wife Hannah, 62, and son Jared, 20
- 1863, May: US tax assessment, district 18 of Pennsylvania; Anthony Woodley of Washington Township: one horse, buggy, & harness; value = $75, tax $1.
- 1864, April 5: daughter Margaret dies in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- 1864, May 31: wife Hannah Van Fleet Woodley dies and is buried in the cemetery of Washington Presbyterian Church, Union County, Pennsylvania,
- 1864, July 20: Anthony Woodley dies and is buried in the cemetery of Washington Presbyterian Church, Union County, Pennsylvania,
- 1864, November 11: Lycoming County Deed Book lists the living heirs of Anthony Woodley
- 1864, December 22: son William dies in Elimsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
- 1865: daughter Harriet dies in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Notes:
[1] The dates of birth and death are taken from the gravestone. The manuscript, The Woodley Family Tree, arranged by Richard Leverton Woodley, c. 1966, erroneously reverses the birth dates of Anthony and his sister Sarah.
[2] Actual age was 38; the listed age was a result of an enumerator error.
[3] From A History o St. James Church, by the Ven. Frederick V. Holmes, reprinted in Now and Then, July 1966.
[4] The Muncy Telegraph, 28 July 1835: A child of Anthony WOODLEY, of Wolf Township, aged between 2 and 3 years, drowned by falling from a bridge into the millrace
[5] At a meeting of the vestry to appoint Rev. Isaac James as minister of St. James Church.
[6] Actual age was 58; the listed age was a result of an enumerator error.
Name | b. | 18101 | 18202 | 18302 | 18403 | 18503 | 18603 | 1870 | 1880 | 1900 | 1910 | d. | married | |
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H | Anthony Woodley | 1793 | 16 lt 26 | 26 lt 45 | [20 lt 30] | 40 lt 50 | [50] | 66 | decd | 1864 | ||||
W | Hannah Vanfleet | 1798 | 16 lt 26 | 30 lt 40 | 40 lt 50 | 52 | 62 | decd | 1864 | c. 1815 | ||||
Oth1 | Male | 10 lt 16 | Brother4 | |||||||||||
Oth2 | Female5 | lt 5 | William5 | |||||||||||
Ch1 | Sarah | 1818 | lt 10 | [5 lt 10] | 20 lt 30 | 32 | 42 | 546 | [58] 7 | decd | 1895 | |||
h | George Shuler | 1814 | 20 lt 30 | 36 | 46 | decd | 1867 | c. 1839 | ||||||
Ch2 | Mathias | 1820 | lt 10 | 10 lt 15 | 20 lt 30 | 35, 308 | 409 | 5010 | 598 | decd | 1897 | |||
w | Julia Ann Erwin | 1824 | 15 lt 20 | [32] 11 | 37 | 46 | 56 | nf12 | decd | 1900 | 1844 | |||
Ch3 | Cornelius | 1822 | 5 lt 10 | 15 lt 20 | nf | 3713 | 4614 | 5810 | 7810 | decd | 1909 | |||
w | Jane Sleight | 1832 | nf | 28 | decd | 1863 | ||||||||
Ch4 | William | 1824 | 10 lt 15 | 25 | 3515 | decd | 1864 | |||||||
w | Mary A. Dunbar | 1826 | 23 | 32 | 434 | [50] 16 | decd | 1882 | 1847 | |||||
Ch5 | Girl17 (speculative) | c 1828 | lt 5 | 10 lt 15 | decd | |||||||||
Ch6 | Franklin | 1830 | 5 lt 10 | 20 | nf | [35] 18 | 5019 | 7020 | 8019 | bef 1920 | ||||
w | Lucinda Bobst | 1838 | 11 | nf | 30 | 42 | 61 | 72 | aft 1930 | c. 1857 | ||||
Ch7 | Unnamed boy21 | c.1833 | decd | 1835 | ||||||||||
Ch8 | Margaret A. | 1836 | 5 lt 10 | 14 | nf | decd | 1864 | |||||||
h | John H. Shuler | 1838 | 1222 | nf | 34 | 42 | decd | 1882 | m 1859 | |||||
Ch9 | Jared | 1840 | 10 | 20 | 294 | 3923 | 5724 | 6717 | bef 1920 | |||||
w | Catherine ? | 1845 | 25 | 34 | 56 | 66 | aft 1930 | bef 1864 | ||||||
Ch10 | Harriet | 1842 | 8 | nf | decd | 1865 | ||||||||
h | Henry Stinehelper | 1840 | 12 | nf | 2925 | 4026 | 60 | 69 | 1921 | c 1860 | ||||
1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1900 | 1910 |
Note: Bold indicates enumerated in the household of Anthony Woodley
Note: Brackets [ ] indicate a non-conforming age
nf: Not found in census images