Biography of William H. Wilsey, page 597.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

William H. Wilsey, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Greene County, N.Y., 
July 10, 1821, a son of Isaac and Jane (Carpenter) Wilsey, the former a 
native of New York, of Holland descent, and the latter of Puritan ancestry.  
When he was a child his parents moved to New Jersey, and in 1839 to Tompkins 
County, N. Y., where he lived till 1845, when he came to Indiana and entered 
forty acres of Government land in De Kalb County.  He built a small cabin 
into which he moved his family, and began to make a home out of a tract of 
timber land.  He cleared and cultivated his land, and by industry and good 
management has been successful, and has added to his land till he now owns 
120 acres all well improved.  He has erected good buildings on his farm, and 
has one of the pleasantest and most convenient homes in the township.  He was 
married Jan. 25, 1843, to Ursula Jane Haskins, a native of Rutland County, Vt., 
daughter of Aris and Sarah (Warner) Haskins. They have had a family of eight 
children but four of whom are living---Mary Jane, wife of George W. Anstett; 
Elizabeth Ann, wife of Walter W. Crise; John W. and Henry E.  Sarah M., 
Sarah H., Charles L., and Frank E. are deceased.  He has served his 
township two terms as Trustee.  Mrs. Wilsey is a member of the Evangelical 
church.

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