Israel
Woodley was born Dec. 10th, 1824, in Boston, Norfolk County, Ont., was
married to Mary Ann Cole, Dec. 1851, and had eight children, six sons
and two daughters, W. H. Woodley, Mrs. C. F. Hazelton, B. R. Woodley,
Jas. I. P. Woodley, Walter L. Woodley, J. Franklin Woodley, Mary E.
Woodley, and E. Clark Woodley, who are all alive today except J.
Franklin Woodley, who was killed at the Yore opera house fire, Sept.
5, 1896.
On May 2, 1870
Israel Woodley landed in this town, bought 80 acres of timberland
which he and his family went to work to clear up and make a home.
In June 28, 1872,
his wife died and he married Mrs. Eva Monroe, of St. Thomas, Ont.,
April 1877. She died December 1881.
In 1883 he
married Mrs. Martha Robinson at Waterford, Ont., whom he leaves to
mourn her loss. -- Benton Harbor, Mich. News.
