Tulis hiji tuluyan pikeun paragraf ieu - Woolsey lahir di Leelanau County, Michigan, dina tanggal 29 Agustus 1894, putra Byron Woolsey jeung Sarah Hall. Aki Woolsey, Chauncey Woolsey, maot taun 1864 dina Patempuran Totopotomoy Creek
di Hanover County, Virginia salila Perang Sipil. Aki buyutna, Adolphus Woolsey, ngaladénan dina Perang 1812. Woolsey mangrupa turunan George (Joris) Woolsey, panaratas abad ka-17 di New Amsterdam jeung karuhun kulawarga Woolsey di Amérika.