Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Woolsey a Leelanau County, Michigan, a ranar 29 ga Agusta, 1894, ɗan Byron Woolsey da Sarah Hall. Kakan Woolsey, Chauncey Woolsey, ya mutu a 1864 a yakin Totopotomoy Creek
a gundumar Hanover, Virginia a lokacin yakin basasa. Babban kakansa, Adolphus Woolsey, ya yi aiki a yakin 1812. Woolsey ya kasance zuriyar George (Joris) Woolsey, karni na 17 na New Amsterdam kuma magajin gidan Woolsey a Amurka.