(1877) Communism and Socialism (1880) Helpful Thoughts for Young Men (1882) Family and legacy Woolsey married twice and had a total of 13 children. On 5 September 1833, he married Martha Salisbury, who was born 30 November 1812 and died 3 November 1852. Their children were: Edward Salisbury Woolsey was born 10 June 1834, but died from scarlet fever on 17 December 1843. Elizabeth Woolsey was born 30 November 1835, but died in the same scarlet fever epidemic on the same day as her two brothers. Agnes Woolsey was born 30 June 1838, married Edgar Laing Heermance (1833–1888), had three children and died in 1915. William Walton Woolsey was born 12 June 1840, and died in the 1843 scarlet fever epidemic. Laura Woolsey was born 22 June 1842 but died of typhoid fever on 23 March 1861. Catherine Woolsey was born 17 January 1845 but died 7 June 1854. Martha Woolsey was born 7 July 1847 but died 6 December 1870. Helen Woolsey was born 7 August 1849 but died 8 December 1870. Theodore Salisbury Woolsey was born 22 October 1852 and died 24 April 1929. On 6 September 1854, Woolsey married Sarah Sears Prichard, who was born 3 March 1824 and died in 1900. Their children were: Mary Pritchard Woolsey born 1 September 1855, married Alfred Terry Bacon and died in 1931. John Muirson Woolsey was born 13 February 1858 but died from typhoid fever 13 March 1861. George Woolsey was born 2 May 1861. Edith Woolsey was born 2 July 1864. Woolsey died 1 July 1889 in New Haven. Woolsey was a descendant of George (Joris) Woolsey, one of the earliest settlers of New Amsterdam, and Thomas Cornell (settler). Woolsey Hall at Yale, completed in 1901, and Woolsey Street in New Haven, Connecticut are named in his honor. The statue erected in Woolsey's memory, now displayed on Yale's Old Campus, has a golden toe from being rubbed for good luck. See also New England Dwight family References External links Kelley, Brooks Mather. (1999). Yale: A History. New Haven: Yale University Press. ; OCLC 810552 Educators from New York City Yale College alumni American legal writers American classical scholars American book editors 1801 births 1889 deaths Presidents of Yale University Burials at Grove Street Cemetery Cornell family Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Classical scholars of Yale University Scholars of ancient Greek literature Woolsey family