| 词条 | Philip Woolley |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Philip A. Woolley | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1831|02|17}} | birth_place = Malone, New York | baptised = | disappeared_date = | disappeared_place = | disappeared_status = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1912|06|12|1831|02|17}} | death_place = Sedro-Woolley, Washington | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = Union Cemetery, Sedro-Woolley, Washington | resting_place_coordinates = | burial_place = | burial_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | era = | employer = | organization = | agent = | known_for = namesake of city of Sedro-Woolley | title = | boards = | religion = | denomination = | spouse = Catherine Loucks | children = }} Philip Woolley (February 17, 1831 - June 12, 1912) was a Canadian American businessman for whom the city of Sedro-Woolley, Washington, is partly named. Early life and educationPhilip Woolley was born in Malone, New York, to an American father and Canadian mother.[1] CareerWoolley moved to Russell, Ontario in the 1850s, where he worked as a lumberjack and opened a general store. In 1867 he relocated his family to Michigan and, later, to Elgin, Illinois. Building on his experience as a lumberjack and salesman in Ontario, Woolley began selling timber for railroad crossties to the Chicago & Alton Railway.[1] In 1889 Woolley again moved, this time to Washington state, in hope of growing his railway contracting business by taking advantage of the expanding Northern Pacific Railroad, which had just established a terminus in Tacoma, Washington. Woolley settled in Sedro, Washington, in Skagit County, purchasing 84 acres of land just outside the town limits at a location where he felt the expanding rail lines would cross. Meanwhile, with his sons, he began constructing the Skagit River Lumber & Shingle Mill on his newly acquired property, growing his acreage into a company town named Woolley. A fire in neighboring Sedro prompted many businesses to relocate to Woolley and, in 1898, the two towns were merged as Sedro-Woolley.[1][2] Woolley continued to enjoy business success in later life, supplying material to the Seaboard Air Line Railroad and taking up part-time residence in Georgia to service his new client.[1] Personal lifeWoolley married Catherine Loucks of Ottawa on January 23, 1857. They had at least five children. Woolley died at his home on Woodworth Street in Sedro-Woolley in 1912.[1] [3]References1. ^{{cite book|last1=Prosser|first1=William|title=A History of the Puget Sound Country, Its Resources, Its Commerce and Its People|date=1903|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|page=466|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nbwUAAAAYAAJ&dq}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Woolley, Philip}}2. ^{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.ci.sedro-woolley.wa.us/Home/details.htm|website=Official Homepage of Sedro-Woolley Government|publisher=City of Sedro-Woolley|accessdate=December 20, 2016}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|last1=Bourasaw|first1=Noel|title=Woolley, Philip A. (1831-1912)|url=http://historyink.org/File/8901|website=HistoryLink|publisher=HistoryInk|accessdate=December 20, 2016}} 6 : 1831 births|1912 deaths|American people of Canadian descent|People from Malone, New York|American businesspeople|People from Sedro-Woolley, Washington |
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