WOLARY/ULLERY: Henry Wolary/Ullery was born in 1788. He may have been born in Germany, Pennsylvania or Virginia. A Jacob Ullery married in Hampshire Co., [West] Virginia. He may have been Henry's father.
The name of Henry Wolary began appearing on Hampshire Co. tax list in 1795-96. This Henry was over 16, so was too old to be the subject of this post. He would have been born about 1779-80 at the latest. From 1800-1814, the name of Henry Wolary shows up on the Hampshire Co. tax lists. The earliest appearance for a young man born in 1788 would be 1804.
Henry married Elizabeth Rogers in 1811. She was the daughter of a Quaker, John Rogers, and a Lutheran, Mary Magdelene Rinker Allemong. They were married by a Methodist minister.
The Wolarys settled in Back Creek Valley, Frederick Co., Virginia. Their first five children were born there. In 1821, the family moved to the part of Allen Co., Ohio that became Auglaize County.
Henry may have served in the War of 1812. He was a trustee of the Unionopolis Methodist Church.
During the summer of 1849, Henry returned to Frederick Co., Virginia to visit with some of Elizabeth's family. He died at the home of brother-in-law, Evan Rogers, on 7 August. Henry was buried in the Quaker Graveyard at the Back Creek Meeting House near Gainsboro. Members of his wife's family were buried there as well.
Elizabeth Rogers Wolary died in Auglaize Co., Ohio in 1866.
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