Wolf / Trammel / Dobbs
Leonard William Wolf was born about 1801 in Washington Co. Virginia. He
was the son of Jacob Wolf & Eleanor McReynolds. Leonard first marriage
was to Mary Polly Trammel. They were married the 26th January 1822 by
G.A. Colberd in Allen Co. Kentucky. Mary was one of eight children of
Sampson Trammel of the Georgia settlement of Logan Co. Kentucky.
Leonard was a stone mason and farmer. By 1824 he owned 50 acres on Big
Trammel creek. On the 21st October 1850 he received 112 acre land grant
from the state of Kentucky. The land was on Trammel Creek. Leonard was a
Methodist by faith and he believes in the Union during the Civil war. Mary
died between 1846 & 1850. Born to this union were eight children they
were.
James Carl Wolf born about 1826 (see Wolf / Cole / Henson).
William Wolf born 1832 died 1st October 1856 he was 24 years old and had
a farm near Concord. He was married.
Emilia Wolf born about 1833 married Cyrus William Dalton about 1850 by
1860 they had two children Elmetie born 1851, Burton born 1857.
Nancy M. Wolf born 10th November 1836 married Henry A. Mayhew born
5th March 1837 died 18th September 1912. He was the son of Moses
Mayhew & Mary Waggoner. Henry & Nancy were married 12th August
1861 some of their children were. William W. Mayhew born 1863, Alice C.
Mayhew born 1866, Florence E. Mayhew born 1876, George Walker
Mayhew, & Eugene Mayhew.
Rebecca E. Wolf born 1838 married William Carter.
Julia Ann Wolf born about 1840 married George William Mitchell 15th
February 1858.
Martha J. Wolf born 30th March 1842 married Henry R. Sarver about 1870
Allen Co. Kentucky. They had two sons Wyatt H. Sarver born 1874, Robert
B. Sarver born 1876.
Sidney Walker Wolf born 10th November 1846 married Laura Chandler.
(see Wolf / Chandler)
Leonard Wolf 2nd marriage was to Elizabeth (Betty) Dobbs she was born
around 1816. They were married 1850 or 1851. There were four children
born to this union they were.
Lucinda A. Wolf born 16th August 1852 died 24th February 1858 of
Scarlatina.
Lemuel S. Wolf born 11th March 1854 died 22nd February 1858 of
Scarlatina.
George Washington Wolf born 24th June 1856 married Eliza C. Miles.
(see Wolf / Miles)
Pamelia A. Wolf born 16th December 1858.
I do not know when Leonard or Betty passed away. He did out live her.
Betty died suddenly after she had eaten a big dinner, she was a large woman
and had not been sick, and she had lay down and passed away in her sleep.
Leonard lost his eyesight his grandsons lead him around where he wanted to
go. Leonard & Betty gave the house and farm over to their son George and
his wife Eliza so they could live their and take care of them in their old age.
Leonard & Betty were laid to rest at Concord below the top of the hill or
straight east from where George & Eliza Wolf are buried. Leonard & Betty
were very active during the Civil War that story is on the next page.
Civil War Times
As I have research the Wolf family I have found many in the Wolf,
Mayhew, & Mitchell families fought in the War Between the States.
Most of them were members of the 52nd Kentucky Mount Infantry that was
muster here in Scottsville. It was a Union Infantry.
Leonard & Betty Wolf was strong unionist. Leonard had two sons in the war
James Carl Wolf was a member of the 37th Kentucky Infantry & Sidney
Walker Wolf was a member of the 52nd Kentucky Mounted Infantry.
Leonard was too old to fight but he and Betty did their part. The union
soldiers would come thru Allen Co. Sometimes they would camp in the
bottoms of little Trammel Creek. Betty would cook up big baskets of food,
cakes & pies. Than Leonard would carry the food to the solders that were
camp beside the creek. He had to be careful not to be seen by any Southern
sympathizer that could lead to a lot of trouble for his family. One night after
they had gone to bed their farm and home was raided by Confederate
guerillas.
(They could have been some of Morgan’s men) They woke up Leonard &
Betty and their family. Their son George was just a boy at the time.
One of the soldiers hit Leonard in the belly and asks what he was raising
George up for the dam Yankees? Leonard said no I am raising him up to be
a staff for me to lean on in my old days. They left taking food, cows &
horses. Leonard worried how he would raise food to feed his family. A short
time after the Union solders came thru the county and camp on Trammel
Creek. Betty cooked what she could and Leonard took it to them.
After they had finished eating Leonard told them about the raid on his farm
and that all his horses and cows had been stolen. A captain told one of the
solders to bring a mare that was a little tired and poor. The solder told the
captain that she was a U.S. mare and that she had a big oath. The captain
told him that a U.S. man was getting her. Leonard was very glad to get the
mare. She had U.S. branded on her and when the soldiers would pass by and
sounded their bugle she would rear up and try the get to them she never
forgot where she came from. This story is from the papers of Joyce Wolf
Carter it was told to her by her father Bishop Karl Wolf the son of George
Washington Wolf the boy in the story.