Sarah (Rush) Woolever is the daughter of William P. and Rebecca (Slack) Rush, who are buried in Summerfield Methodist Church Cemetery in Summerfield, NJ.
Sarah was born in a location locally called Montana Mountain, Warren Co., NJ, was md. either 18 Aug 1835 (public records, St. John's Lutheran Church, Easton, Northampton Co., PA) or 5 Mar 1835 (as noted in a Rush Family Bible) and migrated to Hocking Co., OH, ca 1837 with her husband, John S. Woolever, and one infant.

After the birth of their 12th child, John S. left home. Sarah and the 9 living children fended for themselves in a 2-story cabin in Hocking County wilderness, farming rugged ground to survive. In 1865 Sarah divorced John S. and it is unknown where he died or when. It is possible he died "at Newark" (as told by one of his daughters) in Licking County by 1877, as there is an estate paper for a John Woolever dated 1876 and 1877. Thanks to Find A Grave volunteers, a grave for John Woolever, Find A Grave Memorial# 73097252, has been located with the same death date that is listed in the Woolever Family Bible. The father of John S. Woolever (who migrated to Ohio with John, Sarah, John's sister, Christiana Mettler), Philip Woolever is buried in Prospect Cemetery, Find-A-Grave Memorial# 71337576.

pg. 653 of Pick Co Hist: "Sarah was born and reared in Warren Co., NJ, in which state her grandparents, who were natives of Germany had settled prior to the Revolutionary War. In 1837 John Woolever and wife came to Hocking County, Ohio, accompanied by Mr. Woolever's aged father, [Phillip Woolever, b. 9 Nov 1786, d. 21 Nov 1864, buried at Prospect Cemetery, Hocking Co., OH], [her husband's sister and young family, Burlean and Christiana (Woolever) Mettler,] and their [own infant] daughter, Catherine. John Woolever entered 120 acres of land and on this homestead" where 11 more children were born in the log cabin on this property, the 12 are listed here:

Catherine P., b. 27 Mar 1837, NJ, d. 12 Aug 1839, 2 yrs.
Phillip, b. 3 Nov 1838, OH, d. 22 Feb 1849, 10 yrs.
William, b. 5 May 1840, d. 26 Jan 1849, 8 yrs.
John Jr., b. 23 Jan 1844, d. 30 Jun 1883, 39 yrs.
Noah, b. 16 May 1846,d. 5 May 1907, 60 yrs.
George Washington, buried next to his mother, 69 yrs.
Jonah, b. 6 Jan 1851, d. 13 Sep 1924, 73 yrs.
Andrew Jackson, b. 27 Apr 1853, d. 21 Feb 1939, 85 yrs.
Rebecca Ann, b. 27 Feb 1855, d. 18 Jun 1919, 64 yrs.
Hanna Loretta, b. 29 Nov 1857, d. 13 Aug 1922, 64 yrs.
Elijah, buried next to his mother, 61 yrs.
Emmanuel, b. 6 Jun 1861, d. 6 Nov 1906, 45 yrs.