The Massey Family	http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadubuqu/civilwar/cwblack.html
	Dubuque is known as the "Key City" to Iowa. One of the earliest settlers to arrive in Dubuque was Woodbury Massey who was born in Waterloo, NY in about 1799. His father was Issiah Massey, whose sister was Mrs. Stephen Langworthy. This made Woodbury a cousin of James, Lucius, Solon and Edward Langworthy who had tremendous impact on the early development of Dubuque.
	Other children of Issiah Massey were Benjamin F., Henry L. (born Aug 1809) and Louisa. The family moved to Edwardsville in Madison County, Illinois along with the Langworthy family where Issiah Massey died of "the bilious fever." The Massey's then moved to Wisconsin.
	Henry Massey served under General Dodge and assisted capturing Chief Black Hawk at the Battle of the Bad Axe which open up the land west of the Mississippi for settlement. Henry later opened up a harness shop in Galena, Illinois. His brother, Woodbury, along with his wife Maria and one child, was one of the firsst to cross the river and move to the area of the Dubuque lead mines. His brother Benjamin and sister Louisa came shortly after along with the Langworthy girls. Shortly thereafter, Woodbury was murdered in a dispute over a mining claim called "The Irish Lot" by a Mr. Smith and his son William. They were arrested but later released because the judge ruled that the Wisconsin court where they were tried had no jurisdiction over Iowa cases.
	The Elder Smith shortly after passed by the shop of Henry Massey in Galena and Henry came out of his shop and shot him. Never charge, Henry left for Santa Fe, New Mexico on a trading expedition and returned to Wisconsin to become a leading citizen, where he died in 1872. The younger Smith, William, vowed to avenge his father's death, but Louisa, younger sister of Woodbury went to him first and shot him in the chest. Thinking him dead, she fled to her brother Benjamin 's home, then with the help of the Langworthy's escaped to Galena and later married to S. J. Williamson.