Notes for Stephen Cooley (1819-1866) m2 Eliza Louise Ventioner


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Birth: 1820
Death: 1868

Co. D 1 LA Inf CSA


Steven Cooley (born ca 1819 in South Carolina). As a
young man, he moved to Florida where he probably met and married his first wife who was born there. In the late 1830's, Steven and his young wife packed their worldly goods on a wagon and began the migration to Texas.
Their first child, Westley, was born in Texas in 1838-1839.

Then for reasons unknown, the Cooleys decided not to remain in Texas, and by the mid 1840's, they had settled in Louisiana where two daughters, Elizabeth and Martha, were born. Steven's first wife may have died with the birth of the youngest daughter, or shortly thereafter, but her burial has never been located. Steven raised the three small children for several years on his own.

In the early 1850's, he met and married Eliza Louise Ventioner, daughter of Isaac Ventioner and Matilda Sweat, and they had four children: Francis Marion, Letha Annie, Steven (Cap), and Sarah.

In 1860 Steven Cooley traveled to Natchitoches, Louisiana where he patented the 199 - 22/100 acres of land where he had homesteaded for years. The
description of that property was:

SE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Section 27, Township 3, Range 6 (Site Of Cooley Cemetery)

Not long after he had taken care of this property, Steven Cooley and his oldest son Wesley answered the call to support the Southern cause in the conflict between the States over the slavery issue. He served as a Pvt. in
Co. D, 1st LA Infantry, and his son Westley served as a Pvt. in Co. E, 16th LA Infantry.

After the war Steven returned to the parish a beaten man,
having lost his beloved son Wesley during the Battle of Chickamauga in the mountains of Tennessee. Steven Cooley died in 1868 and was buried on the banks of the Calcasieu River in the small Mayo Cemetery (Vernon Parish).

Family links:
Spouse:
Louise V Wise Cooley (1830 - 1905)

Children:
Wesley Allen Cooley (1838 - 1863)*
Francis Marion Cooley (1854 - 1942)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Mayo Cemetery
Mayo
Vernon Parish
Louisiana, USA

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Record added: May 11, 2008
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