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1.1. Michael Hugh COOLEY 1.2. Lonnie Rae COOLEY
2ND GENERATION
2. Allison Claude COOLEY 3. Billie Dell HOGUE
3RD GENERATION
4. McCabe COOLEY 5. Marie Henrietta HENNEQUIN 6. Hugh Wallace HOGUE 7. Birdie Nina MCDOWELL
4TH GENERATION
8. Joseph William COOLEY 9. Araminta D JOHNSON 10. Louis Francois HENNEQUIN 11. Marguerite STEWARD 12. Robert Irwin HOGUE 13. Nancy Joanna FOSTER 14. William Ellis MCDOWELL 15. Euphemia Ruth ASHENHURST
5TH GENERATION
16. Greenbury COOLEY 17. Amelia Mohler PETTIT 18. Wesley Phillip JOHNSON 19. Susan Isabel FISK 20. Louis HENNEQUIN 21. Maria Theresa DRAVIGNEY 22. John Joseph STORDEUR 23. Stephany LAURENT 24. John HOGUE 25. Ann R SIMPSON 26. John A FOSTER 27. Martha Jane STRUTHERS 28. William Erwin MCDOWELL 29. Maria HART 30. Oliver Taylor ASHENHURST 31. Sara Eva SOUTHERN
6TH GENERATION
32. David COOLEY 33. Laurinda AIKEN 34. Joseph PETTET 35. Elizabeth MOHLER 36. Elijah JOHNSON 37. Anna Jane FOSTER 38. Edward Curtis FISK 39. Araminta D WOOD 40. Xavier HANNEQUIN 41. Marie Magdeleine BELOT 42. Pierre Joseph DRAVIGNEY 43. Marie Therese GILBERT 44. Joseph STORDEUR 45. Marie Therese HUENS 46. Jean Baptiste LAURENT 47. Jeaninne VANDERMEULEN 48. James HOGUE 49. Margaret IRWIN 50. Isaac SIMPSON 51. Elizabeth RICHARDSON 52. Samuel FOSTER 53. Nancy ____ 54. James STRUTHERS 55. Elizabeth SAVILLE 56. John MCDOWELL 57. Anna CURRY 58. Joseph HART Sr 59. Susan PICKENS 60. Oliver ASHENHURST 61. Euphemia BISHOP 62. Charles William SOUTHERN 63. Ruth Ruema HOOVER
7TH GENERATION
64. John COOLEY 65. Sela WRIGHT 66. William AKINS 67. Rebecca MCCLINTICK 73. Ruth ____ ? 76. John R FISK 77. Mahala KEMP 78. John WOOD 79. Charity CORSON 80. Claude HENNEQUIN 81. Marie JUILLARD 82. Jean BELOT 83. Jeanne HUOT 85. Jeanne Claude DRAVIGNEY 86. Josph GILBERT 87. Agathe LANGARD 88. Mathieu STORDEUR 89. Marie SNAPS 90. John Joseph HUENS 98. John IRWIN 99. Mary ELLIOTT 102. Matthew RICHARDSON 103. Ann STOCKTON 104. James Couples FOSTER 105. Jane MORROW 108. William STRUTHERS 109. Janet LINDSAY 110. Robert SAVILLE 111. Deborah ____ 112. John MCDOWELL 113. Jane ERWIN 116. Edward HART 117. Nancy Ann STOUT 118. John PICKENS 120. William ASHENHURST 121. Nancy ASHENHURST 122. Peter BISHOP 123. Elizabeth MYERS 124. John SOUTHERN 125. Elizabeth DUNCAN 126. John HOOVER? 127. unknown
8TH GENERATION
128. Edward COOLEY 129. Martha RAPER 130. William WRIGHT 131. Martha MORGAN 132. William EAKIN 133. Mary WALLACE 134. John MCCLINTICK 135. Mary Jane MCDOWELL 152. Richard FISK 154. William KEMP 155. Sukey DAMANT 158. Eli CORSON 159. Christianna THOMPSON 198. Robert ELLIOTT 199. Mary RAINEY 204. Matthew Richardson Sr 206. Richard Witham STOCKTON 207. Mary Ann HATFIELD 210. Samuel ? MORROW ? 218. James LINDSAY 219. Margaret WATSON 220. Samuel SAVILLE 221. Ann BOOTH 224. John MCDOWELL 225. Esther HARRISON 226. William ERWIN 227. Mary ERWIN 228. Dr Robert CURRY 229. Ann CURRY 232. John HART Signer 233. Deborah SCUDDER 234. St Leger Codd STOUT 235. Susannah SIMPSON 244. Peter BISHOP 245. Margaret 246. Christopher MYERS 247. Euphemia LINGO? 248. William SOUTHERN 249. Magdelaine FORD 250. Charles DUNCAN 251. Margaret KIRK 252. Michael Hoover Sr 253. Mary Jones 252->255. unknown
9TH GENERATION
256. John COOLEY 257. poss Sarah MATTHEWS 258. Thomas RAPER 259. Martha HAM 260. Richard WRIGHT Sr 103 261. Ann 262. James MORGAN 263. Mary DAVIS 264. William EAKIN 265. Isabel Morrison 268. William MCCLINTICK 316. Jacob CORSON Jr 317. Charity STILLWELL 318. Benajah TOMSON 319. Prudence ELDREDGE 412. Samuel STOCKTON 413. Rachel STOUT 414. Joseph HATFIELD 415. Phoebe CLARK 442. Robert BOOTH 443. Ann GASTON 452. John ERWIN 453. Jane WILLIAMS 454. Francis ERWIN 455. Jane CURRY 456. William CURRY 457. Sarah YOUNG 458. John YOUNG 459. Elizabeth KINGDOM 464. Capt Edward HART 465. Martha FURMAN 466. Richard Betts SCUDDER Jr 468. James STOUT 469. Mary Ann CODD 496. John SOUTHERN ? 497. Margaret KIDD ? 500. Charles DUNCAN 502. John KIRK Sr 503. Margaret BROOKS 504. Sebastian HOOVER 505. Catherine MEULLER 514. James MATTHEWS Sr ? 520. Philbert WRIGHT 521. Esther BECRAFT 504->517. unknown
10TH GENERATION
518->823. unknown 632. Jacob CORSON Sr 633. Naomi 634. Nicholas STILLWELL 635. Sara HAND 824. Richard STOCKTON 825. Susannah WITHAM 826. Col Joseph STOUT 827. Ruth BRYMSON 828. Abraham HATFIELD 829. Phoebe OGDEN 830. John CLARK 904. Edward ERWIN 905. Frances FRANCIS 908. see 904 909. see 905 910. William CURRY 911. Sally YOUNG 914. John YOUNG 920. See 914 928. John HART 2nd 929. Mary HUNT 930. Josiah FURMAN 2nd 931. Sarah STRICKLAND 932. Richard Betts SCUDDER Sr 933. Hannah REEDER 936. see 826 937. see 827 938. Capt St Leger CODD 939. Mary HANSON 992. John SOUTHERN 993. Catherine BARRON 940->1035. unknown 1042. Peter BECRAFT
11TH GENERATION
1036->1263. unknown 1264. Jan CARSTENSEN 1265. Maria Elias DAAS 1268. John STILLWELL Jr 1270. George HAND 1648. Richard STOCKTON 1649. Abigail ____ 1650. Robert WITHAM 1651. Ann STRAINERIDGE 1652. Jonathan STOUT 1653. Anne BOLLEN 1654. Daniel BRYMSON 1655. Frances GREENLAND 1656. Matthias HATFIELD 1657. Mariken MELYN 1660. Richard CLARK 1856. John HART 1st 1857. Mary ____ 1858. Ralph HUNT 1859. Elizabeth JESSUP 1860. Josiah FURMAN 1st 1862. Edmund STRICKLAND 1863. Hannah ____ 1864. John SCUDDER Jr 1865. Joanna BETTS 1866. John REEDER 2nd 1867. Hannah BURROUGHS 1876. Col St Leger CODD 115 1877. Anna BENNETT 115 1878. Col Hans HANSON 1879. Martha Kelts WOODARD 1984. Capt John SOUTHERN 1986. Andrew BARRON 1988. Thomas KIDD 1989. Jane WILLIS 1990. Robert CHOWNING Jr 1991. Ann POOLE 1880->2071. unknown
12TH GENERATION
2072->2079. unknown 2528. Carsten JANSEN 2529. Barbara 2530. Elias DAAS 2536. John STILLWELL 2537. Elizabeth PERRIN 2540. Thomas HAND 2541. Katherine STUBBS 3304. Richard STOUT 3305. Penelope VAN PRINCIS 3306. Capt James BOLLEN 3308. William BRINSDON 3309. Margaret ____ 3310. Dr Henry GREENLAND 3311. Mary BAREFOOT 3312. Thomas HATFIELD 3313. Anna 3314. Cornelius MELYN 3316. John OGDEN 3317. Jane BOND 3320. Richard CLARK 3321. Elizabeth MOORE 3718. Edward JESSUP 3719. Elizabeth BRIDGES 3720. John FURMAN 3721. Susan BUSH 3728. John SCUDDER Sr 3729. Mary KING 3730. Capt Richard BETTS 3731. Joanna CHAMBERLAYNE 3732. John REEDER 1st 3733. Hannah THORPE 3734. Jeremiah BURROUGHS 3735. Hannah WAY 3752. Col William CODD 115 3753. Lady Mary ST LEGER 115 3754. Gov Richard BENNETT 3755. Mary Ann 113 106 3756. Andrew HANSON 3757. Annika ____ 3972. Robert BARRON 3980. Robert CHOWNING Sr 3981. Joanne HITCHCOCK 3982. Thomas POOLE 3758->4143. unknown
13TH GENERATION
4144->4159. unknown 5072. William STILLWELL 5073. Hannah 5074. Daniel PERRIN 5075. Elizabeth 5080. John HAND 5081. Elizabeth GRANSDEN 6592. John STOCKTON 6593. Eleanor CLAYTON 6608. John STOUT 6609. Elizabeth BEE 6622. Capt Walter BAREFOOT 6632. Richard OGDEN 6633. Elizabeth HUNTINGTON 6640. Richard CLARK 6642. Thomas MOORE 6643. Martha YOUNGS 7456. Thomas SCUDDER 7457. Elizabeth LOWERS 7458. William KING 7459. Dorothy HAYNES 7460. John BETTES 7461. Mary BIGGS 7462. Rev Robert CHAMBERLAYNE 7463. Elizabeth STOUGHTON 7466. William THORPE 7467. Garthered BLITHE 7468. John BURROUGHS 7469. Johanna JESSUP 7470. James WAY 7504. William CODD 7505. Hester LAMPORD 7506. Sir Warham ST LEGER 115 7507. Dame Mary HAYWARD 115 7508. Thomas BENNETT 7509. Anstie Tomson SPICER 7512. John HANSON 7511->8287. unknown
14TH GENERATION
8288->8319. unknown 10144. Nicholas STILLWELL 10145. Ann 10148. Pierre PERRIN 10149. Andrienne JUBRIL 10160. John HAND 10161. Joan SIMMONS 10162. Henry GRANSDEN 13284. Thomas MOORE 13624. Edward OGDEN 13624. Margaret WILSON 14912. Henry SCUDDER 14913. ____ LOWERS 14914. John LOWERS 14920. Alexander BETTES 14921. Joan LARKYN 14926. Rev Thomas STOUGHTON 14927. Katherine 14936. Jeremiah BURROUGHS 14938. John JESSUP 14939. Joanna KERRICH 15012. Sir Anthony ST LEGER 115 15013. Mary SCOTT 115 15014. Sir Rowland HAYWARD 115 15015. Katherine SMYTHE 15016. Robert BENNETT 15017. Elizabeth EDNEY 15024. Col. John HANSON 15025. Frances PRICHARD 15026->16575. unknown
15TH GENERATION
16576->20289. unknown 20298. Jean JUBRIL 20299. Juvine LOMBARD 20326. William GRANSDEN 20327. Ann 26528. William OGDEN 26529. Abigail GOODSALL 26530. Richard WILSON 26531. Margaret 29792. William de STIRKELAUNDE 29840. Robert BETTS 29876. Francis JESSOP 29877. Frances WHITE 30024. Sir Warham ST LEGER 115 30025. Lady Ursula NEVILLE 107 115 30026. Sir Thomas SCOTT 115 30027. Elizabeth BAKER 115 30028. George HAYWARD 30029. Margaret WITHBROKE 30030. Sir Thomas SMYTHE 30031. Alice JUDDE 30032. John BENNETT 30033. Margery 30034. John EDNYE 30048. Thomas HANSON 30049. Janet G GLEDHILL 30050. John PRICHARD 30051->33151. unknown
16TH GENERATION
33152->33279. unknown 53056. Richard OGDEN 53057. Mabel de HOOGAN 53058. Henry GOODSALL 59584. William de STIRKELAUNDE 59752. Richard JESSOP 59753. Ann SWIFT 59754. Alexander WHITE 59755. Eleanor SMITH 60048. Sir Anthony St LEGER 111 60049. Agnes WARHAM 112 60050. George NEVILLE 60051. Lady Mary STAFFORD 60052. Sir Reginald SCOTT 115 60053. Emiline KEMP 115 60054. Sir John BAKER 115 60055. Elizabeth DINLEY 115 60056. John HAYWARD 60060. John SMYTHE 60061. Joan BROUNCKER 60062. Andrew JUDDE 60057. Agnes GLOVER 60096. John HANSON 60097. Agnes SAVILE 60098. John GLEDHILL 60099->66303. unknown
17TH GENERATION
66304->66559. unknown 106112. Robert OGDEN 106113. Joan 106114. Johannes de HOOGAN 119504. William JESSOP 119505. Emotte CHARLESWORTH 119506. Robert SWIFT 119508. Thomas WHITE 119510. William SMITH 119511. Katherine PORTER 120096. Ralph St LEGER 120097. Anne HART 120098. Heughe WARHAM 112 120099. Mary Ann COLLES 120100. George NEVILLE 120101. Margaret FENNE 120102. Edward STAFFORD 120103. Eleanor PERCY 120104. Sir John SCOTT 115 120105. Anne (Amy) PYMPE 115 120106. Sir William KEMP 111 115 120107. Elynor BROWNE 111 115 120108. Richard BAKER 120109. Elizabeth DYNELEY 120110. Thomas DINLEY 115 120112. William HAYWARD 120113. Agnes BALLY 120122. Robert BROUNCKER 120192. John HANSON 120193. Catherine BROOKE 120194. John SAVILE Esq. 120195. Margery GLEDHILL 120196->132607. unknown
18TH GENERATION
132608->132608. unknown 239020. Thomas SMITH 239021. Margaret CLARKE 239022. Augustine PORTER 240192. Ralph ST LEGER 240193. Anne PROPHET 240194. Sir Edward HART 240196. Robert WARHAM 240197. Elizabeth ____ 240198. Geoffrey COLLES 240200->240207. Royal Lineage 107 240202. Hugh FENNE 240208. Sir William SCOTT 115 240209. Sybil LEWKNOR 115 240210. Reginald DE PYMPE 115 240211. Elizabeth PASHLEY 115 240212. Sir Thomas KEMP 111 115 240213. Emelyn CHICHE 111 115 240214. Robert BROWNE 111 240215. Mary MALLETT 115 240218. Thomas DYNELEY 240224. William HAYWARD 240225. Elizabeth BROCKTON 240226. William BALLY 240384. John HANSON 240385. Cicely RAVENSHAW 240386. John BROOKE 240390. John GLEDHILL 240391->265215. unknown
19TH GENERATION
265216->266241. unknown 480384. Ralph ST LEGER 480385. Margaret TYRREL 480404. Thomas FENNE 480400->480415. Royal Lineage 107 480416. Sir John SCOTT 480417. Agnes BEAUFITZ 480418. John LEWKNOR 115 480420. Sir William DE PYMPE 115 480421. Elizabeth WHETEHILL 480422. Sir John PASHELY 115 480423. Lowys GOWER 115 480424. Thomas KEMP 111 480425. Beathris LEUKENER 111 480426. Sir Valentine CHICHE 480427. Philippa CHICHELEY 480428. Sir Thomas BROWNE 111 115 480429. Alianor DE ARUNDEL 115 480430. William MALLETT 115 480448. William HAYWARD 480449. Jane WILCOCKES 480450. William BROCKTON 480768. John HANSON 480769. Cicely DE WINDEBANKE 480770. John RAVENSHAW 480826. Vincent CHICHELE 115 480827->530431. unknown
20TH GENERATION
516808. Hugh FENNE 530432->960767. unknown 960768. John ST LEGER 960769. Margery DONNETT 960824->960829. Royal Lineage 107 960830. Sir Walter D'EVEREAUX 107 960831. Elizabeth MERBURY 107 960832. William SCOTT 960833. Isabella HERBERT 960834. William DE BEAUFITZ 960842. Sir Richard WHETEHILL 960844. Sir John PASHLEY 115 960845. Elizabeth WYDVILLE 115 960846. Sir Thomas GOWER 115 960848. Sir John KEMP 111 960850. Sir Thomas LEUKENER 111 960851. ____ HOO 111 960854. Robert CHICHELEY 960858. Sir Thomas DE ARUNDEL 115 960859. Joan MOYNE 115 960896. John HAYWARD 960897. Margery WEVER 961536. John HANSON 961537. Alice WOODHOUSE 961538->1060863. unknown
21TH GENERATION
1060864->1921537. unknown 1921538. James DONNETT 1921648->1921661. Royal Lineage 107 1921662. John MERBURY 107 1921666. Vincent HERBERT 115 1921688. Sir Robert PASHELY 115 1921689. Philippa CERGEAUX 115 1921690. Sir Richard WYDVILLE 115 1921691. Elizabeth LYONS 1921696. Raulf KEMP 111 1921702. Sir Thomas HOO 111 1921716. John DE ARUNDEL 1921717. Elizabeth DESPENSER 115 107 1921792. James HAYWARD 1923072. Henry DE RASTRICK 1923074. Henry DE WOODHOUSE 1923075->2121727. unknown
22ND GENERATION
2121728->3843075. unknown 3843076->3843327. Royal Lineage 107 3843328->3843375. unknown 3813382. Sir Thomas TUNSTALL 3843376. Robert PASHLEY 115 3843377. Anne HOWARD 115 3843378. Sir Richard CERGEAUX 115 3843379. Philippa FITZALAN 115 3843382. Sir John LYONS 3843432. John FITZALAN 3843433. Isabella MORTIMER 3843436->3846143. unknown 3846144. John DE RASTRICK 3846148. Alexander DE WOODHOUSE 3846149. Beatrice TOOTHILL 3846150->4243455. unknown
23RD GENERATION
4243456->7686151. unknown 7686152->7686655. Royal Lineage 107 7637760. Sir William PARR 7637761. Elizabeth de ROS 7686754. John HOWARD 115 7686756. Richard CERGEAUX 115 7686757. Margaret SENESCHAL 115 7686758. John FITZALAN 7686759. Maude DE VERDON 7686760. Roger MORTIMER 7686761. Maud DE BRAOSE 7686864->7686866. Royal Lineage 107 7386867->8486910. unknown


 
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Reuben Ransom Cooley

A descendant of Reuben's has DNA-tested and is shown to have markers that belong to the descendants of Benjamin Cooley of Springfield, MA. He was likely the son of Jabez Cooley (1775-c1814) and Lucy Calkins. There are several elements in George Cooley's 1946 letter, below, that perfectly match the family of John Cooley of Stokes County. It's my assertion that the story of the two genetically distinct families, who happened to live virtually next to one another for decades, got mixed up. John's family, not Reuben's, came from North Carolina. John's son Cornelius died after the Battle of New Orleans of illness, and John had a son named James. Currently known data suggests that John did have eleven children, though possibly nine sons and two daughters.

About the only "testimony" we have from Reuben Cooley himself regarding his origins are the census entries that consistently put his birth in Ohio, c1806. By looking at those records, reading the 1946 letter of George Cooley (below) and pulling in the research of Jon Bradshaw (below) and Bartholomew county, Indiana researcher, Donna Kuhlman, we can say this about his family:

  1. Reuben Cooley (1805-1870+) m1 Elizabeth Jacobs m2 Rhoda (Paramore) Deem. David Paramore age 69, likely Rhoda's father, is listed with the family in 1850.
    1. John J Cooley (c1838-1920+) m Nora Ellen. "Great Uncle John"
      1. Mary B Cooley (1896-)
      2. Cecil E Cooley (1900-)
    2. Harrison T Cooley (c1843-1906) m Mary Elizabeth Pfenning, 29 Sep 1867, Jackson co IN. She was born in Germany.
      1. John R Cooley (1869-1936) m Alice Bosley, 27 Jan 1889, Jackson co IN.
        1. George Harrison Cooley (1889-1977) Born 14 Dec 1889. Died at Lafayette, 5 Jan 1977. Buried at Fairview with wife Adaline M Ehlers.
        2. James Clyde Cooley (1897-1974) Born 7 Dec 1894. Died 1 Oct 1974.
        3. Cora Cooley (1889-1975)
        4. Mary E Cooley (1901-1995) m George Meahl.
      2. Effie Belle Cooley (1871-)
      3. Nellie Cooley (c1874-) m. Robert H Hall, 10 Sep 1896 Jackson co IN. She died 9 Sept 1911 in Jackson co.
      4. Omer H Cooley (1877-) m Nora E
    3. Theodore Cooley (c1847-) Found on the 1850 census.
    4. Mary Cooley (c1849-) m Leslie Peter Byrnes, 13 Jan 1867, in Jackson county IN
    5. Robert Cooley (c1852-) Found on the 1860 census.
  2. James Cooley, per George Cooley's letter but not verified.

The following index to Jackson county death records is found online at http://www.ingenweb.org/injackson/vitals/death.htm.

COOLEY, CARL C 1914/05/03 GRASSYFORK H10 049 COOLEY, DANIEL 1908/11/07 CARR TWP H28 018 COOLEY, ELLA (SAMANTHA) 1900/09/25 BROWNSTOWN H19 018 COOLEY, ELLA PARTHINE 1900/09/26 BROWNSTOWN H17 023 COOLEY, FLORENCE 1900/07/31 CARR TWP H19 013 COOLEY, GEORGE A 1920/05/04 TAMPICO H29 093 COOLEY, HARRISON 1906/06/26 BROWNSTOWN H25 007 COOLEY, JOHN R 1916/09/21 JACKSON TWP H29 025 COOLEY, JOHN REUBEN 1912/09/18 BROWNSTOWN H16 085 COOLEY, SARAH 1887/03/27 SEYMOUR CH1 030 COOLEY, WILLIAM JOE 1913/06/19 BROWNSTOWN H16 086 COOLEY, WM 1914/11/22 CARR TWP H10 055 COOLEY, MALE 1893/09/28 BROWNSTOWN H17 016 COOLEY, MALE 1901/05/14 CARR TWP H20 009 COOLEY, MALE 1901/11/11 SEYMOUR CH1 090 COOLEY, UNKNOWN 1904/12/03 BROWNSTOWN H17 038

Of possible interest to this family is George A Cooley, also of Jackson county. He died in Jackson county 4 May 1920. He's found in the following census records:

1880 > INDIANA > JACKSON > GRASSY FORK Series: T9 Roll: 286 Page: 67 George A Cooley Head 30 Ind Ind Ind Susie Cooley Wife 28 Ind Ind Ind Cecil Cooley Dau 2 Ind Ind Ind 1900 > INDIANA > JACKSON > GRASSY FORK TWP Series: T623 Roll: 378 Page: 73 George A Cooley Head 50 (Nov 1849) m 26 yrs Ind Ind Ind Susan Cooley Wife 45 (Feb 1855) 7 ch, 6 lv Ind Ind Ind Cecil J Cooley Son 23 (Feb 1855) Ind Ind Ind Jesse G Cooley Son 14 (Aug 1885) Ind Ind Ind William Cooley Son 10 (Aug 1889) Ind Ind Ind Sophia M Cooley Dau 6 (Jun 1893) Ind Ind Ind George R Cooley Son 4 (Apr 1896) Ind Ind Ind 1910 > INDIANA > JACKSON > GRASSY FORK TWP Series: T624 Roll: 357 Page: 72 Geo A Cooley Head 60 married 37 years Ind NY KY Susan M Cooley Wife 55 8 chil, 7 living Ind Ind Ind ___ M Cooley Dau 16 Ind Ind Ind Raymond Cooley Son 14 Ind Ind Ind Alas? Cooley Son 9 Ind Ind Ind

I think there's good reason to suggest that Reuben was of the Franklin county, Indiana Cooleys, particularly considering that they were in Ohio at the time of his birth. But much of the George Cooley letter sounds very much like the family that Edward Cooley of Washington county, Indiana was born into, i.e.: origins in North Carolina, tradition of an immigration from England, and a family member who died during the War of 1812 at New Orleans. Fortunately, yDNA "samples" of living descendants for both families exist. Should a sample be obtained from a patrilineal deacendant of Reuben's, we can know from which group he belongs, if either of them.

George Cooley Letter, 1946

I received a copy of the following letter from Patrick M Cooley in December 1996. It's a several-generation photocopy and some of it is difficult to read. On some previous copy, someone wrote in George's middle initial as 'A' but it wasn't overwritten in the signature line and looks to me like an 'R'. The underlines are that of the author, not mine.

George A. Cooley
Rural Route #1
Orleans. Indiana

This is what I heard of the Cooley Family from the oldest generation who are now all gone. Most of my information came from a Great Uncle John Cooley who was still living some 25 years ago, about 1920.

He told me our original ancestor that came to this country settled in Washington, C.H., in North Carolina. That he brought all 11 children, 8 boys and 3 girls to the States with him. They came in 1801 from Birmingham, England - but that the father was of Irish descent. One of these boys was supposed to have been killed in the Battle of New Orleans in 1812.1 Later on, about 1831, two of these sons came from No. Carolina to Marietta, Ohio. These two brothers (of the 8 sons) - were:

Reuben Ransom Cooley and James Cooley. I never did learn the names of the others of this particular generation.

It is my understanding that Reuben Ransom Cooley came either from Washington, C.H., or Winston Salem, in the Carolinas. First they were at Marietta, where they went in 1831, and then in 1835 they came on to Greenburgh, Indiana.

Reuben Ransom Cooley was my great-grandfather, he had three children: Harrison T. Cooley, who was my grandfather; John Cooley and Mary Cooley. In 1835 my grandfather Harrison Cooley came to Jackson County, Indiana, with his brother John and sister Mary. She was married at Seymour to PETER BYRNES, who was a contractor and at one time Chief of Police of Seymour. These three children of Reuben Ransom Cooley are all buried in Jackson County. My grandfather, Harrison T. Cooley came from Greensburg, to Tampico in Jackson County, Ind. in 1837. He was a blacksmith and wagon-maker. His picture and life's sketch are in the first Atlas published. Now on file in recorders office at Brownsville, Ind. My father had four children, all living at present.

I was born in Jackson County, near Brownstown - 20 miles north of Salem.

Signed:
George R. Cooley

J C Bradshaw Post

J C Bradshaw posted the following in the Cooley Family Genealogy Forum in November of 2006.

Reuben R. Cooley is listed on the 1850 US Census of St. Omer, Decatur County, Indiana with his second wife, Rhoda Paramore Deem (Rhoda married Reuben on November 10,1846. Rhoda was married once before to David C. Deem on April 18, 1839). On the 1850 census Reuben reports his birth as 1806 and birth state as Ohio. His first wife, Elizabeth Jacobs, married him in Bartholomew County, Indiana on June 23, 1831. She died in Decatur County.

From the Greensburg Republic Newspaper dated April 26, 1844:

"DIED--In this place, on Tuesday the 22nd inst., (of Erysipelas). Mrs. Elizabeth, consort of R. R. Cooley, in the 31st year of her age".

Elizabeth is buried at South Park Cemetery in Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana. Her gravestone reads:

"Elizabeth, consort of Reuben Cooley d. 4-23-1844 age 30 yr. 5 mo. 23 da."

I find Reuben and his family in the following census records:

1840 Census Decatur County, Indiana RR Cooley head, three males, three females

1850 Census St. Omer, Decatur County, Indiana Reuben R. Cooley 44 OH Hatter, Rhoda 29 OH, Isabel 16 IN, John 15 IN, Harrison 7 IN, Theodore 3 IN, Mariana 1 IN, Sarah Deem 10 IN, David Paramore 69 PA.

1860 Census Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana Rhuben Cooley 54 OH Farmer, Rhoda 39 OH, Mary Ann 10 IN, Robert 8 IN

1870 Census Seymour 4th ward, Jackson County, Indiana Reuben Cooley 65 OH Retired Hatter, Rhoda 49 OH

And in Jon's post of March 25, 2007:

From the Franklin County, Indiana Probate Book E, page 381:

"On motion, Reuben R. Cooley was appointed the guardian of Isabella, John J., Eliza Jane and Harrison Cooley his own children. Feb. 9, 1846."

KEEPFREE


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