Without looking it up, it may well be that Garland county was formed from
Hot Springs county. A huge number of modern counties were formed that way.
In fact, counties themselves sometimes have complex genealogical trees in
respect to their formation. That the county clerk made this suggestion
certainly make it so in this case.
-Michael
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> I ask the Garland county clerk to check their marriage records for
> Calvin=
> Cooley and a wife named Kate/Catherine and sent to her that 1880 census
> of=
> Calvin and Catherine in Hot Springs ,Arkansas
> does this make sense , if you got married in Hot Springs the town why
> would=
> the record be in Hot Springs the county???
>
> this is her reply
>
>
>
> =20
> I looked back in our records. The closest I=E2=80=99m finding is around
> 190=
> 0, you may try to contact Hot Spring County, as I believe that is where
> som=
> e older records are. Thanks!!!
> =20
> Regards,
> =20
> Sara Davis
> County Clerk's Office=20
> Garland County
> (501) 622-3610
> SDavis_at_garlandcounty.org
> =20
>
> =20
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
> To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
> Sent: Sun, Jul 8, 2012 4:23 pm
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Calvin Cooley son of Mathias]
>
>
> A descendant of Calvin and Kate Cooley has just subscribed to the list.
> Her Calvin sure looks like Mathias's. The couple appears on the 1880
> census for Arkansas as Calvin Coolley. Mary (the new subscriber) is
> descended from their daughter.
>
> Feel free to post more info, Mary.
>
> -Michael
>
>> Sarah Cooley who married Cecil Cornish was the daughter of Pleasant
>> Coole=
> y
>> and Mary Jane Strickland. Pleas and Mary had two children that lived
>> George Washington Cooley and Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cooley
>>
>> . I have been trying to find all the children of Mathias Cooley and
>> Marth=
> a
>> Patsy Whitney Cooley for years, with no luck only have family stories
>> handed down for years of Scott, Tom and Fronie.
>>
>> From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
>> To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, July 8, 2012 4:39 PM
>> Subject: [Fwd: Re: Calvin Cooley son of Mathias]
>>
>> Rodeo star Cecil Cornish was one of ours:
>>
>> John Cooley (-c1811)
>> James Cooley (1772-1821)
>> Mathias M Cooley (1818-1870)
>> Pleasant C Cooley (1845-1922) m1 Mary Jane Strickland m2 Grace E Kelly
>> Sarah Cooley
>> Cecil Cornish
>> Wayne Cornish
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------- Original Message
>> ---------------------------=
> -
>> Subject: Re: Calvin Cooley son of Mathias
>> From: redhd4str8_at_aol.com
>> Date: Sun, July 8, 2012 2:28 pm
>> To: michael_at_newsummer.com
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------=
> -
>>
>>
>>
>> I think she probably meant Sarah had uncles that may have been in
>> trouble
>> with the law!!! So yes, Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cooley Cornish was a
>> niece of Calvin's because Pleasant was Calvin's brother.
>> I am thinking Calvin died pretty young , if Kate Cooley married a
>> William
>> Smith in May of 1886, just haven't found when and where he died.
>>
>> also I did find a family tree on ancestry that says Calvin, the youngest
>> son of Mathias and Martha married a Mary Katherine Keller??? Katherine
>> certainly be a Kate? Hope one of your researchers friends will have the
>> info. thanks mary
>>
>>
>> Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 about Kate Cooley
>>> Name: Kate Cooley
>>> Gender: Female
>>> Age: 23
>>> Spouse's Name: William Smith
>>> Spouse's Gender: Male
>>> Spouse's Residence: Garland, Arkansas
>>> Marriage License Date: May 1886
>>> Marriage county: Garland
>>> Event Type: Marriage License (Marriage)
>>> FHL Film Number: 1012704
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
>> To: redhd4str8 <redhd4str8_at_aol.com>
>> Sent: Sun, Jul 8, 2012 2:47 pm
>> Subject: Re: Calvin Cooley son of Mathias
>>
>>
>> That certainly sounds like the same Calvin--having a couple of older
>> brothers who were in trouble with the law. I'm not aware of a sister
>> Sara=
> h
>> Elizabeth, though. I see that Cecil was born in 1909. Perhaps Sarah
>> Elizabeth was a niece of Calvin's rather than a sister.
>>
>> Let me know if you find further connections between Calvin and Mathias.
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Michael,
>>>
>>> Thanks, I just ordered the marriage record for Lillian Cooley and
>>> Charles
>>> E Meek, I will let you know when I get it if there is any enlightening
>>> info there. I am hoping that Lillians dad signed it!!! ( But I am
>>> prepared
>>> for no names but the brid e and goom and preacher)
>>>
>>> It could be just coincidence, but the census says Lillian was born in
>>> Arkansas as well as her half sister, Jessie Smith.
>>>
>>> Also in looking for info regarding this bizarre accident where a tree
>>> fell on her and killed her, I ran into a librarian in Coalgate Ok that
>>> told me she knew this guy that was a trick horse rider , his name was
>>> Cecil Cornish, his moma was a Sarah Elizabeth Cooley ( Lizzie) and she
>>> thinks Sarah had a couple of brothers that were in trouble with the
>>> law,, and there was a younger brother named Calvin.
>>> She told me that Cecil buried his trick horse in his front yard.
>>>
>>> Thanks again for emailing back
>>> Mary Smith
>>> Denver, Co
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
>>> To: Mary Smith via Web Mail <redhd4str8_at_aol.com>
>>> Sent: Sun, Jul 8, 2012 1:18 pm
>>> Subject: Re: Calvin Cooley son of Mathias
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Mary,
>>>
>>> Thanks for contacting me.
>>>
>>> First, let me point out two errors in the 1860 census. You may have
>>> already noticed that Mathias was born in MO rather than KY. It was
>>> simply
>>> an error in the census taking. "Ransom" Cooley is an error by the
>>> transcriber or indexer. A number of us have looked at the original
>>> entry
>>> and are convinced it says Perrin. This would make sense since Mathias
>>> had
>>> an uncle and at least two cousins named Perrin.
>>>
>>> I had totally lost track of Calvin--in fact, most of Mathias's family.
>>> But
>>> this could certainly be him. The age and birth place match on the later
>>> records match.
>>>
>>> I'll forward this to a list of researchers working on the descendants
>>> of
>>> John Cooley and see if any of them has anything further on this.
>>>
>>> -Michael
>>>
>>>> could the two Calvins shown here be the same Calvin, son of Mathias
>>>> and
>>>> Martha
>>>>
>>>> Hi do you have any information on Calvin's wife? I have located a
>>>> Calvin
>>>> Cooley married to a Kate/Katherine Cooley
>>>> is it possible they had a daughter named Lillian Cooley??
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Name: Mathias Cooly
>>>> Age in 1860: 45
>>>> Birth Year: abt 1815
>>>> Birthplace: Kentucky
>>>> Home in 1860: Jack, Texas
>>>> Gender: Male
>>>> Post Office: Jacksboro
>>>> Value of real estate: View image
>>>> Household Members:
>>>> Name Age
>>>> Mathias Cooly 45
>>>> Martha Cooly 40
>>>> Mary Cooly 19
>>>> Pleasant Cooly 13
>>>> John Cooly 10
>>>> Thomas Cooly 7
>>>> Frank Cooly 6
>>>> Scott Cooly 5
>>>> Ransom Cooly 4
>>>> Pollie Cooly 4/12
>>>> Sophrona Cooly 8
>>>> Calvin Cooly 3
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1880 United States Federal Census about Cathrine Coolley
>>>> Name: Cathrine Coolley
>>>> Age: 18
>>>> Birth Year: abt 1862
>>>> Birthplace: Texas
>>>> Home in 1880: Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas
>>>> Race: White
>>>> Gender: Female
>>>> Relation to Head of House: Wife
>>>> Marital Status: Married
>>>> Spouse's Name: Calvin Coolley
>>>> Father's Birthplace: Missouri
>>>> Mother's Birthplace: Missouri
>>>> Neighbors: View others on page
>>>> Occupation: Keeping House
>>>>
>>>> Household Members:
>>>> Name Age
>>>> Calvin Coolley 23
>>>> Cathrine Coolley 18
>>>> James Johnson 23
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Marriage Record - Choctaw Nation Marriages, Groom Index
>>>> Meek, Charles 25, Cooley Lillian 18, married 10 Jan 1897 Coalgate
>>>> (Mc7A211)
>>>>
>>>> 1900 Census - Coalgate, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory
>>>> Meek, Charles Head Aug 1873, 26, married 4 years, born Texas, parents
>>>> birth place unknown. Coal Miner
>>>> Lillian Wife Aug 1880, 19, married 4 years, 2 children born, 1 living;
>>>> born in Arkansas, father born Indian Territory, mother born Arkansas
>>>> Florence Daughter Apr 1900, 1/12, born Indian Territory.
>>>> Smith, Jessie Sister-in-law, Jan 1889, 11; born Arkansas; father born
>>>> Indian Territory; mother born Arkansas
>>>>
>>>> at some time here supposedly about 1915-1916 Lillian Cooley Meek was
>>>> killed in a accident where a tree fell on her and killed her.
>>>>
>>>> 1910 Census - Heavener Twp., LaFlore County, Oklahoma
>>>> Meeks, Charles E. head 38, married 2,
>>>> married 14 years; Texas
>>>> Lillian wife 28,
>>>> married 1, married 14 years; 6 children
>>>> born, 4 living. Born Arkansas
>>>> Florence daughter, 9, born
>>>> Oklahoma
>>>> Vida daughter, 7,
>>>> born
>>>> Oklahoma
>>>> Hazel daughter, 4,
>>>> born
>>>> Arkansas
>>>> Blanche daughter, 2, born
>>>> Arkansas
>>>>
>>>> Then there were two more children: Wesley J. Meek born 15 Aug 1911,
>>>> died
>>>> 1 Jan 1972 in San Mateo California. 1920 census says born in Oklahoma.
>>>> And Laura born 24 Apr 1913 in either Oklahoma or Arkansas. 1920
>>>> census
>>>> says born in Oklahoma.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> then is it possible that Calvin died young and Kate Cooley remarried a
>>>> William Smith to have a daughter named Jessie living with Lillian and
>>>> her
>>>> husband Charles Meek
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 about Kate Cooley
>>>> Name: Kate Cooley
>>>> Gender: Female
>>>> Age: 23
>>>> Spouse's Name: William Smith
>>>> Spouse's Gender: Male
>>>> Spouse's Residence: Garland, Arkansas
>>>> Marriage License Date: May 1886
>>>> Marriage county: Garland
>>>> Event Type: Marriage License (Marriage)
>>>> FHL Film Number: 1012704
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1900 Census - Coalgate, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory
>>>> Meek, Charles Head Aug 1873, 26, married 4 years, born Texas, parents
>>>> birth place unknown. Coal Miner
>>>> Lillian Wife Aug 1880, 19, married 4 years, 2 children born, 1 living;
>>>> born in Arkansas, father born Indian Territory, mother born Arkansas
>>>> Florence Daughter Apr 1900, 1/12, born Indian Territory.
>>>> Smith, Jessie Sister-in-law, Jan 1889, 11; born Arkansas; father born
>>>> Indian Territory; mother born Arkansas
>>>>
>>>> at some time here supposedly about 1915-1916 Lillian Cooley Meek was
>>>> killed in a accident where a tree fell on her and killed her.
>>>>
>>>> thanks for any ideas looking for this Lillians mom and dad to help
>>>> the
>>>> last remaining child figure out her past
>>>>
>>>> thanks Mary
>>>> redhd4str8_at_aol.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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> <div> <font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I ask the Garland
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> ounty clerk to check their marriage records for Calvin Cooley and a wife
> na=
> med Kate/Catherine and sent to her that 1880 census of Calvin and
> Catherine=
> in Hot Springs ,Arkansas<br>
> does this make sense , if you got married in Hot Springs the town why
> would=
> the record be in Hot Springs the county???<br>
> <br>
> this is her reply<br>
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> Hot Spring County, as I believe that is where some older records are.=20
> Thanks!!!</div>
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> <div class=3D"MsoNormal">Regards,</div>
>
> <div class=3D"MsoNormal"> </div>
>
> <div class=3D"MsoNormal">Sara Davis</div>
>
> <div class=3D"MsoNormal">County Clerk's Office </div>
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> <div class=3D"MsoNormal">Garland County</div>
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> <div class=3D"MsoNormal">(501) 622-3610</div>
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> style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----=
> Original Message-----<br>
>
> From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com><br>
>
> To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net><=
> br>
>
> Sent: Sun, Jul 8, 2012 4:23 pm<br>
>
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Calvin Cooley son of Mathias]<br>
>
> <br>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> <div id=3D"AOLMsgPart_0_9912e50d-6ab4-4e06-b57e-c28bed517885"
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>
> <pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt>A descendant of Calvin and Kate Cooley
> h=
> as just subscribed to the list.
> Her Calvin sure looks like Mathias's. The couple appears on the 1880
> census for Arkansas as Calvin Coolley. Mary (the new subscriber) is
> descended from their daughter.
>
> Feel free to post more info, Mary.
>
> -Michael
>
>> Sarah Cooley who married Cecil Cornish was the daughter of Pleasant Co=
> oley
>> and Mary Jane Strickland. Pleas and Mary had two children that lived
>> George Washington Cooley and Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cooley
>>
>> . I have been trying to find all the children of Mathias Cooley and Ma=
> rtha
>> Patsy Whitney Cooley for years, with no luck only have family stories
>> handed down for years of Scott, Tom and Fronie.
>>
>> From: Michael Cooley <<a href=3D"mailto:michael_at_newsummer.com">mich=
> ael_at_newsummer.com</a>>
>> To: John Cooley Mailing List <<a href=3D"mailto:undisclosed.recipie=
> nts_at_johncooley.net">undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net</a>>
>> Sent: Sunday, July 8, 2012 4:39 PM
>> Subject: [Fwd: Re: Calvin Cooley son of Mathias]
>>
>> Rodeo star Cecil Cornish was one of ours:
>>
>> John Cooley (-c1811)
>> James Cooley (1772-1821)
>> Mathias M Cooley (1818-1870)
>> Pleasant C Cooley (1845-1922) m1 Mary Jane Strickland m2 Grace E Kelly
>> Sarah Cooley
>> Cecil Cornish
>> Wayne Cornish
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------- Original Message ------------------------=
> ----
>> Subject: Re: Calvin Cooley son of Mathias
>> From: <a href=3D"mailto:redhd4str8_at_aol.com">redhd4str8_at_ao=
> l.com</a>
>> Date: Sun, July 8, 2012 2:28 pm
>> To: <a href=3D"mailto:michael_at_newsummer.com">micha=
> el_at_newsummer.com</a>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------=
> ----
>>
>>
>>
>> I think she probably meant Sarah had uncles that may have been in trou=
> ble
>> with the law!!! So yes, Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cooley Cornish =
> was a
>> niece of Calvin's because Pleasant was Calvin's brother.
>> I am thinking Calvin died pretty young , if Kate Cooley married a Will=
> iam
>> Smith in May of 1886, just haven't found when and where he died.
>>
>> also I did find a family tree on ancestry that says Calvin, the younge=
> st
>> son of Mathias and Martha married a Mary Katherine Keller??? Katherine
>> certainly be a Kate? Hope one of your researchers friends will h=
> ave the
>> info. thanks mary
>>
>>
>> Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 about Kate Cooley
>>> Name: Kate Cooley
>>> Gender: Female
>>> Age: 23
>>> Spouse's Name: William Smith
>>> Spouse's Gender: Male
>>> Spouse's Residence: Garland, Arkansas
>>> Marriage License Date: May 1886
>>> Marriage county: Garland
>>> Event Type: Marriage License (Marriage)
>>> FHL Film Number: 1012704
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Cooley <<a href=3D"mailto:michael_at_newsummer.com">mich=
> ael_at_newsummer.com</a>>
>> To: redhd4str8 <<a href=3D"mailto:redhd4str8_at_aol.com">redhd4str8_at_ao=
> l.com</a>>
>> Sent: Sun, Jul 8, 2012 2:47 pm
>> Subject: Re: Calvin Cooley son of Mathias
>>
>>
>> That certainly sounds like the same Calvin--having a couple of older
>> brothers who were in trouble with the law. I'm not aware of a sister S=
> arah
>> Elizabeth, though. I see that Cecil was born in 1909. Perhaps Sarah
>> Elizabeth was a niece of Calvin's rather than a sister.
>>
>> Let me know if you find further connections between Calvin and Mathias=
>
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