I really don't know. I tried looking for a marriage record but couldn't
find anything. Cynthia's post seems to suggest that Elizabeth was head of
the household in 1840. I haven't looked at that yet.
Anyway, I've updated the page for her family--she also says Elizabeth had
four kids--and will copy and paste the bio you provided.
Thanks!
Michael
> Are you sure that his name was not John Henry Moore?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Cooley
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 5:46 PM
> To: John Cooley Mailing List
> Subject: Re: DNA as antidote to Hamil
>
> The 1830 census for Casey county shows no Henry Moore but there are two
> John Moores, both of whom match. There is also a Jonathan B Moore and
> Elizabeth Moore on the 1860 census for Dewitt County IL that appears to
> match. However, it's a strange entry. They are apparently of the same
> household but of different families.
>
> This post from Cynthia Nottingham claims descent from Henry and Elizabeth.
> I've emailed to see if she can help us sort out the family.
>
> http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-genforum/forums/ky/casey.cgi
>
> -Michael
>
>
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> I have Elizabeth Cooley (1794 KY - 1879 IL) who married a Henry Moore.
>> Elizabeth was a daughter of I have four children for them - this is the
>> biography for one:
>>
>> Biograhy from the DeWitt GenWeb Project:
>> http://dewitt.ilgenweb.net/biographical-record-mno.htm
>>
>> The Biographical Record of DeWitt County, Illinois, Illustrated.
>> Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1901.
>>
>> Submitted by Judy Simpson
>>
>> GEORGE W. MOORE. (Volume 1, Page 202)
>>
>> George W. Moore, now deceased, was one of the leading men of Wilson
>> township, Dewitt county, Illinois, and during his later days he resided
>> on
>> section thirty. He was born in Casey county, Kentucky, in February,
>> 1820,
>> and he was a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Cooley) Moore.
>>
>> His education was received in the common schools of Kentucky, and
>> although
>> the advantages were few, he managed to secure a good foundation for it,
>> to
>> which he added during his life by reading. In 1830 he removed with his
>> parents to Sangamon county, Illinois, but later moved back to Kentucky,
>> and
>> in 1843 was there married to Miss Matilda Porter, who was born in Casey
>> county, Kentucky. She was a daughter of Isaac and Margaret (Grammer)
>> Porter,
>> both of whom were natives of Virginia, and who were married in their
>> native
>> state and moved to Kentucky, where they lived and died. Mr. Porter was a
>> well-to-do farmer, and he and his wife were the parents of nine
>> children,
>> namely: Isaac; Samuel, deceased; John, deceased; Mrs. Moore; Jefferson,
>> who
>> died in infancy; Abigail, who resides in Casey county, Kentucky;
>> Lucinda,
>> who married James Mitchell and they reside in Washington county,
>> Illinois;
>> James; and Delia, deceased.
>>
>> After marriage our subject remained in Kentucky for about two years,
>> then
>> returned to Sangamon county, Illinois, where he remained until he
>> removed
>> to
>> Dewitt county just a few days prior to the assassination of President
>> Lincoln. Mr. Moore settled upon eighty acres of land which was partly
>> improved in Wilson township, and there he spent the remainder of his
>> life.
>> His days were peacefully spent in farming and he brought his land into a
>> fine state of cultivation. The buildings upon the place he erected, and
>> he
>> took great pride in keeping the entire farm in excellent condition. The
>> fences were all kept in good order; the hedges neatly trimmed, while his
>> barn and buildings were never allowed to get out of repair. Not far from
>> the
>> house he planted a fine orchard, as well as some shade trees, and his
>> widow,
>> who resides upon this model farm, can see the result of his careful
>> management on every side. Later, Mr. Moore added forty acres to his
>> eighty
>> acres and the farm now consists of one hundred and twenty acres. In
>> addition, he also owned sixty-five acres of timber land in Wapella
>> township,
>> which he partly cleared. From this fine strip of timber land Mr. Moore
>> hauled the last load of wood the President ever used and he was an
>> intimate
>> friend of Mr. Lincoln and never tired of relating entertaining incidents
>> of
>> the great man?????s kindly life. No man was too humble for his notice,
>> and
>> in
>> his sad death Mr. Moore always claimed the country received a blow from
>> which it could never recover.
>>
>> A brother of Mr. Moore [this must have read Mrs. Moore - not Mr. Moore,
>> as
>> it was a Porter that married Sarah Foster] married a Miss Sarah Foster,
>> who
>> was a daughter of Abner and Ellender (Moore) Foster, both of whom were
>> natives of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Foster were married in Kentucky and
>> lived
>> there a few years, then removed to Kansas in the early fifties and there
>> they died, he in 1887 at the age of sixty-five, and she in 1897 at the
>> age
>> of seventy-three years. To the brother of our subject and his wife were
>> born
>> the following family. Elvira married Thomas Highfield and they reside in
>> Kansas. Ellen married Henry Hickman, and they have two children: Rosa
>> Nellie, who married L. H. Longbrake, and they have one child, George
>> Wilbur;
>> and Katie. Mr. Longbrake rents the farm of Mrs. Moore, and they make
>> their
>> home together. Mary E. resides in Kansas. Margaret, John and Abner are
>> deceased. Delia married William Goff, who resides in Kansas. One child
>> was
>> born to Mr. and Mrs. Moore, John Hamilton, but he died in childhood.
>>
>> Mr. Moore was a Republican in politics, but would never accept public
>> office, believing that he could serve his township better as a private
>> citizen and also being absorbed in his duties pertaining to his farming
>> life. Both he and his excellent wife early joined the Methodist church
>> and
>> he always took an active part in its work. The example of a good life
>> well
>> spent is great and no better heritage can be left than an untarnished
>> name.
>> Mr. Moore was a man whose whole life was without blemish. Hard-working
>> and
>> frugal he labored earnestly to provide for his beloved wife and leave
>> her
>> in
>> comfortable circumstances. To his neighbors he was always a kind friend,
>> and
>> no one in need ever appealed to him in vain. His life was above reproach
>> and
>> he died as he had lived, a truly Christian man. In the township, among
>> the
>> church members, and more especially at his own fireside, is this good
>> man
>> missed, and his place can never be filled.
>>
>> Is this the Elizabeth Cooley Moore of whom you speak?
>>
>> I have been working on Mike's Cole line. Martin Homer "Mark" Cole was
>> Mike's GG-Grandfather. As you already know, Sarah Elizabeth Cole who
>> married John Pierce Cooley was a daughter of M H Cole & Emaline T
>> "Emily"
>> Rhea.
>>
>> Great idea you have for the manuscript!!
>>
>> Mary C.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Cooley
>> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 3:19 PM
>> To: John Cooley Mailing List
>> Subject: DNA as antidote to Hamil
>>
>> Many of you know that I was in DC this summer and presented the DNA
>> evidence that disproves Hamil's book, "The Story of Pioneering." While
>> there, I went to the DAR library and found, sitting next to the Hamil
>> book, a recent manuscript that "updates" one of the Hamil lines. I got
>> the
>> idea to create a manuscript myself for the purpose of depositing with
>> library, which can be done. Now that I have a break from school, I
>> intend
>> to start working in it. One section will have an update of John's
>> descendants to four generations. (Anything more than that will be too
>> bulky and too much work.) To that end, I've started added women and
>> their
>> children to the "Y page" but I'll need some help to getting it updated.
>> For example, I don't have anything on the Elizabeth Cooley m John Moore
>> line.
>>
>> http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/lineages/johncooley-desc.html
>>
>> I still haven't gotten together with the Reuben R descendant.
>>
>> -Michael
>>
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