Re: Admin of James Cooley vs. E.C. Cooley

From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 23:18:06 -0800

Seaborn James Cooley was of the Cooley/Gargus line. A descendants DNA does
not match ours. My records show that he was married to Mary Davis and died
in 1866. It's understandable, though, the readers of the 1850 census for
Dickson County would think that. Both James were born in NC at about the
same time.

-Michael


> I keep seeing on Ancestry, etc, families posting Martha Beardon as the
> wife
> of James or Seaborn James Cooley. However, I see the marriage recorded in
> Monroe County, MO as John Cooly and Martha Bierden. Just FYI
>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Michael Cooley
> <michael_at_newsummer.com>wrote:
>
>> From: Ann Turk <aturk_at_worldnet.att.net>
>> Subject: Re: [MOCHARIT-L] Joseph Cooley Autobiography
>> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 20:09:27 -0500
>> References: <200009120249.e8C2nXX31853_at_cgi.rootsweb.com>
>>
>> Susie,
>>
>> Do you happen to have an Angelina Cooley in your line? Daniel Morgan was
>> a
>> brother to my g g grandfather Jefferson Morgan. Angelina evidently died
>> before 1868 when Daniel married his second wife in Fannin County, Texas.
>> I
>> believe that Daniel and Angelina had at least two children.
>>
>> > And Jim noticed that E.C's 2nd marriage was performed by Schmittou,
>> > apparently the same man who was the James's administrator in
>> 1858/59--the
>> > bride being his niece.
>> >
>> > http://johncooley.net/list/current/0208.html
>> >
>> > There was a John Cooley (1802-) living in Macon county in 1850 and
>> 1860.
>> > In the latter census he was living next to Perrin. I've always assumed
>> he
>> > was Perrin Sr's son. If that's true, and he was James Cooley's (of
>> Dickson
>> > county) brother, why isn't he named in 1858/59? Could it be that we
>> have
>> > two Johns (son of Perrin and son of James) mixed up, just as I believe
>> we
>> > have for a couple of Jameses (son of Joseph and son of James) mixed
>> up?
>> > The John Cooley of 1850 and 1860 appears not to have had children. Was
>> > *he* the son of James (1772-1821)? It would make sense that the John
>> who
>> > died in 1846 was James's (of Dickson) brother rather than a cousin.
>> This
>> > means he would have taken in his sister-in-law and her family. If
>> that's
>> > the case, we would have:
>> >
>> > John, father of
>> > Perrin Sr, father of
>> > John, father of
>> > E.C. and Milo
>> >
>> > Why would he cut them out of his will?
>> >
>> > (I need to call it quits for tonight. I've written about 3 pages of a
>> 6
>> > page essay due tomorrow.)
>> >
>> > -Michael
>> >
>> >> Jim had found the William Bearden and Hannah Cooley marriage:
>> >>
>> >> http://johncooley.net/list/current/0775.html
>> >>
>> >> I think we can now be pretty sure that Hannah was a daughter of
>> Perrin
>> >> Sr.
>> >> The 1810 census shows him with two young daughters and four sons.
>> >>
>> >> 1810 > KENTUCKY > WASHINGTON > NO TWP LISTED
>> >> Series: M252 Roll: 8 Page: 323
>> >>
>> >> Perrin Cooley 40010 02100
>> >>
>> >>> Yeah, that's what we were thinking. I did find that James sold some
>> >>> Randolph county land prior to 1850. I was thinking that happened in
>> >>> preparation for his move. But I would think it was more likely James
>> >>> took
>> >>> in Martha and her children. (Willow was almost certainly Milo, who
>> >>> we've
>> >>> proven to have been EC's brother.) The principle problem I had with
>> >>> that
>> >>> is that John H was probably born c1812 and probably married Eliza
>> Lock.
>> >>> Your John may have been born before 1810. But those ages aren't so
>> far
>> >>> apart that they can't be reconciled. Maybe that wild notion will
>> turn
>> >>> out
>> >>> to be true after all.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> We were thinking that James and Martha Cooley took in Elizabeth,
>> E.C.,
>> >>>> Polly, and Willow after John hung himself. If in fact that John is
>> >>>> whom
>> >>>> we
>> >>>> are assuming.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I wish I could get to Dickson and do some digging around.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ________________________________
>> >>>> From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
>> >>>> To: John Cooley Mailing List
>> <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
>> >>>> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 8:53 PM
>> >>>> Subject: Re: Admin of James Cooley vs. E.C. Cooley
>> >>>>
>> >>>> These are probably his siblings: William, Perrin, Nellie Green,
>> Hannah
>> >>>> Bearden (!), Elizabeth Stinson, Angeline Morgan, and Edward Cooley.
>> >>>> Likely, they are listed by age--perhaps some of the younger ones
>> might
>> >>>> have been nieces or nephews. An Edward Cooley, if fact, shows up on
>> a
>> >>>> census with Perrin Cooley:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 1850 > ILLINOIS > CALHOUN > ILLINOIS
>> >>>> Series: M432 Roll: 99 Page: 306
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Perrin Cooley 27 Farmer MO
>> >>>> Harriet Cooley 19 IL
>> >>>> Edward Cooley 18 MO
>> >>>>
>> >>>> The question, of course, is how is EC related? Perhaps a nephew he
>> >>>> ignored, a son of a deceased brother?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Someone needs to look carefully at the court records for Dickson
>> >>>> county.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> -Michael
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Wow! This is great! It will prove to be a really big clue for
>> Jim's
>> >>>>> John
>> >>>>> and deserves a lot of study. The thing is that if James Cooley is
>> who
>> >>>>> I
>> >>>>> think he is, he probably didn't have any children. If true, these
>> >>>>> were
>> >>>>> probably his closest living relatives.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> The mention of William Bearden is going to be of great interest to
>> >>>>> Jim.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Do you have any more of these gems?!
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> -Michael
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Has anyone seen this before? It's from the Jan. 4, 1859
>> Nashville
>> >>>>>> Union
>> >>>>>> and American.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I couldn't get it to paste directly into the email so I've made
>> it a
>> >>>>>> Word
>> >>>>>> attachment.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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>> President, the Genealogy Club of Humboldt State University
>> Administrator, the Eldridge Family DNA Project
>> Administrator, the Ashenhurst Family DNA Project (in the works)
>> Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
>> Co-Administrator, the Cooley Family DNA Project
>> Instructor "Genealogy and Family History," the Osher Lifelong Learning
>> Institute (OLLI)
>>
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>


-- 
Second VP, the Cooley Family Association of America
President, the Genealogy Club of Humboldt State University
Administrator, the Eldridge Family DNA Project
Administrator, the Ashenhurst Family DNA Project (in the works)
Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the Cooley Family DNA Project
Instructor "Genealogy and Family History," the Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute (OLLI)
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