Jim,
You're right to characterize this as gold! It looks like wed finally have
something that will justify long standing assumptions about Perrin's
descendants. One thing is for certain, that the matter came up in the
court proceedings of March 1859. Either someone showed up in court to
fight it or a judgement was made in favor of E.C.
The DNA almost had me convinced that you somehow fit into WMC's line. This
really changes things.
-Michael
> Sorry to jump in so late. My wife and I were killing some time in a
> spectacularly bland Irish pub here.
>
> Goodness, Gloria, this is a HUGE find! How did you stumble across it?
> I've searched high and low
> for gold like this! I have to assume that this was only recently
> scanned or released or surely one of us
> would have bumped into it by now. This gives me much hope that more
> clues are out there waiting!
> It ties together so many previously untethered and unusual suspects.
> But without a doubt it solidifies
> the relationship between William Bearden who married Hannah Cooley and
> is the presumed brother
> of Martha Bearden Cooley, and possibly ties this branch (after long
> last) to Perrin. I'm grasping at the
> particulars of the lawsuit and assume that the folks named are next of
> kin of James. It would be so
> smoking to find the actual court documents, especially if they name
> Martha, Elizabeth, Polly or Milo on the side of E.C.
>
> It's also very interesting to note that the administrator for James,
> William R. Von Schmittou, is E.C.'s wife's
> uncle and brother of Obriant Lafayette Von Schmittou, who if I remember
> correctly was the J.P. who
> married them.
>
> There are so many new questions and things to sort out but this is
> really a major step forward for placing our Cooleys.
> Thank you, Gloria! And thank you, Michael, for presenting the pieces of
> the larger puzzle and trying to make sense of
> it all !!!
>
> Slainte,
> Jim
>
>
> On 2/24/2013 6:17 PM, Michael Cooley wrote:
>> 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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