Do you think this is the John Cooley murdered in Howard Co. in 1844?
Jane Wisdom
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From: "Michael Cooley" <michael_at_newsummer.com>
To: "John Cooley Mailing List" <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: Admin of James Cooley vs. E.C. Cooley
> Great source! Included here is another one, although not so remarkable,
> from Boon's Lick's Times (Fayette, MO) 1840-1848, Jan 1, 1848, Image 3.
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>> Jim:
>> I'm thrilled that I've finally found a little break for us. Now we still
>> gotta figure out how my Elizabeth ties into all of this.
>>
>> I thought this was a great find too. I stumbled upon this website
>> http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ (I don't search from the very top
>> Library of Congresss) go to the search under "Chronicling America" - I
>> used the advance search tab and put the name under "use the phrase"
>> otherwise you get things you are not searching for. So I put in "James
>> Cooley" and searched in the state of TN and vuala there it was. I don't
>> have a lot of time these days to work genealogy as I'm home schooling one
>> of my twins, and I watch my grandkids during the day. So I haven't
>> exhausted all the possibilites from this website. Maybe others can start
>> searching too, and we'll find some more gold mines.
>>
>> Gloria
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: The Cooleys <lvcooley5_at_cox.net>
>> To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
>> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 12:50 AM
>> Subject: Re: Admin of James Cooley vs. E.C. Cooley
>>
>> 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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