Re: William White / Elizabeth

From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:10:18 -0800

Thanks, Kate. I think that about all we can deduce about her mother she
and Joseph would have married in NC. The 1880 census says that both her
parents were born in NC, but I think it's more likely that Joseph was born
in VA.

-Michael


> Hi, Michael,
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> I can help with Nancy White, my 3rd great-grandmother. Here's what I have:
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> Nancy A. White was born in 1816 in Fort Hempstead, Howard, MO; died
> February 1885 in
> Clay County, MO. Notice of her death appears in the Liberty Weekly Tribune
> on 20 February 1885, so presumably she died a few days before
> publication. She was married first to James Harvey Gragg on 7 Mar 1833 in
> Clay County, MO. He was born abt 1812 in Cocke County, TN, and died 11 Mar
> 1849 in
> Clay County, MO. She was married on 25 Oct 1867, also in Clay County, to
> his older half-brother and
> her longtime neighbor, Benjamin Gragg (born 28 Dec 1791 in Cocke County,
> TN) on
> 25 Oct. 1867. Benjamin died 30 June 1871.
> Regarding
> Elizabeth Cooley and William White, here’s what I have:
> William C.
> White was born 19 Jul 1789 in Mercer County, KY. He was married 3 Jul 1813
> in
> Howard County, MO, to Elizabeth Cooley. He died 12 Jan 1875 in
> Stewartsville, Clinton,
> MO.
> Elizabeth
> Cooley was born abt 1794 in Oldfield Creek, Stokes, NC, daughter of Joseph
> Cooley and (mother’s name unknown.*) She was married 3 Jul 1813 in
> Howard
> County, MO, to William C. White. She died in 1882 in Stewartsville,
> Clinton,
> MO.
> * Sorry to go off on a tangent, but I've never found (in my admittedly
> limited research) a name for Elizabeth Cooley White's mother. Perhaps we
> should be looking for an "Ann." Most researchers seem to think
> that Nancy's middle name was "Ann." I use only the initial "A" because
> I have only one piece of documentary evidence (a marriage license) that
> validates that much. But I note that you list a sister as "Mary Ann."
> It's certainly possible that both girls shared a middle name -- and if
> that is so, I'd really think that searching for an "Ann" as a mother to
> Elizabeth Cooley White might be a good place to start. Just a thought.
> Also, I note that you list the names of ten children for William C. and
> Elizabeth Cooley White. In her 1878 article in the Liberty Weekly Tribune,
> Elizabeth says that she and William C. reared 11 children, with 8 still
> being alive at that point. So one name is missing. 
> Michael, thanks for all that you do in maintaining this list and otherwise
> moving Cooley research forward (and unscrambling the lines.)
> -- Kate
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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 3:30 AM
> Subject: William White / Elizabeth
>
> I'd like some help fleshing out this genration, marriages and death dates.
>
> |  |  Elizabeth Cooley (c1794-c1881) m William White
> |  |  |  Nancy White (1816-)
> |  |  |  Mary Ann White (1818-)
> |  |  |  Harvey White (1820-)
> |  |  |  Tempy White (1822-)
> |  |  |  Margaret White (1825-)
> |  |  |  Elizabeth White (1830-)
> |  |  |  Susan White (1832-)
> |  |  |  Louisa White (1834-)
> |  |  |  William White (1836-)
> |  |  |  John White (1838-)
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
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