The rest of the Thadeus Cooley results just came in. They match 36/37 with
Abraham. Of course, he matches closely with the other CF02 testers. The
evidence, however, is good that Thad and Abe were brothers.
-Michael
> Thanks! I knew I'd recently seen him listed somewhere!
>
>
>> I just noticed him in CF02 with Thadeus, Abraham and Reuben Ransom, all
>> R1b1a2.
>>
>> On 4/4/2013 12:47 PM, Michael Cooley wrote:
>>> I've never seen hi s parents listed either. I found nothing doing a
>>> search
>>> of the 1850 census.
>>>
>>> -Michael
>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/22684561/photo/vvnuBe_0b4T8Usg4CMoqzZQGNZqkE_vdmUPOFlxzuY0RVry8HlyxU7K8kD2w_GKk
>>>>
>>>> http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/22684561/person/1281846383/photo/665a769d-e9a2-471d-b5d9-32126e91ba49?src=search
>>>> Theres this too, from Arizona Highways.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: Mary Lou Cooley <mlcooley_at_q.com>
>>>> To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 9:38 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Corydon Cooley
>>>>
>>>> If only...they had listed his parents!
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Julie
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 9:26 PM
>>>> To: John Cooley Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: Corydon Cooley
>>>>
>>>> I was just wondering about him this afternoon! I found that same
>>>> story
>>>> whil=
>>>> e looking for Colby on Find a Grave. I had never heard anything about
>>>> him
>>>> b=
>>>> efore that I've noticed, but being from Az everyone knows the Show Low
>>>> story=
>>>> . It's interesting for sure and I wonder he ties in.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 3, 2013, at 8:13 PM, "Mary Lou Cooley" <mlcooley_at_q.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Did anyone ask about Corydon Cooley? This is from Find A Grave:
>>>>> =20
>>>>> Corydon Eliphalet Cooley
>>>>> Birth: Apr. 2, 1836; Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
>>>>> Death: Mar. 19, 1915; Navajo County, Arizona, USA
>>>>> =20
>>>>> Western Frontiersman and Folk Figure. He came to the White Mountains
>>>>> in
>>>>> th=
>>>> e=20
>>>>> early 1860s after serving two years as a Lieutenant in the 2nd New
>>>>> Mexico=20=
>>>>> Infantry Regiment. He came as a prospector and was one of the first
>>>>> white=20=
>>>>> men to extensively explore the mineral wealth of the region. He loved
>>>>> and=20=
>>>>> respected the Apache people and married two daughters of Pedro, an
>>>>> Apache=20=
>>>>> band chief in the Forestdale area. He and his wives established a
>>>>> ranch
>>>>> in=
>>>> =20
>>>>> the area that is now the city of Show Low. Martha Summerhayes, author
>>>>> of=20=
>>>>> Vanished Arizona, a book of her memories of life as an officer's wife
>>>>> on
>>>>> t=
>>>> he=20
>>>>> Arizona frontier, had been intrigued by the story of Cooley living
>>>>> with
>>>>> tw=
>>>> o=20
>>>>> Apache women. On a journey between forts, Martha and her husband
>>>>> were=20
>>>>> overnight guests of the Cooleys. When she asked her husband which of
>>>>> the=20=
>>>>> attractive young women was Cooley's wife, he said, "I don't know.
>>>>> Both
>>>>> of=20=
>>>>> 'em, I guess". Refined Victorian lady that she was, Martha tried
>>>>> to=20
>>>>> rationalize the situation, writing, "Now this was too awful, but I
>>>>> knew
>>>>> he=
>>>> =20
>>>>> did not intend for me to ask any more questions." One of the wives
>>>>> soon
>>>>> di=
>>>> ed=20
>>>>> during childbirth, leaving him to live as a monogamist. Their ranch
>>>>> was
>>>>> on=
>>>> e=20
>>>>> of the most noted stopping places in eastern Arizona and guests
>>>>> were=20
>>>>> unanimous in their appraisal of Molly as a tidy and gracious
>>>>> housewife
>>>>> and=
>>>> =20
>>>>> Cooley as a generous and notable host. With his vast knowledge of the
>>>>> Whit=
>>>> e=20
>>>>> Mountains, the Apache people and their ways, and his ability to speak
>>>>> the=20=
>>>>> very difficult Apache language, he was acknowledged for many years as
>>>>> one
>>>>> o=
>>>> f=20
>>>>> the great and famous Indian scouts of the Arizona Territory. He was
>>>>> Chief
>>>>> o=
>>>> f=20
>>>>> Scouts off and on for General George Crook, probably the greatest
>>>>> Indian=20=
>>>>> fighter the United States Army ever knew. With the possible exception
>>>>> of
>>>>> h=
>>>> is=20
>>>>> good friend Al Sieber, he was Crook's most trusted scout. There was
>>>>> great=20=
>>>>> respect between Crook and Cooley. John G. Bourke, General Crook's=20
>>>>> aide-de-camp for 11 years and author of the book On the Border with
>>>>> Crook,=
>>>> =20
>>>>> notes that Cooley's influence was always on the side of peace and=20
>>>>> understanding between the Indian and the white man. The following
>>>>> quote=20=
>>>>> about Cooley is from the July 1996 issue of Arizona Highways. "Always
>>>>> hung=
>>>> ry=20
>>>>> for adventure and danger, Cooley gladly accepted appointment in 1877
>>>>> as=20=
>>>>> deputy U.S. marshal for huge Yavapai County, from which Apache and
>>>>> Navajo=20=
>>>>> counties were later carved. He ranged far and wide in his new job,
>>>>> risking=
>>>> =20
>>>>> his life more than once to bring in outlaws who had flocked to wild
>>>>> Arizon=
>>>> a=20
>>>>> Territory. In one especially notable raid, he captured and jailed
>>>>> two=20
>>>>> desperadoes who were threatening to take over the new settlement
>>>>> of=20
>>>>> Springerville. Scarcely had he left the town, however, when a lynch
>>>>> mob=20=
>>>>> stormed the jail, and in the words of Cooley's report to Gov. John
>>>>> Hoyt,=20=
>>>>> "disposed of the prisoners according to frontier law." One great
>>>>> legend=20=
>>>>> involves Cooley and Marion Clark. They were partners in a 100,000
>>>>> acre=20
>>>>> ranch. At some point the two decided that the area just wasn't big
>>>>> enough=20=
>>>>> for the two of them and one had to leave. They couldn't decide who
>>>>> should=20=
>>>>> leave, so they played a game of cards with the winner to take all.
>>>>> They=20=
>>>>> played a game called "seven up" throughout the night and into the
>>>>> early=20=
>>>>> morning with no winner. Finally Clark told Cooley, "Show low and you
>>>>> take=20=
>>>>> the ranch". Cooley turned over a deuce of clubs and walked away with
>>>>> a=20
>>>>> reported 100,000 acres of land, all the cattle and the buildings.
>>>>> Clark
>>>>> we=
>>>> nt=20
>>>>> on his way and was not to be heard from again. However, in March of
>>>>> 2007
>>>>> a=
>>>> =20
>>>>> local reporter found an article in the October 24, 1910 Washington
>>>>> Post
>>>>> th=
>>>> at=20
>>>>> indicates some errors in the legend. The card game actually occurred,
>>>>> but,=
>>>> =20
>>>>> by the time it happened, Clark had already moved on and the game was
>>>>> betwe=
>>>> en=20
>>>>> Cooley and a man named Henry Huning. Cooley told the Post the game
>>>>> was
>>>>> six=
>>>> =20
>>>>> to five in Huning's favor and Cooley, holding the trey, was certain
>>>>> he
>>>>> had=
>>>> a=20
>>>>> winner. He told Huning to show low to win and Huning held the deuce.
>>>>> By
>>>>> 18=
>>>> 88=20
>>>>> Cooley started ranching a few miles south of where the Hondah Casino
>>>>> now=20=
>>>>> stands. Mormon settlers moved into the area, bought the ranch land,
>>>>> cattle=
>>>> =20
>>>>> and buildings from Huning for $13,500. They divided the land into
>>>>> four
>>>>> and=
>>>> =20
>>>>> one half shares, split the cattle, and occupied the buildings. They
>>>>> called=
>>>> =20
>>>>> the settlement Show Low and the main street through town is now named
>>>>> "Deu=
>>>> ce=20
>>>>> of Clubs". There is some serious dispute about the accuracy of
>>>>> this=20
>>>>> Washington Post article and some evidence to support the original
>>>>> version
>>>>> o=
>>>> f=20
>>>>> the legend. His year of death is actually 1917 and not 1915 as stated
>>>>> on
>>>>> t=
>>>> he=20
>>>>> plaque on his headstone. (bio by: Tom Todd)
>>>>> =20
>>>>> Family links:
>>>>> Spouse:
>>>>> Molly Cooley (____ - 1920)*
>>>>> Children:
>>>>> Albert W Cooley (____ - 1924)*
>>>>> Belle Cooley Amos (1873 - 1966)*
>>>>> Cora Agnes Cooley Pettis (1875 - 1944)*
>>>>> Lillie R Cooley Penrod (1876 - 1968)*
>>>>> Charles Paul Cooley (1882 - 1940)*
>>>>> Corydon Carelton Cooley (1891 - 1954)*
>>>>> *Calculated relationship
>>>>> Search Amazon for Corydon Cooley
>>>>> Burial: Fort Apache Cemetery; Navajo County, Arizona, USA
>>>>> Maintained by: Find A Grave
>>>>> Originally Created by: Tom Todd
>>>>> Record added: Apr 17, 2007
>>>>> Find A Grave Memorial# 18994311
>>>>> =20
>>>>> Mary C.=20
>>>>> =20
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>
>
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