Oops. I meant "Joseph Cooley, a resident of Howard County, bought land in
Cole County."
> Look at the enumerations. It's clear. That John was murdered in Randolph
> County cannot possibly be proof of his residence. Remember, too, that land
> records describe land ownership not, unless stated, residence. For
> example, we see at this link that Joseph Cooley, a resident of Randolph
> County, bought land in Cole County:
>
> http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/missourilands-sort.cgi?1
>
> To my knowledge, he never lived there. A plat map would likely show that
> block of land with his name on it. It would be a mistake to conclude that
> he lived there. Certainly, of course, it's usually the case, but we must
> always remember that ownership does not equate to residence.
>
> The list spent a great many hours looking at the John Cooley who married
> Martha Bearden--who we now know to have been Perrin's son. The 1840
> Randolph census is an exact match to his family. The one question about it
> is, Who is the elderly woman living with them?
>
> -Michael
>
>> The 1840 census shows John and Elizabeth Cooley living in Randolph
>> County
>> where John died(murdered) in 1844. They were living in Howard County in
>> 1830.
>> Jane
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>> Subject: Re: William Cooley, living next door to John Cooley, Randolph
>>
>>
>>> Several more points here...We know from the 1850 census that Dorothy
>>> did
>>> not die in 1838, as stated here. Her son, Arthur Kiergan, was born in
>>> 1848. He stated he was three when his mother died. That would place her
>>> death in about 1851. 1838 is clearly wrong.
>>>
>>> I have that James's son William married Frances Elizabeth Andrews. That
>>> would make the William who married Sarah Ann Ballinger the son of
>>> Perrin.
>>> (Here's my thinking:
>>> http://ancestraldata.com/listarchive/johncooleylist/current/0654.html
>>> .)
>>> We know from the probate records of Perrin's son James that William was
>>> still living (in Oregon) at James's death in 1858. Here are my notes
>>> for
>>> that man:
>>>
>>> http://ancestraldata.com/Notes/index.cgi?1167836018+/ahnentafel/256/lineages/johncooley-desc.html
>>>
>>> And here are my readings for the 1840 census (still not finished!) For
>>> Randolph county, I have that "Derrin" (clearly Perrin), John, William,
>>> and
>>> James were sons of Perrin Sr. John and Elizabeth White Cooley were
>>> living
>>> in Howard County.
>>>
>>> Determining who lived next to whom can provide valuable clues, but it
>>> is
>>> not proof of the degree of relatedness.
>>>
>>> -Michael
>>>
>>>> After seeing the map done by Cecy Rice from the Randolph County, Mo
>>>> Historical Society showing William Cooley living next door to John
>>>> Cooley,
>>>> I
>>>> have been very curious as I knew this could not be John's son. John
>>>> is
>>>> my
>>>> GGG gf and Wm., born 1818 my GG gf. My William Cooley had no children
>>>> until
>>>> 1841 and the William Cooley during the 1840 census in Randolph County
>>>> shows
>>>> 2 males under 5 and one male age 5 to 9; one male 30 to 39 and one
>>>> female
>>>> 20
>>>> to 29.
>>>>
>>>> According to Jan Martinet's Cooley history, William the son of James
>>>> (John,
>>>> Sr.) was born about 1804 in Ky. He was married about 1825 to
>>>> Dorothy
>>>> Cooley, daughter of John Cooley and Elizabeth White Cooley. She died
>>>> in
>>>> 1838. There is a marriage in Randolph County in 1839 for a William
>>>> Cooley
>>>> and Sarah Ballenger. The 1850 census in Macon County for William and
>>>> Sarah
>>>> shows teen agers and younger children. They are living near a
>>>> Ballenger
>>>> family. In 1834 when William Cooley purchased the land next door to
>>>> John
>>>> and Elizabeth White Cooley, this would mean this is John and Elizabeth
>>>> Cooley's daughter, Dorothy living next to them, married to William
>>>> Cooley,
>>>> son of James according to Jan Martinet and others on Ancestry.
>>>>
>>>> It is confusing when we have Cooley's married to Cooley's and four of
>>>> the
>>>> White children married to four of the Cooley children. Very near the
>>>> John
>>>> Cooley property and the Wm. Cooley property is Timothy Cooley(James),
>>>> Thomas
>>>> K. White and Jemima Cooley (James) White. Thomas K. White and
>>>> Elizabeth
>>>> White married to John Cooley are siblings. Nicholas Tuttle also has
>>>> property connecting to Thomas K. White and Timothy Cooley. After Jane
>>>> White's husband, James Cooley died in 1829 she married the son of
>>>> Nicholas
>>>> Tuttle. We still are not certain if that James Cooley is the son of
>>>> Joseph
>>>> or James Cooley. Thomas K. White was the administrator of that
>>>> estate.
>>>> Since Jane White was his sister, no clue in that about the paternity
>>>> for
>>>> her
>>>> husband, James Cooley, although Jemima Cooley White was the daughter
>>>> of
>>>> James. I am not certain where Jane White and James Cooley lived but
>>>> later
>>>> census show Jane White Cooley Tuttle just inside of Macon County, not
>>>> far
>>>> from College Mound.
>>>> If anyone on our list is from the Wm. Cooley, son of James
>>>> Cooley(John,
>>>> Sr.)
>>>> they may have more info about Dorothy Cooley's death and the second
>>>> marriage
>>>> to Sarah Ballenger.
>>>> Jane Wisdom
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>
>
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Administrator, the Ashenhurst DNA Project
Administrator, the Bishop DNA Project
Administrator, the Eldridge DNA Project
Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the Cooley DNA Project
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Institute (OLLI)
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