Yes! Through Elizabeth, the daughter of John Cooley and Sarah Willis.
I'd love to get DNA from Rudolph White and George White too, while we are grave robbing :D
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> Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:42:08 -0700
> From: ancestr2_at_host187.hostmonster.com
> To: undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net
> Subject: RE: Nicknames for John's sons?
>
> Oh, I fantasize about going to Casey County to find John's grave and do
> some DNA testing!
>
> Cynthia, am I correct in remembering that you're a John Jr descendant?
>
> -Michael
>
> > I love the idea of nicknames.=20
> >
> > Am I the only one who fantasizes about time travelling back in my
> > genealogy=
> > to be there when folks are picking names and ask them to be more
> > "colorful=
> > "?=20
> >
> > John is a great name. But=2C I would give my left arm for a few more boys
> > n=
> > amed "Riter" or "Eason"!
> >
> > Anyways=2C I think nicknames will help keep the generations straight.
> > ________________________________
> >> Date: Mon=2C 11 Nov 2013 16:28:10 -0700=20
> >> From: clillywhite_at_gmail.com=20
> >> To: undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net=20
> >> Subject: Re: Nicknames for John's sons?=20
> >>=20
> >> I love it!=20
> >>=20
> >>=20
> >> On Mon=2C Nov 11=2C 2013 at 4:06 PM=2C=20
> >> <ancestr2_at_host187.hostmonster.com<mailto:ancestr2_at_host187.hostmonster.com=
> >>>=20
> >> wrote:=20
> >> Hi All=2C=20
> >>=20
> >> I'm considering coming up with nicknames for John's sons. Maybe it's=20
> >> silly=2C even stupid=2C but here are some ideas:=20
> >>=20
> >> Reuben=2C "The Farmer." He stayed put after going to KY and lived
> >> longer=
> > =20
> >> than the others. He seems to have been a real "man of the earth"--and
> >> was=
> > =20
> >> still "sowing" children late in life.=20
> >>=20
> >> Edward=2C "The Pious." He helped found the Methodist Church in Stokes
> >> Cou=
> > nty=20
> >> in the 1790s=2C and the Methodist Meeting House for the southern
> >> Indiana=
> > =20
> >> Methodists was on his property near Salem Indiana. He seems as straight
> >> a=
> > s=20
> >> an arrow. It's interesting to note that the Methodists had a formal
> >> polic=
> > y=20
> >> of abolition and Salem was later an important hub in the Underground=20
> >> Railroad.=20
> >>=20
> >> Joseph=2C "The Emigrant." This in honor of his Oregon Trail progeny.=20
> >>=20
> >> James=2C "The Gambler." Well=2C we've discussed him and his progeny
> >> quite=
> > a=20
> >> bit on the list. This was undoubtedly the most colorful family of the
> >> lot=
> > .=20
> >>=20
> >> Perrin=2C "The Preacher." We don't know much about him but we do know
> >> tha=
> > t=20
> >> he was a Methodist preacher.=20
> >>=20
> >> Cornelius=2C "The Soldier." He died in the War of 1812.=20
> >>=20
> >> Edmond=2C "The Southerner." Of course=2C we can't yet be certain that he
> >> =
> > was=20
> >> John's son=2C but it looks good. He went to South Carolina=2C presumably
> >> =
> > with=20
> >> Luke Burnett's family.=20
> >>=20
> >> For William=2C Daniel=2C and John I'm not sure.=20
> >>=20
> >> Is it too silly for serious consideration?=20
> >>=20
> >> -Michael=20
> >>=20
> >> --=20
> >> Second VP=2C the Cooley Family Association of America=20
> >> Administrator=2C the Akins DNA Project=20
> >> Administrator=2C the Ashenhurst DNA Project=20
> >> Administrator=2C the Bishop DNA Project=20
> >> Administrator=2C the Eldridge DNA Project=20
> >> Administrator=2C the alt-McDowell DNA Project=20
> >> Co-Administrator=2C the Cooley DNA Project=20
> >> Co-Administrator=2C the McDougall DNA Project=20
> >> Instructor "Genealogy and Family History=2C" the Osher Lifelong
> >> Learning=
> > =20
> >> Institute (OLLI)=20
> >> B.A. Humboldt State University=2C History=20
> >>=20
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> Administrator, the Akins DNA Project
> 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
> Co-Administrator, the McDougall DNA Project
> Instructor "Genealogy and Family History," the Osher Lifelong Learning
> Institute (OLLI)
> B.A. Humboldt State University, History
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