Thanks, Mary! Because I'm now adding the females to two generations, I've
included an entry for Martha and added this to her notes.
http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/lineages/johncooley-desc.html
-Michael
> I decided to do research on the Havens family - Sophia Susan Havens m.
> William Henry Cooley 19 Nov 1818 in Roxbury Twp, Washington Co., OH.
> Turns
> out that Sophia's sister Dorcas Havens m. Silas Hartshorn - they both died
> in Grundy Co., MO. My search lead into Madison, Mercer Co., MO where I
> ran
> into the James Armstrong Cooley!
>
> James' sister, Martha E Cooley married James Hibbs in Appanoose County,
> Iowa. This is a write up on James Hibbs (note the sentence that begins
> with
> "in 1855 he married Miss Martha Cooley:
>
> found on this family tree on Ancestry.com: Hensley Family
> Tree Owner: rlzhensley
> History of Appanoose County Hibbsville pages 532 - 533 (Franklin
> Township)
> James Hibbs
> Hibbs, James, dealer in dry goods and general merchandise, Hibbsville,
> residence same; born in Putnam Co. Indiana, in 1826; in 1847, removed to
> Jefferson Co., Iowa and there engaged in the farming line and breaking
> prairie for one year, and went to Wapello Co., engaged in farming until
> during 1849, when he came to Appanoose Co., and entered land in what was
> then Shoal Creek Township; helped to make the returns of the first
> election
> from that township; the year following, returned to his farm and occupied
> it
> until 1851, when he built a store, stocked it with goods and entered into
> his present business, being the first in that township. He platted and
> laid
> out a town, calling it Hibbsville, which in 1857, consisted of three
> general
> stores, a drug store, a hotel, a blacksmith shop, a shoe store, a grist
> and
> saw mill, carding machine and a post office, all doing a good business.
> Now, Mr. Hibbs is the only one there, not even a blacksmith shop
> remaining.
> A schoolhouse was built in his village as early as 1854, in which the
> first
> term of school was taught by Miss C. Stanton, now a resident of
> Centerville.
> In 1853, he sold out his business interest and commenced the erection of
> the
> first mill in th township; completed the sawmill that fall, and in 1855
> put
> in the flouring department; he also attached a carding apparatus. This
> business he retained until 1858, then disposed of his milling interest and
> for four years kept the hotel in Hibbsville; during the year 1862 he again
> entered merchandising, hauling his goods from Ottumwa with a blind mule,
> where he has since continued, having been in the business for sixteen
> years
> without intermission. In 1853, he succeeded in establishing a post office
> at Hibbsville, which he has himself held for twenty years, through all
> administrations and through the rebellion. In 1873, Mr Hibbs instigated a
> movement and succeeded in organizing th first Grange of the county. In
> 1855, he married Miss Martha Cooley; she was born in Indiana in 1840; her
> father, Edward C., came to Iowa in 1848, first settled in Washinton County
> and engaged in farming; he afterward removed to Keokuk, and there engaged
> in
> milling; then to this county, where he erected the first carding machine
> of
> the county west of Centerville. He died in 1853; her mother died in 1862;
> her father had been a member of the M.E. Church since 16 years, and his
> mother since she was 19 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Hibbs have six
> children,
> Mahlon E., James W., Martha E., George B., Nancy J., Samuel D.
> Greenbacker.
> Owns his business, consisting of a store heavily stocked with goods, and
> 380
> acres of land, valued at $25 per acre. Hibbs, Jesse, Sec. 19, Hibbs,
> Mahlon, Sec 19; P.O. Hibbsville, Hibbs, Pleasant, Far., S. 33; P.O.
> Livingston.
> rlzhensley added this on 24 Apr 2011
>
> Mary C.
>
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