It is possible. I can't find the marriage of Benj to a subsequent Elizabeth
either. Other than the statewide MO marriages, I've searched the Howard
County and Macon County indexes. I'll keep trying to figure this one out,
too. Will let you know if I find anything.
The probate record you got from Macon County could certainly be that of
Benj R's wife. She was living in 1870 census taken on 30 Jun 1870 and died
before the 1880 census, so it is possible.
Onward!
Bonnie
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Sandra Stanton
<sandystanton_at_prodigy.net>wrote:
> As I mentioned in an earlier email that I ordered probate records from
> Macon county Historical Society.
>
> One of them was for Elizabeth Cooley, box #207 thinking that is might be
> the wife of James Cooley. However, the file/box number doesn't have
> anything to do with how early the time period was.
>
> This probate package was disappointing as it was one page (ten dollars a
> probate record plus 25 cent a page to copy) and it was only for the bond of
> the administrator of the estate of Elizabeth Cooley. The date was 22
> August 1870 -- so could this be for the wife of Benjamin R Cooley?
> Certainly would have been too late to be the wife of James Cooley.
>
> Sandy
>
Received on Fri Sep 21 2012 - 12:42:14 MDT
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0
: Fri Sep 21 2012 - 12:42:15 MDT