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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