Nellie had a daughter as well and Joel sent me their photo also. I am not sure but the daughters name may have been Daisy? Nellie is mentioned as a sister on Patrick Albert's military application.
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On Jun 20, 2012, at 11:46 AM, "Michael Cooley" <michael_at_newsummer.com> wrote:
> Great to hear from you Nancy! Too bad you guys can't make it to the event.
> I'd love to meet you both. And I'm glad to know that you're getting into
> this stuff! It's so much fun!
>
> I think the following is important to the Wood connection:
>
> Peran Cooly 39 M day laborer MO
> Polly " 25 F KY
> Harriet 4 F MO
> Sarah Wood 55 F KY
> James " 20 M day laborer MO
>
> Do you know anything more about Nellie? Evidently, Perrin was married to,
> or at least "partnered" to, Mary (Polly) Woods.
>
> It gets curiouser and curiouser. Who knows, maybe there's another old
> letter in Dennis Young's Tallant archive that will provide a clue:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~day/cooley/docs/index.htm
>
> -Michael
>
>> We found both of the entries re Perrin C. , the one in Illinois and the
>> lat=
>> er in Kirksville. According to family lore Perrin and Margaret (Reed)
>> were m=
>> arried in 1865 in Missouri so the marriage record of Perrin and Margaret
>> in M=
>> O in 1891 is puzzling. ANOTHER Perrin? Their first living child was
>> Joseph=
>> C. Cooley (1868-1922). He is Joel's grandfather.
>>
>> One census record had Perrin C. Married 3 times. We know he had another
>> chi=
>> ld, Nellie Cooley Woods, by someone other than Margaret, but who?
>>
>> We follow all your wonderful info and still continue to look for more
>> clues f=
>> or Perrin C. Cooley 1820-1912 and Margaret Reed Cooley 1846-????
>>
>> Away from home for a bit but will get Joel to send you a copy of Perrin
>> and M=
>> argaret's probable wedding photo later this summer, Michael. We are
>> disappo=
>> inted to miss your presentation in Nearby DC. Thank you for all you have
>> co=
>> ntributed to these fascinating (and numerous) Cooleys
>> And encouraging my own research for them and my side of the family too!
>>
>> Nancy and Joel Cooley
>> Burke, Virginia
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Jun 19, 2012, at 4:04 PM, "Michael Cooley" <michael_at_newsummer.com>
>> wrote:=
>>
>>
>>> Hi Sandy,
>>> =20
>>> Boy, I don't know. If it belongs to Perrin C, that would make perhaps
>>> four=
>>
>>> marriages attributed to him which, of course, is not unreasonable.
>>> Perrin
>>> Jr was still alive in 1880 so he's a possibility, but it seems unlikely.
>>> =20
>>> And I'm still stumped by this census entry:
>>> =20
>>> 1850 > ILLINOIS > CALHOUN > ILLINOIS
>>> Series: M432 Roll: 99 Page: 306
>>> =20
>>> Perrin Cooley 27 Farmer MO
>>> Harriet Cooley 19 IL
>>> Edward Cooley 18 MO
>>> =20
>>> Hope you don't mind that I copy the list. Two or three of Perrin C's
>>> descendants arre monitoring. They'd be interested in this marriage.
>>> =20
>>> -Michael
>>> =20
>>>> Michael,
>>>> I found another marriage for Perrin Cooley in Missouri. He is listed in
>>>> the
>>>> index as Perrice Cooley but checking the marriage record it is
>>>> definitely Perrin
>>>> Cooley.
>>>> =20
>>>> Perrin Cooley of LaPlata, Macon County to Eliza Rudolph of Kirksville,
>>>> Adair
>>>> County on 13 Mar 1889. Who do you think this Perrin Cooley is?
>>>> =20
>>>> On 27 Mar 1891 Perrin C. Cooley of LaPlata, Macon County married
>>>> Margaret=
>>
>>>> A.
>>>> Cooley at Kirksville, AdairCounty. This one I know we found earlier and
>>>> she was
>>>> his widow when he died.
>>>> =20
>>>> sandy
>>> =20
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