Here's a description of the collection. The Cooley info is in folder #374.
I've never seen it.
http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/invent/3599.pdf
-Michael
> Sorry, I only have James, too, so I am also missing the first 4 children.
> I started my Cooley research 50 yrs ago, so most of what I have is on
> paper. I need to go through it all again to see if I left out anything
> when
> I transferred info to my computer. I do have one question. I have a copy
> of
> a letter from Lois Stanley to Robert Hunt in Seattle, WA. I think she was
> a
> genealogist that he hired. In this letter she mentions a collection that
> is
> listed under Cooley Family. It is caled Frank Fletcher Stephens papers,
> file 3599, folio 374. She said that when she asked to see the file in 1985
> that she was told that they were restricted until 1995. Obviously she had
> no idea which Cooley Family this referred to. She lived in St Louis, MO so
> I don't know if the collection was in St Louis or at the archives in
> Jefferson City, MO. I've always wondered if it would be helpful.
> Thanks for keeping me in the loop. Let me know if there is anything I can
> do. I will be 80 this year and have a bad back but I can do research at
> home.
> I appreciate all that you and Michael are doing!!!
> Bonnie
>
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Sandra Stanton
> <sandystanton_at_prodigy.net>wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have the children of Elias Cooley and his first wife Mahaley
>> Lane.
>>
>> 1840 census for Chariton County Missouri
>> Elias Cooley
>>
>> 1 male under 5
>> 1 male 5 -9
>> 1 male 30-39
>>
>> 1 female under5
>> 1 female 10-14
>> 1 female 30-39
>>
>> I don't have names for any of these children.
>>
>> We do know that Elias and Mahaley had James born c 1843. So we should
>> have 5 children for him.
>>
>> Michael,
>> You have on your chart for Elias Cooley a daughter Sarah, but she is
>> actually a step daughter and is Sarah F. Turner.
>>
>> Sandy
>>
>
Received on Tue Jul 10 2012 - 10:57:45 MDT