And Jim noticed that E.C's 2nd marriage was performed by Schmittou,
apparently the same man who was the James's administrator in 1858/59--the
bride being his niece.
http://johncooley.net/list/current/0208.html
There was a John Cooley (1802-) living in Macon county in 1850 and 1860.
In the latter census he was living next to Perrin. I've always assumed he
was Perrin Sr's son. If that's true, and he was James Cooley's (of Dickson
county) brother, why isn't he named in 1858/59? Could it be that we have
two Johns (son of Perrin and son of James) mixed up, just as I believe we
have for a couple of Jameses (son of Joseph and son of James) mixed up?
The John Cooley of 1850 and 1860 appears not to have had children. Was
*he* the son of James (1772-1821)? It would make sense that the John who
died in 1846 was James's (of Dickson) brother rather than a cousin. This
means he would have taken in his sister-in-law and her family. If that's
the case, we would have:
John, father of
Perrin Sr, father of
John, father of
E.C. and Milo
Why would he cut them out of his will?
(I need to call it quits for tonight. I've written about 3 pages of a 6
page essay due tomorrow.)
-Michael
> Jim had found the William Bearden and Hannah Cooley marriage:
>
> http://johncooley.net/list/current/0775.html
>
> I think we can now be pretty sure that Hannah was a daughter of Perrin Sr.
> The 1810 census shows him with two young daughters and four sons.
>
> 1810 > KENTUCKY > WASHINGTON > NO TWP LISTED
> Series: M252 Roll: 8 Page: 323
>
> Perrin Cooley 40010 02100
>
>> Yeah, that's what we were thinking. I did find that James sold some
>> Randolph county land prior to 1850. I was thinking that happened in
>> preparation for his move. But I would think it was more likely James
>> took
>> in Martha and her children. (Willow was almost certainly Milo, who we've
>> proven to have been EC's brother.) The principle problem I had with that
>> is that John H was probably born c1812 and probably married Eliza Lock.
>> Your John may have been born before 1810. But those ages aren't so far
>> apart that they can't be reconciled. Maybe that wild notion will turn
>> out
>> to be true after all.
>>
>>
>>> We were thinking that James and Martha Cooley took in Elizabeth, E.C.,
>>> Polly, and Willow after John hung himself. If in fact that John is whom
>>> we
>>> are assuming.
>>>
>>> I wish I could get to Dickson and do some digging around.
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
>>> To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 8:53 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Admin of James Cooley vs. E.C. Cooley
>>>
>>> These are probably his siblings: William, Perrin, Nellie Green, Hannah
>>> Bearden (!), Elizabeth Stinson, Angeline Morgan, and Edward Cooley.
>>> Likely, they are listed by age--perhaps some of the younger ones might
>>> have been nieces or nephews. An Edward Cooley, if fact, shows up on a
>>> census with Perrin Cooley:
>>>
>>> 1850 > ILLINOIS > CALHOUN > ILLINOIS
>>> Series: M432 Roll: 99 Page: 306
>>>
>>> Perrin Cooley 27 Farmer MO
>>> Harriet Cooley 19 IL
>>> Edward Cooley 18 MO
>>>
>>> The question, of course, is how is EC related? Perhaps a nephew he
>>> ignored, a son of a deceased brother?
>>>
>>> Someone needs to look carefully at the court records for Dickson
>>> county.
>>>
>>> -Michael
>>>
>>>> Wow! This is great! It will prove to be a really big clue for Jim's
>>>> John
>>>> and deserves a lot of study. The thing is that if James Cooley is who
>>>> I
>>>> think he is, he probably didn't have any children. If true, these were
>>>> probably his closest living relatives.
>>>>
>>>> The mention of William Bearden is going to be of great interest to
>>>> Jim.
>>>>
>>>> Do you have any more of these gems?!
>>>>
>>>> -Michael
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone seen this before? It's from the Jan. 4, 1859 Nashville
>>>>> Union
>>>>> and American.
>>>>>
>>>>> I couldn't get it to paste directly into the email so I've made it a
>>>>> Word
>>>>> attachment.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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Second VP, the Cooley Family Association of America
President, the Genealogy Club of Humboldt State University
Administrator, the Eldridge Family DNA Project
Administrator, the Ashenhurst Family DNA Project (in the works)
Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the Cooley Family DNA Project
Instructor "Genealogy and Family History," the Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute (OLLI)
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