Yes, I saw that too... his second wife was 16 and he was 46.
His first wife was Ann Eliza McDonald. I'm trying to track down where I got her maiden name. There also might be another wife - someone else lists his wife as a Webster. I think McDonald was in the death record of one of the early children.
I'll keep poking around.
> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:10:29 -0700
> From: mlcooley_at_q.com
> To: undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net
> Subject: Re: William M Cooley genealogy
>
> Here is info for William G. Cooley marriage:
>
> Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
> Name: William G Cooley
> Marriage Date: 28 May 1851
> Marriage County: Mississippi
> Spouse Name: Juliann Cadwell
> ~~~typed from original:
> "This is to certify that William G. Cooley and Juliann Cadwell were lawfully
> married in Wolf Island Township in Mississippi County & State of Missouri on
> the 28th day of May 1851 by me.
> William K. Young
> Misinter of the Gospel
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Friend Whitcombe
> Please record the above marriage and oblige - Yours Very Truly W.K. Young
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> [inside a circle]: P.S. W.G.C. aged 46 years
> Miss Juliann C. aged 16 years."
>
> Mary C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Cooley
> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 1:03 PM
> To: John Cooley Mailing List
> Subject: Re: William M Cooley genealogy
>
> Hi Mary,
>
> We should probably get Janette Pollard and Jeff Clark involved in this
> conversation.
>
> As I understand it, Joel's son William Grundy Cooley was born in 1805. He
> and Elizabeth Haggard are listed as heirs of WMC because their father had
> died. See
> http://ancestraldata.com/Notes/index.cgi?1229380138+/ahnentafel/256/lineages/jo
>
> Also,
>
> From Dover, TN, Stewart County Deed Book 10, page 519, as posted by Jeff
> Clark at worldconnect:
>
> "Now the said William G. Cooley one of the begat heirs of Joel Cooley
> deceased..."
>
> I've added your 1950 census reading for James B Cooley to my online notes.
> Thanks!
>
> -Michael
>
>
> > Hi Michael,
> >
> > I believe that the William G. Cooley that is listed same area as Rebecca
> > (Cooley) Haggard is not George W. Cooley as I now see that George W.
> > Cooley
> > was in Tennessee & William G. Cooley was in Missouri with Rebecca in Wolf
> > Island, Scott Co., MO.
> >
> > I do have a William Cooley listed as a son of William Matthews Cooley...I
> > got it from different Family Trees on Ancestry.com - one is Bev's.
> >
> > I do see that Joel Cooley had a son, William Grundy Cooley & your website
> > lists him in him in same location as Rebecca. There is a James B. Cooley
> > listed in 1850 in District 57, Mississippi Co., MO on 2nd of two pages
> > that
> > list Rebecca & family. You have a James B Cooley listed as a son of
> > Jonathan Cooley (1822-c1860) married to Matilda. The listing for 1850 for
> > James B. Cooley is:
> >
> > James B. Cooly, 28, male, b. TN
> > M. J. Cooly, 26, female, b. IN
> > I.A. Cooly, 6, female, b. MO
> > L.H. Cooly, 4, female, b. MO
> > L.E. Cooly, 1, female, b. MO
> >
> > Mary C.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Cooley
> > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 5:44 PM
> > To: John Cooley Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: William M Cooley genealogy
> >
> > Hi Mary,
> >
> > I've just gotten around to looking at this. G W Cooley would have been
> > George W Cooley who married Nancy Hubbard. It would make sense that he was
> > George William Cooley.
> >
> > -Michael
> >
> >> Hi Michael,
> >>
> >> I see on your website that you have listed a George W Cooley as a son of
> >> William M Cooley. I have been looking at William M’s daughter,
> >> Rebecca
> >> Cooley who m. William H Haggard.
> >>
> >> 1830 - William H Haggard & William G Cooley are listed 3 households
> >> apart.
> >>
> >> 1840 – W. G. Cooley is listed on same census sheet with Rebecca
> >> Haggard,
> >> Alexander Mills, Joseph Webster & George Webster.
> >>
> >> Therefore, it would appear that George W. Cooley must be William George
> >> Cooley – what do you think?
> >>
> >> I can send you the census sheets if you want.
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>
> >> Also - The 12 y.o. Robert Berge listed with Rebecca Haggard in 1850 on
> >> 23
> >> Oct 1850 is listed with FL (Felix L) & EA (Eliza Ann) Mills in same
> >> location
> >> 09 Sep 1850. I don't know if there is a relationship.
> >>
> >> Mary C.
> >>
> >> --
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> >> See http://johncooley.net/list for list information.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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