Michael,
I am still researching for birth & death dates and spouses. Do you want
something to send out to the list? - or ? I am leaving in the morning for a
little over a week. I can put something together after the 1st, if that is
okay.
Mary C.
From: Michael Cooley
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 4:10 PM
To: John Cooley Mailing List
Subject: Re: Thomas Jefferson Cooley 1860, Broad River District, Rutherford
Mary,
The family as I have it for Thomas Jefferson Cooley is sorely in need of
revision:
http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/lineages/edmond-desc.html
Can you provide an abbreviated update?
Thanks!
Michael
On Sun, December 21, 2014 14:57, Michael Cooley wrote:
> I see that Rutherford County NC is just across the state line from
> Spartanburg, so this looks right to me.
>
>
> -Michael
>
>
> On Sun, December 21, 2014 14:34, Mary Lou Cooley wrote:
>
>> It looks like a "C" to me, but I think there is only one "o" in Cooley
>> because there is a loop on the end of the "C" - the problem is the ink
>> was not coming out of the pen evenly. This is the 1870 census for
>> widow, Elizabeth:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1870 United States Federal Census
>> Name: Elizabeth Cooley
>> Age in 1870: 60
>> Birth Year: 1810
>> Birthplace: South Carolina
>> Home in 1870: Hickory Grub, Rutherford, North Carolina
>> Race: White
>> Gender: Female
>> Post Office: Mooresboro
>> Value of real estate:
>> Household Members: Name Age
>> Elizabeth Cooley 60
>> Peggy Cooley 36
>> Adaline Cooley 27
>> Edward Cooley 25
>> Jubilee Cooley 23
>> Robert Cooley 21
>> Tressa Cooley 17
>> Joseph H Cooley 15
>> ~~~~~
>> then in 1880 in Texas:
>>
>> 1880 United States Federal Census
>> Name: Elisabeth Cooley
>> Age: 70
>> Birth Year: abt 1810
>> Birthplace: South Carolina
>> Home in 1880: Precinct 2, Lamar, Texas
>> Race: White
>> Gender: Female
>> Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
>> Marital Status: Widowed
>> Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
>> Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
>> Occupation: Keeping House
>> Cannot read/write:
>> Blind:
>> Deaf and Dumb:
>> Otherwise disabled:
>> Idiotic or insane:
>> Household Members: Name Age
>> Elisabeth Cooley 70
>> Jubiles Cooley 33
>> Peggy Cooley 45
>> Addy Cooley 38
>> Tennissa Cooley 29
>> Joel H. Cooley 27
>> Doctor T. Cooley 40
>> ~~~
>> I have attached the 1870 & 1880 census - note that Robert is on the same
>> page.
>>
>> Mary C.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Cooley
>> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 12:13 PM
>> To: Mary Lou Cooley
>> Subject: Re: Thomas Jefferson Cooley 1860, Broad River District,
>> Rutherford
>> Co., S.C.
>>
>>
>>
>> It certainly doesn't look like Cooley. I'm not even confident that
>> that's a C at the beginning.
>>
>> So, the family went back to NC? Are we sure we're not looking at two
>> different families?
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, December 20, 2014 21:40, Mary Lou Cooley wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Michael,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I don’t know if you have this – but perhaps you can
>>> decipher it better than I have.
>>>
>>> Mary C.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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