I found a Thomas Cooley who married Frances McCully on 8 Jan 1857.
Also, found that Isaac's estate was settled on 17 July 1841 in Randolph county,
Missouri. I haven't used Random Acts of Genealogical kindness for many months
and was surprised that it is closed down due to the death of the
founder/owner,. I was going to try to find someone to look up about the
settlement of the estate. Maybe I can find a researcher to hire.
I had forgotten about Nancy Cooley being on the 1840 census. Interesting that
Harriet was in the column for the 10 -14 female age group. So she will
definitely be married by 1850-- I will try the marriage records to see if I can
find her.
Also, the census only shows two males. One under 5 and the other 5 and under
10. Was William Washington already gone to Ohio by then?
Sandy
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From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
Sent: Sat, July 7, 2012 3:16:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Fwd: RE: Perrin Cooley inquiry]
Sandy,
The birth date is per his death certificate: 22 Dec 1825. Of course, at
least some of the census records would suggest otherwise.
This is probably Nancy in 1840:
1840 Randolph county MO
NANCY COOLEY 11 00101
I can't find any of these people on the 1850.
The earlier queries have things a little differently than we know for
Isaac's family. It's certainly possible that there were two Williams, but
the death record is clear that William Washington was born in Howard
county to Isaac Cooley. It would be difficult to come up with another
explanation.
Perhaps Nancy remarried and the children show up with another name, as was
the case with Dolly. Or perhaps they were on their way to California
during the census year.
I haven't been able to find anything on census records that look like the
siblings.
BTW, it seems there was a Colley family in the area with roots in
Virginia. One of the daughters married John McCully, a name we see on a
lot ofn the early records. He also seems to have had very different roots.
Just an FYI, but I don't think either of these families were related to
ours.
That was great that Randolph county sent the scans at no charge.
Oh, I'm also in correspondence with a descendant of a John Cooley, born
about 1827 in MO who was thought to have been William's brother. Well, I
guess that didn't pan out. But we have another John to look for. :)
-Michael
> This was a very interesting document that you received from Randolph
> County, MO
> about Isaac Cooley. If I remember correctly there was a query
> from someone stating that William Washington spent his life looking for
> his
> siblings. I guess we take it from that that they were separated, so now
> the hunt
> is on for James, Thomas Marion and Harriet.
>
> Do you think the birth year for WW of 1825 is wrong? Isaac married
> Elizabeth
> Monroe in Jan 1827. Isaac was only married to his second wife for two
> years
> before his death --Nancy Massey. Do we know what happened to her? Was
> she a
> wicked stepmother and gave the children to others?
>
> Sandy
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
> To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
> Sent: Fri, July 6, 2012 8:46:37 AM
> Subject: [Fwd: RE: Perrin Cooley inquiry]
>
> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> Subject: RE: Perrin Cooley inquiry
> From: "Penny Henry" <penny.henry_at_randolphcounty-mo.gov>
> Date: Fri, July 6, 2012 7:06 am
> To: "Michael Cooley" <michael_at_newsummer.com>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Hello again,
> I am sending you what I can. The equipment available in my office in
> somewhat inferior when it comes to scanning the old documents. First, the
> documents all seem to be on "legal" sized paper. Second, they are VERY
> fragile. In fact, the edges of Isaac Cooley's will are charred, no doubt
> from one of the fires. My scanner only handles "letter" sized documents.
> The will is on sturdy paper and writing appears front and back. Other
> than Cooley's signature on the back side, it mostly consists of writing
> from those who were entrusted to execute the estate.
> In any case, I tried to transcribe the will for you. It is not much.
> There is no charge for the attached files. Happy to send them and hope it
> helps.
>
> Penny Henry
> Randolph County Treasurer
> 110 South Main, suite C
> Huntsville, MO 65259
> 660-277-4714
> Office Hours: Mon – Fri 8:00am to 4:00pm
> Email: penny.henry_at_randolphcounty-mo.gov
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Cooley [mailto:michael_at_newsummer.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 4:14 PM
> To: Penny Henry
> Subject: Re: Perrin Cooley inquiry
>
> Hi Penny,
>
> Too bad about Perrin, but this is actually a really big help in regards to
> Isaac. How much would it be to have the record for him copied--and it
> would it be just as easy to scan and email it?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Michael
>
>>
>>
>> Hello Michael,
>>
>> Your request for information on Perrin Cooley was forwarded to me. My
>> office vault houses the probate records from the 1800's here in
>> Randolph County Missouri.
>>
>> Unfortunately, I can find no record for Perrin Cooley. I did find
>> Isaac Cooley, who died around July 12, 1838. His wife, Nancy,
>> received the bulk of his estate. Also mentioned were sons; William,
>> James, Thomas Marian, and a daughter Harriet.
>>
>> The only other "Cooley" I can find in the 1800's was ; Washington T.
>> Cooley who died around September 13, 1867 and left a wife named,
>> Amanda and a daughter, Elizabeth.
>>
>> There have been two major fires at the courthouse in our history, but
>> perhaps the person you are looking for died in Macon County.
>>
>>
>>
>> Penny Henry
>>
>> Randolph County Treasurer
>>
>> 110 South Main, suite C
>>
>> Huntsville, MO 65259
>>
>> 660-277-4714
>>
>> Office Hours: Mon - Fri 8:00am to 4:00pm
>>
>> Email: penny.henry_at_randolphcounty-mo.gov
>> <mailto:penny.henry_at_randolphcounty-mo.gov>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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