Thanks for all of this, Mary! It looks like the record holds out going
back at least as far as John D. The question now is, does the genetics?
Here's the findagrave entries for the Cooley cemetery in Ogle County
Illinois:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSln=Cooley&GSiman=1&GScid=105231&
I'll see if I can figure our where the descent from Benjamin breaks down,
since the Ernest tester is not a match. He may need to find some
collateral lines to test to determine that.
Anyway, Bradford county serves as a place to look at for the possible
birth place of the James Cooley of Jack county.
I think there's no need to attach the census records. I think most of us
have access by knowing page, county, etc.
-Michael
> I just realized that I didn't answer your question! I found this on
> Ancestry.com. I have not found anything to connect Rufus M Cooley to John
> Cooley as his father - but they are next door to each other on the 1850
> census. Here is more info on Rufus M Cooley:
>
> Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988
> Name: Rufus Montague Cooley
> Birth Date: 29 Jun 1784
> Event Type: Birth
> Event City: Sunderland
> Father Name: Martin Cooley
> Mother Name: Irena Cooley
>
> On the 1855 census in Pine Rock, Ogle Co., IL Rufus M. Cooley is listed on
> the same page - 2 lines away from Andrew J. Cooley.
>
> There is a Rufus Cooley listed on the 1830 census in Sheshequin, Bradford
> Co., Pennsylvania. There are 4 Cooley's listed in Bradford Co., PA:
>
> Aron Cooley, Ridgebury, Bradford Co., PA
> Isaac Cooley, Springfield, Bradford Co., PA
> Isaac Cooley, Ridgebury, Bradford Co., PA
> Rufus Cooley, Sheshequin Co., Bradford Co., PA
>
> Aron & Isaac Cooley are on the same page. These are the Cooley families
> in
> Bradford Co., PA:
>
> 1830 United States Federal Census, pg 31
> Name: Aron Cooley
> Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Ridgebury, Bradford, Pennsylvania
> Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
> Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
> Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
> Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2
> Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2
> Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
> Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
> Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
> Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
> Total Free White Persons: 9
> Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9
>
> 1830 United States Federal Census, pg 31
> Name: Isaac Cooley
> Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Ridgebury, Bradford, Pennsylvania
> Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
> Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
> Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
> Total Free White Persons: 2
> Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 2
>
> 1830 United States Federal Census, pg 18
> Name: Isaac Cooley
> Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Springfield, Bradford, Pennsylvania
> Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
> Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
> Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2
> Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
> Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
> Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
> Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
> Total Free White Persons: 7
> Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 7
>
> 1830 United States Federal Census, pg 72
> Name: Rufus Cooley
> Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Sheshequin, Bradford, Pennsylvania
> Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
> Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
> Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2
> Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
> Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
> Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
> Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2
> Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
> Free White Persons - Under 20: 9
> Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
> Total Free White Persons: 11
> Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 11
>
> I can send you the actual images if you want them.
>
> My question is whether or not Rufus M Cooley is the same person as Rufus
> Montague Cooley; however, on the 1850 census, Rufus' birthplace IS listed
> as
> "Mass". On the 1870 Pine Rock, Ogle Co., IL census; Rufus M Cooley,
> Jackson
> Cooley & Joseph Cooley families are listed next door to each other 0 Rufus
> M. born in Mass, Jackson Cooley born in PA & Joseph Cooley born in IL.
>
> At this point, I am more confused; especially, concerning the birthdate &
> birthplace of Rufus...
>
> Mary C.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Cooley
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 1:03 PM
> To: John Cooley Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Ernest Cooley
>
> Thanks! His is name on this? :) Did you find this in public online
> archive? If so, what's the URL?
>
> Good work!
>
>> Here is his birth info:
>>
>> Indiana Births, 1880-1920
>> Name: Cooley
>> Father: John
>> Mother: Maggie Haines
>> County: Vigo
>> Gender: Male
>> Birth Date: 27 Aug 1889
>> Reference: Vigo County, Indiana
>> Index to Birth Records
>> 1882 - 1920
>> Volume I
>> Letters A - C Inclusive
>> Book: H-2
>> Page: 22
>>
>> Mary Cooley
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Cooley
>> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 11:54 AM
>> To: John Cooley Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: Ernest Cooley
>>
>> BTW, here are the particulars for Ernest:
>>
>> Birth 27 Aug 1889 in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States
>> Death 10-26-1942 in Indiana, United States
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>>> The Ernest descendant invited me to his Ancestry Tree. He had connected
>>> to
>>> a bogus descent from Ensign Benjamin Cooley. We know it's not true
>>> because
>>> the DNA doesn't match to the many Benjamin descendants. I wonder at
>>> what
>>> point in "boguses out."
>>>
>>> Benjamin Cooley (1617-1664) m Sarah Colton
>>> Daniel Cooley (1651-1727) m Elizabeth Wolcott
>>> Simon Cooley (1685-1746) m Elizabeth Gunn
>>> Simon Cooley (1720-1805) m Bethia Ashley
>>> Martin Cooley (1754-1797) m Irena Montague
>>> Rufus Montague Cooley (1784-1873) m1 Betsey m2 Mary Horton
>>> John D Cooley (1829-1887) m Eliza Austin
>>> John W Cooley (1864-) m Margaret E Hanes
>>> Ernest Leroy Cooley (1889-1942) m Goldie Dorothy Wallace
>>> Vernon John Cooley (1914-1983)
>>>
>>> Apparently, no proof has been found that that John W Cooley was
>>> Ernest's
>>> father. (I've not yet looked at it at all.) John D Cooley was born in
>>> Bradford PA in 1829, which may dovetail with the PA birth of the Jack
>>> county TX James Cooley (c1808), but James is not mentioned among the
>>> sons
>>> of Rufus.
>>>
>>> Again, this is of interest to us because the tester matches so closely
>>> to
>>> the Jack county James, who matches closely to us. It's as though James
>>> might have been a bridge, so to speak, between the two lines.
>>>
>>> -Michael
>>>
>>> --
>>> 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 (upcoming this fall), "Genealogy and Family History" at
>>> the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), through HSU
>>>
>>> --
>>> <a href="http://newsummer.com/distlist">distlist 0.9</a>
>>> See http://ancestraldata.com/listarchive/johncooleylist/ for list
>>> information.
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> 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 (upcoming this fall), "Genealogy and Family History" at
>> the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), through HSU
>>
>> --
>> <a href="http://newsummer.com/distlist">distlist 0.9</a>
>> See http://ancestraldata.com/listarchive/johncooleylist/ for list
>> information.
>>
>> --
>> <a href="http://newsummer.com/distlist">distlist 0.9</a>
>> See http://ancestraldata.com/listarchive/johncooleylist/ for list
>> information.
>>
>
>
> --
> 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 (upcoming this fall), "Genealogy and Family History" at
> the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), through HSU
>
> --
> <a href="http://newsummer.com/distlist">distlist 0.9</a>
> See http://ancestraldata.com/listarchive/johncooleylist/ for list
> information.
>
> --
> <a href="http://newsummer.com/distlist">distlist 0.9</a>
> See http://ancestraldata.com/listarchive/johncooleylist/ for list
> information.
>
--
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 (upcoming this fall), "Genealogy and Family History" at
the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), through HSU
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