Here is the 1850 census for Sylvester with his parents:
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: William Cooley
Age: 53
Birth Year: abt 1797
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850: Crawford, Illinois
Gender: Male
Family Number: 286
Household Members: Name Age
William Cooley 53
Sophia Cooley 51
Joel Cooley 31
William Cooley 23
Sylvester Cooley 19
Elizabeth Cooley 17
Luther Cooley 14
Eliza J Cooley 12
Jacob Mullen 88
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Sophia Cooley
Age: 51
Birth Year: abt 1799
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1850: Crawford, Illinois
Gender: Female
Family Number: 286
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Eliza J Cooley
Age: 12
Birth Year: abt 1838
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1850: Crawford, Illinois
Gender: Female
Family Number: 286
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Joel Cooley
Age: 31
Birth Year: abt 1819
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1850: Crawford, Illinois
Gender: Male
Family Number: 286
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: William Cooley
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1850: Crawford, Illinois
Gender: Male
Family Number: 286
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Sylvester Cooley
Age: 19
Birth Year: abt 1831
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1850: Crawford, Illinois
Gender: Male
Family Number: 286
50 United States Federal Census
Name: Elizabeth Cooley
Age: 17
Birth Year: abt 1833
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1850: Crawford, Illinois
Gender: Female
Family Number: 286
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Luther Cooley
Age: 14
Birth Year: abt 1836
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1850: Crawford, Illinois
Gender: Male
Family Number: 286
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Eliza J Cooley
Age: 12
Birth Year: abt 1838
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1850: Crawford, Illinois
Gender: Female
Family Number: 286
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Jacob Mullen
Age: 88
Birth Year: abt 1762
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850: Crawford, Illinois
Gender: Male
Family Number: 286
I have to go to the store...we have 9 people coming tomorrow for the night!
More later, if I get the chance...
Mary C.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Cooley
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 5:18 PM
To: John Cooley Mailing List
Subject: Re: Ernest Cooley BINGO !!
Fixed. Thanks.
> Actually, John W. Cooley married Shella not Sheila; I believe her middle
> initial is a J. She may have later married an Evans...
>
> Mary C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary Lou Cooley
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 3:48 PM
> To: John Cooley Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Ernest Cooley BINGO !!
>
> I believe you are on the right track with William & Sophia - I found
> something on them yesterday afternoon - then Ancestry went down until this
> morning!
>
> Mary C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Cooley
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 2:11 PM
> To: John Cooley Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Ernest Cooley BINGO !!
>
> Okay. This is looking good. I'm updating the page at
> http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/lineages/ernest-desc.html
>
> One source says that William was born in PA, another (see my notes for
> William) says PA or NC. Who knows, these may yet all merge together!
>
> William was too young to have been the father of James of Jack County, but
> I think we can seriously consider the idea (considering the connection of
> PA/OH/IL) that they may have been brothers.
>
> Unless someone points out a big error, I'll probably list this group at
> http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/lineages/ as "William Cooley and
> Sophia Havens."
>
> -Michael
>
>> Perhaps Bingo again. It needs to be looked at carefully...
>>
>> http://records.ancestry.com/Sylvester_B_Cooley_records.ashx?pid=32422909
>>
>> --quote--
>> Sylvester B Cooley (1838 - 1870)
>>
>> Found 10 Records , 9 Photos and 493,050 Family Trees
>>
>> Born in Washington Ohio on 1838 to William Cooley and Sophia Susan
>> Havens.
>> Sylvester B married Lucinda Ellen Partlow and had 4 children. He passed
>> away on 1870 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA.
>> --enquote--
>>
>> S B was apparently the son of William and Sophia (Havens) Cooley. I have
>> some info for them somewhere, but it looks like they haven't been ties
>> in
>> DNA-wise, so this may be the big break we've been looking for.
>>
>> I'll keep on this for a couple of hours.
>>
>> Incidentally, Sylvester might be on the 1870 Mortality Schedule for
>> Indiana. Does anyone have access to it?
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>>
>>> This may mean nothing but there is a John Cooley age 7, born in IL,
>>> living
>>> in Jersey county IL in 1870 with a non-Cooley household.
>>>
>>> 1870 > ILLINOIS > JERSEY > OTTER CRK P O
>>> Series: M593 Roll: 233 Page: 771
>>>
>>> The interesting this about this is that Jersey county is where the
>>> James
>>> Cooley of Jack county TX had earlier lived.
>>>
>>> There is no record that James had a son "S B" so, as I said, this may
>>> mean
>>> nothing, but it is worth noting.
>>>
>>> -Michael
>>>
>>>
>>>> Here's John W's marriage record. Father: S B Cooley, Mother: Lucinda
>>>> Parttow
>>>>
>>>> http://www.vigo.lib.in.us/SPC/marriages/2810/200250.pdf
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Page 10 listing for "Martha Son of Simon & Bethia Cooley" should
>>>>> read
>>>>> "Martin son of Simon & Bethia Cooley"!
>>>>>
>>>>> Mary C.
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Mary Lou Cooley
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 11:05 PM
>>>>> To: John Cooley Mailing List
>>>>> Subject: Re: Ernest Cooley
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the death information for Austin M. Cooley, brother to John
>>>>> W.
>>>>> Cooley:
>>>>>
>>>>> Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
>>>>> Name: Austin M. Cooley
>>>>> Birth Date: 28 Nov 1869
>>>>> Birth Place: Rochelle, Illinois
>>>>> Death Date: 14 Jan 1924
>>>>> Death Place: Aurora, Kane, Illinois
>>>>> Burial Date: 17 Jan 1924
>>>>> Death Age: 54
>>>>> Occupation: Collector
>>>>> Race: White
>>>>> Marital Status: M
>>>>> Gender: Male
>>>>> Father Name: John D. Cooley
>>>>> Father Birth Place: Poughkeepsie, New York
>>>>> Mother Name: Eliza Austin
>>>>> Mother Birth Place: England
>>>>> Spouse Name: Nellie Cooley
>>>>> Comments: lived in residence where death occurred 25y
>>>>> FHL Film Number: 1452343
>>>>>
>>>>> (I don't understand the birthplace of John D. Cooley listed as
>>>>> Poughkeepsie,
>>>>> NY - or Eliza Austin's as England...Eliza's parents were listed as
>>>>> born
>>>>> in
>>>>> England on one census...and John D. is always listed as born in
>>>>> Pennsylvania, Father born in Massachusetts, Mother born in
>>>>> Pennsylvania.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Rufus M. Cooley who is listed on the 1850 census next door to John D.
>>>>> &
>>>>> Eliza Cooley 5 months after they were married; has this birth
>>>>> information:
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> I have typed up the Cooley births in Sunderland, Franklin Co., Mass
>>>>> from
>>>>> a
>>>>> ledger found on Ancestry. I also saved the images if you want them.
>>>>> These
>>>>> are my transcription of the Cooley births (It lists dates 1620-1988
>>>>> but
>>>>> they
>>>>> might be in a different section as the ones I found in this instance
>>>>> were
>>>>> the below
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> 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
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>> the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), through HSU
>>
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>
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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
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