/I found Streepy confirmation at Family Search in the marriage of M L
Cooley to W L Powell./ I hope this cut and paste will work.
Shirley Wilcox
name: W L Powell <
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJQ4-X41>
titles & terms:
event: Marriage
event date: 24 Dec 1884
event place: Appanoose, Iowa
age: 24
estimated birth year:
father: William Powell <
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJQ4-XHM>
father's titles & terms:
mother: Paula Jane Lain <
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJQ4-XH9>
mother's titles & terms:
spouse: M L Cooley <
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJQ4-XHS>
spouse's titles & terms:
spouse's age: 33
spouse's estimated birth year:
spouse's father: Thomas Cooley
spouse's father's titles & terms:
spouse's mother: Martha Ann Strepy
<
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJQ4-XHQ>
spouse's mother's titles & terms:
reference number:
film number: 1007184
digital folder number: 004265516
image number: 00112
On 9/16/2012 6:15 PM, Shirley Wilcox wrote:
> No, I don't think so. Mary Lewella Cooley appears to be the daughter
> of Thomas and his second wife Martha Ann [Streepy, according to a tree
> on ancestry].
>
> Mary Lewella Cooley, b. 27 Oct. 1852, Udell, Appanoose Co., IA, m. 24
> Dec 1884 William L. Powell. Someone has posted an obit for Mary L.
> Powell on Ancestry.com.
>
> Mariah Cooley who married James C. Hartley seems to be a child of
> Thomas Cooley and his first wife Mary Evans. Using census records, I
> suspect they had perhaps seven children and Lewis, whom you previously
> identified, is likely the oldest as the 1860 census of Appanoose Co.,
> IA has him born ca. 1814, IN and his parents were married 16 Aug.
> 1813. Given that the supposed daughter Mariah Cooley was married in
> 1847 in Washington Co., IN, this is where one would first look for her
> father Thomas. This fits perfectly with the fact that Thomas' father
> Edward Cooley died in Washington Co., IN in 1822.
>
> In 1820 Thomas Cooley was in Washington Co., IN with one male under 10
> and two females under 10. He & his wife are 26-45
> In 1830 Thomas Cooley was in Washington Co., IN with 2 males under 5,
> 1 m 15-20, 1 m 40-50, 1 f under 5, 1 f 5-10, 2 f 10-15. He & his wife
> are 40-50
> In 1840 Thos Cooley was in Washington Co., IN with 1 male 10-15, 1 f
> 10-15, 1 f 15-20. He is 50-60 & his wife is 40-50
> In 1850 Thomas Cooly is in Union Twp., Davis Co., IA. He is 63, b. NC,
> a farmer, with $1180 in real estate. Martha Ann is 25, b. IA.
>
> So if my hypothesis is correct, and we are not seeing a blended
> family, you need to find two more sons and 3 more daughters. Using the
> census records, I would guess that Lewis and Mariah are probably the
> oldest and youngest of the siblings.
>
> Shirley Wilcox
>
>
> On 9/16/2012 5:36 PM, Michael Cooley wrote:
>> I have a Mary Lewella Cooley, no dates, as a duaghter. Could this be
>> her?
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>>
>>> The deeds imply that Mariah, wife of James C Hartley is probably a
>>> daughter of Thomas Cooley & Mary Evans. She is a good fit as census
>>> records show her father was born in North Carolina.
>>>
>>> Marriage Records posted by the Indiana State Library [my print out is
>>> 28 Dec 1997; I assume they are still available] says that Mariah Cooley
>>> married James Heartly, 23 June 1847, Washington Co., Indiana. This
>>> agrees with the 1900 census of Wapello Co., IA, Center, ED 124, p7A,
>>> T623 roll 463, that shows James Hartley and wife Maria had been married
>>> 52 years. She was born Nov. 1827 in Indiana, her father was born in
>>> North Carolina, and her mother in Virginia. On the 1880 census of the
>>> same county her father was born North Carolina and her mother West
>>> Virginia. If you go to FindAGrave you will see this couple was buried
>>> in Ottumwa Cemetery, Ottumwa, Wapell Co., IA. Mariah Cooley Hartley was
>>> born 3 Nov., 1827 and died 28 March 1908.
>>>
>>> Shirley
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/16/2012 4:32 PM, Mary Lou Cooley wrote:
>>>> WOW, this is really good information!
>>>> Mary C.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Shirley Wilcox
>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 12:39 PM
>>>> To: John Cooley Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Appanoose Co., IA Deed Indexes
>>>>
>>>> Notes taken 1965 in Appanoose Co., IA by Alberta (Starkey) Langdon
>>>>
>>>> Grantee Index #1 Appanoose Co., IA
>>>> Apr 1857 to Wm W Colle
>>>> Aug 1857 to Thomas Cooley
>>>> Jun 1852 to Fountain Cooley
>>>> Dec 1852 to Lewis Cooley from James C Hartley
>>>> Sep 1853 to Thomas Cooley
>>>> May 1854 to Aaron W Cooley from Nancy Hibbs
>>>> Jan 1857 to Aaron W Cooly [sic] from Fountain Cooley
>>>> Dec 1856 to A W Cooley from James Hartley
>>>> Oct 1854 to Edmund Henry Colley [sic]
>>>> Mar 1857 to Elizabeth Cooley from James A Cooley
>>>>
>>>> Grantor Index #1 Appanoose Co., IA
>>>> Mar 1857, Henry M Bridges to Robert Baker
>>>> 18 Dec 1852, Lewis Cooley to Jas C Hartley
>>>> 25 Dec 1852, Edward Cooley mortgage to Andrew Buntain
>>>> 26 Aug 1854, Lewis Cooley to Geo W Harris
>>>> 6 Oct 1855, Fountain Cooley, including one on Jan 1857, to Geo Wetzel
>>>>
>>>> Grantee Index #2, 1858-1865, Appanoose Co., IA
>>>> 19 Aug 1858, P M Cooley from A W Cooley, quit claim
>>>> 25 Feb 1861, Lewis Cooley from Samuel Pursel
>>>>
>>>> Grantor Index #2, Appanoose Co., IA [It appears sometimes the note
>>>> also
>>>> has data from the deed itself]
>>>> 22 Oct 1860, Lewis Cooley to Geo S Beer
>>>> G:347 10 Dec 1860, Lewis Cooley & Mary his wife, to Martha A Atkinson,
>>>> for $200, all right, title & interest in estate of Thomas Cooley
>>>> G:313 [date?] James C Hartley & Mariah his wife, to Martha A Atkinson,
>>>> all right, title, interest in estate of Thomas Cooley
>>>>
>>>> Grantee Index #3, 1865-60, Appanoose Co., IA
>>>> 5 Feb 1860, Cooper Cooley from J A Cooley, quit claim
>>>> 5 Feb 1860, Cooper Cooley from Matilda E Cooley, quit claim
>>>> 19 Aug 1865, Cooper Cooley from Wm Hibbs, quit claim
>>>> 25 July 1867, Samuel C Cooley from James Hibbs, quit claim
>>>> 1865 to Lewis Cooley
>>>>
>>>> Shirley (Langdon) Wilcox
>>>>
>>>>
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