Yeah, that's what we were thinking. I did find that James sold some
Randolph county land prior to 1850. I was thinking that happened in
preparation for his move. But I would think it was more likely James took
in Martha and her children. (Willow was almost certainly Milo, who we've
proven to have been EC's brother.) The principle problem I had with that
is that John H was probably born c1812 and probably married Eliza Lock.
Your John may have been born before 1810. But those ages aren't so far
apart that they can't be reconciled. Maybe that wild notion will turn out
to be true after all.
> We were thinking that James and Martha Cooley took in Elizabeth, E.C.,
> Polly, and Willow after John hung himself. If in fact that John is whom we
> are assuming.
>
> I wish I could get to Dickson and do some digging around.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
> To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 8:53 PM
> Subject: Re: Admin of James Cooley vs. E.C. Cooley
>
> These are probably his siblings: William, Perrin, Nellie Green, Hannah
> Bearden (!), Elizabeth Stinson, Angeline Morgan, and Edward Cooley.
> Likely, they are listed by age--perhaps some of the younger ones might
> have been nieces or nephews. An Edward Cooley, if fact, shows up on a
> census with Perrin Cooley:
>
> 1850 > ILLINOIS > CALHOUN > ILLINOIS
> Series: M432 Roll: 99 Page: 306
>
> Perrin Cooley 27 Farmer MO
> Harriet Cooley 19 IL
> Edward Cooley 18 MO
>
> The question, of course, is how is EC related? Perhaps a nephew he
> ignored, a son of a deceased brother?
>
> Someone needs to look carefully at the court records for Dickson county.
>
> -Michael
>
>> Wow! This is great! It will prove to be a really big clue for Jim's John
>> and deserves a lot of study. The thing is that if James Cooley is who I
>> think he is, he probably didn't have any children. If true, these were
>> probably his closest living relatives.
>>
>> The mention of William Bearden is going to be of great interest to Jim.
>>
>> Do you have any more of these gems?!
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>>>
>>> Has anyone seen this before? It's from the Jan. 4, 1859 Nashville
>>> Union
>>> and American.
>>>
>>> I couldn't get it to paste directly into the email so I've made it a
>>> Word
>>> attachment.
>>
>>
>
>
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