We have no idea who she was. We had assumed a wife.
-Michael
On Sat, May 24, 2014 1:04 pm, Mary Lou Cooley wrote:
> Do we know who Harriet Cooley 19 b. IL is with Perrin Cooley? Was she a
> wife? I have Margaret Ann Reed & Polly Wood as wives to Perrin C. Cooley.
>
>
> Mary C.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Cooley
> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 1:18 AM
> To: John Cooley Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Edward and Perrin C Cooley
>
>
> I see that some time ago Sandy brought up a Charles Cooley born in Pike
> in 1848. No one could come up with a connection to our clan. Perhaps this
> Edward was a brother.
>
>
> Well, Charles Cooley and his father Edwin (m Sarah HENTHORN) are here:
>
>
> http://genealogytrails.com/ill/pike/obitC2.html#sc5032
>
>
> Edwin is sometime referred to as Edward in other obits. I see nothing,
> though, that connects to the Edward who married ___ Miller or their son
> Alfred. They do look like separate families.
>
>
> -Michael
>
>
> On Sat, May 24, 2014 1:55 am, Michael Cooley wrote:
>
>> We know from the 1850 probate records of James Cooley (s/o Perrin
>> Cooley
>> Sr) that his brother John (m Martha Bearden) had a son named Edward who
>> was living in Illinois. We find an Edward Cooley living with Perrin C
>> Cooley in Calhoun Co IL in 1850.
>>
>>
>>
>> I've not been able to find Edward on any later census records. But I've
>> just stumbled on this at familysearch.org. Pike County is immediately
>> north of Calhoun county:
>>
>> Name: Edward Cooly
>> Event Type: Census
>> Event Date: 1855
>> Event Place: Township 5S Range 6W-Township 5 Range 5, Pike, Illinois
>> Number in Family: 4
>> Page: 116
>> GS Film number: 976672
>> Digital Folder Number: 004541961
>> Image Number: 00359
>>
>>
>>
>> According to
>> http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=djczimmerman&i
>> d= I27174
>>
>>
>>
>> Name: Edward Cooley
>> Marriage 1 Elma Miller b: 1833 in Clermont County, Ohio
>> Married: 16 Dec 1851 in Pike County, Illinois
>>
>>
>>
>> I find this at familysearch.org
>>
>>
>>
>> Name: Alfred P Cooley
>> Titles and Terms:
>> Event Type: Marriage
>> Event Date: 24 May 1879
>> Event Place: Pike, Illinois, United States
>> Age: 27
>> Birthplace: Ill
>> Birth Year (Estimated): 1852
>> Father's Name: Edward S Cooley
>> Father's Titles and Terms:
>> Mother's Name: Emily Miller
>> Mother's Titles and Terms:
>> Spouse's Name: Anna B Barber
>> Spouse's Titles and Terms:
>> Spouse's Age: 22
>> Spouse's Birthplace: Mo
>> Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1857
>> Spouse's Father's Name: Albert Barber
>> Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms:
>> Spouse's Mother's Name: Nancy Ash
>> Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms:
>> Reference ID: P.34
>> GS Film number: 1314768
>> Digital Folder Number: 005204668
>> Image Number: 00574
>>
>>
>>
>> There's no evidence that Edward of Calhoun was the Edward later of
>> Pike,
>> but it's worth looking into. Does anyone have access to the 1855 Pike
>> county census?
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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Received on Sat May 24 2014 - 13:57:38 CDT