Byron Cooley^{[1, 2, 3]}

1834 - 1917  (83 years)

• Name	Byron Cooley  [4, 5]
  Birth	28 Jan 1834	Michigan   [4, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Abt Jul 1917	Boon Eastside Cem, Wexford Co, Michagan   [7]
  Death	16 Jul 1917	Grand Blanc, Genesee, Michigan, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I1161	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Samuel Thurman Cooley,   b. 30 Mar 1806, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont d. 4 Jan 1892, Jonesville, Hillsdale Co, Michigan (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Electa F. Woodruff,   b. Abt Jul 1806, New York d. 5 Apr 1843, Pittsford, Hillsdale Co, Michigan (Age ~ 36 years)
  Marriage	3 Feb 1831	Oakland County, Michigan   [8]
  Family ID	F551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Elizabeth Collins,   b. 23 May 1842, New York d. 19 Jun 1890, Wexford County, Michigan (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	15 Feb 1860	Hillsdale County, Michigan   [9]
  	Despite this marriage date, Lydia Cooley is found in the 1850 US census, MI, Hillsdale Co, Pittsford, aged 36. The date of enumeration was the 13th day of August 1850.
  Children	1. Jennie Josephine Cooley,   b. Abt Sep 1865, Pittsford, Hillsdale Co, Michigan d. Abt Sep 1956, Audubon, Camden Co, New Jersey (Age ~ 91 years)   2. George Cooley,   b. Abt 1868, Michigan d. Yes, date unknown   3. Charles Cooley,   b. Abt 1870, Michigan d. Yes, date unknown   4. Grace Cooley,   b. Abt 1879, Michigan d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F571	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Byron Cooley, telegraph operator, freight and United States Express agent, at Napoleon, was born in Oakland county, Mich., Jan. 28, 1834, the son of Samuel L. and Electa Cooley, nee Woodruff. His father's occupation was always farming, at which he is still engaged, in Hillsdale county, Mich.; his mother died in 1846, when Byron was only a small boy, and his father afterward was married to Lydia Carter. The subject of this sketch received his education in the common schools of Hillsdale county, and remained with his father on the farm until 23 years old, when he chose the occupation of railroading, and commenced as teamster on the MS&NIRR [Morenci Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad], and now the LS&MSRR [Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad] and continued to work, first at one thing and then another, until now he has charge of the present office, having continued in the employ of said road from the first until the present. He was married in 1860 to Sarah E. Collins, who was born in New York. Their family consists of 4 children--George, Jennie, Charles and Grace. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity at Hillsdale, Lodge No. 83. Note: At the time of the 1910 U.S. census, he was living in the household of his son-in-law, Charles O. Machan, who married his daughter Grace. [10]

  
  

• Sources

  [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1870 Michigan, Hillsdale, Jefferson; age 36 (Reliability: 3). Byron, 36; Sarah, 30; Jennie, 4; George, 2; Charlie, 8/12 [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1880 Michigan, Jackson, Napoleon; age 46; occupation: Station Agent (Reliability: 3). Byron, 46; Sarah, 38; Jennie, 14; George, 12; Charlie, 10; Grace, 1 [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1910 Michigan, Genessee, Grand Blanc; age 75; widowed (Reliability: 3). Charles O. Machan, 37; Grace G., 33; Noreen, 3; Charles Lloyd, 1 3/12; Byron Cooley 75 [S478] Gravestone, Boone Eastside Cemetery, Wexford Co, Michigan (Reliability: 3). [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1850 Michigan, Hillsdale Co, Pittsford (Reliability: 3). Roll 351, page 365, dwelling #143, family #143, enumerated 13 Aug 1850; Samuel T. Cooley; Age: 43; Occupation: Farmer; bp: Vermont Lydia; Age 36; bp: New York; Byron; Age: 17; bp: Michigan (Occ: Farmer); Rebecca; Age 11; bp: Michigan; William; Age 9; bp: Michigan; Watson; Age 7; bp: Michigan; Eliza J Carter; Age 16; bp: New York, Franklin; Age 25; bp: New York [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1850 Michigan, Hillsdale Co, Pittsford (Reliability: 3). [S478] Gravestone, Boone Eastside Cemetery, Wexford Co, Michigan (Reliability: 3). Byron Cooley gravestone.jpg [S490] Madeline Evelyn Lutz, Sam T Cooley line collected papers, (M.E. Lutz was dau of Justin Winthrop Cooley who was the son of James Watson Cooley who was the son of Samuel Thurman Cooley, son of Noah Cooley and Jane Sutherland. ), Pontiac, Michigan (Reliability: 3). Casting doubt on these marriage data is the name "Harriet Electa Woodruff". All succeeding data plus her gravestone indicate "Electa F." [S495] Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, Michigan Marriages, Marrriage Date: 15 Feb 1860; County: Hill; State: MI (Reliability: 3). [S537] County-appointed writers, Iowa counties history, History of Jackson County Michigan, Inter-state Publishing Co, 1881 (Reliability: 3). Byron-Cooley-telegrapher-book.jpg