Lewis T. Cooley^[1]

Abt 1842 - 1910  (~ 67 years)

• Name	Lewis T. Cooley  [2, 3]
  Birth	Abt Jan 1842	Garnavillo Twp, Clayton Co, Iowa Territory   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1900-1910	Washington or Nebraska   [7]
  Person ID	I67	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	Andrew Sutherland Cooley,   b. 11 Jul 1804, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont d. 28 Oct 1890, Garnavillo Twp, Clayton Co, Iowa (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Salome Warren,   b. Abt Aug 1809, Massachusetts d. 2 Nov 1895, Elkader, Clayton Co, Iowa (Age ~ 86 years)
  Marriage	10 Mar 1825	Lockport Township, Niagara Co, New York   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F18	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Etta A Wife of Lewis T Cooley,   b. Abt Jul 1852, Howard, Fulton Co, Illinois d. Abt 1935, Port Angeles, Clallam Co, Washington (Age ~ 82 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1876	Probably Clayton County, Iowa   [10]
  Children	1. Elsie Cooley,   b. Abt Apr 1876, Clayton County, Iowa d. Abt 1961, Seattle, King Co, Washington (Age ~ 84 years)   2. Warren Cooley,   b. 28 Oct 1878, Garnavillo, Clayton Co, Iowa d. 2 Sep 1941, Port Angeles, Clallam Co, Washington (Age 62 years)   3. Verlie M Cooley,   b. Abt Sep 1888, South Dakota d. 21 May 1913, Port Angeles, Clallam Co, Washington (Age ~ 24 years)   4. Alta Cooley,   b. Abt Oct 1893, South Dakota d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F580	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2020

  
  

• Notes

  After comparing all available censuses from 1850 thru 1900 a middle initial of "T" rises to the top. The 1850 census was especially wrong with his name "Louis F". Also, in Garnavillo: Gem of the Prairie it is spelled "Lewis" with a "T". Census locations of Lewis T CooleyIn 1850 in Andrew S Cooley household in Garnavillo, Clayton Co, Iowa; 1856, same; 1860, same; 1870, separate household; 1880 own houshold in Mendon Co Iowa; on June 1st 1885 in Charles Mix, Dakota Territory; on June 10th 1900 in Dry Creek, Pierce, Nebraska Lewis' death information is unknown. He appeared in the 1900 US Census, NE Dry Creek aged 57 along with his wife Etta A aged 37 and Warren (21), Elsie (13), and Alta (6). He does not appear in any 1920 census while his wife Etta as head of household and son Warren are found in the Port Angeles Washington 1920 census. (Research): There are two Lewis Cooleys listed in the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War website (SUVCW website: http://www.suvcwdb.org) (1) Lewis Newman Cooley buried Bloomington WI and a (2) Lewis F Cooley, served in the 14th Iowa Inf, GAR Post 615 bur Oakridge Cem, Cook Co, IL. Neither of these Lewises are our Lewis so it can be concluded that, although he was registered in the Civil War draft, he was not a Civil War Veteran as was his brother Peter S. Cooley.

  
  

• Sources

  [S664] Conducted by government entity other than the United States of America , Census State or Special, 1885, Dist 128, Charles Mix, Dakota Territory; aged 43 (Reliability: 3). [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1850 Iowa Census (Reliability: 3). [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1880, Iowa, Mendon Twp (Reliability: 3). [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1850 Iowa Census (age revised to 8); and 1860 Iowa census (age 17) (Reliability: 3). [S747] NARA National Archives, Civil War draft, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc., database online, Provo Utah, 2010 ), 3rd Congressional Dist, Dubuque, Delaware, Bremer Counties, State of Iowa enumerated June 1863 Lewis I Cooley, farmer, aged 20 (Reliability: 3). [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1900-US-NE-Pierce-Dry Creek, birth month and year Jan 1842 (Reliability: 3). [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), In 1900 Dry Creek NE census, not in 1910 Port Angeles WA census (Reliability: 3). [S510] Obituary, Obituary by son Stephen Warren Cooley published Elkader Register: November 6, 1890; Locals: Garnavillo (Reliability: 3). [S510] Obituary, The Register, D.G. Griffith & Son, Elkader, Iowa, Friday Morning, Nov. 8, 1895, p5. (Reliability: 3). [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1900-US-NE-Pierce-Dry Creek, Marriage year, 1875 (Reliability: 3).