Benjamin Cooley Sutherland^[1]

1810 - 1867  (56 years)

• Name	Benjamin Cooley Sutherland  [2]
  Birth	18 Jun 1810	Sutherland Falls, Rutland Co, Vermont   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  AFN	1QP9-XBT
  Death	31 Jan 1867	Ray Twp, Macomb Co., Mich.   [2, 3]
  Burial	18 Feb 1867	Ray Twp, Macomb Co., Mich.   [3]
  Person ID	I1033	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Andrew Sutherland,   b. 3 Sep 1776, Sutherland Falls, Charlotte Co, New York d. 27 Feb 1836, Cambria, Niagara Co, New York (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Naomi Cooley,   b. 6 Oct 1788, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Republic of Vermont d. 15 Dec 1870, Romeo, Macomb Co, Michigan (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	6 Jan 1807	Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont   [4]
  Family ID	F476	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Phebe Marble,   b. 11 Oct 1822   d. 21 May 1856, Romeo, Macomb Co, Michigan (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	17 Sep 1840	Macomb County, Michigan   [5]
  	On 17 September 1840 Benjamin Cooley Sutherland married Phebe Marble who was born 11 October 1822 and died 21 May 1856. Benjanin Cooley Sutherland married second on 18 December 1856 Mandana Marble, Phebe's sister. Mandana was born 11 October 1826 and died 18 December 1908. [5]
  Children	1. Andrew Cooley Sutherland,   b. 17 Jul 1841, Ray Twp, Macomb Co., Michigan d. 20 Sep 1866, Romeo, Macomb Co, Michigan (Age 25 years)   2. Abigail Naomi Sutherland,   b. 15 Apr 1843, Hadley Twp, Lapeer Co, Michigan d. 16 Aug 1921, Hadley Twp, Lapeer Co, Michigan (Age 78 years)   3. Carroll Sutherland,   b. 30 Jun 1845, Ray Twp, Macomb Co., Mich. d. 11 Aug 1855, Ray Twp, Macomb Co., Mich. (Age 10 years)   4. Charles Sutherland,   b. 21 Nov 1847, Ray Twp, Macomb Co., Michigan d. 9 Apr 1926, Chelsea, Washtenaw, Michigan (Age 78 years)   5. Hannah Sutherland,   b. Abt 1849, Macomb County, Michigan d. Abt 1876, Oxford Cem, Oakland Co, Michigan (Age ~ 27 years)   6. Caroline M Sutherland,   b. 22 Feb 1852, Macomb County, Michigan d. 28 Sep 1855, Macomb County, Michigan (Age 3 years)   7. Addison Sutherland,   b. 5 Apr 1854, Macomb County, Michigan d. 1 Feb 1926, Elba, Lapeer Co, Michigan (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Mandana Marble,   b. 11 Oct 1826   d. 18 Dec 1908, Macomb County, Michigan (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	18 Dec 1856	Macomb County, Michigan   [5]
  Children	1. Lewis Cass Sutherland,   b. 25 Jan 1859, Macomb County, Michigan d. 24 Mar 1946, Hadley Twp, Lapeer Co, Michigan (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F889	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2021

  
  

• Notes

  From the Cooley Genealogy "Benjamin Cooley Sutherland was a physician". From the same source Benjamin was married to an unamed wife, the issue of which was at least one son, Charles, "who res Washingtion DC". Also noted "had other children". Benjamin C Cooley's residence in 1830 was Cambria, Niagara Co, New York. From the Owings book: Benjamin Cooley[4] (Andrew[3] Peter[2] John william[1]) was born 18 June 1810 in Pittsford, Vermont and died Thursday 31 January 1867 in Ray township, Macomb county, Michigan. In his brother (Andrew Sutherland Jr) describes him as being not too tall, but built rather compactly, and was a faithful and affectionate brother. He had a deep concern for all his brothers and sisters. He was scholarly, learning easily. He was very apt at learning languages, and was a beautiful singer. He first attended the Academy at Lewiston, then the Seminary at Lima, New York. He studied medicine with Dr. Drill of Lewiston, and took lectures at Herkimer county, then practiced awhile in Niagara county. To get practice in surgery he went among the Navy Islanders during the Navy Island war*, but he escaped capture and cane back to Niagara Falls. Afterwards he went to Macomb county, Michigan had settled in the town of Ray near Romeo. Here he practiced medicine and raised a family. *Navy Island is a small island in the Niagara River in the province of Ontario, managed by Parks Canada as a National Historic Site of Canada. It is located about 4.5 km upstream from Horseshoe Falls, and has an area of roughly 1.2 km2. It was designated a national historic site in 1921. Navy Island was settled by the Lamoka people in approximately 2000 BC and Meadowood culture peoples in 1000 BC. During the French colonization of New France, Navy Island was known as [6, 7]

  
  

• Sources

  [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1850, US, Michigan, Macomb, Ray; occupation, physician (Reliability: 3). [S289] Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, Cooley Genealogy main, (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1941), p492-3 (Reliability: 3). [S566] Find A Grave website founder Jim Tipton, Findagrave, Gravstone in Procter Cem gives exact birth and death dates; wife on same gravestone (Reliability: 3). [S289] Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, Cooley Genealogy main, (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1941), p 492 (Reliability: 3). [S465] Millie A. Owings, Sutherland, JW, (Unpublished, 1988. Repository: Proctor Free Library, 4 Main St, Proctor Vermont 05765 (802-459-3539) ), p29 (Reliability: 3). [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1830, US, NY, Niagara County, member of the Andrew Sutherland household. (Reliability: 3). [S345] Michael A Leeson, Macomb Co hist, (Chicago, IL: M.A. Leeson & Co., 1882; Culver, Hage, & Hoyne Printers, 118 & 120 Monroe St, Chicago ), p485 (Reliability: 3).