Byron Cooley[1, 2, 3]

Male 1834 - 1917  (83 years)


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  • Name Byron Cooley  [4, 5
    Birth 28 Jan 1834  Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6
    Gender Male 
    Burial Abt Jul 1917  Boon Eastside Cem, Wexford Co, Michagan Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Death 16 Jul 1917  Grand Blanc, Genesee, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1892, Jonesville, Hillsdale Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Electa F. Woodruff,   b. Abt Jul 1806, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1843, Pittsford, Hillsdale Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 36 years) 
    Marriage 3 Feb 1831  Oakland County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Family ID F551  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Elizabeth Collins,   b. 23 May 1842, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1890, Wexford County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage 15 Feb 1860  Hillsdale County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Sep 1956, Audubon, Camden Co, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 91 years)
     2. George Cooley,   b. Abt 1868, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Charles Cooley,   b. Abt 1870, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Grace Cooley,   b. Abt 1879, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 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 
    1. [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

    2. [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

    3. [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

    4. [S478] Gravestone, Boone Eastside Cemetery, Wexford Co, Michigan (Reliability: 3).

    5. [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

    6. [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1850 Michigan, Hillsdale Co, Pittsford (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S478] Gravestone, Boone Eastside Cemetery, Wexford Co, Michigan (Reliability: 3).
      Byron Cooley gravestone.jpg
      Byron Cooley gravestone.jpg


    8. [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."

    9. [S495] Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, Michigan Marriages, Marrriage Date: 15 Feb 1860; County: Hill; State: MI (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S537] County-appointed writers, Iowa counties history, History of Jackson County Michigan, Inter-state Publishing Co, 1881 (Reliability: 3).
      Byron-Cooley-telegrapher-book.jpg
      Byron-Cooley-telegrapher-book.jpg




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