James Watson Cooley

1843 - 1924  (81 years)

• Name	James Watson Cooley  [1, 2]
  Birth	12 Mar 1843	Pittsford, Hillsdale Co, Michigan   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Abt Jul 1924	Leonardson Cem, Jefferson Twp, Hillsdale Co, Michigan   [5]
  Death	20 Jul 1924	Grand Rapids, Kent Co, Michigan   [6]
  Person ID	I1164	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2010

  
  

  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   [7]
  Family ID	F551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Armilla Howell,   b. Abt 1845, Michigan d. Abt 1902, Michigan (Age ~ 57 years)
  Marriage	3 Jun 1870	Michigan   [8]
  Children	1. Justin Winthrop Cooley,   b. 5 Nov 1877, Ottawa Lake, Lapeer Co, Michigan d. [?]
  Family ID	F567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2008

  
  

• Sources

  [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. ). [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1850 Michigan Hillsdale county Pittsford twp (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), 1860 Michigan, Hillsdale Co, Pittsford (Reliability: 3). Samuel T. Cooley 56; Lydia 45; Rebecca 21; William 19; J Watson 17 [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1870 Michigan, Hillsdale Co, Pittsford (Reliability: 3). Samuel T. Cooley 64; Lydia 55; Arvilla 25 (wife of James Watson) [S499] USGenWeb MI, (Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ), Hillsdale County MI Archives Cemeteries.....Leonardson Cemetery (Reliability: 3). [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. ). James Watson, b. 12 Mar 1843 Pittsford, MI, d. 20 Jul 1924 Grand Rapids, MI, m 30 Jun 1870 Pittsford MI Armilla Howell; mother Electa Woodruff died three weeks after this birth approx 2 Apr 1843 [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." [S493] George Richard Cooley, George Cooley, Page 1 of Cooley Line pedigree (Reliability: 3).