Asenath Cooley^{[1, 2]}

1798 - 1872  (74 years)

• Name	Asenath Cooley  [3]
  Birth	27 Aug 1798	Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont   [4]
  Gender	Female
  Burial	Abt Oct 1872	Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake Co, Utah Territory   [4, 5]
  Death	1 Oct 1872	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co, Utah Territory   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I1307	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Samuel Cooley,   b. 14 Nov 1775, Pittsford, Charlotte Co, New York d. Abt 1843-1846, Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Polly Dike,   b. 4 Aug 1781, Chittenden, Charlotte Co, New York d. 10 Sep 1838, Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	5 Oct 1797	Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Augustus Neal,   b. 3 Oct 1794, Wakefield, Rockingham Co, New Hampshire d. 15 Oct 1874, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co, Utah (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	30 Jan 1820	Cambria Twp, Niagara Co, New York   [8]
  Children	1. Mary Melissa Neal,   b. 31 Jul 1824, Cambria Twp, Niagara Co, New York d. Yes, date unknown   2. William Cooley Neal,   b. 1 Jul 1828, Cambria Twp, Niagara Co, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Asenath Cooley, aged 53, and her husband George Augustus Neal, aged 57, joined the Henry W. Miller Company of about 229 individuals and 63 wagons as it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs) bound for Utah Territory. Members of the company arrived in the Salt Lake Valley 10 September - 2 October 1852. Asenath's death record in Utah shows her birthdate as 27 Aug 1798, same as Irene Cooley yet there is no record of her birth in Pittsford but there is for Irene, her supposed twin sister. (Research):Salt Lake City was founded in 1847 by Mormon Church followers led by Brigham Young. Salt Lake County was officially organized on January 31st 1850. Utah became a state of the United States Jan 4th 1896.

  
  

• Sources

  [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1850 NY Niagara Cambria; George A Neal aged 55, Asenath aged 51 (Reliability: 3). [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1860 Utah Territory, Great Salt Lake City, Ward 17; George A Neal aged 65; Asenath Neal aged 61 (Reliability: 3). [S590] Death cert, State of Utah death certificate 202032 of William Cooley Neal, son of George A Neal b. New Hampshire and Asenath Cooley b. Vermont (Reliability: 3). [S478] Gravestone, Exact birth and death dates inscribed on gravestone. Findagrave Memorial #42554397. (Reliability: 3). [S767] SLC Cemetery records, (Daatabase online, Ancestry.com), Death date 1 Oct 1872 verified; Plit 5358 H-3-13-NO-ROD (Reliability: 3). [S597] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vermont Vital Records, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2013.), Vt Vital records index card, Samuel Cooley m. Polly Dike Oct 5th 1797; recorded by Benj Cooley, Town Clerk (Reliability: 3). [S289] Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, Cooley Genealogy main, (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1941), p547 (Reliability: 3). [S769] Black, Susan Easton, compiler, LDS membership, (Ancestry.com. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013 ).