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Carrie Louella Miller

Carrie Louella Miller

Female 1883 - 1973  (90 years)

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  • Name Carrie Louella Miller  [1] 
    Birth 27 May 1883  Beaman, Grundy Co, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Name Lou 
    Death 10 Aug 1973  Akron, Washington Co, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Cause: Cause: Sudden acute circulatory collapse due to arteriosclerotic heart disease 
    Burial 13 Aug 1973  Otis Cemetery, Washington Co, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Person ID I15  Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2019 

    Father Samuel Jasper Miller,   b. 5 Feb 1851, Near Peru, Miami Co, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1921, Near Anton, Washington Co, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Mary Ellen Nickerson,   b. 12 May 1856, Near New Carlisle, St Joseph Co, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 May 1932, Near Anton, Washington Co, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 11 Feb 1873  Bethany, Harrison Co, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert Berton Cooley,   b. 15 Oct 1875, McGregor, Clayton Co, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1962, Akron, Washington Co, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 3 Jan 1903  Plainview, Pierce Co, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7] 
    • MARRIED At Pierce, Saturday afternoon by Judge Williams Bert Cooley and Miss Lou Miller. The contracting parties both reside northwest of Plainview and are will and favorably known by all. They will make their home with Mr. Cooley's parents for the present. Judge: J.A. Williams, Plainview, Nebraska presiding; Present: Herbert Merton Cooley and Alvina Miller. We extend congratulations. [5, 6]
    Children 
     1. Orville Dale Cooley,   b. 5 Apr 1903, Plainview, Pierce Co, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1994, Riverside, Riverside Co, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     2. Carlyle Berton Cooley,   b. 18 May 1905, Near Plainview, Pierce Co, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1909, Near Plainview, Pierce Co, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
     3. Leo Cooley,   b. 17 Feb 1907, Savage (Royal), Antelope Co, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1907, Savage (Royal), Antelope Co, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     4. Clifford Coyne Cooley,   b. 15 Jul 1912, Otis, Washington Co, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1979, Akron, Washington Co, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     5. Robert Miller Cooley,   b. 20 Sep 1914, Otis, Washington Co, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1992, Rawlins, Carbon Co, Wyoming Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     6. Gwen Cooley,   b. 23 Jan 1921, Otis, Washington Co, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1921, Otis, Washington Co, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F6  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Aug 2022 

  • Photos
    Cooley,Robert B_Miller, Carrie L.jpg    		Cooley,Robert B_Miller, Carrie L.jpg

  • Notes 
    • Carrie Louella Miller was born 27 May 1883 in Beaman, Grundy County, Iowa, thedaughter of Samuel Jasper Miller and Mary Ellen Nickerson. Carrie was the fifth of nine children: (i) Child (1874-1874), (ii) Odes Bert (1875-1943), (iii) Frank Gree(1878-1958), (iv) Walter Vivian (1880-1961), (v) Carrie Louella (1883-1973), (vi) Elvira Ann (1885-1912), (vii) Emma Frances (1889-1945), (viii) Robert Nickerson (1893-1958), (ix) Letta May (1896-1986).
      Some time before 1896[i] Samuel Miller moved from Calhoun County, Iowa to Pierce County, Nebraska. Coincidentally, Robert Reed Cooley (whose son, Robert Berton would become the husband of Carrie in 1903) had moved from Clayton County Iowa to Pierce County, Nebraska before 1894[ii]
      Carrie, better known as Lou, was married to Robert Berton Cooley in Pierce County, Nebraska on 2 Jan 1903. Later that year, they had their first child, Orville Dale. Tragedy was to follow with their next two children, however. Carlyle Berton, "Lyle", was born 18 May 1905 near Plainview but died in childhood on10 May 1909. Leo Cooley was born 17 Feb 1907 but survived only 14 days to 3 Mar 1907. The young couple didn't attempt any more children until 1912.
      Before 1909 Lou and Bert moved to McLean, Nebr, where they both taught school.
      In 1910 three families in Northeastern Nebraska immigrated to plains of northeastern Colorado: The Robert Berton Cooley consisting of Bert, Lou, Dale, and a nephew Beth took up a homestead 4 miles west and 5 miles north of Flagler in Kit Carson County. The Robert Reed Cooley family consisting of RR, Stella his wife and grand nephew Ronald Cooley bought a relinquishment just west of Flagler. The SJ Miller family consisting of SJ, wife Mary Ellen and six children homesteaded in Washington County near Arickaree about 30 miles north of Flagler.
      In order to fulfill the requirements of the Homestead Act of 1862, the properties had to be continuously occupied and improvements made for a period of five years before title was transferred from the Government to the homesteader.
      Dale writes, "When we went to the homestead, there was a sod house already there. It was a one-room affair with a cow-chip-burning stove in one end and a bed in the other."[iii] Bert began teaching, earning $40 per month at the Huntley school about seven miles due north of Flagler while Lou taught at the Van Patten school at $35 per month.
      In the summer of 1910 when school was out Bert joined his Grandpa SJ Miller's threshing crew to run the engine. Since the crops near Flagler had failed in 1910, Grandpa Miller had decided to head north where the crops fared better that year. One day Bert was working about 30 miles north of Flagler near Otis Colo., when he observed the town didn't have a newspaper. That fall Bert began planning for a newspaper in Otis.
      The Otis Independent was born with its first issue published on Jan 5, 1911. Bert took up residence in Otis but, nonetheless, the requirement remained that the property near Flagler be occupied. That task was fulfilled by Lou, Dale, and Beth until 1913 when the property was proved up.
      Life on the Colorado prairie was not a bed of roses for the kids and mom, who continued teaching. Beth had to be "farmed our" (taken to childcare) every morning and Dale accompanied his mom to school. Quoting the Dale Cooley paper:[iv]
      "One day we came home and my mother was about to lay Beth on the bed when she heard the warning, characteristic "w-h-r-r-r" of the rattlesnake. She leaped backwards, went to the stove and got the poker with which she made short work of the rattler. How it to into the house and under the bed, we never knew. Of course, it was an old soddy and so we just had to think that in had been up in the roof area and had fallen down [inside].
      "Another day, my mother went to the barn to get the mare "Bess" out to hitch up to go to town when she again got the "message" from a rattlesnake. This one was near the feedbox in the barn. She came to the house, got the "hog-laig"1 and went back out and with a couple of well-place shots, got rid of that threat. She was an excellent shot with a revolver because she and practiced a lot.
      "Upon another occasion we were coming home from school one evening and she saw a hawk on a fence post. She stopped the horse, got out the trusty .32 and knocked the hawk off the post. She had to admire her own marksmanship so she went up to examine the bird. When she got to it and was reaching down to pick it up the hawk, in its death throes, drove its filthy claws into her leg just above the ankle. She bled very freely and when we got home she got out the old reliable turpentine and Epsom salts and gave herself the treatment. She was afraid of what she called "blood-poisoning" and what we know today as tetanus."
      Mrs. Cooley was a Worthy Matron (presiding officer) of the Order of the Eastern Star[v] and received a pin for 50 year membership in the organization in July 1966. In 1967 she became a life member of the Martha Washington Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
      Lou was active member of the Akron Fortnightly Club, serving as president for one term.[vi]
      Carrie Louella Miller Cooley had been a patient for almost four years in the nursing wing of Washington County Hospital in Akron Colo, when she died 10 Aug 1973. She was buried alongside her husband Robert Berton Cooley in the Otis Colorado Cemetery.
      ---------1 hogleg A large heavy caliber handgun, originally used to refer to a Colt Walker or similar sized revolver. Still in use today when referring to a big bore , long barreled handgun , typically a single action revolver

      ---------------------------------------------------i Letta May Miller was born in Plainview, Pierce Co, Nebraska 18 Mar 1896 ii Glenn Syren Cooley was born in Plainview, Pierce Co, Nebraska on 14 Jul 1894 iii Dale Cooley paper entitled "The Story of the RB Cooley Family in Washington County"
      iv Ibidv The Order of the Eastern Star is a Freemasonry-related fraternal organization open to both men and women. It was established in 1850 by Boston, Massachusetts, lawyer and educator Rob Morris, a former Freemason official. The order is based on teachings from the Bible, but is open to people of all religious beliefs. It has approximately 10,000 chapters in twenty countries and approximately 500,000 members under its General Grand Chapter. Members of the Order are aged 18 and older; men must be Master Masons and women must have specific relationships with Masons. Originally, a woman would have to be the daughter, widow, wife, sister, or mother of a master Mason, but the Order now allows other relatives as well as allowing Job's Daughters, Rainbow Girls, Members of the Organization of Triangle (NY only) and members of the Constellation of Junior Stars (NY only) to become members when of age. The Order was created by Rob Morris in 1850 when, while confined by illness, he set down the principles of the order in his Rosary of the Eastern Star. By 1855, he had organized a "Supreme Constellation" in New York, which chartered chapters throughout the United States. In 1866, Dr. Morris started working with Robert Macoy, and handed the Order over to him while Morris was traveling in the Holy Land. Macoy organized the current system of Chapters, and modified Dr. Morris' Rosary into a Ritual. On December 1, 1874, Queen Esther Chapter No. 1 became the first Prince Hall Affiliate chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star when it was established in Washington, D.C. by Thornton Andrew Jackson. The "General Grand Chapter" was formed in Indianapolis, Indiana on November 6, 1876. Committees formed at that time created the Ritual of the Order of the Eastern Star in more or less its current form. Traditionally, a woman who is elected Associate Conductress will the following year be elected to Conductress, then the next year Associate Matron, and the next year Worthy Matron. A man elected Associate Patron will usually the next year be elected Worthy Patron. Usually the woman who is elected to become Associate Matron will let it be known who she wishes to be her Associate Patron, so the next year they will both go to the East together as Worthy Matron and Worthy Patron. There is no male counterpart to the Conductress and Associate Conductress. Only women are allowed to be Matrons, Conductresses, and the Star Points (Adah, Ruth, etc.) and only men can be Patrons. vi Fortnightly clubs were women's organizations with the object of the group being "mental culture and mutual helpfulness". Each meeting began with the reciting of a short prayer comprising an invocation, petition, and conclusion called the "Collect". Mary Stewart wrote the Collect in 1904 as a member of the Longmont (Colorado} Fortnightly Club. It was written to instill a sense of unity among women working together with wide interests and important goals. The meeting had as its basis a general topic, e.g. Fine Arts, Civil Rights, Education, Conservation, etc. and for each general topic one member developed a specific program, e.g. for Fine Arts, "What Makes a Masterpiece" or for Conservation, "What's Happening to Our Land?" The original Fortnightly Club was established [in Columbia, Mo.] in October 1892 for [University of Missouri, Columbia] faculty wives for the dual purpose of providing "congenial associations for the wives of faculty members" and "building community resources and good will at the University." Fortnightly clubs were affiliated with the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC). The GFWC had its origins in 1890, when Sorosis, a women's literary club founded by journalist Jane Cunningham Croly, issued invitations to other women's literary clubs to form an organization with the goal of uniting "women's clubs to enhance community service by volunteers throughout the world."

      From Beaman's First 100 Years "In the year 1856 Solon S. Beaman bought this land. In 1860 he moved his family (among which was son H.H.) from Rock City, a small village in Stephenson County, Illinois, reaching their Iowa farm September 30, where they went to work to build a new home." "The town of Beaman is located in the northwest quarter of Section 34, in Clay Township, Grundy County. The land was owned by H.H. Beaman and was platted on October 16 and recorded at Grundy Center October 18, 1875 by the Beamans for the town which would always bear the family name. [8]
    • (Medical):I attended the deceased from 11/5/72 to 8/10/73 and last saw her alive on 8/10/73 (signed) R.H. Tedrick, D.O., 501 Main, Akron, Colorado 80720 August 11, 1973 [9]

  • Sources 
    1. [S397] Carrie Louella Miller interviewed by Daniel Berton Cooley, CL Miller 1968 Miller Bible.

    2. [S357] State of Colorado, Colo Death Record, (State of Colorado, Colorado State Department of Public Health; State Registrar or Office of the Local Registrar of Vital Statistics ), State File #12752 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S248] Daniel Berton Cooley, FHN, Otis Cem DBC photo (Reliability: 3).
      Carrie Louella Miller      		 Carrie Louella Miller
      Grave site just north of her husband Robert Berton Cooley


    4. [S395] Claire Ellen Miller, Claire John-SarahAnn, (Sources listed on family group sheet), Sources on FGS (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S414] Pierce County, State of Nebraska, Nebraska Pierce Marriage, page 468 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S415] Neb Plainview News, (Vol XI, No. 2, Friday, Jan 9, 1903).

    7. [S763] https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q213-S6TF : 28 November 2018 , Nebraska marriage index, Marriage, Pierce, Nebraska, US, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln; FHL microfilm 2,021,735.; Berton Cooley and Luella Miller, 03 Jan 1903 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S400] Beaman hist.

    9. [S357] State of Colorado, Colo Death Record, (State of Colorado, Colorado State Department of Public Health; State Registrar or Office of the Local Registrar of Vital Statistics ), State File #12572 (Reliability: 3).


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