Maria Wentworth^[1]

1823 - 1900  (77 years)

• Name	Maria Wentworth  [2, 3]
  Birth	5 Dec 1823	New York   [2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Burial	Abt Dec 1900	Emerick Cemetery, Madison Co, Nebraska   [6]
  Death	18 Dec 1900	Norfolk, Madison Co, Nebraska   [2]
  Person ID	I1688	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	John Wentworth,   b. 4 Nov 1795   d. 26 Feb 1879, Garnavillo Twp, Clayton Co, Iowa (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Ann Dennis,   b. 19 Sep 1802, Olive, Ulster Co, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1 Jan 1820	Iowa   [7]
  Family ID	F704	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Stephen Warren Cooley,   b. 31 Oct 1831, Oakland County, Michigan d. 31 Dec 1906, Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1 Mar 1854	Clayton County, Iowa   [8]
  	Warren was Maria's second marriage. Her first was to John Freeman who died 30 Jun 1850. Their marriage date was 8 Jun 1848 and they had one child Nettie Freeman b. 1849 in Pittsford, Monroe Co, NY.
  Children	1. Albert Wallace Cooley,   b. 14 Mar 1856, Garnavillo Twp, Clayton Co, Iowa d. 5 Feb 1886, Clayton County, Iowa (Age 29 years)   2. Luella Cooley,   b. 20 Apr 1860, Garnavillo Twp, Clayton Co, Iowa d. 14 Oct 1916, Iowa (Age 56 years)   3. Ida May Cooley,   b. 2 Feb 1864, Garnavillo Twp, Clayton Co, Iowa d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2020

  
  

  Family 2	John Freeman   d. 30 Jul 1850
  Marriage	8 Jun 1848  [3]
  Children	1. Nettie Freeman,   b. 15 Aug 1849, Pittsford, Monroe Co, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F703	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2013

  
  

• Notes

  Maria Wentworth can be found in the "The Wentworth Genealogy: English and American", Little Brown & Company, Boston, 1878. Her parents were John Wentworth (1795-1879) and Ann Dennis b. 1802. ObituaryGrandma Cooley mother of Mrs R.C. Miles and Mrs Wilcox and Mrs Moody of Dakota City, died Tuesday morning at the Miles home in this city, of old age and general debility. She was 77 years of age. Funeral services Thursday morning at 9:30 at the house, the remains being taken to Emerick for burial. She leaves an aged husband and three daughters as her immediate family, besides son-in-law and grandchildren and one great grandchild. - Norfolk Weekly News-Journal, 21 Dec 1900, p2, Norfolk, Madison Co, Nebraska

  
  

• Sources

  [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1900 Nebraska, Madison Co, Battle Creek, 76 years old (Reliability: 3). Stephen & Maria Cooley gravestone.jpg [S484] Larson, Ralph K., Gravestone Emerick, Transcription (Reliability: 3). [S581] John Wentworth, LLD, Wentworth, (Little Brown & Company, Boston, 1878), Vol 2, Page 347 (Reliability: 3). [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1870, Iowa, Clayton County, Clayton Township, Page No. 10, Enumeration date: 12 Aug 1870 (Reliability: 3). [S581] John Wentworth, LLD, Wentworth, (Little Brown & Company, Boston, 1878), Vol 2, Page 347 (Reliability: 3). 2866. Maria Wentworth born 5 December 1823; married, 1st, 6 August 1848, John Freeman, who died 30 July 1850; 2nd, at Garnavillo, Iowa, 1 March 1854, Stephen Warren Cooley. She had by her first husband: 1.. Nettie M. Freeman, bom 15 August 1849, at Pittsford, NY; was a school teacher at Garnavillo, Iowa. Maria had, by her second husband (besides three who died in infancy): 2. Albert Wallace Cooley, born 14 March 1856, 3. Luella Cooley, bom 20 April 1860, 4. Ida May Cooley, bom 26 Febmary 1864. [S484] Larson, Ralph K., Gravestone Emerick, Gravestone picture and transcription (Reliability: 3). Stephen & Maria Cooley gravestone.jpg [S581] John Wentworth, LLD, Wentworth, (Little Brown & Company, Boston, 1878), Vol 2, Page 31 (Reliability: 3). [S471] Clayton County, Iowa, Clayton County Marriages, Vol 1, Page 81; Robt. C. Drips, JP officiating (Reliability: 4).