Anthony W. Cooley^[1]

1793 - Abt 1860  (66 years)

• Name	Anthony W. Cooley
  Birth	27 Oct 1793	Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1860	Paw Paw, Van Buren Co, Michigan   [3]
  Person ID	I2203	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Reuben Cooley,   b. 25 Apr 1752, Quabbin Parish, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts d. 13 Apr 1835, Portage, Kalamazoo Co, Michigan (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Living
  Family ID	F787	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amanda Stanley,   b. Abt 1799, Goshen, Litchfield Co, Connecticut d. 16 Sep 1860, Paw Paw, Van Buren Co, Michigan (Age ~ 61 years)
  Family ID	F852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2020

  
  

• Notes

  From CG: "Anthony Cooley lived in Kalamazoo, Mich, on Edward Street, and later moved to Paw Paw. He was a farmer, and a painter of considerable reputation. Two of his paintings hang now in the Kalamazoo Public Library. He bore the title of Col Anthony Cooley, though his military service has not been established. He may have served in the New York State Militia or in the War of 1812. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Michigan and Huron Institute, founded in Kalamazoo in 1833, and was also a member of the Executive committee of the school". From a paragraph in the Kalamazoo Museum local history: "Cooley, Benjamin" in a document having to do with men from Kalamazoo County Michigan who participated in the California Gold Rush: "Four Cooley brothers, Thomas, Arad, Anthony, and Benjamin, came to Kalamazoo County in May of 1831. His name variously spelled Anthony or Antony. His uncle's given name was spelled Antoney. His name was preceded by "Col." but there is no military record. [3, 4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1850-US-Michigan-Van Buren Co, Antony Cooley aged 56 in household of Charles Selleck and wife Fidelia Selleck (Reliability: 3). [S289] Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, Cooley Genealogy main, (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1941), pp 496-97. "Birth dates taken from letter from Village Clerk of Greenwich, 1927" (Reliability: 4). [S289] Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, Cooley Genealogy main, (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1941), pp552-553 (Reliability: 3). [S534] Website, https://kalamazoomuseum.org/localhistory/goldrush/goldrush8.pdf (Reliability: 3).