Jonathan Cooley^{[1, 2]}

1806 - 1872  (66 years)

• Name	Jonathan Cooley
  Birth	21 Apr 1806	Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Sep 1872	Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan   [4]
  	Cause: Dropsy heart.
  Burial	Y  [5]
  Person ID	I2272	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	4 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	Living
  Family ID	F879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Bereavement deaths Jonathan (29 Sep 1872) and Samuel Jr (6 Nov 1872). Samuel Cooley Jr (aged 56) was living in the household of Jonathan Cooley (aged 54) according to the US Census, 1860, Macomb County, Michigan. Then in the 1870 census the situation is reversed: Jonathan aged 64, his wife Martha, aged 62, and their son Samuel G. aged 16, are living in the household of Samuel Jr aged 66. In the 1870 census and on his death record his name is spelled Johnathan. (Medical):Jonathan was noted to have died from "Dropsy heart". Dropsy is an old term for the swelling of soft tissues due to the accumulation of excess water. The modern term is "edema" combined with the cause such as "edema due to congestive heart failure".

  
  

• Sources

  [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1860-US MI, Macomb Co, Bruce, dwelling 1873, family 1970, real estate $3000, personal estate $1500 (Reliability: 3). [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1870-US-MI, Macomb Co, Bruce; dwelling 332, family 334, Jonathan and Martha now live in the Samuel Cooley Jr household (Reliability: 3). [S481] State of Michigan, Mich Deaths, ("Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800), FHL film nr 979574; birth date calculated from 29 Sep 1872 minus 66y5m8d (Reliability: 3). [S481] State of Michigan, Mich Deaths, ("Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800), FHL film nr 979574; d. 29 Sep 1872 in Bruce, Macomb, Mich aged 66y5m8d (Reliability: 3). [S566] Find A Grave website founder Jim Tipton, Findagrave, Memorial ID 12142153. "Jonathan Cooley Died Sep.29,1872 aged 66y5m8d". Calculated birth date, 21 Apr 1806 (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).