William Cooley

1808 - 1887  (79 years)

• Name	William Cooley
  Birth	26 Jun 1808	Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Nov 1887	Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan   [2]
  Person ID	I2273	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	10 Mar 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   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lucretia Hindz,   b. 22 Feb 1812, Vermont d. 23 Jun 1836, Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan (Age 24 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1835	Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan   [1]
  Children	1. James H. Cooley,   b. 18 Oct 1835, Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan d. 5 Sep 1837, Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F882	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Henrietta L. Crippin,   b. 1 Mar 1821, Covington, Genesee Co, New York d. Est 1890 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	29 Jan 1840	Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan   [1]
  Children	1. Charles Dwight Cooley,   b. 13 Jan 1842, Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan d. 14 Aug 1913, Romeo, Macomb Co, Michigan (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2021

  
  

• Notes

  WILLIAM COOLEY was bom June 26, 1808, in Pittsford, Rutland Co.. Vt; is son of Samuel and Polly Dike Cooley. The former was bom November 14, 1775, in Pittsford, Vt and died in Bruce, Mich., February 2, 1843; the latter was born in Chittenden, Rutland Co., Vt, August 4, 1781, and died September 10, 1838, in Bruce. Samuel Cooley Sr left Vermont in 1816, and engaged in farming in Cambria, Niagara Co., N. Y., and in 1832 settled in Bruce, Mich. Mr. Cooley, of this sketch, was employed as a carder and cloth-dresser in Niagara County, N. Y. In 1832, he came to Michigan and purchased 120 acres of land in Bruce, returning to New York in the fall of that year, intending to remain. He was persuaded to come back with his father, to whom he sold his land and bought eighty acres more, on which he has since pursued the vocation of a farmer. He has been the owner of several farms and a considerable amount of timber land. He was married, January 1, 1835, to Lucretia Hindz, of Cambria, N. Y., a native of Vermont. She was born February 22, 1812. They have one child, James H., born October 18, 1835, and died September 5, 1837. Mrs, Cooley died June 23, 1836, in Bruce. Mr Cooley was married Jan 29 1840 to Henrietta L, daughter of Charles and Diadamis Scranton Crippen of Washington, Macomb County. She was bom March 1, 1821, in Covington, Genesee Co, N.Y. They have one child, Charles D., born January 13, 1842, in Bruce. Mrs Cooley belongs to the Free Baptist Church of Bruce. Mr. Cooley is a member of the orders of Masonry and Odd Fellows. In politics, he is a Democrat. His farm includes 160 acres of land, well improved with a substantial frame house and accessory buildings. William was a Justice of the Peace in 1836. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S345] Michael A Leeson, Macomb Co hist, (Chicago, IL: M.A. Leeson & Co., 1882; Culver, Hage, & Hoyne Printers, 118 & 120 Monroe St, Chicago ), pp747-48 (Reliability: 3). [S716] Secretary of State of Michigan, Michigan Deaths 1867-1952, Return of deaths in the county of Macomb, p194, Record nr 42; date of return: Aug 6th 1888 (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).