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Samuel Thurman Cooley

Samuel Thurman Cooley[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1806 - 1892  (85 years)

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  • Name Samuel Thurman Cooley  [5, 6] 
    Birth 30 Mar 1806  Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 Jan 1892  Jonesville, Hillsdale Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Burial 6 Jan 1892  Goodrich Cemetery, Hillsdale Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Person ID I78  Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
    Last Modified 24 May 2021 

    Father Noah Cooley,   b. 2 Jul 1782, Pittsford, Republic of Vermont Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850 (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Jane Sutherland,   b. 24 Aug 1787, Nine Partners, Dutchess Co, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1850 (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jan 1804  Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Noted that Jane was age 16 when married (Noah was 21)
    Family ID F19  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Electa F. Woodruff,   b. Abt Jul 1806, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1843, Pittsford, Hillsdale Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 36 years) 
    Marriage 3 Feb 1831  Oakland County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
     1. Byron Cooley,   b. 28 Jan 1834, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 1917, Grand Blanc, Genesee, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     2. Woodruff Cooley,   b. 1 Sep 1837, Pittsford, Hillsdale Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1841, Pittsford, Hillsdale Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)
     3. Rebecca Cooley,   b. 30 Mar 1839, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. William Woodruff Cooley,   b. 10 Apr 1841, Pittsford, Hillsdale Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1925, Jonesville, Hillsdale Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     5. James Watson Cooley,   b. 12 Mar 1843, Pittsford, Hillsdale Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1924, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F551  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Oct 2008 

    Family 2 Lydia Carter,   b. 10 Sep 1814, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1887, Pittsford, Hillsdale Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1844  Hillsdale County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Family ID F254  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Oct 2008 

  • Photos
    About 1889    		About 1889
    Samuel T Cooley house built 1838    		Samuel T Cooley house built 1838

  • Notes 
    • Source is Cooley Family Genealogy, however I have added the "T" middle initial from Michigan census data (1830). Later note: From Memo of Age I have changed initial 'T' to the full middle name Thurman.
      The following is from the "Samuel T Cooley Memorial Report", Michigan Historical Commission, v21, p125 and Michigan Pioneer Collection: Samuel Thurman Cooley was born at Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont March 30, 1806 The Noah Cooley family including Samuel Thurman Cooley removed to the State of New York shortly after the conclusion of the War of 1812; about 1815. Samuel along with two brothers, Andrew and Caleb came to Oakland County, Territory of Michigan in 1830. Samuel [settled near his brother Andrew in Franklin Township], then removed to Pittsford, Hillsdale County Michigan in 1835, where he resided until July 14, 1890, at which date he removed to Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Michigan, where he resided with his son William Cooley until his death which occured Jan. 4, 1892. Jonesville is about 17 miles northwest of Pittsford. Samuel was married in 1830 to Miss Electa Woodrull of the state of New York who died April 5 1843 at Pittsford Michigan. He was again united in marriage with Mrs. Lydia Carter in 1844, who died Nov 19 1887. Three sons and one daughter survive him by his first marriage, one son by this marriage dying in infancy. Byron Cooley born Jan 28 1834, Woodrull Cooley, born 1836, died in infancy; Rebecca O. Cooley born March 30 1839; William Cooley born April 10 1841, James W. Cooley born March 12 1843. He leaves no children by his second marriage. He was a consistent Christian and a member of the M.E. church his whole life.
      From BLM records #MI NO S/N Document No. 5242, Accession MIO110_273: Land Office Detroit issued a patent to Samuel T Cooley, State of Michigan, 69.12 acres on 7/10/1832 as follows: E [13]
    • (Research):Samuel T Cooley appears in the 1850 and 1854 Michigan censuses, Hillsdale County. Along with his immediate family members there appear Eliza J. Carter, Age 16, born in New York (abt 1834) and Franklin Cooley, Age 25, born in New York (abt 1825). It is probable that Franklin was a brother of Samuel T, son of Noah and Jane. The name Franklin is more likely that the name "Benjamin" which appears in the error prone appendix of Caverly's History of Pittsford.

      1850 - Hillsdale County MI
      Dwelling 143 Family 143
      Samuel T. Cooley 43 M Farmer $100 b in VT
      Lydia 36 F b in NYByron 17 M Farmer b in MI approx birth year: 1832/3 Rebecca 11 F b in MI approx birth year: 1838/9 William 9 M b in MI approx birth year: 1840/1 Watson 7 M b in MI approx birth year: 1842/3 Eliza F Cooley 16 F b in NY approx birth year: 1833/4 Franklin Cooley 25 M Farmer b in NY approx birth year: 1824/5

      1860 - Hillsdale County MI
      Dwelling 459 Family 248 --- yes I know...how?Samuel T. Cooley 56 M Farmer $1200 real estate value b in VT 512 personal property value Lydia 45 F b in NY approx birth year: 1814/5 Rebecca 21 F b in MI approx birth year: 1838/9 William 19 M Day Labor b in MI approx birth year: 1840/1 J Watson 17 M as ao b in MI approx birth year: 1842/3

      1870 - Hillsdale County MI
      Dwelling 132 Family 137Cooley, Samuel 64 M W Farmer $2000 $1000 Vermont approx birth year: 1805/6 Lydia 55 F W Keeping house New York approx birth year: 1814/5 James 27 M W Works on RR Michigan approx birth year: 1852/3 Arvilla 25 F W Keeping house Michigan approx birth year: 1854/5
      probable wife of James Watson

      880 - Hillsdale County MI
      Dwelling 133 Family 136Cooley, Samuel T W M Married Farmer VT VT VT approx birth year ???? Lydia W F 65 Wife Married Keeping house NY ???? RI approx birth year 1804/5

      The Cooley papers summarize:
      1810(est) - [Noah Cooley] family moved to New York State (After the War of 1812 is more lilkely) 1829-30 - Samuel T [and brother Andrew S] left Lockport NY for Pontiac/Southfield MI - came to Detroit and settled in Pontiac
      1831 - [Samuel T] wed to Electa Woodruff in Pontiac MI1833 - 1835 [The Samuel T Cooley family] left Southfield, MI and moved to Pittsford/Jonesville, MI. Five children grew up in a "log cabin in the woods". 1843 - Electa died when James Watson was only three weeks old.
      1844 - [Samuel T] married Lydia Carter1892 - [Samuel T Cooley] died in home of son, William, in Jonesville MI

  • Sources 
    1. [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1850 Michigan, Hillsdale Co, Pittsford (Reliability: 3).
      Roll 351, page 365, dwelling #143, family #143, enumerated 13 Aug 1850; Samuel T. Cooley; Age: 43; Occupation: Farmer; bp: Vermont Lydia; Age 36; bp: New York; Byron; Age: 17; bp: Michigan (Occ: Farmer); Rebecca; Age 11; bp: Michigan; William; Age 9; bp: Michigan; Watson; Age 7; bp: Michigan; Eliza J Carter; Age 16; bp: New York, Franklin; Age 25; bp: New York

    2. [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1860 Michigan, Hillsdale Co, Pittsford (Reliability: 3).
      Samuel T. Cooley 56; Lydia 45; Rebecca 21; William 19; J Watson 17

    3. [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1870 Michigan, Hillsdale Co, Pittsford (Reliability: 3).
      Samuel T. Cooley 64; Lydia 55; Arvilla 25 (wife of James Watson)

    4. [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1880 Michigan, Hillsdale Co, Pittsford (Reliability: 3).
      Samuel T, age ?; Lydia 65

    5. [S479] Unknown, Memo of Age, ("The writing below is from a copy of a memorandum of the Cooleys'"; This paper is copied from apocryphal sources handed down through the Samuel Thurman Cooley line ), "Samuel Thurman Cooley was born Sunday Morning, the sun a half hour high, 30th of March, 1806. Grandfather of James Watson Cooley" (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S289] Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, Cooley Genealogy main, (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1941), p548 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S479] Unknown, Memo of Age, ("The writing below is from a copy of a memorandum of the Cooleys'"; This paper is copied from apocryphal sources handed down through the Samuel Thurman Cooley line ), Exact date 30 Mar; year 1808 verified (Reliability: 1).
      "Samuel Thurman Cooley was born Sunday Morning, the sun a half hour high, 30th of March, 1806. Grandfather of James Watson Cooley". According to Samuel's gravestone his birth date would have been 31 Mar 1806 given date of death 4 Jan 1892 aged 85y9m4d

    8. [S498] Goodrich Cem, West side of monument (Reliability: 3).
      Samuel T Cooley/DIED/Jan. 4, 1892/Aged/85y 9m/& 4 Ds

    9. [S2] Kala Varner; FrmMyHrt@aol.com, Kala Varner.

    10. [S300] Caverly, A.M. (Pittsford Historical Society, 1976), Pittsford Hist, (Tuttle & Co. Printers, Rutland, Vt, 1872).

    11. [S490] Madeline Evelyn Lutz, Sam T Cooley line collected papers, (M.E. Lutz was dau of Justin Winthrop Cooley who was the son of James Watson Cooley who was the son of Samuel Thurman Cooley, son of Noah Cooley and Jane Sutherland. ), Pontiac, Michigan (Reliability: 3).
      Casting doubt on these marriage data is the name "Harriet Electa Woodruff". All succeeding data plus her gravestone indicate "Electa F."

    12. [S490] Madeline Evelyn Lutz, Sam T Cooley line collected papers, (M.E. Lutz was dau of Justin Winthrop Cooley who was the son of James Watson Cooley who was the son of Samuel Thurman Cooley, son of Noah Cooley and Jane Sutherland. ), m(2) in 1844 in Hillsdale MI, Lydia Carter (Reliability: 3).

    13. [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1850 Michigan Hillsdale county Pittsford twp (Reliability: 3).


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