Milton Potter Cooley^[1]

1818 - 1894  (76 years)

• Name	Milton Potter Cooley  [2, 3]
  Birth	6 Apr 1818	Niagara County, New York   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Aug 1894	Burr Oak, Saint Joseph Co, Michigan   [5]
  	Cause: Died of "Old Age"
  Person ID	I81	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Noah Cooley,   b. 2 Jul 1782, Pittsford, Republic of Vermont d. Aft 1850 (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Jane Sutherland,   b. 24 Aug 1787, Nine Partners, Dutchess Co, New York d. Bef 1850 (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	24 Jan 1804	Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont   [6]
  	Noted that Jane was age 16 when married (Noah was 21)
  Family ID	F19	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary J Grover,   b. Est 1811, Vermont d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F827	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Charlotte Rolfe Hass,   b. 16 Aug 1823, Elba, Genesee Co, New York d. 22 Mar 1898, Mottville, Saint Joseph Co, Michigan (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	9 Nov 1890	Sturgis, Saint Joseph Co, Michigan   [7]
  Family ID	F783	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Land transaction in Lenawee County, Michigan between Caleb C Cooley and his brother Milton P Cooley. On 25 Nov 1839 Caleb C Cooley of Seneca Township sold to Milton P Cooley of Seneca Township for $600 the SE [8]

  
  

• Sources

  [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1850 New York, Niagara Co, Lockport in the Gormer household (Reliability: 3). [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 ), "Milton Potter Cooley was born 6th of April, 1818, the sun a half hour high at night--Monday" (Reliability: 3). [S289] Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, Cooley Genealogy main, (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1941), p548 (Reliability: 3). [S659] Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing, Mich Marriages, (Database with images. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 30 April 2019. Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing. ). [S481] State of Michigan, Mich Deaths, ("Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800), Date of Death, Aug 28 1894; Widowed; Age 77y2m8d; Died of "old age"; Occ: Carpenter; (Reliability: 3). Milton P Cooley death 21 Aug 1894-combined-smaller.jpg [S300] Caverly, A.M. (Pittsford Historical Society, 1976), Pittsford Hist, (Tuttle & Co. Printers, Rutland, Vt, 1872). [S659] Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing, Mich Marriages, (Database with images. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 30 April 2019. Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing. ), Return of marriages in the County of St Joseph for the quarter ending Dec 31 1890 (Reliability: 3). [S725] FamilySearch.org, NY land records, (Land and property records from the New York Land Office and county courthouses. The records include land grants, patents, deeds, and mortgages. This collection includes all counties except Franklin, Nassau, and Queens. Researchers, please note that the Oneida County records will be found with the Herkimer County records. ), pp 29, 117, 215, 363 (Reliability: 3).