Edith Dixie Cooley

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(Medical):Related conditions: Pulmonary edema, pericarditis

Edith married Daniel Thomas Desmond on 4 Apr 1942 in Papillion, Sarpy Co, Nebraska. Daniel was born on 10 Aug 1907 in Sioux City, Woodbury Co, Iowa; died on 4 Aug 1975 in Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois; was buried on 7 Aug 1975 in Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Cook Co, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mert
• Occupation: Crofton, Knox Co, Nebraska; newspaperman

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From Yankton Press and Dakotan, 4 Nov 1914
TRAGEDY AT MISSOURI RIVER
Two Men from Crofton lose lives at river early this morning
THE CAR PLUNGED INTO STREAM
TWO IN CAR ESCAPE AND TELL THRILLING STORY OF ACCIDENT O.W. Cass, a druggist of Crotfton Neb, and H.M. Cooley, editor of the Crofton Journal were drowned in the Missouri River at 2 o'clock this morning when Mr. Cass' auto, a Ford, plunged over the side of the pontoon bridge into 12 to 14 feet of water. O.D. Salley, barber, and L.S. Ross, jeweler, also of Crofton, were members of the party but although both experienced the terrible plunge into the river and hit the sandbar at the bottom, both managed to rise clear of the car and get to shore but hardly able to relate how; Salley especially, who was nearly drowned, is in a state of collapse over the loss of his intimate friend, Mr. Cooley.
[The bodies of Cass and Cooley were never found]

(Medical):Car plunged from the Yankton Pontoon Bridge into the Missouri River, body never recovered.

Occupation:
until his death in 1914

Herbert married Edith Jones on 29 Jun 1910 in Crofton, Knox Co, Nebraska. Edith (daughter of Richard Thomas Jones, 1 and Josephine Hurley) was born on 15 Aug 1879 in Iowa; died after Aug 1911 in Possibly Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Crofton, Knox Co., Nebraska by the Nebraska Historical Society

RICHARD AND JOSEPHINE JONES
Richard Thomas Jones was born shortly after the family immigrated from Wales and landed at Ellis Island. Their first home in America was in Wisconsin: they later moved to northeast IA (this would be Howard Co., IA). In 1881 Richard Jones and his wife Josephine (Hurley) moved to Knox Co., NE. They and their three children, Edith, Wilbur and Libbie, homesteaded one mile south and one half mile west of Crofton. The farm is now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kohles and their son Kevin and family (at the time of printing anyway...not sure about now) Mr. Jones loved singing which is characteristic of the Welsh people. Even though times were hard and material things were hard to come by, the home was filled with music, games and other forms of creative entertainment. The closest town in the area was Hartington, where they took wheat to be ground into flour. Mrs. Jones churned butter which they exchanged for things they couldn't raise. Mr. Jones passed away in his early 50's. After his death, Mrs. Jones moved into Crofton where she lived in the house located on the lot where Larry Crosley built his home. Edith Jones married Merton Cooley, editor of the Crofton Journal, who later was drowned in the Missouri River following an accident on the pontoon bridge. They had one daughter, Dixie. Edith Jones Cooley passed away when Dixie was three years old. Following her mother's death, Dixie went to live with her grandmother Jones. Libbie Jones was a country school teacher. She passed away at the age of 16 of diphtheria and was buried in the family plot with her father and sister, Edith. Wilbur Jones stayed on the farm and married Laura Rissler. Their family consisted of seven children: Elizabeth, Richard, Wellington, Bob, Bill, Mary Jo and Laurie. Wilbur's mother passed away in 1922 and was buried beside her husband and two daughters, Edith and Libbie. At this time, Dixie Cooley came and made her home with Wilbur and Laura and their family. Wilbur passed away in 1948 and his ashes were scattered on the hills of the farm where he played as a boy.

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ROBERT REED COOLEY ANSWERS LAST CALLThe Flagler (Colorado) News Vol. V, No. 50, 3 Jan 1918, p. 4., col. 3 Will A. Borland, ed This community was grieved last Friday when the word was spread about town that Robert Cooley had passed away on 28 Dec 1917. Mr. Cooley was a man who was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him, and while the writer had known him but two years, still I had learned to love and respect him. His genial disposition and hearty greeting had endeared him to our people and he will be greatly missed in the community. Robert Reed Cooley was born to Andrew Sutherland Cooley and Salome Warren Cooley in Garnavillo, Iowa 14 May 1847 and died at his home near Flagler, Colo., December 28, 1917, at the age of 70 years, 7 months and 14 days, death being due to apoplexy [a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain]. Funeral services were held at the Congregational church in Flagler on Monday morning, December 31st [1918], at 11 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. A. W. Moore. His text was found in Phil. 1-21: "To me, to live is Christ, to die is gain." Businesses of Flagler were closed during services. He lived with his parents in Garnavillo [Clayton County, Iowa] until young manhood, when he and his father, A. S. Cooley, disposed of his [?] property near that place and purchased a farm near McGregor, Iowa, where he was in the lumber business several years. He was united in marriage with Stella A. Owen on December 10, 1874 in McGregor, Clayton County, Iowa. To this union were born four children: Twins Herbert Merton (Mert) and Robert Berton (Bert) on 20 Oct 1875 in McGregor, Clayton County, Iowa; Verne Alton on 8 May 1880 in McGregor, and Glenn Syren on 14 Jul 1894 in Plainview, Pierce County, Nebraska. Herbert Merton was drowned in the Missouri River near Yankton, S.D., 4 Nov 1914 and Verne Alton died at McGregor Iowa, 5 Aug 1881, at the age of 15 months. In the spring of 1886 Robert Reed and his family consisting of himself, wife Stella, and twin sons Mert and Bert moved to Plainview, Nebr., where he resided until the spring of 1910 when he migrated to Kit Carson County Colorado where he bought a relinquishment northwest of Flagler. Robert Cooley was a true man; a man who gave almost his entire life to the service of others. For three years he took care of a helpless brother who was wounded in the Civil War [Peter S. Cooley]. This ordeal practically undermined his health, but he never complained. Mr. Cooley is survived by his wife, Stella, and two sons, Robert Berton of Otis, Colo., and Glenn Syren of Flagler. He is also survived by six grand-children, one of whom, Ronald Cooley, has lived with his grandparents since the death of his mother, Elizabeth Holliday Cooley, in December of 1907. A large number of sympathizing friends and associates assembled to pay their last respects to one whom they loved, and the business houses of Flagler were closed during the services. The floral offerings were abundant and beautiful. The last remains were laid to their final rest in the Flagler cemetery. The News joins with the large circle of friend and acquaintances in extending sympathy to the bereaved wife and children in their time of sorrow.

Card of Thanks, col 3, same edition "We desire to extend our sincere thanks to the neighbors and friends who so kindly gave of their assistance and sympathy during the late illness, death and burial of our loved one, Robert Cooley. We especially wish to thank the business men of Flagler and other, for the beautiful floral offerings." /s/ Mrs. Robert Cooley, Glenn Cooley, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Cooley, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Owen, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Groves, Mrs. L. A. Shaffer, Mrs. Mary I. Hicks

(Medical):I hereby certify that I attended deceased from Dec 22, 1917 to Dec 28, 1917, (signed) H.L. Williams MD, 12/28/1917, Flagler Colorado

Robert married Stella Alfresine Owen on 10 Dec 1874 in McGregor, Clayton Co, Iowa. Stella (daughter of Ambrose Owen and Miranda L. Diggins) was born on 21 May 1850 in Alden Twp, McHenry Co, Illinois; died on 10 Jun 1920 in Flagler, Kit Carson Co, Colorado; was buried on 11 Jun 1920 in Flagler Cemetery, Kit Carson Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Stella Alfresine Owen Obituary Mrs. Cooley was one of the really estimable old ladies of Flagler, always quiet and greatly devoted to her home and children. In early childhood she came with her parents to West Union, Fayette County, Iowa, later moving to McGregor, Iowa, where she was married to Robert Reed Cooley on 10 Dec 1874. In 1886 she came with her husband and children to Plainview, Nebraska, where they resided until 1910 when they disposed of their property and came to Flagler, Kit Carson County, Colorado where they lived on a farm just west of town until a short time ago when the deceased and her son, Glenn, moved to town to property he recently purchased. She also leaves a brother, Ernest M. Owen of Flagler, and a sister, Mrs. Lucy Shaffer who makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Groves just south of Flagler. She is mentioned in "Descendants of John Owen" as 7th generation. Spelling of name there is E-s-t-e-l-l-a. Source was Helen E. Healy, Mesa AZ, in 1935. - The Flagler News, V 8, No. 22, June 17, 1920 (front page story, also on front page: Harding and Coolidge nominated at the Republican National Convention).

(Medical):I hereby certify that I attended deceased from May 27, 1920 to June 10, 1920, that I last saw her alive on June 9, 1920 and that death occurred on the date stated above. (Signed) E.W. Reis MD, Flagler, Colo.

Richard married Josephine Hurley about 1874 in Iowa. Josephine was born about Jun 1853 in Pleasant, Grant Co, Indiana; died about 1922. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Andrew S Cooley, Samuel T Cooley, and probably Caleb C Cooley were signers of an 1833 petition to the U.S. Government to re-route the Detroit-Grand River plank road to a more northerly bearing of higher elevation (roughly, present highway 24). It never happened and the former plank road is now US Interstate 96. - Carter, Clarence Edwin, "The Territorial Papers of the United States: Vol. XII, The Territory of Michigan 1829-1837"
Died at the home of Fred Cook, Garnavillo, on Tuesday, October 28, 1890, Andrew S. Cooley, at the advanced age of [86] years, 3 months and 17 days. Thus another of the pioneers of Clayton county has been called from the scene of his labors, to mingle with the silent majority beyond the tomb. Their labors here are ended, but their memories will be cherished. The best monument that can be erected to them, is this beautiful county, inhabited by the happiest people on earth. With its organization, A.S. Cooley was intimately connected. He was one of the earliest inhabitants and for nearly 60 years, his home was on its soil. Few of us are destined to witness the changes of life that he has witnessed during his long career. This sacred soil which he helped to wrest from the savages has become the home of thousands. He has witnessed the gradual advancement from the rude slow pioneer life, with its manifold trials and dangers, to the rush and rant of our modern civilization, and with the realization of a well spent life, he finds eternal rest among the scenes of his labors. Andrew Sutherland Cooley was born in the Pittsford, Rutland county, Vermont July 11, 1804. When eight years old his parents removed to Niagara county, New York, where he was raised on a farm. March 10, 1825, he married Miss Salome Warren, of Cambria, N.Y., a descendant of Jos. Warren of Revolutionary fame. In 1830 they emigrated west, and located in Franklin, Oakland county, Mich., where they resided until 1834. But that spirit of the typical New Englander, which compels him to seek new scenes, drove him further west. He left his wife and five children in Michigan and sought a new home in Iowa. He landed at Dubuque where he found employment with Dr. McCraney, on a farm. In the spring of 1835 he returned to Michigan by team, intending to bring his family to Dubuque. In the meantime his wife and family, not hearing from him had returned to New York, as they supposed him to have been killed by Indians. He at once started on this tedious journey, found his family and brought them to Dubuque, where they arrived November 20th, 1835. After remaining in Dubuque two years they came in company with Dr. Andros to Clayton county. There was at that time not a town, church or school house in this county. They broke up some prairie and raised a small crop about one mile south of Garnavillo, what is now called the old Beckman farm. In the fall of 1837 they located on the banks of the Turkey river in Millville township. They remained here until 1839 when they again returned to the prairie near Garnavillo and in 1840 took up and improved some government land three miles south of the town. There they made their home until 1872, when the old homestead was sold and another farm purchased in Mendon township near McGregor, which was their home until 1883, since which time they have resided with their daughter, Mrs. Fred Cook.
Of the 17 children born to them 11 survive. His remains were buried at the old cemetery on Thursday. Rev. R. W. Wilcox of Clayton officiated.

(Research):David Coomer-AS Cooley land description comparison, Oakland County, Michigan

David Coomer 3 Dec 1830 W

Andrew married Salome Warren on 10 Mar 1825 in Lockport Township, Niagara Co, New York. Salome was born about Aug 1809 in Massachusetts; died on 2 Nov 1895 in Elkader, Clayton Co, Iowa; was buried about Nov 1895 in Old Garnavillo Cemetery, Clayton Co, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Finalized spelling of her given name is "Salome" (spelled Saloma in some places); obtained from gravestone in Old Garnavillo Cemetery observed by DBC 7/19/98.

Elkader Iowa
Friday Morning, Nov. 8, 1895
Mrs A. S. Cooley
At Elkader on Saturday, Nov. 2nd 1895, occurred the death of Salome Warren, wife of A. S. Cooley, deceased. She was born at Ashfield, Mass., July 26th, 1809. Shortly after her birth, her parents moved to Niagara county, N.Y. where she grew up and spent her girlhood days. She was married to A. S. Cooley March 19th, 1825, at Cambridge, N. Y. In 1830, with her husband emigrated west and located in Michigan, from there came to Dubuque in 1834, and in 1837 settled In Clayton county, where they have since lived. Her husband died in Garnavillo, Oct. 28, 1890, at the age of 86 years. Seventeen children were born to them, eleven of which are still alive and are residents of different states in the Union. Mrs. Cooley is the mother of the first white child born in Garnavillo twp., namely, Noah Cooley, now a resident of Leavenworth, Kansas. [Error: Storrs Andros was the first] For the last twelve years Mrs. Cooley has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Fred Cook. The funeral took place on Monday Nov. 4th, 1895. Her remains were taken to Garnavillo, and laid at rest beside her husband, Rev. Fisk, of Elkader, officiating.

(Research):Salome: A Hebrew name taken from Solomon ("peace"). Selima is another variant.

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AMBROSE OWEN(6) [Julius Augustus(5), Elijah(4), Joshua(3), Joseph(2), John(1)], son of Julius Augustus and Rebecca (Murray) Owen was born (probably) at Milton Vt. He married Miranda Diggins, daughter of William, who was a brother of Joseph, Wesley, and Franklin Diggins who all married daughters of Julius Augustus Owen. Ambrose lived at Harvard, Ill. and West Union, Iowa. Children (7th gen): i. Siron; ii. Estella; iii. Lucia; iv. Julietta - Auth Mrs. Helen R Healy, Mesa Arizona 1935. - Owen Descendants

Obituary Mr. Ambrose Owen died last Friday at his home six miles southeast of town, aged 87 years, 9 months and two days. He was born in Chittenden County, Vermont in 1814 and was married to Miranda L. Diggins, March 23, 1844 in McHenry County, Illinois and enjoyed 58 years of married life. He was the father of five children, three daughters and two sons, all of whom with the wife survive him. He joined the Christian church 35 years ago and has since lived a consistent Christian life. He was an honorable upright citizen, a good neighbor and respected by all who knew him. About three years ago, he suffered a severe sickness from which he never fully recovered. Funeral services were held at the family home by Rev. F.J. Kennedy Monday and burial made in the Creighton cemetery. - The Creighton Courier 6 March 1902

(Research):Harvard IL is about five miles west of Alden on Highway 173 in McHenry county, IL. West Union IA is in north cental Fayette county Iowa on Highway 18.

Note: Ambrose Owen-1 is Ambrose-2's grand-uncle.

Ambrose married Miranda L. DigginsProbably McHenry Co, Illinois. Miranda (daughter of William S. Diggins and Lucinda Skinner) was born on 28 May 1827 in Waitsfield, Washington Co, Vermont; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]