| 1. | Benjamin Cooley was born about 1786 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; and died. Notes:
From Cooley Genealogy "moved to Chautauqua NY".
From a paragraph "Cooley, Benjamin" in a document having to do with men from Kalamazoo County Michigan who participated in the California Gold Rush: "Four Cooley brothers, Thomas, Arad, Anthony, and Benjamin, came to Kalamazoo County in May of 1831. Thomas and Arad bought land in Portage Township while Anthony settled at Bronson, later renamed Kalamazoo. Anthony had a son, Benjamin, who died in Schoolcraft, Michigan on 29 Sep 1889 ae 70-71. A news item in the Kalamazoo Gazette of 6 Sep 1850 reports that the Balches, a Cooley and others were living 50 miles from Sacramento City. There are no data indicating which of the above-named Benjamin Cooleys went to California in 1850". https://kalamazoomuseum.org/localhistory/goldrush/goldrush8.pdf
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Abt 1786 - Yes, date unknown