William Cooley

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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.

William married Lucretia Hindz on 1 Jan 1835 in Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan. Lucretia was born on 22 Feb 1812 in Vermont; died on 23 Jun 1836 in Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Henrietta L. Crippin on 29 Jan 1840 in Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan. Henrietta was born on 1 Mar 1821 in Covington, Genesee Co, New York; died est 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]