Jane Sutherland

Notes:

(Research):Jane's death is even more mysterious than Noah's because the last record about her I have been able to find is the 1840 U.S. Census, Michigan, Lenawee, Seneca. There is an 1845 Michigan state census but the summary on Ancestry.com lists only head of household, namely, Noah Cooley, MI, Lenawee, Seneca.
On p46 of John William Sutherland and Allied Families by Millie A. Owings we have "Jane [Sutherland](3) (Peter(2), John William(1)] was the first daughter of Peter and Amy [Sutherland] and was born 24 Aug 1787 at Nine Partners, Dutchess county, New York and died 4 July 1854. A footnote in the JW Sutherland genealogy states that "One source says that Jane died in Lockport, Niagara county, New York. Another surce says she died in Seneca township, Lenawee County, Michigan where her children lived. We were unable to find a cemetery record for her either place.
This paragraph is reproduced from Noah Cooley's research notes.: Noah Cooley, son of Col Benjamin, married Jane daughter of Peter Sutherland, January 24, 1804, and located on the west side of Otter Creek, upon land now owned by Ransom Burdett. The house he occupied, built by him, stood on the east side of the old road leading from the residence of Tilly Walker to that of Peter Rice--now R. Burdett's. The cellar of the house can still be seen in the pasture about thirty rods west of the railroad. Mr. Cooley resided there a few years, and then removed to the western country where he died, Jan 11, 1856. Mrs. Cooley died July 4, 1854. [These death dates are wrong; they come from p320 in Caverly's The History of Pittsford which was also wrong about Noah and Jane's children. Mortimer Cooley just copied these erroneous data to his Cooley Genealogy p492 and p547-8].
Amazingly, in the 1850 U.S. Census Noah (aged 68) turns up back in Pittsford VT living with his brother Azariah (70) and his wife Lydia. Alas, Jane is not with him. In 2008 I went to Michigna to investigate a conjecture that she died in Lenawee or Hillsdale counties but turned up nothing in the south-central area (see Owings' footnote above).

Jane married Noah Cooley on 24 Jan 1804 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont. Noah (son of Benjamin5 Cooley and Ruth Beach) was born on 2 Jul 1782 in Pittsford, Republic of Vermont; died after 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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]

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

(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

Samuel married Electa F. Woodruff on 3 Feb 1831 in Oakland County, Michigan. Electa was born about Jul 1806 in New York; died on 5 Apr 1843 in Pittsford, Hillsdale Co, Michigan; was buried about Apr 1843 in Goodrich Cemetery, Hillsdale Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Lydia Carter about 1844 in Hillsdale County, Michigan. Lydia was born on 10 Sep 1814 in New York; died on 19 Nov 1887 in Pittsford, Hillsdale Co, Michigan; was buried about Nov 1887 in Goodrich Cemetery, Hillsdale Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Land transaction 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

Caleb married Phebe Aldrich about 1840 in Lenawee County, Michigan. Phebe (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 19 Jun 1819 in Vermont; died on 13 Jun 1906 in Jonesville, Hillsdale Co, Michigan; was buried on 15 Jun 1906 in Maple Grove Cemetery, Hudson, Lenawee Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I have made my first major departure from the Cooley Genealogy. It lists the children of Noah Cooley and Jane Sutherland the fourth of which was listed as "1810 James G." This name cannot be verified in any census or documentation. However, Jane Eliza married a Coomer, is listed as the daughter of Noah Cooly (sic) and Jane Cooly (sic) in "Michigan Deaths 1867-1897". She died in Seneca, Lanawee, Michigan on 10 Oct 1871 near her brothers Caleb Carroll and Samuel Thurman

Jane married Arnold Hix Coomer about 1834 in Newfane Twp, Niagara Co, New York. Arnold (son of David Coomer and Betsey Cole) was born on 19 Feb 1810 in Pompey, Onondaga Co, New York; died on 21 Oct 1883 in Morenci, Lenawee Co, Michign; was buried about 1883 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Morenci, Seneca Twp, Lenawee Co, Michign. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Family/Spouse: Mary J Grover. Mary (daughter of Francis Grover and Betsey Avery) was born est 1811 in Vermont; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Milton married Charlotte Rolfe Hass on 9 Nov 1890 in Sturgis, Saint Joseph Co, Michigan. Charlotte (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 16 Aug 1823 in Elba, Genesee Co, New York; died on 22 Mar 1898 in Mottville, Saint Joseph Co, Michigan; was buried on 23 Mar 1898 in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Bristol, Elkhart Co, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Farmington Hills is the second largest city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan and a northwestern suburb of Detroit.
The first white settler in what became Farmington Township was a Quaker from Farmington, New York, named Arthur Power. He purchased land in 1823, left, then returned in 1824 with a group of family and associates to clear the land. The settlement became known as Quakertown.
A post office was established Quakertown in January 1826 with the name of Farmington. Shortly, the township of Farmington was organized in 1827. In 1839 a post office named East Farmington was established but it only lasted for three years. In 1847, a post office named North Farmington was established a mile south of the township line as Wolcott's Corners. After the death of postmaster Chauncey D. Walcott in 1865, the office moved to the township line in the northeast quarter of section 4 (near the intersection of 14 Mile Road and Farmington Road).
The settlement incorporated as the village of Farmington in the winter of 1866-67. A fire on October 9, 1872, destroyed many buildings in the center of the village. Farmington incorporated as a city in 1926. Farmington Hills initially was part of the city of Farmington but it incorporated as a seoarate city in 1973.

Mary married Benjamin Goff Coomer on 21 Feb 1847 in Pittsford, Hillsdale Co, Michigan. Benjamin (son of David Coomer and Betsey Cole) was born on 27 Feb 1822 in Middlesex, Ontario Co, New York; died about 1896 in Farmington Twp, Oakland Co, Michigan; was buried about 1896 in North Farmington Cemetery, Oakland Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This last child of Noah and Jane is a mystery. His given name could be Franklin or it could be Benjamin or both. In the History of Pittsford, Appendix p697 author Caverly lists a Benjamin F. Cooley b. 1825. In the Hillsdale County Michigan US 1850 census there is a "Franklin", age 25, living with Samuel T Cooley. In the Burr Oak, St Joseph County, Michigan US census of 1860 a Benjamin F Cooley was living with the N.M. Ellis household (Milton P Cooley was also a resident of Burr Oak).

(Research):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

Notes:

Birth: 1830 Michigan Census; Two female children ages under 5 listed, not found in Iowa 1840 census ages 10-15; They would have had to have been born in New York since Andrew S. Jr. was born in New York (ref 1850 census)

Notes:

Birth: 1830 Michigan Census; Two female children ages under 5 listed, not found in Iowa 1840 census ages 10-15; They would have had to have been born in New York since Andrew S. Jr. was born in New York (ref 1850 census)

Andrew married Ida Patience Wadsworth about 1860 in Probably Sierra County California. Ida was born on 16 Oct 1841 in Illinois; died on 15 Oct 1926 in Alameda County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Warren Cooley

Notes:

He was known exclusively as Warren Cooley, including official records
From the 1900 US Census, Nebraska, Madison County, Battle Creek Village, Stephen Warren and wife Maria are found in the Remus Wilcox household, husband of daughter Luella Cooley.
From Stephen's obituary the Remus Wilcox familly, including father-in-law Stephen Cooley, moved to Alexandria, Douglas County in the month of October 1905.

Alexandria Citizen
Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota
Thursday, December 20, 1906
p 1, col. 5.
S. W. Cooley, aged 75 years, 1 month and 13 days, died in this village at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. R. Wilcox, Thursday evening, Dec. 13th, at eleven o'clock. The immediate cause of death was cancer of the mouth, from which malady he had been a sufferer for some time past. The funeral was held at the Methodist parsonage Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, the services being conducted by Rev. Davies, presiding elder of the M. E. church in this district. The remains were taken to Madison County, Nebraska for burial. Rev. Wilcox accompanied the remains, which went forward from here Sunday evening. Stephen Warren Cooley was born in the state of New York in 1831. When but three years of age he removed with his parents to Dubuque, Iowa, where they resided for a brief time, and then removed to Clayton county, Iowa, where deceased lived during the greater portion of his lifetime. About fifteen years ago Mr. Cooley went to live with his children in the state of Nebraska, and came to Alexandria when his daughter, Mrs. W. R. Wilcox, moved here with her husband one year ago last October. Mr. Cooley was married in 1851 to Mrs. Marie Freeman. Seven children were born to them, three of whom survive. They are Mrs. C. A. Wilcox and Mrs. W. R. Wilcox of this village, and Mrs. R. C. Miles of Madison county, Nebraska, to which place the remains were taken for burial. He is also survived by a brother, who resides upon a farm near West Union, Iowa. Mr. Cooley was a life-long member of the M.E. church. He was a man of firm and unswerving integrity, and one whose Christian faith and character was reflected in every step of his daily life. Although a resident of this county but a short time, those who made his acquaintance appreciated his true worth and all regret the departure of this fine Christian gentleman.

Emerick Cemetery, Madison County, Nebraska At one time at this site there was a post office, a store or two, a church, and a cemetery. All that is left is the cemetery. Emerick Cemetery still has an association and is well maintained. From Meadow Grove NE. 9 miles south west side of Road. 833 RD & 539 Ave. This cemetery was walked & recorded in Sept 2005 and is current as of Jan. 2007. Ralph K Larson - menrk@yahoo.com

Stephen married Maria Wentworth on 1 Mar 1854 in Clayton County, Iowa. Maria (daughter of John Wentworth and Ann Dennis) was born on 5 Dec 1823 in New York; died on 18 Dec 1900 in Norfolk, Madison Co, Nebraska; was buried about Dec 1900 in Emerick Cemetery, Madison Co, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1860, according to the US Census, Thomas M Cooly was residing with his brother, Andrew S Cooly, in La Porte, Sierra County, California. His occupation was 'miner', and, strangely, the answer to the question "Married Within Year" was "Yes". However, only to two Cooley brothers are living in dwelling #231 in La Porte. See next paragraph. Could Thomas have been married to Ana Chavez in California?
In some Ancestry Family Trees, Tom

Notes:

This entry because of the 1840 US Iowa census entry Female Age 5-10. She could have been older than Stephen W. or Andrew L. (both 5-10) but I put her in 1834 because of the gap between Stephen W. (b. 1832) & Thomas W. (b. 1836).

Notes:

The 1840 Iowa census lists a male child under 5 whereas he does not appear in the 1850 census. I placed him older than Noah because of the gap between Thomas (17 in 1850) and Noah (12 in 1850).

Notes:

Noah's younger sister Emily Cooley married a brother of Ruth Gladden, William Gladden
From 1900 US census: Age, 61; birth date, Sept 1838; birthplace, Iowa; home in 1900, Leavenworth Ward 3, Leavenworth Kansas; 2nd precinct; (lives on) Delaware St; house nr, 1101; dwelling number, 62; family number, 65; head of household; spouse Ruth Cooley; marriage year, 1869; father's birthplace, Vermont; mother's birthplace, New York; occupation, stone mason; home, mortgaged; household members, 4.
In the 1910 census a curious assemblage has taken place in the Daniel Byron Cooley household. The Noah Cooley household comprising Noah (Norah), 72 (father); Ruth, 63 (mother); William W, 45 (brother), and Hersey, 39, (brother) has reunited with Daniel, his wife Minnie and their five children. William W. and Hersey (Husse) obviously have no children. Otherwise, the enumerator got just about everything wrong. The birth place of Noah is listed as Ohio (was Iowa), Ruth Gladden's birth place is listed as Kentucky (was Wisconsin) and both of their parents also in Ohio and Kentucky respectvely.

Noah married Ruth Gladden before 1856 in Leavenworth, Leavenworth Co, Kansas. Ruth (daughter of Robert Gladden and Elizabeth E. Carlin) was born about Aug 1840 in Wisconsin Territory; died about Mar 1916 in Leavenworth, Leavenworth Co, Kansas; was buried about Mar 1916 in Mt Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Leavenworth Co, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Emily's elder brother, Noah, was married to Ruth Gladden, a sister of William Gladden

Emily married William R. Gladden on 9 Dec 1858 in Clayton County, Iowa. William (son of Robert Gladden and Elizabeth E. Carlin) was born about 1838 in Wisconsin Territory; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After comparing all available censuses from 1850 thru 1900 a middle initial of "T" rises to the top. The 1850 census was especially wrong with his name "Louis F". Also, in Garnavillo: Gem of the Prairie it is spelled "Lewis" with a "T".

Census locations of Lewis T CooleyIn 1850 in Andrew S Cooley household in Garnavillo, Clayton Co, Iowa; 1856, same; 1860, same; 1870, separate household; 1880 own houshold in Mendon Co Iowa; on June 1st 1885 in Charles Mix, Dakota Territory; on June 10th 1900 in Dry Creek, Pierce, Nebraska
Lewis' death information is unknown. He appeared in the 1900 US Census, NE Dry Creek aged 57 along with his wife Etta A aged 37 and Warren (21), Elsie (13), and Alta (6). He does not appear in any 1920 census while his wife Etta as head of household and son Warren are found in the Port Angeles Washington 1920 census.

(Research): There are two Lewis Cooleys listed in the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War website (SUVCW website: http://www.suvcwdb.org) (1) Lewis Newman Cooley buried Bloomington WI and a (2) Lewis F Cooley, served in the 14th Iowa Inf, GAR Post 615 bur Oakridge Cem, Cook Co, IL. Neither of these Lewises are our Lewis so it can be concluded that, although he was registered in the Civil War draft, he was not a Civil War Veteran as was his brother Peter S. Cooley.

Lewis married Etta A Wife of Lewis T Cooley before 1876 in Probably Clayton County, Iowa. Etta was born about Jul 1852 in Howard, Fulton Co, Illinois; died about 1935 in Port Angeles, Clallam Co, Washington; was buried about 1935 in Mount Angeles Memorial Park, Clallam Co, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Peter S Cooley enlisted in the Union Army as a private on 22 Aug 1862 at the age of 19. He was mustered in to Co E, 27th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 29 Aug 1862. He was promoted to full 8th corporal on 20 Nov 1864 and to full 5th corporal on 1 Jul 1865. He mustered out of the same company on 8 Aug 1865 at Clinton, Iowa.
Since Peter was living as an invalid in Garnavillo, Clayton County, Iowa according to the US Census of 1860 and 1870, his brother, Robert Reed, who was caring for him, moved from Garnavillo to McGregor, Clayton County, Iowa between June of 1870 and August of 1873 when Peter died in McGregor.
The following note copied by Viola Kyffin Cooley that accompanied a handstamp now possessed by Daniel Berton Cooley: "Peter S. Cooley 1843-1873; This printing press belonged to Peter S. Cooley, a Civil War veteran, Co. E 27th Iowa Infantry. He died Aug. 15, 1873 from wounds received in action at Murfreesboro, Tennessee". On the underside of the handstamp there is an engraving as follows "Pat'd Nov.14,1871".
From the Flagler (Colorado) News Vol 5, #50 (3 Jan 1918): "For three years (Robert Reed Cooley) took care of a helpless brother who was wounded in the Civil War".
A Civil War pension was applied for by his mother Salome Cooley 8 Feb 1871, Invalid, application nr 163060; certificate nr 114926 21 July 1884, Mother, " 312265; " 211617 in Iowa

Notes:

Many official documents wrongly listed Hersey Churchill Cooley's given name as "Hershey" as well as his son, Hersey Blake Cooley whose gravestone in Rose Hill Cemtery, Spearfish, SD reads "Hershey B".
The name Hersey is very likely a Hebrew variant of the name Hershel which is a is a given name and a surname of German and Jewish origins. The meaning of Herschel is deer or stag deriving from the Yiddish form of the Hebrew Zvi/Tzvi. The stag is the symbol of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali.

(Medical):Sudden death, fell dead on street

Hersey married Cristina A. Thompson before 1880 in Fayette County, Iowa. Cristina was born about Dec 1848 in Pennsylvania; died about 1928 in Fayette County, Iowa; was buried about 1928 in West Union Cem, West Union, Fayette Co, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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]

Notes:

A small newspaper cllipping from the Oelwein Daily Register, Oelwein, Fayette Co, Iowa dated 27 Jul 1946 states that during its Centennial a cane at least 100 years old owned by Andrew S. Cooley father of Mrs. Lee Cook (Clara S. Cooley) was on display in Ritchie's window.
Clara S Cook, wid Fred appears in the Dubuque City Directory of 1911 on page 159. She is a clerk at J.F. Stampfer Co. and resides at 2729 Pine St with her son Lee F Cook (also an entry on p159) and his wife Malinda M. Lee was a conductor on the C.G.W. Line (Chicago, Great Western Railroad) most of his working life.
The Order of Eastern Star of Elkader, Iowa, was organized on the 27th day of February, 1894, and on October 4th, 1894, their charter was granted, with 23 charter members. Among the first officers was Clara Cook.

(Medical):See attached sources.

Clara married Frederick Cook about 1869 in Probably Iowa. Frederick was born on 21 Mar 1846 in Chillicothe, Ross Co, Ohio; died on 17 Dec 1902 in Elkader, Clayton Co, Iowa; was buried about Dec 1902 in Garnavillo Community Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Middle initial could be C, E, S, or J. The 1870 US Census "J" is the clearest.
From four census Ella ? Cooley is found in the Andrew S Cooley household. Her census-estimated birth year is 1850. In the 1870 US census she is still in the same household aged 20 and her occupation is "seamstress". After 1870 she disappears from all online records. There are slight possibilities for her existence all the way to 1900 but nothing definitive can be drawn from any of the Ella Cooleys since 1870. One thing is certain: She is NOT Ella Isadore Cooley who died in 1869 as shown in several Ancestry family trees (Dec 2020).

Notes:

The only source for Isabel is the 1860 United States census. There is a middle initial there but it is undecipherable. It may be an "S".

Notes:

From Warren Cooley's obituary of his father, Andrew Sutherland Cooley: "Son Willard K. died in 1855". Since no further information is forthcoming I have placed Willard as the last child of Andrew and Salome. I will not attempt a birthdate.

Notes:

Byron Cooley, telegraph operator, freight and United States Express agent, at Napoleon, was born in Oakland county, Mich., Jan. 28, 1834, the son of Samuel L. and Electa Cooley, nee Woodruff. His father's occupation was always farming, at which he is still engaged, in Hillsdale county, Mich.; his mother died in 1846, when Byron was only a small boy, and his father afterward was married to Lydia Carter. The subject of this sketch received his education in the common schools of Hillsdale county, and remained with his father on the farm until 23 years old, when he chose the occupation of railroading, and commenced as teamster on the MS&NIRR [Morenci Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad], and now the LS&MSRR [Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad] and continued to work, first at one thing and then another, until now he has charge of the present office, having continued in the employ of said road from the first until the present. He was married in 1860 to Sarah E. Collins, who was born in New York. Their family consists of 4 children--George, Jennie, Charles and Grace. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity at Hillsdale, Lodge No. 83.
Note: At the time of the 1910 U.S. census, he was living in the household of his son-in-law, Charles O. Machan, who married his daughter Grace.

Byron married Sarah Elizabeth Collins on 15 Feb 1860 in Hillsdale County, Michigan. Sarah was born on 23 May 1842 in New York; died on 19 Jun 1890 in Wexford County, Michigan; was buried about Jun 1890 in Boon Eastside Cem, Wexford Co, Michagan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):US Census
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
Family 138 William 29 M W Works on RR Michigan approx birth year: 1850/1 Melissa 25 M W Keeping house Michigan approx birth year: 1854/5 Celia 2 F W At home Michigan approx birth year: 1867/8

William married Melissa HydeProbably Hillsdale Co, Michigan. Melissa was born about 1855; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Armilla Howell on 3 Jun 1870 in Michigan. Armilla was born about 1845 in Michigan; died about 1902 in Michigan; was buried about 1902 in Leonardson Cem, Jefferson Twp, Hillsdale Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Phebe married Virgil Miner est 1856 in Michigan. Virgil was born on 16 May 1836 in New York; died on 21 Aug 1898 in Jonesville, Hillsdale Co, Michigan; was buried about Aug 1898 in Maple Grove Cemetery, Hudson, Lenawee Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From 1890 Veterans Schedules: Rank, Private; Resident of Hudson, Lenawee in June 1890; enlistment date, 17 Aug 1861; discharge date, 5 Jul 1865; length of service 3y10m15d; Regiment 1 USA S S, Company C. Died in the Michigan Soldiers' Home Hospital in Grand Rapids.

(Medical):Def adenoma - A benign epithelial tumour of glandular origin

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Herbert married Harriet J. "Hattie" Dobson on 12 Sep 1912 in Oakland, Alameda Co, California. Harriet was born on 5 Apr 1871 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co, California; died on 15 Sep 1966 in Oakland, Alameda Co, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Carie (wife of Charles Malcolm Cooley) [?] about 1907 in California. Carie was born about 1873 in Missouri; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A Terrible AffairOn Friday morning about six o'clock the log residence, a one story structure, situated three miles south of this city, and owned and occupied by Albert Cooley and family, was discovered on fire by neighbors in the near vicinity. When discovered the house was completely wrapped in flames.
The building was constructed of [illegible] popular, facing to the north. On the south side was an addition or shed-like, in which Mr. Cooley labored during the winter months, making axe-helves and doing odd jobs. The living room was about square, containing two beds, the cook stove, chairs, table, etc. A garret over-head of the main building answered the purpose of a store-room.
The evidence goes to show that Mr. and Mrs. Cooley were up most of the night previous attending a sick child, that Mrs. Cooley and the baby were in bed and that he renewed the fire in the stove, and probably took up the ashes which he placed in the corner of the shed, and when he had started the fire, retired again to bed.
The facts lead to the conclusion that about six o'clock he awoke to find the house on fire and calling his wife ran up into the garret and pitched a trunk out of the window and then returned to help his family out. The front door had been barred and banked up to keep out the cold, and the windows, three in number, were closed in tight, so that there was but one way out, and that through the rear shed. While Mr. Cooley was up stairs his wife doubtless opened the door to the shed and was met with a dense smoke and forks of flames which prostrated her and the baby she carried in her arms.
Mr. Cooley reached the bottom of the stairs and near a window where he was prostrated. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cooley were seen, the former leaning upon the window-sill and the latter apparently between the outer door and the stove, as the dense smoke and flame was lifted by the heavy south-wind from the burning building. The two elder boys were doubtless burned in the bed or near to it.

~North Iowa Times, Thursday, February 11, 1886

Family/Spouse: Nancy Wife of Albert Wallace Cooley. Nancy was born about 1885; died on 5 Feb 1886 in Clayton County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Note: Stephen Warren Cooley was living with his daughter Luella Cooley Wilcox in Douglas County Minnesota at the time of his death in 1906

Luella married Remus Wesley Wilcox about 1891 in Iowa. Remus was born about Jul 1862 in Illinois; died on 14 Sep 1928 in Bremer County, Iowa; was buried about Sep 1928 in Harlington Cem, Waverly, Bremer Co, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ida married Charles Litchfield on 23 Aug 1882 in Elkader, Clayton Co, Iowa. Charles (son of William Litchfield and Sarah McEwan) died on 4 Nov 1923 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Nettie J. Atkinson on 10 Aug 1898 in Leavenworth, Leavenworth Co, Kansas. Nettie was born about 1870 in Kansas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Minnie Spain on 11 Jun 1900 in Leavenworth, Leavenworth Co, Kansas. Minnie was born est 1883 in Missouri; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 census a curious assemblage has taken place in the Daniel Byron Cooley household. The Noah Cooley household comprising Noah (Norah), 72 (father); Ruth, 63 (mother); William W, 45 (brother), and Hersey, 39, (brother) has reunited with Daniel, his wife Minnie and their five children. William W. and Hersey (Husse) obviously have no children. Otherwise, the enumerator got just about everything wrong. The birth place of Noah is Ohio (was Iowa), Ruth Gladden is Kentucky (was Wisconsin) and both of their parents also in Ohio and Kentuch respectvely.

Notes:

She was listed in the family of Andrew Sutherland Cooley in 1870 but her father (William) and mother (Emily C. Cooley) are not there. She "att school".

Anna married Justus Warren Thorp on 31 Jul 1882 in McGregor, Clayton Co, Iowa. Justus was born about 1850 in Probably Iowa; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In a Social Security Application, Verna Mildred Fosdick applied, SSN 538-62-8083; father Wiley C Fosdick, mother, Elsie I Cooley (sic); Verna was born in Pierce County, Nebraska on 15 Dec 1899 and she d. Nov 1980.

Family/Spouse: Wiley Centennial Fosdick. Wiley was born on 5 Jul 1876 in Oneida Co, New York; died on 25 Mar 1952 in Seattle, King Co, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Worked for Washington Pulp & Paper Corp, Port Angeles in 1929.

Warren married Hazel May Brronner on 25 Dec 1935 in Port Angeles, Clallam Co, Washington. Hazel was born about 1893; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death Cause: 9 Apr 1966, Spearfish, Lawrence Co, South Dakota; Emphysema, severe Cor-pulmonic

Notes:

Many official documents wrongly listed Hersey Churchill Cooley's given name as "Hershey" as well as his son, Hersey Blake Cooley whose gravestone in Rose Hill Cemtery, Spearfish, SD reads "Hershey B".
Note: Hersey Blake Cooley not in 1905 South Dakota state census

Obituary
H.B. Cooley Rites Conducted Tuesday (12 Apr 1966) Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Fidler Funeral Chapel for Hershey (sic) B. Cooley who died Saturday, April 9, at the Dorsett home where he had been a resident for the past two weeks. The Rev. L. Don Veglahn officiated at the services with burial in Rosehill cemetery. Music was furnished by Mrs. Ray Fidler, organist Mr Cooley was born at Clayton, Iowa, Oct 16, 1880, the son of the late N.C. and Elvira Cooley. On Dec. 22, 1905, he was married to Theresa M. Doleshaul at Clairmont, Iowa. The family homesteaded near Kadoka in 1919 and in 1932 moved to Custer. In 1933 they moved to Spearfish where, in later years, Mr. Cooley operated a nursery at 1430 N. Third St. Mrs. Cooley died on May 26, 1951. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ann Cross of Pendleton, Ore, and Mrs. Oma Rothmeyer of Spearfish; four sons, Don Cooley of Belle Fourche, Clyde of Spearfish, Harry of Tillamook, Ore, and Robert of Roseburg, Ore; 13 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs Clara Butler of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by one son, Joe, one brother, and one sister. - The Rapid City Daily Journal, April 13, 1966

Death Cause:
Emphysema, severe Cor-pulmonic; Interval between onset and death: 12 years

Hersey married Theressa Marie Doleschal on 21 Dec 1905 in Clermont, Fayette Co, Iowa. Theressa was born about 1883 in Iowa; died on 26 May 1951 in Lawrence County, South Dakota; was buried about May 1951 in Rosehill Cemetery, Spearfish, Lawrence Co, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clyde married Edith Sara Cooke about 1925. Edith was born about Oct 1885 in Illinois; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clara married Robert Delbert Butler on 1 Jun 1939 (Solemnized) in Oelwein, Fayette Co, Iowa. Robert was born after 1 Jun 1884 in Oelwein, Fayette Co, Iowa; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Bert

Notes:

Robert Berton Cooley (Bert) and his twin brother, Herbert Merton (Mert), were born 15 Oct 1875 to Robert Reed Cooley (1840-1917) and Stella Alfresine Owen (1850-1920) in McGregor, Iowa "right on the banks of the Mississippi River" as my Grandpa Bert Cooley told me.
The twins grew up in the McGregor area. Some time before 1894[i] the Robert Reed Cooley family consisting of Dad, Mom, Bert, and Mert came to Pierce County, Nebraska, where they settled in Plainview.
Some time before 1896[ii] Samuel Jasper Miller and his wife Mary Ellen Nickerson and his eight children moved from Iowa to Plainview. Amongst the children was Carrie Louella Miller b. 27 May 1883 in Beaman, Iowa, future wife of Robert Berton Cooley.
Bert and Carrie Louella (Lou) were wed 3 Jan 1903 in Plainview. Later in that same year, their first child, Orville Dale was born. Two other children, Carlyle Berton (b. 1905) and Leo (b. 1907), were born in Plainview but did not survive childhood.
At some point before 1906[iii] Mert acquired the Crofton Journal newspaper at Crofton, Knox County, Nebraska. Meanwhile, Bert and his wife, Carrie Louella Miller, had moved to McLean Nebraska where both taught school.
Ronald Delos Cooley was born to Herbert Merton and Elizabeth Holliday in Crofton 28 Jan 1906 and their second child, Merton Beth Cooley, was born 7 Dec 1907. Unfortunately, their mother, Elizabeth Holliday, died shortly after Beth was born. Because of the tragic loss of their mother, Ronald went to live with his grandparents, RR Cooley and Stella Owen in Plainview, Nebraska, and Beth went to live with his uncle RB Cooley in McLean, Nebraska.
In 1910 the Robert Reed Cooley family consisting of RR, Stella, Glenn, and grandchild Ronald Delos, and the Robert Berton Cooley family consisting of RB, wife CL Miller, first child Dale, and nephew Merton Beth, migrated to Kit Carson County Colorado. The RR Cooleys purchased a relinquishment just at the west edge of Flagler and the RB Cooleys purchased 158 acres about four miles west and five miles north of Flagler.
At the same time, the Samuel Jasper Miller family also migrated to Colorado but they landed in Washington County. All of the Miller children, with the exception of eldest son Odes Bert (Carrie Louella, wife of RB Cooley migrated with the Cooleys) came to Colorado and all filed on homesteads in the Anton area of Washington County.
The RB Cooley family "...was on a homestead nine miles northwest of Flagler and we had three years to prove up the claim," said his nephew, Beth Cooley. Bert began in Colorado as a teacher, earning $40 per month at the Huntley school about seven miles due north of Flagler while Lou taught at the Van Patten school at $35 per month. In the summer of 1910 when school was out he joined his Grandpa SJ Miller's threshing crew to run the engine. Since the crops near Flagler had failed in 1910, Grandpa Miller had decided to head north where the crops fared better that year. One day Bert was working about 30 miles north of Flagler near Otis Colo., when he observed the town didn't have a newspaper. That fall Bert began planning for a newspaper in Otis.
"The big reason [for starting a newspaper] was that almost all of the settlers were homesteading, and the law required that anyone who "proved up" on a homestead had to make a publication in a newspaper in the area. These publications were published for a period of six weeks and the homesteader had to pay a publication fee of $5.[iv]
Bert was fortunate enough to find an empty, one and a half story building on the main street (Washington Avenue). It was located on the east side of the street just south of the yard part of the Akron-Otis Lumber Company. The front part was used as a printing office with a rear part partitioned off as a bedroom. At the back of the building was a sort of lean-to about 15 feet square. This was the kitchen and dining area. In order to get to the two bedrooms upstairs, it was necessary to go outside, climb a flight of steps and then walk on two two-by-eight planks laid across the semi-flat roof of the lean-to to get into the upstairs apartment. [Our biggest] concern was water for domestic use. There was no municipal water system and those who lived in town had cisterns which were kept full by a man named Fred Bowen who owned a wooden tank on a wagon. It had a hand pump on it and he would deliver you a supply of water for 50 cents."
"Dad started in the newspaper business from scratch," remembered his son, Coyne Cooley. "He started the Independent on a $250 loan [from his brother-in-law, Odes Bert Miller of Iowa]...that was in 1911, and I was born the next year. We had quarters above the newspaper office, so that's what you call being born into the business." He bought some used equipment and "hired a bum printer to start the paper in Otis just to print legals", said Beth. The first edition (v1#1) of the Otis Independent was published on 5 Jan 1911.[v]
When the Independent was started there were less than 100 people living in Otis. The newspaper consisted of four pages, the front and back was "home print"; that is, the type was set in the shop and printed there. The two inside pages were called "patent" which were supplied by the Western Newspaper Union (out of business by 1982).
During the early years of the newspaper in Otis, the RB Cooley Flagler property was occupied by Lou, Dale, and Beth during the winter months, putting in the time necessary to prove up. Lou taught school, Dale went with her, and Beth was "farmed out" to a neighbor lady (in today's parlance, sent to childcare). Lou and Dale traveled in an open buggy drawn by a single mare who sometimes engaged in the capricious practice known as "balking". That is, a situation where the horse refuses to move when asked to do so. It is very exasperating."
They proved up the [Flagler] claim in March of 1913 and moved to Otis for good.
Tragically, a year later in 1914 Mert was drowned in an automobile accident on the Yankton (SD) pontoon bridge. With the untimely death of his twin brother Bert, sold the OI and he and the family left Otis and moved to Crofton, Nebraska where they continued the operation of Mert's newspaper, the Crofton Journal.
As time went on in that northeast corner of Nebraska near the Missouri River, Bert began to have problems with severe allergies (hay fever). With the climate adversely affecting him he disposed of the Crofton newspaper in 1916 and the family returned to Otis arriving on Election Day, Nov 14, 1916. Bert bought the Independent back and resumed operation of the paper he had founded. Those were the only two years the Cooleys were not involved in a Colorado paper.
"In 1917 we built our new house in Otis and we took the high school principal as a roomer. He was 22 year of age and just out of the University of Denver."[vi] Dale speculates that the principal probably influenced his choice of university as DU from which he graduated.
At some point after their return from Nebraska, the newspaper office was moved "to a make-shift shop adjoining William Whiterhurst's store [on the north]. This had been used as a place to grind and mix feed." At this new location Bert bought a typesetting machine that "was better than doing it by hand, but not much". But a clothing store located in the old grocery store adjoining the Independent office on the south caught fire and was destroyed (no date given). "The Independent was saved by the fact that the north wall of the store [and south wall of the office] was of solid concrete and the fire failed to penetrate."
Not long after that, the chance arose to get a building that had been built out as a drugstore for Justin Hay on the east side of the street across from "the hotel". Shortly, the shop was moved there, the third location for the Otis Independent since RB Cooley started the newspaper.
With the assistance of his wife and sons, he continued to operate the Otis newspaper until 1928 when they traded the paper to J.S. "Stat" Tohill for the Monte Vista Tribune. Tohill came to Otis to operate the Independent but shortly, he sold the newspaper to John W. Graves in 1929. Graves operated it until his death, Feb 22, 1982, and was closely associated with the Cooleys for over 50 years.
Meantime, in Monte Vista, Bert assumed operation of the Tribune but a few months later a better opportunity arose in Akron Colo., county seat of Washington County, whose economy was bustling in the prosperity of the pre-depression years. R.B. sold the Monte Vista Tribune and came to Akron in February of 1929 with his wife Lou, three sons, Dale, Coyne, and Bob, and two nephews, Ronald and Beth.
Akron was a little railroad town and farming community of only a few more than 1200 residents yet it boasted two newspapers, the Akron News and the Akron Reporter. Bert purchased both newspapers which were quickly consolidated resulting in the single newspaper, the Akron News-Reporter the first edition of which was published March 7, 1929. It reported details of a coroner's inquest into death of an Akron man and his son in a train accident, a fire at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Akron, and carried a front page picture of the inauguration of President Calvin Coolidge and Vice President Charles G. Dawes.
Since having five sons working on a small weekly newspaper was overkill, in 1937 Bert purchased the Eastern Colorado Leader in Limon and Dale and Ronald were sent down there to assume operation of the newspaper. Soon they acquired the Genoa Sentinel, the two papers were consolidated, and the Limon Leader was born.
Youngest son, Bob exited the Akron News-Reporter in 1943, went to his wife Eleanor Newcomb's hometown, Mountain Home Idaho, where he started the Mountain Home News. Soon Bob began to feel the ill-effects of arthritis so he moved down to the drier climate of Arizona where he eventually became a Professor of Journalism at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff in 1976.
R.B. and Lou owned the Akron News-Reporter until 1955 when they retired and turned the operation over to Coyne and Beth who formed a partnership shortly thereafter.
In 1972 the Limon Leader was sold and Dale and Ronald went into retirement. When the Akron News-Reporter was sold in 1979 it marked the end of the Cooley family newspaper dynasty "since none of the children was interested in getting into the business", Coyne said. That was mostly true until Jim, son of Ronald, took over the Oxford (Nebraska) News and is still publishing the newspaper in 2013.
After a brief illness, Robert Berton Cooley died in the Washington County Hospital in Akron, Colo. On 12 Dec 1962. He was buried in the Otis Cemetery.
His wife, Carrie Louella Miller died in the Nursing Wing on the south side of Washington County Hospital 10 Aug 1973 and she also was buried in the Otis Cemetery.
------------------------------------------------------i Their fourth child, Glenn Syren Cooley, was born in Plainview 14 Jul 1894. ii His youngest child, Letta May Miller was born in Plainview 18 Mar 1896. iii Mert's first child, Ronald Delos Cooley was born in Crofton 28 Jan 1906 when Mert had control of the Crofton Journal. iv "Otis, the People, the Places, and the Newspaper" by Dale Cooley, The Otis Independent, vol 70 no 14 v *From some later edition numbers (e.g. vol 30, no 51 dated 18 Dec 1941) I have determined that v1#1 of the OI lay in the range Dec 25, 1910 to Jan 5, 1911. Since most accounts say the OI began publication in 1911 I will summarily establish 5 Jan 1911 (a Thursday) as the date of the first edition, v1#1.
vi Dale

(Medical):I attended the deceased from November 11, 1962 to December 12, 1962 and last saw him alive on December 12, 1962. Death occurred at 5:25 A.M. on the date stated above. Attendant: Park D. Keller, MD, Akron, Colo. Dec. 13, 1962

Robert married Carrie Louella Miller on 3 Jan 1903 in Plainview, Pierce Co, Nebraska. Carrie (daughter of Samuel Jasper Miller and Mary Ellen Nickerson) was born on 27 May 1883 in Beaman, Grundy Co, Iowa; died on 10 Aug 1973 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado; was buried on 13 Aug 1973 in Otis Cemetery, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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 Jane Elizabeth Holliday on 26 Apr 1905 in Holliday Farm, Knox Co, Nebraska. Jane (daughter of Hugh Sutton Holliday and Jane Dufton) was born on 20 Mar 1884 in Castle Sowerby, Cumberland, England; died on 1 Jan 1908 in Crofton, Knox Co, Nebraska; was buried about Jan 1908 in Pleasant View Cemetery, Pierce Co, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Notes:

Note that his mother, Stella, wrote his given names "Alton Verne" but his gravestone is inscribed "Verne A".

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Syron G Cooley

Notes:

He may have been named after his uncle, Syren Owen b. 1846 to Ambrose Owen and Miranda Diggins.
April 1938 applied for marriage license in Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona under name S. Glenn Cooley to Ivy W. Howe.
He went by the name Glenn S Cooley until he was married to his second wife, Ivy W Howe, when he changed it to Syron G. Cooley. He died still using this name.

(Research):According to the 1920 U.S. census, Colorado, Kit Carson Co, Glenn Syren was a lumber yard laborer; In 1930, California, San Diego Co, he was in real estate

Known public data about Glenn1894, 14 Jul Glenn Syren Cooley was born in Plainview Nebraska 1917, 5 Jun Glenn S Cooley signed a WWI Draft Registration card, address Flagler Colo, occu farmer employed by Robt Cooley, single 1920 Census US, Colo, Kit Carson, Flagler, Glenn S Cooley, age 26, son; Ronald Cooley, age 14, grandson; Stella Cooley, head, age 70 1925 Riverside Calif Directory, Glenn S. Cooley, pntr; Elizabeth Cooley; 317 N Mulberry 1930 Census Calif, San Diego, San Diego, Glen S Cooley, head, age at last birthday, 34; Elizabeth, wife, age 30 1930 San Diego City and County Directory, Glenn S Cooley, slsmn Saml Rose; Eliz Cooley spouse; address 2106 'K' 1940 Census Calif, San Diego, San Diego, Syron G Cooley, head, 35 (error), Monroe St, painter-contractor; Ivy Cooley wife, age 45; Pauline Howe, age 25 1940 San Diego City and County Directory, Syron G. Cooley, carp; Ida W Cooley, 3685 Monroe Ave 1942 San Diego City and County Directory, Syron G. Cooley, pntr; Ivy W Cooley, 3685 Monroe Ave 1959 San Diego City and County Directory, Syren G Cooley, pntr contr; Ivy W Cooley, 3685 Monroe Ave "h do" 1962. 3 Jul Syron G Cooley died ae 67 in San Diego (California Death Index) 1969, 23 Nov Ivy W Cooley died ae 80 in San Diego (California Death Index)
Possibly named after his maternal granduncle Syren Ambrose Owen.

Glenn married Ivy Wood Stebbing-Howe on 24 Apr 1938 in Yuma, Yuma Co, Arizona. Ivy was born on 26 Jul 1889 in South Dakota; died on 23 Nov 1969 in San Diego, San Diego Co, California; was buried in California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Glenn married Elizabeth (wife of Glenn Syren Cooley) [?] about 1915 in Probably Kit Carson County Colorado. Elizabeth was born about 1890 in Iowa; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lee F Cook and his wife Malinda M. Lee appear in the Dubuque City Directory of 1911 on p159. He was a conductor on the C.G.W. Line (Chicago, Great Western Railroad) most of his working life. His mother Clara S. (Cooley) also resided with them at 2729 Pine St.


Obituary
Lee F. Cook, Retired Railroad Conductor, Dies Jan 24 1963 - Lee F. Cook, 89, a resident of the Masonic Sanitarium for, the last six months and formerly of Oelwein, died in the sanitarium Wednesday evening [23 Jan 1963]. Born in Garnavillo, Iowa, he married the former Malinda Musefeldt in 1900 and she preceded him in death in 1914. In 1920, he married Bessie Meehan, who preceded him in death in 1950. Mr. Cook was a retired railroad conductor. Among his survivors are a son Fred H. Cook, of Oelwein; and a grandson, Marlin Cook, of Davenport. The body will be sent from the McGinnis Funeral Home, Bettendorf, to the Brant Funeral Home, Oelwein, for funeral .services and burial there.
- The Daily Times, Davenport, Iowa; 24 Jan 1963, Thu; Page 8

Lee married Malilnda Musfeldt on 2 May 1900 in Volga Twp, Clayton Co, Iowa. Malilnda was born about 1879 in Volga Twp, Clayton Co, Iowa; died about 1914 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lee married Bessie Meehan on 4 Sep 1920 in Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois. Bessie was born about 1875; died about 1950. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George lost one eye (WWI Draft Registration)

Obituary Service for George W. Cook, 85, ex-purchasing agent of Portland public schools, was Thursday, with entombment following at Riverview Mausoleum. The service was conducted by the Albert Pike Masonic Lodge, which Mr. Cook served as secretary for 35 years. He was born in Garnavillo, Iowa, and came to Oregon in 1907, where he was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad. Later he was a purchasing agent for the Portland public schools until his retirement. For the last 18 months he has lived at Mr. Tabor Convalescent Hospital, where he died Tuesday. He was a member of the Rose City Chapter, Order of Eastern Star. Survivors include his daughter, Mrs. Benjamin F. Schumacher, Corvallis, and a brother, Lee, Oelwein, Iowa. Three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive.
- The Oregonian, 3 Aug 1962, p25

Jennie married Ralph Carlton Enos on 20 Feb 1886 in Selma, Wexford Co, Michigan. Ralph was born about 1865 in Brooklyn, Jackson Co, Michigan; died on 3 Jun 1912 in Wawarsing, Ulster County, New York; was buried about Jun 1912 in Fantinekill Cem, Ulster Co, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):From Justin Cooley's WWI registration card: Birth date confirmed 5 Nov 1877; Aged 40 when he applied; Hazel G. Cooley, nearest relative; date of registration 12 Sep 1918.

Justin married Hazel Gwendolyn Sturdevant on 3 Oct 1899 in Pittsford, Hillsdale Co, Michigan. Hazel was born on 9 Sep 1878 in Frontier, Hillsdale, Michigan; died on 2 May 1952 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]