Good stuff!
> Here is a marriage for Elizabeth Richardson:
>
> Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
> Name: Miss Elizabeth E Richardson
> Marriage Date: 20 Nov 1870
> Marriage County: Macon
> Spouse Name: Daniel Burnett
>
> Daniel S Richardson who married Nancy Jane Cooley, d/o Benjamin R Cooley,
> was also a son of Lorenzo H Richardson.
>
> Here is Tempie Delitha Cooley marriage record:
>
> Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
> Name: Tempy Diletha Cooley
> Marriage Date: 1 Oct 1881
> Marriage Location: Macon, Missouri
> Marriage County: Macon
> Spouse Name: S M Richardson
> Father's Name: B R Cooley
> (typed from original):
> Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 Record
> County of Macon
> S. M. Richardson of the County of Macon and State of MO, who is past the
> age
> of twenty-one years; and Tempy Diletha Cooley of/in the County of Macon
> and
> State of MO, who is under the age of eighteen years.
> A written assent to the said marriage from B. R. Cooley the father of
> Tempy D. Cooley is on file in my office.
> Recorded in Macon this 4th day of Oct 1881.
> /s/Thad Marmadeker, Recorder
> ~~~~~
> STATE OF MISSOURI,
> County of Macon
> This is to certify that the undersigned (blank) did, at The house of the
> Brides father in said County, on the first day of October A. D. 1881 unite
> in Marriage the above named persons.
> /s/J.P. Nolan Minister of the Gospel.
> Filed 3 Oct 1881, at 10 o'clock minutes a. m.
> /s/ Thad Marmadeken, Recorder
>
> I believe this is Tempie's second marriage:
> Iowa, Marriages, 1851-1900
> Name: Temple Cooley ----------- you have to order this...so can't see
> actual record
> Gender: Female
> Spouse: Arthur Williams
> Marriage Date: 3 Apr 1890
> County: Appanoose
> State: Iowa
> (on the 1900 Coos County, OR census Tempy & Arthur Williams have been
> married 10 yrs)
>
> Here is info on Tempie's brother Benjamin Rush Cooley:
>
> Benjamin Rush Cooley
> Birth: Aug. 28, 1852; Macon, Macon County, Missouri, USA
> Death: Feb. 13, 1943; Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon, USA
>
> Coos Bay Times (OR), Sat., 13 Feb 1943, p1:
> Ben Cooley Is Summoned Here
> Ben R. Cooley, 90, died this morning at Mercy hospital after a long
> illness.
> Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Monday from Thuerwachter's with
> interment at Sunset. Rev. Mathewson of the Four-Square Gospel church will
> officiate.
> Mr. Cooley was a well known figure in this city. He at one time operated a
> strawberry farm at Millington and had gardened in this city.
> Two years ago he made all arrangements for his burial, purchasing a plot
> and
> choosing a tombstone. The stone was cut by the late C. B. McClelland and
> for
> a time was lost. However, it was located this morning.
> Surviving are three sons, W. A.[Arthur] of Illinois; R [should be Aubrey].
> Cooley, Oklahoma; Arthur [should be Arch], Missouri, and a step-son,
> George
> Trainer [Treanor] of Millington.
>
> Benjamin Rush Cooley was the son of Benjamin & Ann Cooley of Missouri
> (their
> deaths/burials unknown, but presumably in Macon County, MO). He was first
> married to Mary Jane Lucas (memorial #62049905), sister to Hiram Lucas,
> who
> married Ben's sister, Theodocia/Theodoshia "Doshia" R. (Cooley) Lucas
> McKinney Lane (memorial #87829957).
>
> He married Josephine V. (Unknown) Treanor 05 Aug 1914 in Coos County, OR.
>
> Family links:
> Spouses:
> Mary Jane Lucas Cooley Jacobs (1854 - 1923)
> Josephine V. Unknown Treanor Cooley (1855 - 1937)
>
> Children:
> Aubrey Daniel Cooley (1876 - 1975)*
> Archie Elsworth Cooley (1879 - 1948)*
> *Calculated relationship
> Burial: Sunset Memorial Park; Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon, USA
> Created by: aws1995
> Record added: Apr 04, 2012
> Find A Grave Memorial# 88054142
>
> Mary C.
>
>
> From: Sandra Stanton
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 7:05 PM
> To: John Cooley Mailing List
> Subject: Benjamin R Cooley, son of John Cooley
>
> I need help with this family and I am hoping someone on this list will
> have
> the answer.
>
>
> Benjamin R Cooley, son of James Cooley and his wife Elizabeth, was born
> ca.
> 1816 in Howard County, Missouri. On 11 January 1843 in Howard County,
> Missouri, Benjamin Cooley married his cousin Elizabeth Cooley. Howard
> County, Missouri Marriage Records, vol. 2, page 222. She was the daughter
> of
> John Cooley and Elizabeth White.
>
> The 1850 census for District No. 52 Being for Macon County, Missouri list
> Benjamin R age 34, Elizabeth A age 25, Mary F, age 6, and Dosia R age 1.
> This was indexed as Benjamin B Cooby.
>
> The 1860 census for East Chariton township, Macon County, Missouri list
> Benj
> R Cooley, age 40, Elizabeth age 40, Mary age 17, Dalia age 10, Martha age
> 10, Benjamin age 6, Nancy age 5 and Dolly age 1.
>
> The 1870 census for Hudson Township, Macon County, Missouri list Benjamin
> Cooley age 54 born MO, Elizabeth age 45 born MO, Martha age 18, Benjamin
> age
> 15, Nancy J age 13, Darreth age 10 and Tempe age 4.
>
> The 1880 census for Hudson Township, Macon County, Missouri list Ben
> Cooley
> age 64, MO, KY, KY; Elizabeth age 40, KY, TN, NC and Delithe age 15, MO,
> MO,
> KY.
>
> Apparently Benjamin R Cooley died sometime after the 1880 census and 1883
> as
> a Mrs. Elizabeth Cooley of Hudson Township, Macon County, Missouri married
> William Russ of Hudson Township at her home on 4 April 1883. Benjamin R
> Cooley was the only Cooley living in Hudson Township.
>
> A Mrs. Elizabeth E Russ born 14 Nov 1834 in Kentucky and died 27 December
> 1915 in Bevier. She was the daughter of Lorenzo Richardson born TN and
> Rebecca Forbes born KY.
>
> NOW MY QUESTION:
>
> Apparently the first Elizabeth Cooley died between the 1870 and 1880
> census,
> but I cannot find a marriage for Benjamin Cooley and Elizabeth Richardson.
> Does anyone have this? Nor can I find an earlier marriage for Elizabeth
> Richardson, so was this a first marriage for her to Benjamin R Cooley?
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Sandy
>
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