Jim,
It shows us that we need to keep treading where we've trod before.
-Michael
On Sun, June 22, 2014 11:58 pm, lvcooley5 wrote:
> Nice lump of gold, Nancy! And best wishes to you, Michael.
>
>
> Jim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Cooley
> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2014 8:23 PM
> To: John Cooley Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Perrin C Cooley
>
>
> Here's a copy and paste of the Find-A-Grave entry. Thanks for funding
> this Nancy! I see it was added about a year ago.
>
>
> Birth: Dec. 25, 1811
> Missouri, USA
> Death: Mar. 16, 1899
> Macon County
> Missouri, USA
>
>
> - NO TOMBSTONE
>
>
> LA PLATA HOME PRESS, La Plata, Missouri, Thursday, Mar. 16, 1899
> DROPPED DEAD
> Uncle Perian Cooley, one of the oldest residents of Macon County, dropped
> dead this morning at eight o'clock. He was in apparently good health up to
> the time of his death, and had walked out to the wood pile when death
> came. He was 87 years old last Christmas. The remains will be interred in
> the La Plata Cemetery, the funeral being held in this city tomorrow.
>
> Family links:
> Spouse:
> Lucinda Carter Cooley (1819 - 1878)
>
>
> Children:
> Emma M Cooley Murley (1834 - 1896)*
>
>
> *Calculated relationship
>
>
> Burial:
> La Plata Cemetery
> La Plata
> Macon County
> Missouri, USA
>
>
> Created by: LVoyles
> Record added: Jun 15, 2013
> Find A Grave Memorial# 112371786
>
>
> On Sun, June 22, 2014 9:23 pm, Cooleyjoel wrote:
>
>> Checking on Lucinda Carter Cooley 1819-1878 recently I came across a
>> record o= n Findagrave.com that held this info:
>>
>> Lucinda Carter Cooley, born 1819 in KY, died 18 Jan 1878, buried in La
>> Plat=
>> a Cem, Macon Co. Married 31 Jan 1833 Husband: PERIAN Cooley, born 25 Dec
>> 1811, died 1899, buried La Plata
>> cemete= ry.
>>
>> Also on this record follows: from LaPlata Home Press, 16 March 1899 the
>> obit= for PERRIN Cooley.=20
>>
>> In error on the findagrave record, I believe, is the notation of a
>> daughter,= Emma M. Cooley Murley 1834-1896. She appears to be the
>> daughter of a John C= ooley.
>>
>> I have not previously recorded an actual birthdate nor death date for
>> Perrin=
>> Jr.
>>
>>
>>
>> Have you all see this before and I just missed the discussion? Correct
>> info= ?
>>
>>
>> Nancy Cooley
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Jun 22, 2014, at 4:06 PM, "Michael Cooley" <michael_at_newsummer.com>
>>> wrot=
>> e:
>>
>>
>>> =20
>>> Sandy brought that up a couple of years ago. But she has 13 Mar 1889
>>> as the marriage date. I've out her down as possible wife of Perrin Jr
>>> because=
>>
>>> Lucinda died in 1876, and Perrin was alive and a widower in 1880. I
>>> guess it's not that unusual for him to have married again at that late
>>> a date. I=
>>
>>> she was elderly too she too might have died by the 1900 census.
>>> Unless
>>> we find local obits or burial records, we may never know more. It
>>> would be something for you to look into while you're there. =20
>>> -Michael
>>> =20
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Sun, June 22, 2014 2:41 pm, Julie wrote:
>>>> I don't have any info for Emeline Sutton, but I do have a marriage
>>>> record=
>>
>>>> fo=3D r a Perrin (transcribed as Perrice) Cooley and an Eliza
>>>> Rudolph
>>>> in Kirksvill=3D e in 1849 =20 =20
>>>> Do we know which Perrin that is? Seems like Perrin C just because
>>>> of his=
>>
>>>> lo=3D cation ( don't know if Jr often traveled that far north) but
>>>> I'm no=
>>>>
>>>>
>> t
>>>> familia=3D r at all with Eliza Rudolph... Not even sure how I found
>>>> that record. =20 Sent from my iPhone
>>>> =20
>>>> =20
>>>> On Jun 19, 2014, at 11:52 PM, "Mary Lou Cooley" <mlcooley_at_q.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> =20
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for responding. I was wondering about the death date
>>>>> of abt 186=3D
>>>>>
>>>> 4=3D20
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> for Emeline Sutton - where it might have come from. =3D20 Mary C.
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> -----Original Message-----=3D20
>>>>> From: Julie
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 8:57 AM
>>>>> To: John Cooley Mailing List
>>>>> Subject: Re: Perrin C Cooley
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> That tree Terrizaz is my mother's tree that I manage for her ( if
>>>>> there ar=3D
>>>> e=3D20
>>>>> a=3D3D ny errors please let me know :) ) Joel and Nancy had some
>>>>> of the pictures of the Cooleys, my mom and=3D20 grandpare=3D3D nts
>>>>> had the othe=
>> rs,
>>>>> so I know that Joel and I are cousins fairly close and=3D
>>>> =3D20
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> t=3D3D hat much is right.=3D3D20 =3D20 =3D20 =3D20
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> On Jun 17, 2014, at 10:28 AM, "Mary Lou Cooley" <mlcooley_at_q.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> =20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone know who this tree belongs to? I saw on
>>>>>> Ancestry.com=3D20
>>>>>> yesterda=3D3D
>>>>> y=3D3D20
>>>>>> (before their website went down):
>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>> Family Tree: Towner Family Tree
>>>>>> Owner: terrizaz
>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>> On this tree was a photo of Nellie Woods with her daughter
>>>>>> Daisey
>>>>>> Woods.=3D20=3D
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> O=3D3D
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> n=3D3D20
>>>>>> the back is written, "sister of Joseph Cooley" (I think it was
>>>>>> Joseph=3D20
>>>>>> C=3D3D20=3D3D
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> =20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Cooley but I can't get on Ancestry website to confirm). Nellie
>>>>>> was born=3D20=3D
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> 0=3D3D
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> 1=3D3D20
>>>>> =20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Feb 1859 in Holt Co., MO in this tree. I believe there was
>>>>>> also a=3D20=
>>
>>>>>> death=3D3D20=3D3D
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> =20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> certificate for Nellie listing her father as Perrin Cooley but
>>>>>> mother's=3D20=3D
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> na=3D3D
>>>>> me=3D3D20
>>>>>> was unknown. Mother was listed on the website as Emeline
>>>>>> Sutton.
>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>> This is the 1900 census for Nellie:
>>>>>> 1900 United States Federal Census
>>>>>> Name: Nellie Woods
>>>>>> Age: 43
>>>>>> Birth Date: May 1857
>>>>>> Birthplace: Indiana
>>>>>> Home in 1900: St Joseph Ward 6, Buchanan, Missouri
>>>>>> Race: White
>>>>>> Gender: Female
>>>>>> Relation to Head of House: Wife
>>>>>> Marital Status: Married
>>>>>> Spouse's Name: Francis Woods
>>>>>> Marriage Year: 1875
>>>>>> Years Married: 25
>>>>>> Father's Birthplace: Indiana
>>>>>> Mother's Birthplace: Indiana
>>>>>> Mother: number of living children: 1
>>>>>> Mother: How many children: 1
>>>>>> Household Members: Name Age
>>>>>> Francis Woods 54 (b. Indiana)
>>>>>> Nellie Woods 43
>>>>>> Daisey Woods 20 (b. Kansas)
>>>>>> ~~~~~~
>>>>>> Nellie married John Francis Woods b. Dec 1846 in IN (per 1900
>>>>>> census). =3D3D20 Sorry, to be so vague but I didn't save photo
>>>>>> before Ancestry website=3D20 went=3D3D
>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>> =20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> down. =3D3D20 Mary C. =3D3D20
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----=3D3D20
>>>>>> From: Michael Cooley
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 2:25 AM
>>>>>> To: John Cooley Mailing List
>>>>>> Subject: Re: Perrin C Cooley
>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>> Yeah, that's how I've had it on my "Y page" for years. In 1810,
>>>>>> Perrin=3D20=3D
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> had=3D3D
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> =20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> four sons--and Perrin Jr hadn't even yet been born (if we can
>>>>>> believe the=3D
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> date, c1813, that we have for him). William was born c1804.
>>>>>> John
>>>>>> wouldn't=3D
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> have been born much later--likely earlier. There may have been
>>>>>> two births=3D
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> c1799-1802. A thought here. Old genealogies give the birth of
>>>>>> your=3D20=
>>
>>>>>> James's=3D3D
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> =20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> son John H Cooley as 1802. For a number of reasons, I don't
>>>>>> think it was right, just as I think James's James's birthdate
>>>>>> was wrongly given as (I think) 1796/7 (I'd have to look at old
>>>>>> emails.) Perhaps the evidence attributed to James's James and
>>>>>> John
>>>>>> H were for Perrin's
>>>>>> children. In other words, it may have been Perrin's John that
>>>>>> was born in 1802. If true, that does leave a good window for the
>>>>>> the birth of another son. But=3D
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> if James had a second deceased brother other than John, why
>>>>>> didn't also make provisions for his children in his estate, as
>>>>>> he did with John's heirs? =3D3D20 It's also possible that Perrin
>>>>>> C and/or the John
>>>>>> Cooley (m
>>>>>> Treadwell)=3D20
>>>>>> were=3D3D
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> =20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> unacknowledged sons of either Perrin Sr or his son John. In
>>>>>> 1840,
>>>>>> Perrin=3D20=3D
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> C=3D3D
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> =20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> was likely living with Perrin Jr, and John (m Treadwell) may
>>>>>> have been=3D20=3D
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> the=3D3D
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> =20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> boy of about the right age to be living with Perrin Sr. =3D3D20
>>>>>> The possibilities boggle the mind. But the DNA data is helping
>>>>>> to point the way. I'm still hoping for a "magic SNP". :) =3D3D20
>>>>>> Somewhere in my 1991 and 1992 correspondence with Jo White
>>>>>> Linn,
>>>>>> she said=3D
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> that Perrin was an important name in Virginia. I've tried
>>>>>> following through with the notion a few times but really found
>>>>>> nothing. =3D3D20 -Michael =3D3D20
>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, June 17, 2014 1:35 am, lvcooley5 wrote:
>>>>>>> =20
>>>>>>> Though there have been stranger scenarios, it seems most
>>>>>>> likely that Perrin C. is the son of a deceased son of Perrin
>>>>>>> Sr. The
>>>>>>> 1800
>>>>>>> Stokes
>>>>>>> Census lists 2 males under 10, which would have been James
>>>>>>> (1797)
>>>>>>> and, presumably, Perrin C's father (let's call him Joseph?)
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> Are there any unaccounted-for Missouri marriages circa 1820?
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> PS Has anyone ever mentioned before that there is an
>>>>>>> unincorporated town in Gloucester County, Virginia, called
>>>>>>> Perrin? It's due east
>>>>>>> of=3D3D=3D
>>>> 20
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> Hayes
>>>>>>> in the area that also includes the Perrin River. There was a
>>>>>>> prominent Perrin family there pre-1700 but so far I haven't
>>>>>>> found any gold. =3D3D20 Jim =3D3D20
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: Michael Cooley
>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2014 5:48 PM
>>>>>>> To: John Cooley Mailing List
>>>>>>> Subject: Perrin C Cooley
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> The parentage of Perrin C Cooley has been one of the group's
>>>>>>> enduring mysteries. The name Perrin, his birth in Missouri,
>>>>>>> and his descendants'=3D20=3D
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> Y=3D3D
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> =20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> DNA make it certain that he is one of ours.
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> We know from Gloria's discovery of the probate record of
>>>>>>> Perrin
>>>>>>> Sr's=3D20
>>>>>>> son,=3D3D
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> =20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> James, had brothers John (m Martha Bearden) and Perrin. Of
>>>>>>> course, most of us assumed that Perrin was Perrin Jr--and that
>>>>>>> may be true. =3D3D20 Then Gloria made another discovery a few
>>>>>>> months ago--that her autosomes have a matching segment to Jack
>>>>>>> Cooley, Perrin C's
>>>>>>> descendant. The predicted relationship is 4th to 5th cousins.
>>>>>>> Here's
>>>>>>> a page I put together at that time: =3D3D20
>>>>>>> http://ancestraldata.com/staging/N70352-autosomes.html
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> The first question that needed be settled was whether the
>>>>>>> match indeed came down through the Cooleys. That's been
>>>>>>> largely resolved. Gloria's mother, a Cooley descendant, has
>>>>>>> tested. Her results exhibit the same markers that Gloria has.
>>>>>>> That greatly increases the
>>>>>>> likelihood that the match comes down through a Cooley common
>>>>>>> ancestor. =3D3D20 But the match, as I explain in this
>>>>>>> paragraph, reveal nothing more about=3D
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> the degree of relationship with Jack. Typically, a child is
>>>>>>> going to inherit a smaller portion (if any at all) of the
>>>>>>> matching segment. (The genome needs to make room for a host
>>>>>>> of new ancestral DNA derived from the second parent.) For
>>>>>>> example, my dad's autosomes have a reasonably large match to
>>>>>>> Jack's uncle. I inherited less than a
>>>>>>> third of it.=3D20 However=3D3D
>>>>> ,
>>>>> =20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gloria inherited virtually all of her mother's matching
>>>>>>> segment, which (I would think) is typically within the range
>>>>>>> of common possibilities. The upshot of that is that the
>>>>>>> predicted relation between Gloria's mother=3D20=3D
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> and=3D3D
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> =20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jack is pretty much the same as that for Gloria and Jack.
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> In playing around with the results, I can tweak the parameters
>>>>>>> of the online tools I use and search for very small matching
>>>>>>> segments which, individually, are quite trivial. However,
>>>>>>> Gloria
>>>>>>> has only about one=3D20 third=3D3D
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> =20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> of those matches to Jack then her mother does. I'm my no
>>>>>>> means an expert=3D
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> in autosomal DNA, but there might be something there that can
>>>>>>> hep us fine-tune the relationship prediction. =3D3D20 For
>>>>>>> now, we're still left with the dilemma: who was Perrin C's
>>>>>>> father.=3D20=3D
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> If=3D3D
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> =20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> we can determine the degree of relationship, we might be able
>>>>>>> to answer that question. I've started a project to help us
>>>>>>> examine the autosomes=3D20=3D
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> of=3D3D
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> =20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> John's descendants. If any of you have tested, please
>>>>>>> consider joining by sending me an email. =3D3D20
>>>>>>> http://johncooley.net/johnsauto/
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> I'm still of the opinion that Perrin might have had a fifth as
>>>>>>> of yet identified son. The 1800 and 1810 census records
>>>>>>> suggest at the possibility. The 1840 census for "Derrin"
>>>>>>> Cooley of
>>>>>>> Randolph
>>>>>>> County, MO
>>>>>>> has two men 20-29. One would have been Perrin Jr. Could the
>>>>>>> other be Perrin C, who would have been 20 that year? The
>>>>>>> census entries for=3D20 Perrin=3D3D
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> =20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sr includes a boy 10-14. Was he a grandson? If so, could he
>>>>>>> have been the son of this missing 5th son of Perrin's? We know
>>>>>>> that John Cooley (1827-1900+) m Sarah Ann Treadwell was born
>>>>>>> in Missouri. Is this him? If=3D
>>>> =20
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> so, might he and Perrin C have been brothers? I'm on the hunt
>>>>>>> for a Y descendant of John's. =3D3D20
>>>>>>> http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/1840-MO.html
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> BTW, we've found a tester in the Cooley/Hardin line.
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> -Michael
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>> 0.9b</a>
>>>>>>> See http://johncooley.net/list for list information.
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>> 0.9b</a>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>> --=3D3D20
>>>>>> VP, the Cooley Family Association of America
>>>>>> Administrator, the Akins DNA Project
>>>>>> Administrator, the Ashenhurst DNA Project
>>>>>> Administrator, the Bishop DNA Project
>>>>>> Administrator, the Eldridge DNA Project
>>>>>> Administrator, the Fisk DNA Project
>>>>>> Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
>>>>>> Co-Administrator, the Cooley DNA Project
>>>>>> Co-Administrator, the McDougall DNA Project
>>>>>> Co-Administrator, the Pickens DNA Project
>>>>>> Co-Administrator, the Strother DNA Project
>>>>>> Instructor, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
>>>>>> B.A. Humboldt State University, History
>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>> --
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>>>>>> See http://johncooley.net/list for list information.=3D3D20
>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>> --
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>>>>>> See http://johncooley.net/list for list information.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> --
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>>>>> See http://johncooley.net/list for list information.=3D20
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> --
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>>>>> See http://johncooley.net/list for list information.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> =20
>>>> --
>>>> <a href=3D"http://newsummer.com/distlist">distlist 0.9b</a>
>>>> See http://johncooley.net/list for list information.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> =20
>>> =20
>>> --=20
>>> VP, the Cooley Family Association of America
>>> Administrator, the Akins DNA Project
>>> Administrator, the Ashenhurst DNA Project
>>> Administrator, the Bishop DNA Project
>>> Administrator, the Eldridge DNA Project
>>> Administrator, the Fisk DNA Project
>>> Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
>>> Co-Administrator, the Cooley DNA Project
>>> Co-Administrator, the McDougall DNA Project
>>> Co-Administrator, the Pickens DNA Project
>>> Co-Administrator, the Strother DNA Project
>>> Instructor, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
>>> B.A. Humboldt State University, History
>>> =20
>>> --
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>>> See http://johncooley.net/list for list information.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> <a href="http://newsummer.com/distlist">distlist 0.9b</a>
>> See http://johncooley.net/list for list information.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
--
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Administrator, the Akins DNA Project
Administrator, the Ashenhurst DNA Project
Administrator, the Bishop DNA Project
Administrator, the Eldridge DNA Project
Administrator, the Fisk DNA Project
Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the Cooley DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the McDougall DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the Pickens DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the Strother DNA Project
Instructor, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
B.A. Humboldt State University, History
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