Could be. He may have been the one who committed suicide in 1846.
There are about 36 articles mentioning John Cooley.
-Michael
> Do you think this is the John Cooley murdered in Howard Co. in 1844?
> Jane Wisdom
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Cooley" <michael_at_newsummer.com>
> To: "John Cooley Mailing List" <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 10:47 AM
> Subject: Re: Admin of James Cooley vs. E.C. Cooley
>
>
>> Great source! Included here is another one, although not so remarkable,
>> from Boon's Lick's Times (Fayette, MO) 1840-1848, Jan 1, 1848, Image 3.
>>
>>
>>
>>> Jim:
>>> I'm thrilled that I've finally found a little break for us. Now we
>>> still
>>> gotta figure out how my Elizabeth ties into all of this.
>>>
>>> I thought this was a great find too. I stumbled upon this website
>>> http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ (I don't search from the very top
>>> Library of Congresss) go to the search under "Chronicling America" - I
>>> used the advance search tab and put the name under "use the phrase"
>>> otherwise you get things you are not searching for. So I put in "James
>>> Cooley" and searched in the state of TN and vuala there it was. I don't
>>> have a lot of time these days to work genealogy as I'm home schooling
>>> one
>>> of my twins, and I watch my grandkids during the day. So I haven't
>>> exhausted all the possibilites from this website. Maybe others can
>>> start
>>> searching too, and we'll find some more gold mines.
>>>
>>> Gloria
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: The Cooleys <lvcooley5_at_cox.net>
>>> To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
>>> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 12:50 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Admin of James Cooley vs. E.C. Cooley
>>>
>>> Sorry to jump in so late. My wife and I were killing some time in a
>>> spectacularly bland Irish pub here.
>>>
>>> Goodness, Gloria, this is a HUGE find! How did you stumble across it?
>>> I've searched high and low
>>> for gold like this! I have to assume that this was only recently
>>> scanned
>>> or released or surely one of us
>>> would have bumped into it by now. This gives me much hope that more
>>> clues
>>> are out there waiting!
>>> It ties together so many previously untethered and unusual suspects.
>>> But
>>> without a doubt it solidifies
>>> the relationship between William Bearden who married Hannah Cooley and
>>> is
>>> the presumed brother
>>> of Martha Bearden Cooley, and possibly ties this branch (after long
>>> last)
>>> to Perrin. I'm grasping at the
>>> particulars of the lawsuit and assume that the folks named are next of
>>> kin
>>> of James. It would be so
>>> smoking to find the actual court documents, especially if they name
>>> Martha, Elizabeth, Polly or Milo on the side of E.C.
>>>
>>> It's also very interesting to note that the administrator for James,
>>> William R. Von Schmittou, is E.C.'s wife's
>>> uncle and brother of Obriant Lafayette Von Schmittou, who if I remember
>>> correctly was the J.P. who
>>> married them.
>>>
>>> There are so many new questions and things to sort out but this is
>>> really
>>> a major step forward for placing our Cooleys.
>>> Thank you, Gloria! And thank you, Michael, for presenting the pieces of
>>> the larger puzzle and trying to make sense of
>>> it all !!!
>>>
>>> Slainte,
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/24/2013 6:17 PM, Michael Cooley wrote:
>>>> Yeah, that's what we were thinking. I did find that James sold some
>>>> Randolph county land prior to 1850. I was thinking that happened in
>>>> preparation for his move. But I would think it was more likely James
>>>> took
>>>> in Martha and her children. (Willow was almost certainly Milo, who
>>>> we've
>>>> proven to have been EC's brother.) The principle problem I had with
>>>> that
>>>> is that John H was probably born c1812 and probably married Eliza
>>>> Lock.
>>>> Your John may have been born before 1810. But those ages aren't so far
>>>> apart that they can't be reconciled. Maybe that wild notion will turn
>>>> out
>>>> to be true after all.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> We were thinking that James and Martha Cooley took in Elizabeth,
>>>>> E.C.,
>>>>> Polly, and Willow after John hung himself. If in fact that John is
>>>>> whom
>>>>> we
>>>>> are assuming.
>>>>> I wish I could get to Dickson and do some digging around.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>> From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
>>>>> To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 8:53 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: Admin of James Cooley vs. E.C. Cooley
>>>>>
>>>>> These are probably his siblings: William, Perrin, Nellie Green,
>>>>> Hannah
>>>>> Bearden (!), Elizabeth Stinson, Angeline Morgan, and Edward Cooley.
>>>>> Likely, they are listed by age--perhaps some of the younger ones
>>>>> might
>>>>> have been nieces or nephews. An Edward Cooley, if fact, shows up on a
>>>>> census with Perrin Cooley:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1850 > ILLINOIS > CALHOUN > ILLINOIS
>>>>> Series: M432 Roll: 99 Page: 306
>>>>>
>>>>> Perrin Cooley 27 Farmer MO
>>>>> Harriet Cooley 19 IL
>>>>> Edward Cooley 18 MO
>>>>>
>>>>> The question, of course, is how is EC related? Perhaps a nephew he
>>>>> ignored, a son of a deceased brother?
>>>>>
>>>>> Someone needs to look carefully at the court records for Dickson
>>>>> county.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Michael
>>>>>
>>>>>> Wow! This is great! It will prove to be a really big clue for Jim's
>>>>>> John
>>>>>> and deserves a lot of study. The thing is that if James Cooley is
>>>>>> who
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> think he is, he probably didn't have any children. If true, these
>>>>>> were
>>>>>> probably his closest living relatives.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The mention of William Bearden is going to be of great interest to
>>>>>> Jim.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you have any more of these gems?!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Michael
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Has anyone seen this before? It's from the Jan. 4, 1859 Nashville
>>>>>>> Union
>>>>>>> and American.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I couldn't get it to paste directly into the email so I've made it
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> Word
>>>>>>> attachment.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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