We know from the 1850 probate records of James Cooley (s/o Perrin Cooley
Sr) that his brother John (m Martha Bearden) had a son named Edward who
was living in Illinois. We find an Edward Cooley living with Perrin C
Cooley in Calhoun Co IL in 1850.
I've not been able to find Edward on any later census records. But I've
just stumbled on this at familysearch.org. Pike County is immediately
north of Calhoun county:
Name: Edward Cooly
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1855
Event Place: Township 5S Range 6W-Township 5 Range 5, Pike, Illinois
Number in Family: 4
Page: 116
GS Film number: 976672
Digital Folder Number: 004541961
Image Number: 00359
According to
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=djczimmerman&id=I27174
Name: Edward Cooley
Marriage 1 Elma Miller b: 1833 in Clermont County, Ohio
Married: 16 Dec 1851 in Pike County, Illinois
I find this at familysearch.org
Name: Alfred P Cooley
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 24 May 1879
Event Place: Pike, Illinois, United States
Age: 27
Birthplace: Ill
Birth Year (Estimated): 1852
Father's Name: Edward S Cooley
Father's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Name: Emily Miller
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Name: Anna B Barber
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Age: 22
Spouse's Birthplace: Mo
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1857
Spouse's Father's Name: Albert Barber
Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Mother's Name: Nancy Ash
Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms:
Reference ID: P.34
GS Film number: 1314768
Digital Folder Number: 005204668
Image Number: 00574
There's no evidence that Edward of Calhoun was the Edward later of Pike,
but it's worth looking into. Does anyone have access to the 1855 Pike
county census?
-Michael
Received on Sat May 24 2014 - 01:55:53 CDT