Name: David Cooley154
Born: 15 Aug 1815
Place: near Salem, Washington County, Indiana
Died: 25 Jul 1865
Place: St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri
Buried:
Place: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St Louis MO
Married: 9 Dec 1838
Place: Clark County, Indiana121
David Cooley
The following is found in the article "The Descendants of John Cooley and
Selah Wright" published serially by the Quarterly Bulletin of The Cooley
Family Association of America (October 1943 to January 1948). It was
compiled by Mary D. Stoops. This transcription was provided by Dennis A
Young.
David Cooley was born in 1815 in Salem, Indiana; died July 25, 1865, at
camp in St. Louis, Missouri, during the Civil War; buried at Jefferson
Barracks, in St. Louis, Missouri; married (1) in 1839 Laurinda Aiken. It
must have been outside of Washington County, Indiana, because no record
could be found of their marriage in that county. Laurinda Aiken may have
had relatives at Carlyle, Indiana. The 1850 Census says she was 29 years
old and born in Indiana. She died April 19, 1855, soon after moving to
Missouri. She was buried in a home made box, being carried across a field
to her grave. A stone stands near by with the date of her death upon it,
and not far away stands a single pine tree. A fence was built around the
plot some years ago by her great-grandson, the Rev. Oliver Edward Cooley.
The plot was about two miles from the farm of Jacob Cooley, Laurinda's
grandson.
David and Laurinda Cooley lived four miles south of Salem and purchased
land in Salem from William Roberts. In 1849 they left Salem and went by
prairie schooner to Appanoose County, Iowa, settling near where a stucco
school house now stands on what is now Highway 60, about five miles north of
Cincinnati, Iowa. In the early 1850's David carried the mail on horseback
between Centerville and Cincinnati, Iowa. Like other Cooleys he was a large
man. In the Spring of 1855 they moved across into Missouri, locating in the
southwest portion of Putnam County, near what is now known as Busby
Cemetery. The 1850 Census lists David as a farmer in Jackson Township,
Washington County, Indiana, gives his age as 34, born in Indiana. Early in
the Civil War David Cooley, at the age of 47, followed his two sons,
Thompson and Dill, into the Union Army. He was a private in Company C, 42nd
Missouri Volunteers (from: the National Archives, Washington, D. C. - letter
dated May 8, 1942). David Cooley's number was MC 104 104.
David Cooley married (2) January 18, 1856, in Sullivan County, Missouri,
Elizabeth Pring. She married (2) April 17, 1866, Peter W. Duree.
Family of David Cooley
David Cooley and his first wife, Laurinda Aiken, had
the following children.
| Thompson Cooley |
1842-1921 |
He married Mary Lewis in Putnam Co MO. |
| Dill Cooley |
1843-1861 |
He died during his Civil War service. No children. |
| Geenberry Cooley |
1844-1899 |
Married Amelia Mohler Pettit. |
| Lucinda Cooley |
1849-1916 |
She married twice: Walter Ackroid and ___ Shaffer. |
| infant |
1854- |
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David had two children with his second wife, Elizabeth Pring: Cyrus
Cooley, born 5 Feb 1860, and Isabelle Cooley, born 7 Dec 1863.
1852 Iowa State Census, Appanoose County
Copied from
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ia/appanoose/census/1852.txt
males females
Cooley, A. W. 3 2
Cooley, David 4 2
Cooley, Edward 6 4
Cooley, Fountain 2 2
Cooley, Lewis 3 4
Cooley, Thomas 2 1
The following chart shows the relationships between the Cooleys listed on
the above census, those present being in caps. David's father, John, was
still in Indiana. The senior Edward died there in 1822.
Edward
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John THOMAS EDWARD
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DAVID LEWIS FOUNTAIN AARON WOOD COOLEY
Burial
David's body wasn't returned to Putnam county. He was buried at
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St Louis, MO. According to Find A
Grave Memorial #36801223, his grave is at section 45, site 1494. His son,
Dill Cooley, is at section 26, site 5839.
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