Cooley Family Information

? Cooley
[son of ? Cooley and ? ?]
born:
died:
buried:
married:
wife: ? ?
[daughter of ? ? and ? ?]
born:
died:
buried:

Children of ? Cooley and ? ? Cooley:

1. Jonathan Cooley
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born:
died: 1879 or 1880 - Illinois
buried:
married:
wife: Malinda Berry Maxwell
[daughter of James Maxwell and Grisal Berry]
born: 1803 - Washington County, Virginia
died:
buried:

Children of Jonathan Cooley and Malinda Berry Maxwell Cooley:

1.1. Cyrus P. Cooley
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 9 December 1839 - Montgomery County, Indiana
died: 10 December 1905 - Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois
buried:
1st marriage: 14 February 1860 (or 1861) - Newman, Douglas County, Illinois
1st wife: Pauline or Pelina Biggs
[daughter of John Harrison Biggs and Mary Patterson]
born: 7 February 1838 - Henryville, Clark County, Indiana
died: 5 June 1896 - Newman, Douglas County, Illinois
buried:

Children of Cyrus P. Cooley and Pauline Briggs Cooley:

1.1.1. Melissa Alice Cooley
born: 23 November 1862 - Douglas County, Illinois
died: 20 December 1946 - Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois
married: 23 November 1882
husband: Dr. William Frank Burres
born: 29 June 1857
died: 19 December 1937 - Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois

Children of Melissa Alice Cooley Burres and William Frank Burres:

1.1.1.1. Dorothy Burres
1st husband: Earl William Wagner

2nd husband: Fred Woods
born: 16 June 1884
died: 2 July 1953

1.1.1.2. Joseph Elmer Burres
born: 7 November 1883 - Sidney, Champaign County, Illinois
died: 29 May 1885 - Illinois

1.1.1.3. Opal Burres
born: 7 June 1886 - sidney, Champaign County, Illinois
died: 17 November 1935 - Illinois

1.1.1.4. Frank Cooley Burres
born: 7 November 1895 - Sidney, Champaign County, Illinois
died: 16 August 1896 - Sidney, Champaign County, Illinois

1.1.2. Millie Luella Cooley
born: 8 November 1865 - Douglas County, Illinois
died: as an infant - Douglas County, Illinois

1.1.3. Dr. Elmer Bert Cooley
born: 17 April 1867 - Douglas County, Illinois
died: 12 October 1937 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
buried:
married: June 1891
wife: Mary Ellen Fowler
born: 22 May 1872
died: 2 May 1944

Children of Elmer Bert Cooley and Mary Ellen Fowler Cooley:

1.1.3.1. Elmer Burt Cooley
born: 11 March 1894
died: 29 September 1921
buried:
married: 19 December 1916
wife: Gladys P. Wiggins

1.1.3.2. Marion Fowler Cooley
born: 10 August 1898
died: 10 April 1955 - Illinois
wife: ? Yaeger

1.1.4. Flora Eta Cooley
born: 15 December 1868 - Douglas County, Illinois
died: 21 December 1914 - Newman, Douglas County, Illinois
married: 12 February 1891 - Fairmount, Illinois
husband: James Albert Church
1 December 1867 - Fairmount, Illinois
died: 26 July 1948 - Newman, Douglas County, Illinois

Children of Flora Eta Cooley Church and James Albert Church:

1.1.4.1. Verla Lorene Church

1.1.4.2. Carmen Etta Church
born: 29 March 1893 - Newman, Douglas County, Illinois

1.1.4.3. Lucille Church
born: 10 September 1894 - Newman, Douglas County, Illinois
died: 27 November 1971

1.1.4.4. Kenneth Cooley Church
born: 17 July 1898 - Newman, Douglas County, Illinois
died: 5 June 1972 - Allerton, Champaign County, Illinois

1.1.5. Laura Edna Cooley
born: 26 August 1878 - Douglas County, Illinois
died: 9 January 1933 - Illinois
married: 17 October 1900 - Virginia, Cass County, Illinois
husband: Dr. Frederick Lee Hamil
born: 11 March 1875
died: 28 April 1944

Child of Laura Edna Cooley Hamil and Frederick Lee Hamil:

1.1.5.1. Ralph Edward Hamil
born: 9 January 1902 - Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois
died: 30 December 1945 - New York

2nd marriage: 18 November 1897 - Sangamon County, Illinois
2nd wife: Isabelle Jane Dodds
[daughter of Joseph Dodds and Elizabeth Ann Holland]
born: 12 January 1848
died: 24 November 1917 - Janesville, Cumberland County, Illinois
buried:

 


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