William Truitt Cooley

1. William Truitt Cooley
[son of James Cooley, Jr. and Penelope Gargus]
born: 1 December 1790 - Halifax County, North Carolina
died: 6 June 1847 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
buried: Larkins Cemetery - Humphreys County, Tennessee
1820 Census - Montgomery County, Tennessee (William T. Cooley, age between 16-25)
1830 Census - Humphreys County, Tennessee (William T. Cooley, age between 30-39)
1840 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (William T. Cooley, age between 40-49)
married: 1815 - Robertson County, Tennessee [source: Register of Qualified Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution, page 155]
wife: Margaret Crockett
[daughter of Samuel Crockett and Sarah Wilson]
born: 31 July 1797 - Robertson County, Tennessee
died: 16 January 1874 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
buried: Larkins Cemetery - Humphreys County, Tennessee
1820 Census - Montgomery County, Tennessee (Female age 16-25 in household of William T. Cooley)
1830 Census - Humphreys County, Tennessee (Female age 30-39 in household of William T. Cooley)
1840 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Female age 40-49, in household of William T. Cooley)
1850 Census - Humphreys County, Tennessee (Margaret Cooley, age 53, listed as head of household)
1860 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Margaret Cooley, Farmer, age 62)
1870 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Margaret Cooley, age 70, living in household of Samuel Larkins, her son-in-law)

Children of William Truitt Cooley and Margaret Crockett Cooley:

1.1. Martha E. Cooley
born: 4 September 1822 - Tennessee
died: 18 November 1900 - Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee
buried: Marble Cemetery - Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee
1830 Census - Humphreys County, Tennessee (Female 5-9, in household of her father, William T. Cooley)
1840 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Female age 15-19, in household of her father, William T. Cooley)
1850 Census - Humphreys County, Tennessee (Martha Bowen, age 27, living with her husband, Berry Bowen)
1860 Census - Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Martha Bowen, age 37, living with her husband, B. S. Bowen)
1870 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Martha E. Bowen, age 47, living with her husband, Berry S. Bowen)
1880 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Martha Bowen, age 56, living with her husband, Berry S. Bowen)
married: c1841 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
husband: Berry S. Bowen
[son of Eldridge Bowen and ? ?]
born: 9 March 1817 - Dickson County, Tennessee
died: 12 November 1900 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
buried: Marble Cemetery - Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee
1820 Census - Dickson County, Tennessee (Male under 10, living with his father, Eldridge Bowen)
1830 Census - Dickson County, Tennessee (Male 10-14, living with his father, Eldridge Bowen)
1840 Census - District 8, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Male 20-29, living with his father, Eldridge Bowen)
1850 Census - Humphreys County, Tennessee (Berry Bowen, age 22)
1860 Census - Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee (B. S. Bowen, age 42)
1870 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Berry S. Bowen, age 53)
1880 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Berry S. Bowen, age 63)

Child of Martha E. Cooley Bowen and Berry S. Bowen:

1.1.1.William M. Bowen
born: 2 May 1842 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
died: 16 March 1862 - St. Louis, Missouri
buried: Marble Cemetery - Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee
1850 Census - Humphreys County, Tennessee (William Bowen, age 8, living with his parents, Berry and Martha Bowen)
1860 Census - Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee (William Bowen, age 18, living with his parents B.S. and Martha Bowen)
1st Lieutenant Co. K 50th Reg Tennessee Volunteers

 

1.2. Mary Cooley
born: c1827 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
died: 1868 or 1870 (before 1870 census) - Humphreys County, Tennessee
buried: Larkins Cemetery (near the Hustburg Road now on T.V.A. property)
1830 Census - Humphreys County, Tennessee (Female under 5, in household of her father, William T. Cooley)
1840 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Female age 15-19, in household of her father, William T. Cooley)
1850 Census - Humphreys County, Tennessee (Mary Larkins, age 23, married and living with her mother who is head of household
1860 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Mary Larkins, age 32, married and living with her mother who is head of household)
married: c1847 - Tennessee
husband: Samuel Alexander Larkins
Biography and Picture of Samuel Alexander Larkins
His second wife was Amanda Gillespie.
His third wife was Margaret Haley.
[son of John A. Larkins, Jr. and Sarah McAdoo]
born: c1823 - Dickson County, Tennessee
died: 13 April 1893 - Plant Community, Humphreys County, Tennessee
buried: Larkins Cemetery (near the Hustburg Road now on T.V.A. property)
1850 Census - Humphreys County, Tennessee (Samuel Larkins, age 27, married and living with his mother-in-law who is head of household
1860 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Saml Larkins, age 37, married and living with his mother-in-law who is head of household)
1870 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Samuel Larkins, Farmer, age 46)
1880 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Sam Larkins, Head, age 57, Farming)

Children of Samuel Alexander Larkins and Mary Cooley Larkins:

1.2.1. Margaret Ann Larkins
born: c1849 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
died:
1850 Census - Humphreys County, Tennessee (Margaret Larkins, age 1)
1860 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Margaret Larkins, age 10)
1870 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Margaret Warren, Keeping House, age 22)
1880 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Mararet A. Warren, Keeping House, age 29)
Moved to Pollard Arkansas
husband: Ezekiel A. Warren
[son of David "Tasso" Warren and Tabitha ? Warren]
born: c1840 or 1844 - Cannon County, Tennessee
died:
1870 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Ezekiel A. Warren, Farmer, age 26)
1880 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Zeke Warren, Farming, age 39)

Children of Ezekiel A. Warren and Margaret Larkins Warren:

1.2.1.1. Eupha "Euphie" D. Warren
born: c1876 - Tennessee
1880 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Eupha D. Warren, Daughter, age 4)

1.2.1.2. Alma Ethel Warren
born: September 1879 - Tennessee
1880 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Alma E. Warren, Daughter, age 8/12)

1.2.1.3. Sammie Warren

 

1.2.2. Artimiss Larkins
born: c1852 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
1860 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Artimuss Larkins, age 8)

1.2.3. Ewin or Ervin Martin Larkins
born: c1855 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
1860 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Martin Larkins, age 5)
1870 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Evin Larkins, Farm Laborer, age 15)

1.2.4. Wilson Alexander Larkins
Family Information and Picture
born: c1861 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
1870 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Wilson A. Larkins, age 9)
1880 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Wilson Larkins, Son, age 20, works on farm)
married: 1888 - Sumter County, Florida
Lived in Larkins, Florida in 1926 the name was changed to South Miami.
wife: Katie Estelle Burtashaw
born: Dawson, Georgia

Children of Wilson Alexander Larkins and Katie Estelle Burtashaw Larkins:

1.2.4.1. Samuel E. Larkins

1.2.4.2. Mary M. Larkins

1.2.4.3. John G. Larkins

1.2.4.4. Michael Larkins

1.2.4.5. Patrick Larkins

1.2.4.6. Maggie Larkins

1.2.4.7. Vance Larkins

1.2.4.8. Alex Larkins

1.2.4.9. Lillian Larkins

1.2.4.10. Charles Larkins

1.2.4.11. Horace Larkins

 

1.2.5. Tera Eola Larkins
Member of the Yorkville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
born: September 1863 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
died: 1930
buried: Yorkville Cemetery - Yorkville, Gibson County, Tennessee
1870 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Tera E. Larkins, age 7)
1880 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Tera Larkins, Daughter, age 16)
1900 Census - Newbern, Dyer County, Tennessee (T. E. Loggins, wife, age 32)
1910 Census - District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee (Tera E. Loggins, wife, age 46)
1920 Census - District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee (Tera Eola Loggins, wife, age 56)
married: 28 February 1881 - Humphreys County, Tennessee by Rev. A. A. Wilson (He was a Cumberland Presbyterian minister)
husband: Henry Mitchell Loggins
[son of Reuben Burch Loggins and Mary Elizabeth Trotter]
Elder in the Yorkville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
born: November 1859 - Mississippi
died: 1929
buried: Yorkville Cemetery - Yorkville, Gibson County, Tennessee
Not listed on 1860 census with his parents - perhaps he was born in November 1860 although is tombstone says 1859.
1870 Census - Choctaw County, Mississippi (Henry Logings, age 10, Farmer)
1880 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Henry Loggins, Son, age 19, works on farm)
1900 Census - Newbern, Dyer County, Tennessee (H. M. Loggins, Head, age 39, farmer)
1910 Census - District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee (Henry M. Loggins, Head, age 49, farmer)
1920 Census - District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee (Henry Mitchel Loggins, Head, age 59, farmer)

Children of Henry Mitchell Loggins and Tera Eola Larkins Loggins:

1.2.5.1. Thomas Hugh Loggins
born: July 1883 - Tennessee
died:
1900 Census - Newbern, Dyer County, Tennessee (T. H. Loggins, Son, age 16)

1.2.5.2. Mary Ethel Loggins
born: December 1885 - Tennessee
died:
1900 Census - Newbern, Dyer County, Tennessee (Mary Loggins, Daughter, age 14)
1910 Census - District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee (Mary E. Loggins, age 24, teacher)

1.2.5.3. Sammie Loggins
born: July 1888 - Tennessee
died:
1900 Census - Newbern, Dyer County, Tennessee (Samie Loggins, Daughter, age 12)

1.2.5.4. Reuben Wilson Loggins, Sr.
born: 24 August 1895 - Dickson County, Tennessee
died: 24 February 1970 - Rutherford, Gibson County, Tennessee
buried: Yorkville Cemetery - Yorkville, Gibson County, Tennessee
1900 Census - Newbern, Dyer County, Tennessee (R. W. Loggins, Son, age 7)
1910 Census - District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee (Ruben W. Loggins, Son, age 18)
1930 Census - District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee (Rubin Logains, Head, age 37, Farmer)
married: 29 November 1917 - Dyer County, Tennessee
wife: Grace Laura Edwards
[daughter of Moses A. Edwards and Helen Lawrence]
born: 31 October 1895 - Dyer County, Tennessee
died: 28 April 1980
buried: Yorkville Cemetery - Yorkville, Gibson County, Tennessee
1930 Census - District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee (Grace Logains, Wife, age 34)

Children of Reuben Wilson Loggins and Grace Laura Edwards Loggins:

1.2.5.4.1. Reuben Wilson Loggins, Jr.
born: 7 October 1918 - Tennessee
died: 26 August 2000
buried: Bells Chapel Cemetery - Dyer, Gibson County, Tennessee
1930 Census - District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee (Rubin Logains, Jr., Son, age 11)
wife: Dorothy Mildred Reed

1.2.5.4.2. Philip Loggins
born: c1921 - Tennessee
1930 Census - District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee (Philip Logains, Son, age 9)

1.2.5.4.3. Helen Lois Loggins
born: 1 October 1925
died: 13 November 1928
buried: Yorkville Cemetery - Yorkville, Gibson County, Tennessee

1.2.5.4.4. Bettye Jean Loggins
born: 12 May 1929 - Tennessee
1930 Census - District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee (Bettie Logains, Daughter, age 11/12)
husband: James Robert McCaffrey
[son of Cantrel Robert McCaffrey and Annie Belle Banks]
born: 25 June 1926
died: 5 February 1978
buried: Yorkville Cemetery - Yorkville, Gibson County, Tennessee

Children of Bettye Loggins McCaffrey and James Robert McCaffrey:

1.2.5.4.4.1. Gwendolyn McCaffrey
husband: Paul Eugene "Gene" McReynolds, Jr.
[son of Rev. Paul Eugene McReynolds, a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, and Virginia Ruth Neal]

 

1.2.5.5. Addie Bowen Loggins
born: October 1897 - Tennessee
1900 Census - Newbern, Dyer County, Tennessee (B. Addie Loggins, Daughter, age 2)
1910 Census - District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee (Addie B. Loggins, Daughter, age 12)

1.2.5.6. Rice Pierce Loggins
born: 19 August 1900 - Tennessee
died: 1976
buried: Yorkville Cemetery - Yorkville, Gibson County, Tennessee
1910 Census - District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee (Pierce Loggins, Son, age 9)
1920 Census - District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee (Rice Pierce Loggins, Son, age 19)
wife: Ethel L. ?
born: 1899
died: 1976
buried: Yorkville Cemetery - Yorkville, Gibson County, Tennessee

1.2.5.7. Katie Pearl Loggins
born: 19 August 1900 - Tennessee
1910 Census - District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee (Pearl Loggins, Daughter, age 9)
1920 Census - District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee (Pearl Loggins, Daughter, age 19)

1.2.5.8. Annie Pauline Loggins
born: 19 August 1900 - Tennessee
1910 Census - District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee (Pauline Loggins, Daughter, age 9)

1.2.5.9. Lellie Tucker Loggins
born: c1902 - Tennessee
1910 Census - District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee (Lellie T. Loggins, Daughter, age 8)
1920 Census - District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee (Lellie Tucker Loggins, Daughter, age 17)

 

1.2.6. Mary Willie or Willy Larkins
born: 1870 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
died: 1896 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
1870 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Mary W. Larkins, age 5/12)
1880 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Willie Larkins, Daughter, age 10)
husband: Wylie Daniel O'Guin or O'Gwin
[son of William O'Guin and Margarete Kisiah Alexander]
born: December 1864 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
died:

Children of Wylie Daniel O'Guin and Mary Willie Larkins O'Gwin:

1.2.6.1. Samuel William O'Guin
born: 10 March 1890 - Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee

1.2.6.2. Cecil Bowen O'Guin
born: 19 February 1893 - Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee
died: 29 May 1967 - Kern County, California
wife: Edna ?
born: 20 September 1894 - Iowa
died: 8 November 1962 - Kern County, California

 

1.3. Paralee Cooley
born: c1830 - Tennessee
died: she died before the 1880 census.
1840 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Female age 10-14 in household of William T. Cooley)
1850 Census - Humphreys County, Tennessee (Paralee Cooley, age 20, living with her mother)
1860 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Parilee Young, age 31, married, living with her husband)
1870 Census - District 3, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Paralee M. Young, age 40, married, living with her husband)
husband: John J. Young
born: c1827 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
died: he died before the 1880 census.

Children of John J. Young and Paralee Cooley Young:

1.3.1. Hester Young
born: 1851 - Tennessee

1.3.2. Martha Berry Young
born: 26 March 1853 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
died: 5 June 1928
married: 3 October 1878 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
husband: William Newsom Link
[son of John Banks Link and Elizabeth Jane Martin]
born: 11 January 1851
died: 11 November 1936

Child of William Newsom Link and Martha Berry Young Link:

1.3.2.1. John Banks Link, Sr.
born: 14 November 1879
died: 23 December 1931
wife: Clara Taylor
[daughter of Allen Taylor and Nancy Price]
born: 8 August 1877
died: 28 November 1962

Children of John Banks Link, Sr. and Clara Taylor Link:

1.3.2.1.1. John Banks Link, Jr.

1.3.2.1.2. William Hugh Link

1.3.2.1.3. Dorris Link
husband: John Clifford Charles

1.3.3. John Young
born: 1856 - Tennessee

1.3.4. Laura Penora Young
born: 1859 - Tennessee
died: 3 July 1945
married: 24 September 1882 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
husband: Henry Alexander Link
[son of John Banks Link and Elizabeth Jane Martin]
born: 4 March 1856 - Humphreys County, Tennessee

Children of Henry Alexander Link and Laura Penora Young Link:

1.3.4.1. Pearl Link
husband: Benjamin Couch
[son of Edgar William Couch and Mary Ellen Myer]

Child of Benjamin Couch and Pearl Link Couch:

1.3.4.1.1. Newsome Couch
born: c1920
died: c1990
wife: Rita ?

1.3.4.2. Earnest G. Link
died: 1884

1.3.5. Minnie Young
born: 10 May 1863 - Tennessee
died: 11 May 1934 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
married: 16 October 1881 - Humphreys County, Tennessee
husband: James Spicer Rogers
born: 9 November 1856
died: 25 February 1906 - Humphreys County, Tennessee

Children of James Spicer Rogers and Minnie Young Rogers:

1.3.5.1. Minnie Lee Rogers
born: 29 August 1887
died: 9 August 1905

1.3.5.2. Vincent Young Rogers
born: 1889
died: 1975
married: 28 September 1910
wife: Mary Ethel Young
born: 1893
died: 1978

Children of Vincent Young Rogers and Mary Ethel Young Rogers:

1.3.5.2.1. John Darlington Rogers

1.3.5.2.2. Pherrell Vincent Rogers
born: 30 June 1913
died: 10 July 1979
1st wife: Bliss Morrow
born: 1918
died: 1945
2nd wife: Katherine James

1.3.5.2.3. Harvel Murray Rogers
wife: Mary Jo Tubb

1.3.5.2.4. Mary Martha Josephine Rogers
husband: Allen Kilborn Dewitt

1.3.5.2.5. James Hugh Rogers
wife: Mary Magdalene Watkins

1.3.5.2.6. Betty Ann Rogers

1.3.5.2.7. Helen Ruth Rogers
husband: Thomas G. Radcliffe

1.3.5.2.8. Laura Jean Rogers
1st husband: James Rousaville
2nd husband: Max Coffey

1.3.5.2.9. Ethel Maxine Rogers
husband: Otto Joslin, Jr.

1.3.5.2.10. Wilma Larue Rogers

1.3.5.2.11. Harold Young Rogers

1.3.5.3. Laura Willie Rogers
born: 27 January 1896
husband: William Homer Crocket
born: 22 June 1894
died: 6 January 1988

Children of William Homer Crocket and Laura Willie Rogers Crocket:

1.3.5.3.1. James Rogers Crocket

1.3.5.3.2. Pauline Crocket
husband: ? Shafer

1.3.5.3.3. William Howard Crocket

1.3.5.3.4. Robert Henry Crocket

1.3.5.3.5. Teddy Vincent Crocket

1.3.5.3.6. Lauree Crockett
husband: Pearce Smith


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