Berry Benton Cooley (1821 - 1903)

Born 20 Jul 1821 in Wayne, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lovenia (Arrington) Cooley — married Nov 1849 in Jasper,Mississippi

Descendants

Died 23 May 1903 at age 81 in Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

"Little Berry" was born in 1821, the son of William C. Billy Cooley and Nancy Bounds.

In the 1850 census Berry (age 29), Farmer, was in Jasper, Mississippi, United States.^[1]

He passed away in 1903^[2]

Burial

Death: Calcasieu, Louisiana^[2]

Burial: Hopewell Cemetery

Burial Place: DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

Find A Grave: Memorial #6596001

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
   The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Jasper, Mississippi; Roll: 374; Page: 39b; Line Number: 17
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #3440933 (accessed 25 August 2023)
   Berry Cooly (29), Farmer, in Jasper, Mississippi, USA. Born in Mississippi.

   Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Berry Cooly	M	29	Farmer	Mississippi
   Lavina Cooly	F	17		Mississippi
   Bersheba Epsy Ellender	F	6		Mississippi
   Martha Spurlock	F	26		Mississippi
   Mary Jane Spurlock	F	21		Mississippi
   Allen Spurlock	M	16	Laborer	Mississippi
   John Spurlock	M	20	Laborer	Mississippi
   Robert Winston Spurlock	M	13		Mississippi
   Anne Spurlock	F	11		Mississippi
   Lavina Spurlock	F	8		Mississippi
   Adaline Spurlock	F	63		Mississippi

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find A Grave, (database and images: accessed 25 October 2019, amb), memorial page for Little Berry “L.B.” Cooley (20 Jul 1821–23 May 1903), Find A Grave: Memorial #6596001, citing Hopewell Cemetery, DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Michele (contributor 46543175)

• Ira Cooley: U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. amb 13:55, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 October 2018, amb), memorial page for Little Berry “L.B.” Cooley (20 Jul 1821–23 May 1903), Find A Grave: Memorial #6596001, citing Hopewell Cemetery, DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Michele (contributor 46543175) .
• Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Edition: 8th Author: Frederick Lewis Weis Publication: Geneological Publishing Co, Baltimore, 2004

• SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS © 1997-2003, Wallace L. McKeehan, All Rights Reserved, The Moore Odyssey
• 1850 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Jasper, Mississippi; Roll: M432_374; Page: 39B; Image: 83. amb 19:22, 25 October 2019 (UTC).

Thank you to Michelle Bairfield for creating WikiTree profile Cooley-1191 through the import of 2013-10-05 ten generation Gavin.ged on Oct 5, 2013.