James Smedley Cooley (1817 - 1888)

Born 25 Jul 1817 in New York, United States

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Died 20 Dec 1888 at age 71 in Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, United States

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Biography

James and his wife Mary were buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Canandaigua. James Cooley was the founder of the Cooley Hardware Store in Canandaigua in 1851. The business was owned and managed by various members of the family for many years, including James and Mary's son Augustine Sackett Cooley.

Sources

• http://raims.com/canandaigua65.html

Census record index for Canandaigua, Ontario County, 1865 FAM# FI FIRSTNAME MI LASTNAME TOWN YEAR PAGE DIST 256 James S Cooley Canandaigua 1865 50 1 256 Mary E Cooley Canandaigua 1865 50 1 256 Augustine Cooley Canandaigua 1865 50 1 256 Hattie M Cooley Canandaigua 1865 50 1

* 1880 Census; Canandaigua, Ontario, New York FHL Film: 1254908; NA Film No.: T9-0908 Page No.: 52D James COOLEY, Self, M, Male, W, 63, NY, Hardware Dealer, MA, MA Mary E. COOLEY, Wife, M, Female, W, 54, NY, Keeps House, CT, CT Harriet COOLEY, Dau, S, Female, W, 28, NY, At Home, NY, NY Augustus S. COOLEY, Son, S, Male, W, 24, NY, Hardware Dealer, NY, NY Alice M. MORRIS, Other, S, Female, W, 46, IRE, Servant, IRE, IRE Thomas CROSS, Other, S, Male, W, 19, NY, Laborer, IRE, IRE

* COOLEY James S. July 25, 1817 - Dec 20, 1888; husb of Mary Elizabeth SACKETT https://sackettfamily.info/g109/p109672.htm