Born in Steuben County, NY
Ancestors 
Daughter of Orestus Burton
and Ruth (Andrews) Russell
Sister of
William O. Burton, David Russell [half], James Jackson Russell [half], Ruth Ann Russell [half], George Russell [half], Spencer Boothe Russell [half] and Henry Everett Russell [half]
Wife of
Nathan Dillon Cooley
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 73
in Hudson, Lenawee County, Michigan
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Biography
Amelia Louisa Burton was born December 27, 1830. She was the daughter of Orestus and Ruth (Andrews) Burton of Steuben and Yates County, New York. Her father died when she was still an infant and her mother married John Russell. Along with her brother William, she was “Loisa” in the household of her grandmother, Waity Andrews, in 1850. [1]
She married Nathan D. Cooley between 1853 and 1855. [2] [3] He was the son of Beriah and Martha (Dillon) Cooley. Their children were William B., Mary E., Fannie B. and Ida.
The Burton family settled in Hudson, Lenawee County, Michigan, sometime before 1880. Nathan Cooley died there in 1897.
Amelia died November 16, 1904 in Hudson, Michigan, of heart disease. [4] She is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Hudson, Lenawee County, Michigan. [5]
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Sources
- ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1850, Potter, Yates County, New York.
- ↑ Marriage date source: Death certificate of Nathan gives age at marriage as 26 (1853); Amelia gives marriage as 45 years on 1900 census (1855).
- ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1900, Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan.
- ↑ Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950 for Emelia Croley; Certificates, 1897-1920 071: Lapeer - Mason, 1894-1909; online database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT.
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 74178620; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74178620.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Amelia by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Amelia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Amelia by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Amelia:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
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