Samuel William Cooley (1862 - 1926)

Samuel was born in 1862 to John Wesley Cooley and Elizabeth A Sherrill. His father died by the time he was eight. Samuel married when he was 31 and lived most of his life in Missouri. He passed away in 1926 at 63 years old.

Timeline with Sources

• 1862 Aug 9 - Birth - Bismark, MO

• 1870 United States Federal Census[1] - Iron, St Francois, Missouri, USA - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - Household members: Elizabeth Cooley 46; Nancy Cooley 25; George Cooley 20; John F Cooley 15; Ellen Cooley 12; Samuel Cooley 8

• 1880 United States Federal Census[2] p 10 family #51 - 1880 • Bismarck, St Francois, Missouri, USA - Marital Status: Single - Occupation: Clerk In Store - Household members: Sam. Cooley 18

• 1893 Sep 23 - Marriage to Mary Elizabeth Garrett - from 1900 Census

• 1894 Jun 19 - Birth of Son Carlisle Spencer Cooley - Gainesville, Arkansas

• 1896 Mar 13 - Birth of Son Owen Leland Cooley - Missouri

• 1898 Mar 29 - Birth of Daughter Estella Vera Cooley - Bismark, Missouri

• 1900 United States Federal Census[3] - Iron, St Francois, Missouri - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Brother (He and Mary lived with his older brother, unmarried, George Cooley.) - Household members: George Cooley 50; Samuel W Cooley 37; Elizabeth Cooley 33; Carlisle Cooley 6; Owen Cooley 4; Estelle Cooley 2; Zeno Horn 27

• 1905 May 20 - Birth of Daughter Mary Leatrice Cooley - Missouri

• 1910 United States Federal Census[4] - Iron, St Francois, Missouri - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Occupation: Farmer - Household members: Samuel W Cooley 47; Mary E Cooley 34; Carl S Cooley 16; Owen E Cooley 14; Estella V Cooley 12; Mary L Cooley 5

• 1911 Dec 2 - Birth of Daughter Ellen Adelle Cooley - Bismark, MO (dec'd Dec 29, 1917) - Find A Grave: Memorial #101577582

• 1917 May 14 - Birth of Daughter Doris Elizabeth Cooley - Bismark, MO

• 1920 United States Federal Census[5] - Iron, St Francois, Missouri - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Occupation: Farmer - Household members: Samuel Cooley 57; Mary E Cooley 43; Carl Cooley 25; Estella Cooley 21; Leatrice Cooley 13; Darce Cooley 2

• 1926 Feb 10 - Death - St Francois, Missouri - Web: Missouri, Death Certificates, 1910-1962[6] Cert #5727

• 1926 Feb 12 - Burial - Bismarck Masonic Cemetery, Bismarck, St. Francis, Missouri - Find A Grave: Memorial #101577765