James
Henry
(Jim)
Cooley
Born in Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Son of Philip Martin Cooley
and Mary Harriet (Newman) Cooley
Brother of
Phillip Ancel Cooley
Husband of
Sarah Lucy Caroline (Hoge) Cooley
— married
5 Aug 1893 in Sequatchie, Tennessee, United States
Husband of
Laura Lula (Coval) Cooley
— married
3 Jul 1903 in Bridgeport Bryant, Jackson, Alabama, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Coy Martin Cooley Sr., Lillie Mabel (Cooley) King, William Orbia Cooley, Lois Ellen (Cooley) Layne, Samuel Eugene Cooley, Thelma Lolita (Cooley) Chance, Raymond Henry Cooley, Edward Standifer Cooley and Alberta (Cooley) Walker
Died
at age 82
in Bridgeport, Jackson, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Jun 2018
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Biography
James was born in Bledsoe County in 1871, the son of Philip Cooley and Mary (Newman) Cooley. He married Sarah (Hoge) Cooley in Sequatchie County,Tennessee on August 5, 1893.[1] They had three children together.
Sarah passed away in 1898 and James remarried, marrying Laura (Coval) Cooley in Long Island, Alabama on July 3, 1904.[2] having seven children together. In 1930, they lived in District 5 of Marion County, Tennessee[3] and in 1940, they lived with their son, Raymond, in District 1.[4]
His second wife passed away in November of 1940; James passed away in Bridgeport, Alabama at the age of 82[5] and is buried at Hopewell Road Baptist Church Cemetery in Dunlap, Tennessee.[6]
Sources
- ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNCP-4HX : 4 December 2014), James Cooley and Caroline Hoge, 05 Aug 1893; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 37, Sequatchie, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
- ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZ9-21JD : 19 February 2021), J.H. Cooley and Laura L. Covel, 03 Jul 1904; citing Long Island, Jackson, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,018,437.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPH7-FX4 : accessed 24 April 2021), James Cooley, District 5, Marion, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 18A, line 9, family 362, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2265; FHL microfilm 2,341,999.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4ZH-QH3 : 11 January 2021), Jim Cooley in household of Raymond Cooley, Civil District 1, Marion, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58-6, sheet 61A, line 37, family 350, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3919.
- ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6NM-WHD : 11 January 2021), James Henry Cooley, 1954.
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 June 2018), memorial page for James Henry “Jim” Cooley (12 May 1871–2 Feb 1954), Find A Grave: Memorial #16335909, citing Hopewell Road Baptist Church Cemetery, Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by StubbyTate (contributor 46853503).
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Aline Barbeau
Aline Barbeau
Kelly-3216 and Cooley-3212 do not represent the same person because: Rejected matches/Clean-up
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Rejected matches › James Woodford Cole (1869-1953) › James Henry Coyle (1870-1952) › James Henry Cole (1871-1953) › James Nathan Colley (1870-1953) › Henry Clay (1871-) › Henry William Coyle (1869-1954)
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