Posted By:Susan Nass
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Subject:Re: Texas Cooley's/ Tolbert Cooley/ Texas
Post Date:May 02, 2009 at 20:06:10
Message URL:http://genforum.genealogy.com/cooley/messages/3907.html
Forum:Cooley Family Genealogy Forum
Forum URL:http://genforum.genealogy.com/cooley/

Hello Vickie,

I have no connection to this family or to any names posted here. Saw your query and found this little bit more:

1910 United States Federal Census
about Colbert <Tolbert> Cooley
Name: Colbert Cooley
Age in 1910: 55
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855
Birthplace: Missouri
Relation to Head-of-house: Head
Mother's Birth Place: Missouri
Spouse's name: Sarah
Home in 1910: Lewis, Atoka, Oklahoma
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male

Household Members: Name Age
Colbert <Tolbert> Cooley 55, head, marriage 1?, married 15 yrs, b. Missouri, father b. unk, mother b. Missouri, laborer, tie maker
Sarah Cooley 34, wife, marriage 1, married 15 yrs, 4 children, 2 living 1910, b. Texas, parents b. unknown
Rosey Cooley 8, daughter, b. Oklahoma
Barney Cooley 6, son, b. Oklahoma

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Lewis, Atoka, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1242; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 1035.

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Used this as my guide:

1880 United States Federal Census
about Tolbert Cooley
Name: Tolbert Cooley
Home in 1880: Crosby, Texas
Age: 26
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854
Birthplace: Missouri
Relation to head-of-household: Something other than a direct relationship (Other)
Father's birthplace: Missouri
Mother's birthplace: Missouri
Occupation: Cowboy
Race: White
Gender: Male
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After googling for Cooley in Texas, I found this information - not sure this is Tolbert's father:

U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880
about Mathias Cooley
Name: Mathias Cooley
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Place of Birth: Mississippi
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1814
Age: 56
Month of Death: Jun
Cause Of Death: Fever
Census Year: 1870
Census Location: (City, County, State)
Jack, Cherokee Co., Texas
Page: 186
Line: 11
Roll: T1134_55

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Regards,
Susan Nass
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