Re: Daughters of Thomas Cooley 2nd wife Rachel Hubbard
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Re: Thomas Cooley 2nd wife Rachel Hubbard
George Cooley 1/08/05
vi DEBORAH COOLEY7
da. Thomas II and Rachel (Hubbard), No. 335 above, b. Mar. 17, 1815; d. 1912, ae. 96, Appleton, Wis.; m. Aug. 10, 1836, Miles Pratt, d. 1876, Appleton, Wis.
Newspaper Clipping, Mar. 16 (no date of year)
Appleton, Wisconsin
Deborah Cooley Pratt was born in Attica, N. Y., March 17, 1815; she was married in 1836 to Miles Pratt, also of Attica, and they moved to Wisconsin in 1854, settling at Milton. Over thirty years ago they moved to Appleton, where Mr. Pratt died in 1876. Mrs. Pratt is the oldest member of a family whose members are all over 70 years of age. She is a sister of the late Judge T. M.
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Cooley, of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her grandfather on her mother's side was a Revolutionary soldier. She has 8 children, three of whom are living: Mrs. N. P. Whitford of Appleton, Mrs. A. W. Spa??lding of Milton, and E. M. Pratt of Milwaukee. She has 8 great grandchildren; one of them, Eleaner Harriman of Appleton, was born Mar. 17, just 76 years later than her grandmother; they will celebrate their birthdays together this year as usual.
xiv CAROLINE C. COOLEY7
da. Thomas II and Rachel (Hubbard), No. 335 above, b. May 22, 1833, Attica, N. Y.; d. Jan. 7, 1922, Sunnyside, Wash., where she is buried. She m. Jan. 27, 1859, Attica, Andrew B. Lester, b. Apr. 27, 1833, New York State, d. Apr. 27, 1909, bur. Sunnyside.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester lived in Geneva, Freeborn, Currie and Avoca, Minn.; in Peace Valley, Mo.; and in Sunnyside. He was a stockman and farmer, serving on various church and school boards in the communities in which he lived, and active in local affairs.
7 Children8: LESTER:
1.Frank B., Mar. 17, 1860, Freeborn; d. Sept. 1932, Hermosa, So. Dak.; was m.; had 4 children, unknown.
2.Mary Louise, July 22, 1861, Freeborn; d. May 7, 1890, Minneapolis.
3.Fred Andrew, Jan. 2, 1862, Freeborn; he m., had a family, and lived in Canada.
4.Fay, Apr. 14, 1864, Geneva; he has a daughter, Mrs. Walter Smith, Gull Lake, Sask., Canada.
5.Gertrude A., July 29, 1866, Geneva; m. Apr. 4, 1895, Robert Lewis Reese. 4 Children9: REESE: 1, Ruth Jay, Oct. 21, 1899; 2, Robert Lester, Jan. 31, 1904; 3, Donald Monnington, Mar. 10, 1907; and 4, George Andrew, Aug. 23, 1912.
6.Silas N., Apr. 9, 1869, Currie; res. Hermosa; no children.
7.Thomas S., Nov. 2, 1877, Avoca; d. Nov. 21, 1929; m. Nov. 12, 1907, Emily Truan. 4 Children9: LESTER: 1, Thomas Truan, Mar. 2, 1909, m. Sept. 8, 1934, Greenville, Tenn., Roxy Hardin; 2, Robert Lee, Nov. 22, 1910; 3, Ernest Cooley, Mar. 6, 1916; 4, Louise Hope, Nov. 21, 1921.
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