John William Cooley
Birth Date
On 1811 November 29 (Born)
Death Date
On 1898 November 17 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in New Haven, Oswego, New York, United States
1811 November 29
Mother
Mary Butler (1785 - 1856)
Father
Daniel Cooley
Date Details
Occurred On 1811 November 29
Baptized by Jehial Savage
1837 November 12 (Age 25)
Married
Susan Jane Hunt
1849 (Age 37)
Called as Captain to
Daniel A. Miller/John W. Cooley Company (1853)
1853 June 8 – September 9 (Age 41)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Captain
Traveling Group
Mary Butler (Age 68)
Susan Jane Hunt (Age 24)
Nettie Cooley (Age 2)
Gennette Cooley (Age 16)
Date Details
Started On 1853 June 8
Joined Company
Ended On 1853 September 9
Company Arrived
Married
Nancy Johanna Penelope Hunt
1856 July 10 (Age 44)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1869 October 20 (Age 57)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
30th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Tooele, Tooele, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
George Albert Smith
Location Served
United States
Date Details
Started On 1869 October 20
Set Apart
End Date Not Found
Died in Basin, Cassia, Idaho, United States
1898 November 17 (Age 86)
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John William Cooley (1811 - 1898)
John William Cooley (1811 - 1898) Profile
Sources
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 20 October 1869, Vol. B, Page 17, Line 642.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 20 October 1869, Vol. A, Page 15, Line 642.
Pioneer
Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862
"Daniel A. Miller/John A. Cooley Company reports and record, 1853", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862, Page 1-36.
Elijah Mayhew diary, 1853 June-September
Elijah Mayhew diary, 1853 June-September, 11 June 1853.
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Henry B. Radmall autobiography, 1903; 1987
Henry B. Radmall autobiography, 1903; 1987, Page 26-28.
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Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley
Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley. 1855. Page 81-107.
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Tooele County Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: from the edge of the Great Basin frontier. Tooele, Utah: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc, 2012
Tooele County Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: from the edge of the Great Basin frontier. Tooele, Utah: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc, 2012.
Tooele Transcript Bulletin
"John W. Cooley Dead", Tooele Transcript Bulletin, (16 December 1898), Page 4.
Utah Pioneer Biographies
"Farnsworth, Moses Franklin", Utah Pioneer Biographies, 43, Page 44.
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