John William Cooley
Birth Date
On 1811 November 29 (Born)
Death Date
On 1898 November 17 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in New Haven, Oswego, New York, United States
1811 November 29
Mother
Mary Butler
Father
Daniel Cooley
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 June 8 – September 9 (Age 41)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Captain
Traveling Group
Mary Butler (Age 68)
Susan Jane Hunt (Age 24)
Mariette Cooley (Age 2)
Gennette Cooley (Age 16)
Date Details
On 1853 June 8
Joined Company
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 A Smith
Set Apart By
George Albert Smith
Died in Basin, Cassia, Idaho, United States
1898 November 17 (Age 87)
Media
John William Cooley (1811 - 1898) Profile
John William Cooley (1811 - 1898)
Sources
Mission
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 20 October 1869, Vol. 2, Page 17, Line 642.
Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 20 October 1869, Vol. 1, Page 15, Line 642.
Pioneer
Daniel A. Miller/John A. Cooley Company reports and record, 1853
Daniel A. Miller/John A. Cooley Company reports and record, 1853.
Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: From the Edge of the Great Basin Frontier (Tooele, UT: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc., 2012
Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: From the Edge of the Great Basin Frontier (Tooele, UT: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc., 2012.
Elijah Mayhew diary
Elijah Mayhew diary, June.
Transcript for Elijah Mayhew diary, 1853 June-September
Farnsworth, Moses Franklin, [Autobiography], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 43:44
Farnsworth, Moses Franklin, [Autobiography], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 43:44.
Transcript for Farnsworth, Moses Franklin, [Autobiography], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 43:44
Frederick Piercy, Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley edited by James Linforth (1855), 81-107
Frederick Piercy, Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley edited by James Linforth (1855), 81-107.
Transcript for Frederick Piercy, Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley edited by James Linforth (1855), 81-107
Radmall, Henry Bullivant, Autobiography 1903; 1987, 26-28
Radmall, Henry Bullivant, Autobiography 1903; 1987, 26-28.
Transcript for Radmall, Henry Bullivant, Autobiography 1903; 1987, 26-28
Tooele Transcript Bulletin
"John W. Cooley Dead", Tooele Transcript Bulletin, (16 December 1898), Page 4.