of Jones County, Iowa · from New York · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Clark Cooley
Clark Cooley⚭ Mary Sinkey
childrenD. S. Cooley
Source: History of Jones County, Iowa, past and present
Their story
What the record says
Born in New York state.
Farmer.
Moved early to Licking County, Ohio and purchased timber land, then in fall 1841 to Jackson County, Iowa where he entered a claim and farmed until his death.
Family numbered twelve children, only two living at time of writing.
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