When John William Cooley was born on 7 August 1790, in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States, his father, Daniel Cooley, was 25 and his mother, Mildred Ball, was 25. He married Mahala Hardwick on 12 December 1807, in Washington, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Carroll, Missouri, United States in 1850. He died on 10 August 1857, in Wakenda, Carroll, Missouri, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Wakenda, Carroll, Missouri, United States.
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Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
On June 1, 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state. It was the first state west of the Appalachian Mountains
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Irish (Galway and Clare): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Chúille ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Mochúille’, a rare Clare name, or a shortened form of McCooley, a variant of McCauley .
English: perhaps a variant of Colley or Culley .
Americanized form of German Kuhle or Kühle, variants of Kuhl .
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