Brief Life History of Caleb
When Caleb Cooley was born on 31 October 1786, in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Asahel Cooley, Sr., was 33 and his mother, Esther Warriner, was 31. He married Matilda Buckingham on 1 December 1809, in Coolville, Troy Township, Athens, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 24 August 1828, in Coolville, Troy Township, Athens, Ohio, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Old Coolville Cemetery, Coolville, Troy Township, Athens, Ohio, United States.
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- Caleb Cooley, "Find a Grave Index"
- Caleb Cooley Bible
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1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1788
Date of Statehood: February 6, 1788, the fifth State
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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