Brief Life History of Mary Ellen
When Mary Ellen Cooley was born in 1796, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Daniel Cooley, was 31 and her mother, Mildred Ball, was 31. She married William Newman in 1817, in Adair, Kentucky, United States. She died after 1850, in DeKalb, Missouri, United States.
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- Mary Smart in household of John Smart, "United States Census, 1850"
- Polly Cooley, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Polly Cooley, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1796 · Wilderness Road Opens to Wagons
In 1796, the Wilderness Road opened up for wagon use. The route was used by colonial and early settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. It started in Virginia, and went southward to Tennessee and then went north to Kentucky. The main danger of this route was Native American attacks.
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.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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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