Frances Ann Runnels

Brief Life History of Frances Ann

When Frances Ann Runnels was born on 2 May 1854, in Wayne, Mississippi, United States, her father, Drury M Runnels, was 59 and her mother, Susan A. Dearman, was 37. She married Watson Etheride Cooley in 1875, in Wayne, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Beat 4, Wayne, Mississippi, United States for about 20 years and Beat 5, Wayne, Mississippi, United States in 1930. She died on 24 February 1934, in Wayne, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Wayne, Mississippi, United States.

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Family Time Line

Watson Etheride Cooley
1854–1922
Frances Ann Runnels
1854–1934
Marriage: 1875
Eli Middleton Cooley
1875–1954
Susanna Cooley
1877–1973
Lula Jane Cooley
1884–1949
John Wesley Cooley
1884–1941
Edd Theodore Cooley
1885–1977
Kerney Paul Cooley
1889–1924
Drew Pell Cooley
1894–1972

Sources (7)

  • Annie Cooley in household of Pell Cooley, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Frances Ann Runnels - Government record: birth-name: Frances Ann Runnels
  • Annie Cooley, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1861

Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (Devon and Cornwall): probably a variant of Rundell .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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