This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cooley, Atkins, Effie Belle Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.bartholomew/253.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Okay, I went to your website. I was very impressed. I have never seen anything like it. After I recovered from being awestruck over your site, I read the letter the Christopher Carson Cooley wrote. I think Effie Belle was the second wife but she had a daughter in 1894 and he died in 1895. He must not have run her off much before he died. I also noted he didn't remarry until he was 40ish and his three siblings never married. Something in the genes? I plan to digest what I found on your website. I had just found the naturalization of Leedert Cooley yesterday.