This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cooleddie14 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chautauqua/1153.1147.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My Name is: Lynn E. Cooley and I am the great grandson of Gideon Reuben Cooley. I have been researching the Cooley line. I do not know at this time who the parents of Gideon Reuben Cooley is yet. But I am making some progress. I can tell you that he was not born in the city of Fredonia, NY. In fact Chautauqua county was not a county until 1808 and did not finish the transition until 1811. And the two Cooley's that lived in the Parent County stayed with the Parent County when Chautauqua became a county. As they stayed with the parent county. He did live on a farm out side of Fredonia. His name does show up on a "general store" register in Fredonia. He died near by Macomb, MO Sept. 30, 1846. In the cemetery next to a Methodist church at Fountain Green. His gravestone says that he died at age 40 years. Which means that he was born in a two-year window between Sept. 30, 1805 to Sept. 30 of 1807. So the date of "about 1802" is not correct. He has been connected to Azariah Cooley ! of Pitsford Rutland county Vermont. THIS IS NOT CORRECT !!!! Using the Vermont 1850 census record it shows that Azariah Cooley has a son named Reuben Cooley who was 38 years old at the time and my "Gideon" Reuben Cooley had been dead already for about 4 years. So this link IS NOT CORRECT. Besides Azariah Cooley son Reuben wife and children are different and My Gideon Reuben Cooley had two wife's. If you wish to help me in my research or if you have more information the please contact me. My email address is: cooleddie14@yahoo.com. I live in Orem, Utah my phone number is (801)226-2060. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.