The Ancestors and Cousins of Tracy Lynn DeVault

Ralph Julius Cooley, Jr., was born on 18 January 1921 in South Dakota.^1,2 He died on 11 July 2000, at age 79, in Floyd Co., Indiana.^2,3 He was buried in Greenville Cemetery, Greenville, Floyd Co., Indiana.³

Ralph Julius Cooley, Jr., had reference number 32820. He was enumerated on the census in Clark County, Indiana (1930.) His Social Security Number was 308-18-1938, issued: Indiana, last residence: Greenville, Floyd Co., Indiana.² He resided in Georgetown, Floyd County, Indiana (1984.)⁴ OBITUARY - Obituary - New Albany Tribune; 2000 July 12, Edition: Wednesday ; page: 3A Column: 1:
Ralph Cooley, Jr.
GREENVILLE -- Ralph Cooley, Jr., 79, died yesterday at Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services. He was a retired heavy equipment operator at Newburg Construction Co. in Cincinnati and a member of Local 181 Operator Union of Louisville, Greenville Masonic Lodge 416 and Indian Creek Baptist Church.
Survivors include a brother, Ray Cooley of Pekin; and several nieces and nephews.
Services are 2 p.m. Friday at Love Funeral Home in Palmyra, with burial in Greenville Cemetery. Visitation is 4 to 9 p.m. tomorrow and after 9 a.m. Friday.

Citations

[S1638] 1930 Census, Indiana, Clark County
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S11581] Obituary - Ralph Julius Cooley, Jr
[S11004] Obituary - Lillian Lee (Shireman) Cooley

Family Explorer

E. Ray Cooley^1,2

M, #32529, b. about 1923, d. DECEASED

Parents

Father	Ralph Julius Cooley (b. 18 January 1894, d. 8 January 1970)
Mother	Lillian Lee Shireman (b. 13 January 1894, d. September 1984)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

E. Ray Cooley was born about 1923 in South Dakota.¹ He died DECEASED.³

E. Ray Cooley had reference number 32821. He was enumerated on the census in Clark County, Indiana (1930.) He resided in Pekin, Washington Co., Indiana (1984, 2000.)^4,2

Citations

[S1638] 1930 Census, Indiana, Clark County
[S11004] Obituary - Lillian Lee (Shireman) Cooley
[S10066] Obituary - Emma Jean (Cooley) Martin
[S11581] Obituary - Ralph Julius Cooley, Jr

Family Explorer

Anna Buelah Wimp^1,2,3,4,5

F, #32530, b. 23 January 1899, d. about 8 September 1980

Parents

Father	Jasper Theodore "Theo" Wimp (b. December 1873, d. August 1920)
Mother	Ella J. Simmons (b. August 1877, d. 21 February 1943)

Pedigree Link

Family: James Edward Cooley (b. 8 September 1895, d. May 1977)

Son	Stephen Cooley
Daughter	Annetta Cooley+ (b. 16 November 1917, d. 20 September 1991)
Daughter	Bernice Cooley (b. 2 December 1918, d. 23 December 1918)
Son	James Edward "Socks" Cooley, Jr.+ (b. 1923, d. 24 August 1947)
Daughter	Emma Jean Cooley+ (b. 10 July 1925, d. 2 September 2011)
Daughter	Janet Fay "Janey" Cooley+ (b. 23 February 1933, d. 12 April 2009)

BASIC FACTS

Anna Buelah Wimp was born on 23 January 1899 in Indiana.^1,4,6 She and James Edward Cooley were married on 24 May 1915 in Clark Co., Indiana.² She died about 8 September 1980 in New Albany, Floyd Co., Indiana.^6,7 She was buried in Probably Kraft-Graceland Memorial Park, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana.

Anna Buelah Wimp had reference number 32822. She was enumerated on the census in Floyd County, Indiana (1900 - 1930.) Her Social Security Number was 315-44-7161, issued: Indiana, last residence: New Albany, Floyd Co., Indiana.⁶ In 1910 Anna and her sister Ada were living with their grandmother. Their father was living elsewhere in the city with a subsequent wife and her two children.

OBITUARY - New Albany Tribune, September 8, 1980, page 10, column 1.

Citations

[S1187] 1920 Census, Indiana, Floyd County
[S9036] Marriage Records: Indiana, "Indiana Marriage Collection 1800 - 1941," (Ancestry.Com)
[S1643] 1930 Census, Indiana, Floyd County
[S474] 1900 Census, Indiana, Floyd County
[S6525] Genealogy prepared by Krager120 (Ancestry.com)
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S6967] Genealogy prepared by PaulaReinhardt (Ancestry.com)

Family Explorer

Annetta Cooley^1,2,3

F, #32531, b. 16 November 1917, d. 20 September 1991

Parents

Father	James Edward Cooley (b. 8 September 1895, d. May 1977)
Mother	Anna Buelah Wimp (b. 23 January 1899, d. about 8 September 1980)

Pedigree Link

Family: Paul Edward Reinhardt (b. 21 June 1914, d. 15 November 1988)

Daughter	Judith "Judie" Reinhardt+
Daughter	Paula Reinhardt+
Son	Jeffrey Paul Reinhardt (b. about 5 February 1954, d. October 1954)

BASIC FACTS

Annetta Cooley was born on 16 November 1917 in New Albany, Floyd Co., Indiana.^1,4,5 She and Paul Edward Reinhardt were married on 14 April 1941.³ She died on 20 September 1991, at age 73, in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas Co., Florida.^6,5,7 She was buried in Bay Pines National Cemetery, Bay Pines, Pinellas Co., Florida.⁸

Annetta Cooley had reference number 32823. She was enumerated on the census in Floyd County, Indiana (1920, 1930.) Her Social Security Number was 309-07-0286, issued: Indiana.⁶ A photo of Annetta appears in the 1933 yearbook for New Albany High School.

OBITUARY - New Albany Tribune, September 24, 1991; page 2 column 4

Anetta Reinhardt
Annetta Cooley Reinhardt, 73, of St. Petersburg, Fla., died Friday at her home.
She was a native of New Albany and a member of St. Petersburg United Methodist Chruch.
Survivors include two daughters, Judie Mapp of Wadly, Alabama, and Paula Loponuke of St. Petersburg; and two sisters, Emma Jean Martin of Clarksville and Janet Kremer, New Albany.
Funeral arrangements are pending.

Citations

[S1187] 1920 Census, Indiana, Floyd County
[S1643] 1930 Census, Indiana, Floyd County
[S9218] Newspaper Article - New Albany Tribune (IN)
[S6037] Genealogy prepared by Glenice Norton (email address)
[S9418] Obituary - Annetta (Cooley) Reinhardt
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S3977] Death Records - Florida: Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 (Ancestry.com)
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Jasper Theodore "Theo" Wimp^1,2,3

M, #32532, b. December 1873, d. August 1920

Pedigree Link

Family: Ella J. Simmons (b. August 1877, d. 21 February 1943)

Daughter

Anna Buelah Wimp+ (b. 23 January 1899, d. about 8 September 1980)

BASIC FACTS

Jasper Theodore "Theo" Wimp was born in December 1873 in Kentucky.¹ He and Ella J. Simmons were married on 17 November 1897 in Meade Co., Kentucky.² He died in August 1920, at age 46, in Floyd Co., Indiana.

Jasper Theodore "Theo" Wimp had reference number 32824.

Citations

[S474] 1900 Census, Indiana, Floyd County
[S8954] Marriage Records - Kentucky, "Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900," (Ancestry), Source Medium: Book
[S6967] Genealogy prepared by PaulaReinhardt (Ancestry.com)

Family Explorer

Ella J. Simmons^1,2

F, #32533, b. August 1877, d. 21 February 1943

Pedigree Link

Family: Jasper Theodore "Theo" Wimp (b. December 1873, d. August 1920)

Daughter

Anna Buelah Wimp+ (b. 23 January 1899, d. about 8 September 1980)

BASIC FACTS

Ella J. Simmons was born in August 1877 in Kentucky.¹ She and Jasper Theodore "Theo" Wimp were married on 17 November 1897 in Meade Co., Kentucky.² She died on 21 February 1943, at age 65.

Ella J. Simmons had reference number 32825.

Citations

[S474] 1900 Census, Indiana, Floyd County
[S8954] Marriage Records - Kentucky, "Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900," (Ancestry), Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

James Edward "Socks" Cooley, Jr.¹

M, #32534, b. 1923, d. 24 August 1947

Parents

Father	James Edward Cooley (b. 8 September 1895, d. May 1977)
Mother	Anna Buelah Wimp (b. 23 January 1899, d. about 8 September 1980)

Pedigree Link

Family:

Son	Stephen Cooley

BASIC FACTS

James Edward "Socks" Cooley, Jr., was born in 1923 in Indiana.^2,3 He died on 24 August 1947, at age ~24.⁴ He was buried in Kraft-Graceland Memorial Park, New Albany, Floyd Co., Indiana.⁴

James Edward "Socks" Cooley, Jr., had reference number 32826. He was enumerated on the census in Floyd County, Indiana (1930.) World War II, enlisted 16 January 1943 at Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky; Private.³ He was educated High school (2 years.)³ He resided in Floyd County, Indiana (1941 - 1943.)^3,5 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

Funerals Of Three Victims Of Airplane Crash Are Set
Funeral for James E. Cooley, Jr., 24, of 418 Cost, and Melvin Goss, 22, of 712 E., 11th, New Albany, two of three victims of an airplane crash Sunday, will be held today.
Services for Cooley will take place at 2 p.m. in the Mullineaux Funeral Home with burial in Graceland Memorial Park. Rites for Goss will be held at 2 p.m. in the Greenville Methodist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Goss' body is at the Seabrook Funeral Home.
The funeral of the other victim, Mrs. Katherine Skipper Lundstrom, 23, of 1731 E. Market, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the residence. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.
The three persons were burned to death when an airplane crashed in a cornfield near New Albany, Cooley owned and piloted the craft.
His survivors include a son, Stephen Cooley; parents, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Cooley, Sr., and three sisters, Mrs Annetta Reinhardt, Mrs. Imogene Martin and Miss Janet Cooley, New Albany.
Surviving Goss are his mother, Mrs. Stella Goss; one brother, Nelson Goss, and two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Austin and Miss Mary Elizabeth Goss, New Albany.
Mrs. Lundstrom's survivors are a son, James D. Lundstrom; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Skipper, New Albany and two sisters, Mrs. Howard Stone and Mrs. Ellen Carpenter, New Albany.

Citations

[S4700] Email from Melody Money dated May 29, 2009
[S1643] 1930 Census, Indiana, Floyd County
[S12727] World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938 - 1946 (Ancestry.com)
[S10588] Obituary - James Edward "Socks" Cooley, Jr
[S3144] City Directory - Indiana, Caron's New Albany Indiana City Directory (Ancestry.com)

Family Explorer

Emma Jean Cooley^1,2

F, #32535, b. 10 July 1925, d. 2 September 2011

Parents

Father	James Edward Cooley (b. 8 September 1895, d. May 1977)
Mother	Anna Buelah Wimp (b. 23 January 1899, d. about 8 September 1980)

Pedigree Link

Family: William M. Martin

Daughter	Micki Martin+
Daughter	Jacki Martin+
Daughter	Kit Martin+
Son	Bill Martin+

BASIC FACTS

Emma Jean Cooley was born on 10 July 1925 in Indiana.^1,3,4 She and William M. Martin were married in January 1946.⁴ She died on 2 September 2011, at age 86.⁴

Emma Jean Cooley had reference number 32827. She was enumerated on the census in Floyd County, Indiana (1930.) She resided in Williams Air Field near Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona (1946); Clarksville, Clark Co., Indiana (1950, 1977, 1991.)^5,6,4 She was educated Attended Silver Creek Elementary School and junior high school at the old Peoples College on Spring Street and New Albany High School.⁴ She was a Charlestown Powder Plant Laboratory (World War II); worked in the English Department at Purdue University.⁴ NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - abt 1987 (includes a nice photo taken in 1943)

EMMA JEAN COOLEY MARTIN is 62 on July 10th
She is still the same cute, sweet, five foot two, eyes of blue as in "43".

OBITUARY - News and Tribune, September 6, 2011

NEW ALBANY - Martin, Emma Jean (Cooley), 86, died September 2, 2011.
Emma Jean Cooley was born July 10, 1925 in New Albany. As a child she went to school at Silver Street Elementary and at junior high at the old Peoples College on Spring St. I, William M Martin, met Emma Jean in chorus at New Albany High School, in January of 1941 when I was the new kid in school after transferring from Lebanon, IN. Though I had very few dates in school, after graduation in 1943, I finally asked a girl for date, Emma Jean Cooley. She said yes and we have been together ever since. In those uncertain war years I was in the Army Air Corps and Emma Jean was working in the war effort at the Charlestown Powder Plant lab. After the war we were married in January of 1946, where we lived on Williams Air Field near Phoenix, AZ for a short time. Our first two children were born in Lafayette, IN. I was a student at Purdue and worked for the outdoor Maintenance Dept., while Emma Jean worked in the English Dept. In 1950 we bought a house in Clarksville and eventually added our last two children another daughter and a son, which completed our family. Now, 62 years later, after making Clarksville our home we have lost a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Emma Jean was preceded in death by her parents, Anna Wimp Cooley and James Edward Cooley; her brother James Cooley; her sisters Annetta Reinhart and Janet Kremer; her cousins Junior, Ray, Jack and Richard Cooley.
Emma Jean is survived by her husband of 65 years, William Martin; children, Micki Sellmer (Randy), Jacki Kincaid, Kit Rager (Larry) and Bill Martin (Shawn); grandchildren, Jeffrey Dempsey, Chris Dempsey, Lance Rager, Kara O'Neil, Nick Kincaid, Elise Stephens, Kyle Rager, Katie Kincaid, Martin Sellmer, KLeigh Sellmer, Jaxon Martin, Sawyer Martin and great-grandchildren, Tristan Sellmer, Wyatt Dempsey, Wasin Dempsey, Aschiwat Dempsey, Jacob Rager, Olivia Rager, Caia Rager and Seamus O'Neil.
As a teenager Emma Jean was a great roller skater. As a young woman we enjoyed square dancing for many years. We hiked and camped traveling from Yucatan to the Arctic Circle. Many of those adventures included the Great Smoky Mountains, the Grand Canyon and the entire Appalachian Trail. We bicycled all over Indiana and in 1992 biked from Wenatchee, Washington to Yorktown, VA. Even though we enjoyed a full life and many adventures together, it is still hard to lose her.
Visitation will be at Kraft Funeral Home 708 E. Spring St., New Albany, on Tuesday from 3-8 p.m. Service will be held on Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Kraft Funeral Home.
www.Kraftfuneralservice.net.

Citations

[S1643] 1930 Census, Indiana, Floyd County
[S4700] Email from Melody Money dated May 29, 2009
[S9182] Newspaper Article - Emma Jean Cooley Martin is 62 on July 10th
[S10066] Obituary - Emma Jean (Cooley) Martin
[S9418] Obituary - Annetta (Cooley) Reinhardt
[S10589] Obituary - James Edward Cooley

Family Explorer

Lenna M. "Linna or Linnie" Dow^1,2

F, #32536, b. 30 April 1881, d. 7 April 1908

Parents

Father	Daniel Milburn Dow (b. 1 March 1854)
Mother	Philena B. Walker (b. 21 February 1859)

Pedigree Link

Family: James Edgar Cooley (b. 18 June 1873, d. 26 September 1931)

Daughter	Myrtle Estella Cooley+ (b. 8 August 1898, d. 16 July 1948)
Daughter	Ida Mae Cooley+ (b. 3 December 1899, d. 21 January 1990)
Son	Lawrence Edgar Cooley+ (b. 22 December 1901, d. 25 March 1956)
Son	Marion Leroy Cooley+ (b. 28 October 1903, d. May 1962)
Son	Herman E. Cooley (b. 24 July 1906, d. 10 December 1973)

BASIC FACTS

Lenna M. "Linna or Linnie" Dow was born on 30 April 1881 in Clark Co., Indiana.¹ She and James Edgar Cooley were married on 17 October 1897 in Clark Co., Indiana.^1,3 She died on 5 April 1908, at age 26, in Carr Twp., Clark Co., Indiana.^1,4,5 She died on 7 April 1908, at age 26, in Carr Twp., Clark Co., Indiana.⁵ She was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Clark Co., Indiana.⁶

Lenna M. "Linna or Linnie" Dow had reference number 32828. GRAVE MARKER

LINNIE M.
WIFE OF
J. E. COOLEY
APR. 30, 1881
APR. 5, 1908

COOLEY

Note: the death dates on her stone and on her death certificate are off by two days.

Citations

[S8536] I.G.I. Version 5.0
[S4700] Email from Melody Money dated May 29, 2009
[S9036] Marriage Records: Indiana, "Indiana Marriage Collection 1800 - 1941," (Ancestry.Com)
[S6058] Genealogy prepared by Gregory Maze (email address)
[S3613] Death Certificate - Lenna M. "Linna or Linnie" (Dow) Cooley
[S2922] Cemetery Records - Hickory Grove Cemetery, Clark Co., Indiana

Family Explorer

Daniel Milburn Dow¹

M, #32537, b. 1 March 1854

Pedigree Link

Family: Philena B. Walker (b. 21 February 1859)

Daughter

Lenna M. "Linna or Linnie" Dow+ (b. 30 April 1881, d. 7 April 1908)

BASIC FACTS

Daniel Milburn Dow was born on 1 March 1854 in Clark Co., Indiana.¹

Daniel Milburn Dow had reference number 32829.

Citations

[S6058] Genealogy prepared by Gregory Maze (email address)

Family Explorer

Philena B. Walker¹

F, #32538, b. 21 February 1859

Pedigree Link

Family: Daniel Milburn Dow (b. 1 March 1854)

Daughter

Lenna M. "Linna or Linnie" Dow+ (b. 30 April 1881, d. 7 April 1908)

BASIC FACTS

Philena B. Walker was born on 21 February 1859 in Washington Co., Indiana.¹

Philena B. Walker had reference number 32830.

Citations

[S6058] Genealogy prepared by Gregory Maze (email address)

Family Explorer

Myrtle Estella Cooley^1,2,3,4,5

F, #32539, b. 8 August 1898, d. 16 July 1948

Parents

Father	James Edgar Cooley (b. 18 June 1873, d. 26 September 1931)
Mother	Lenna M. "Linna or Linnie" Dow (b. 30 April 1881, d. 7 April 1908)

Pedigree Link

Family: Harry Wesley Wootan (b. 24 June 1896, d. 30 December 1968)

Son	James Wesley Wootan (b. 17 July 1918, d. 7 February 1922)
Daughter	Catherine L. Wootan+ (b. 10 October 1920, d. 27 June 2014)
Daughter	Phyllis Lea Wootan+ (b. 12 December 1936, d. 6 August 2005)

BASIC FACTS

Myrtle Estella Cooley was born on 8 August 1898 in Clark Co., Indiana.^1,6,7 She and Harry Wesley Wootan were married on 12 November 1916 in Clark Co., Indiana.⁸ She died on 16 July 1948, at age 49, in New Albany, Floyd Co., Indiana.^6,9,5 She was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Clark Co., Indiana.⁶

Myrtle Estella Cooley had reference number 32831. She was enumerated on the census in Clark County, Indiana (1910 - 1940.) She resided in Carwood, Clark Co., Indiana (1931.)¹⁰ GRAVE MARKER

WOOTAN

MYRTLE E. HARRY W.
1898 -- 1948 1896 -- 1968.

Citations

[S801] 1910 Census, Indiana, Clark County, Source Medium: Book
[S1638] 1930 Census, Indiana, Clark County
[S1183] 1920 Census, Indiana, Clark County
[S2116] 1940 Census, Indiana, Clark County
[S3721] Death Certificate - Myrtle Estella (Cooley) Wootan
[S2922] Cemetery Records - Hickory Grove Cemetery, Clark Co., Indiana
[S6037] Genealogy prepared by Glenice Norton (email address)
[S9036] Marriage Records: Indiana, "Indiana Marriage Collection 1800 - 1941," (Ancestry.Com)
[S6810] Genealogy prepared by Miss Lulie Davis (1957 - 1958)
[S10587] Obituary - James Edgar or Edward Cooley

Family Explorer

Ida Mae Cooley^1,2,3

F, #32540, b. 3 December 1899, d. 21 January 1990

Parents

Father	James Edgar Cooley (b. 18 June 1873, d. 26 September 1931)
Mother	Lenna M. "Linna or Linnie" Dow (b. 30 April 1881, d. 7 April 1908)

Pedigree Link

Family: Frank Douglas Phipps (b. 6 January 1895, d. April 1979)

Son	Russell D. Phipps+ (b. 20 May 1920, d. 12 May 1975)
Son	Karl E. Phipps (b. about August 1922, d. 21 August 1944)

BASIC FACTS

Ida Mae Cooley was born on 3 December 1899 in Clark Co., Indiana.^1,4 She and Frank Douglas Phipps were married on 30 June 1919 in Floyd Co., Indiana.⁵ She died on 21 January 1990, at age 90, in Sellersburg, Clark Co., Indiana.^4,6 She was buried in Sellersburg Cemetery, Sellersburg, Clark Co., Indiana.²

Ida Mae Cooley had reference number 32832. She was enumerated on the census in Clark County, Indiana (1910); Floyd County, Indiana (1930.) Her Social Security Number was 310-18-7172, issued: Indiana, last residence: Sellersburg, Clark Co., Indiana.⁴ She resided in New Albany, Floyd Co., Indiana (1931, 1941-1944, 1956.)^7,8,9,10 She was a Clerk - Gutherie's Hatchery (1939 - 1944.)^8,8 GRAVE MARKER

PHIPPS
IDA M. FRANK D.
1899 - 1990 1895 - 1979. Although Frank and Ida were supposed to have been married in June of 1919, the 1920 Census shows Frank, single, living with his parents. Ida is nowhere to be found. Even with this somewhat shaky start, they seem to have had a long life together.

Citations

[S801] 1910 Census, Indiana, Clark County, Source Medium: Book
[S8536] I.G.I. Version 5.0
[S1643] 1930 Census, Indiana, Floyd County
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S9036] Marriage Records: Indiana, "Indiana Marriage Collection 1800 - 1941," (Ancestry.Com)
[S4699] Email from Melody Money dated May 28, 2009
[S10946] Obituary - Lawrence Edgar Cooley
[S3144] City Directory - Indiana, Caron's New Albany Indiana City Directory (Ancestry.com)
[S10587] Obituary - James Edgar or Edward Cooley
[S12482] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com)

Family Explorer

Lawrence Edgar Cooley^1,2,3,4

M, #32541, b. 22 December 1901, d. 25 March 1956

Parents

Father	James Edgar Cooley (b. 18 June 1873, d. 26 September 1931)
Mother	Lenna M. "Linna or Linnie" Dow (b. 30 April 1881, d. 7 April 1908)

Pedigree Link

Family 1: Edna Unknown (b. about 1912)

Daughter

Patsy J. Cooley

Family 2: Helen Marie Gibson (b. 11 July 1909, d. 13 September 1953)

Son	Lynn Lawrence Cooley+ (b. 31 January 1938, d. 21 September 2005)

BASIC FACTS

Lawrence Edgar Cooley was born on 22 December 1901 in Clark Co., Indiana.^1,5,6 He and Edna Unknown were married about 1928.³ He and Helen Marie Gibson were married on 20 September 1934 in Wood Twp., Clark Co., Indiana.⁷ He died on 25 March 1956, at age 54, in Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky.^5,4 He was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Clark Co., Indiana.⁵

Lawrence Edgar Cooley had reference number 32833. He was enumerated on the census in Clark County, Indiana (1910, 1920); Floyd County, Indiana (1930.) He was a Sawyer - veneer mill (1930); service station mechanic (1954.)^3,4 He resided in New Albany, Floyd Co., Indiana (1931.)⁸ OBITUARY - New Albany Tribune (Indiana); 1956 March 26 , Monday; page 8 Column: 3;
Lawrence E. Cooley
Lawrence Edgar Cooley, 54, died Sunday evening at Norton Infirmary in Louisville. He had been in ill health for several months. Cooley was a native of Clark County and a resident of Borden, where he was employed as a service station mechanic.
Surviving are a son, Lynn, Borden; a daughter, Mrs. Hugh Rice, Chicago; two brothers, Herman, New Albany and Marion, Palmyra, a sister, Mrs. Frank Phipps, New Albany and a half sister, Miss Gertrude Cooley, Chicago.
He was a member of the Pleasant View Evangelical United Brethren Church at Borden.
The body is at the Dieckmann Funeral Home in New Albany, where funeral services will be held at 11 a. m. Wednesday. Burial will be in the Hickory Grove Cemetery in Clark County.

GRAVE MARKER

LAWRENCE E.
COOLEY
1901 -- 1956.

Citations

[S801] 1910 Census, Indiana, Clark County, Source Medium: Book
[S1183] 1920 Census, Indiana, Clark County
[S1643] 1930 Census, Indiana, Floyd County
[S10946] Obituary - Lawrence Edgar Cooley
[S2922] Cemetery Records - Hickory Grove Cemetery, Clark Co., Indiana
[S6037] Genealogy prepared by Glenice Norton (email address)
[S5417] Genealogy prepared by Carol Rydant (email address)
[S10587] Obituary - James Edgar or Edward Cooley

Family Explorer

Marion Leroy Cooley^1,2,3,4

M, #32542, b. 28 October 1903, d. May 1962

Parents

Father	James Edgar Cooley (b. 18 June 1873, d. 26 September 1931)
Mother	Lenna M. "Linna or Linnie" Dow (b. 30 April 1881, d. 7 April 1908)

Pedigree Link

Family: Sarah Catherine McHone (b. 27 May 1907, d. 23 August 1999)

Son	Paul Leroy Cooley (b. 30 June 1926, d. 30 June 1926)
Daughter	Betty Jean Cooley
Son	Randall Mark Cooley+ (b. 22 June 1938, d. 8 June 2001)

BASIC FACTS

Marion Leroy Cooley was born on 28 October 1903 in Clark Co., Indiana.^1,5,6 He and Sarah Catherine McHone were married about 1926.³ He died in May 1962, at age 58.⁶

Marion Leroy Cooley had reference number 32834. He was enumerated on the census in Clark County, Indiana (1910, 1920); Floyd County, Indiana (1930.) He was a Truck driver - veneer mill (1930.)³ His Social Security Number was 305-05-6830, issued: Indiana.⁶ He resided in New Albany, Floyd Co., Indiana (1931); Palmyra, Harrison Co., Indiana (1956.)^7,8 NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

New Albany Tribune (IN); 1953 July 05, Sunday; page 14 column 3:
Visiting : Abstracts: Mr. & Mrs. Hinkle were guests of Mr. & Mrs. Cooley and son, Borden News column; subjects: Hinkle, Paul & Cooley, Marion

New Albany Tribune (IN); 1953 July 29, Wednesday; page 12 column 4:
Hospital Notes: Abstracts: Admitted to St. Edward's for surgical treatment - Cooley, Marion .

New Albany Tribune (IN); 1953 Aug 03, Monday; page 10 column 2:
Hospital Notes: Abstracts: Cooley, Marion dismissed from St. Edward's.

Citations

[S801] 1910 Census, Indiana, Clark County, Source Medium: Book
[S1183] 1920 Census, Indiana, Clark County
[S1643] 1930 Census, Indiana, Floyd County
[S11883] Obituary - Sarah Catherine (McHone) Cooley
[S6037] Genealogy prepared by Glenice Norton (email address)
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S10946] Obituary - Lawrence Edgar Cooley
[S10587] Obituary - James Edgar or Edward Cooley

Family Explorer

Herman E. Cooley^1,2

M, #32543, b. 24 July 1906, d. 10 December 1973

Parents

Father	James Edgar Cooley (b. 18 June 1873, d. 26 September 1931)
Mother	Lenna M. "Linna or Linnie" Dow (b. 30 April 1881, d. 7 April 1908)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Herman E. Cooley was born on 24 July 1906 in Clark Co., Indiana.^1,3 He and Bonnie Lee Heuser were married between 1940 and 1967. He and Wilma Faye Jones were married about February 1971.⁴ He died on 10 December 1973, at age 67, in New Albany, Floyd Co., Indiana.^3,5,6 He was buried in Kraft-Graceland Memorial Park, New Albany, Floyd Co., Indiana (mausoleum.)⁶

Herman E. Cooley had reference number 32835. He was enumerated on the census in Clark County, Indiana (1910, 1920); Hardin County, Kentucky (1940.) His Social Security Number was 312-07-2791, issued: Indiana, last residence: New Albany, Floyd Co., Indiana.³ He resided in New Albany, Floyd Co., Indiana (1931, 1956); Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana (1935.)^7,8,9 He was an Employed in the maintenance department of Floyd Memorial Hospital.⁵ U.S. Army, private 1st class (shown as stationed at Fort Knox Military Reservation, Hardin Co., Kentucky in the 1940 Census.)^9,10 OBITUARY - New Albany Tribune (IN); Tuesday, 1973 Dec 11; Page: 3 Column: 5

HERMAN E. COOLEY
Herman E. Cooley, 67, died at 10 p.m. Monday at Floyd Memorial Hospital. He lived at 114 Dunbar St., and was a native of Borden, Ind. He was retired from the maintenance department of Floyd Memorial Hospital.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body will be at the Dieckmann Funeral Home after 7 p.m. tonight.

GRAVE MARKER

COOLEY
HERMAN E. BONNIE L.
1906 - 1973 1908 - 1967.

Citations

[S801] 1910 Census, Indiana, Clark County, Source Medium: Book
[S1183] 1920 Census, Indiana, Clark County
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S12476] U.S., Social Security Application and Claims Index, 1936 - 2007 (Ancestry.com)
[S10450] Obituary - Herman E. Cooley
[S3495] Death Certificate - Herman E. Cooley
[S10946] Obituary - Lawrence Edgar Cooley
[S10587] Obituary - James Edgar or Edward Cooley
[S2170] 1940 Census, Kentucky, Hardin County
[S12468] U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850 - 2010 (Ancestry.com)

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Harry Wesley Wootan^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

M, #32544, b. 24 June 1896, d. 30 December 1968

Parents

Father	John L. Wootan (b. June 1861)
Mother	Louise E. Bailey (b. February 1868)

Pedigree Link

Family: Myrtle Estella Cooley (b. 8 August 1898, d. 16 July 1948)

Son	James Wesley Wootan (b. 17 July 1918, d. 7 February 1922)
Daughter	Catherine L. Wootan+ (b. 10 October 1920, d. 27 June 2014)
Daughter	Phyllis Lea Wootan+ (b. 12 December 1936, d. 6 August 2005)

BASIC FACTS

Harry Wesley Wootan was born on 24 June 1896 in Borden, Clark Co., Indiana.^2,8,9 He and Myrtle Estella Cooley were married on 12 November 1916 in Clark Co., Indiana.¹ He died on 30 December 1968, at age 72, in New Albany, Floyd Co., Indiana.¹⁰ He died on 30 December 1968, at age 72, in Sellersburg, Clark Co., Indiana.^11,8,9,10 He was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Clark Co., Indiana.¹¹

Harry Wesley Wootan had reference number 32836. He was a Farm laborer - farm of George W. Tolan (1910); farmer - general farming (1930, 1940); self employed carpenter (1942); self employed contractor (death Certificate.)^2,5,10,6,7 He was enumerated on the census in Clark County, Indiana (1900 - 1940.) His Social Security Number was 314-32-6378, issued: Indiana, last residence: Sellersburg, Clark Co., Indiana.⁸ In 1910, when Harry was 13 years old, he was living with the George W. Tolan family and listed as a "hired boy working as a farm laborer on their farm."

GRAVE MARKER

WOOTAN

MYRTLE E. HARRY W.
1898 -- 1948 1896 -- 1968.

Citations

[S9036] Marriage Records: Indiana, "Indiana Marriage Collection 1800 - 1941," (Ancestry.Com)
[S1638] 1930 Census, Indiana, Clark County
[S1183] 1920 Census, Indiana, Clark County
[S473] 1900 Census, Indiana, Clark County
[S12482] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com)
[S2116] 1940 Census, Indiana, Clark County
[S801] 1910 Census, Indiana, Clark County, Source Medium: Book
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S3481] Death Certificate - Harry Wesley Wootan
[S2922] Cemetery Records - Hickory Grove Cemetery, Clark Co., Indiana

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Frank Douglas Phipps^{1,2,3,4,5,4,6}

M, #32545, b. 6 January 1895, d. April 1979

Parents

Father	Cassius Patrick Phipps
Mother	Sinna Mae Kirtley

Pedigree Link

Family: Ida Mae Cooley (b. 3 December 1899, d. 21 January 1990)

Son	Russell D. Phipps+ (b. 20 May 1920, d. 12 May 1975)
Son	Karl E. Phipps (b. about August 1922, d. 21 August 1944)

BASIC FACTS

Frank Douglas Phipps was born on 6 January 1895 in Clark Co., Indiana.^7,2 He and Ida Mae Cooley were married on 30 June 1919 in Floyd Co., Indiana.¹ He died in April 1979, at age 84.⁷ He was buried in Sellersburg Cemetery, Sellersburg, Clark Co., Indiana.⁸

Frank Douglas Phipps had reference number 32837. His Social Security Number was 309-05-6080, issued: Indiana, last residence: New Albany, Floyd Co., Indiana.⁷ He was a Helper - cooper shop (1910); wood worker - veneer mill(1930); machinist, Monan Veneer Company (1939-1944.)^{3,6,9,10,10,10} He was enumerated on the census in Clark County, Indiana (1900, 1910); Floyd County, Indiana (1920, 1930.) He resided in Rural Rt. 1, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana (1942, 1943.)^9,10 GRAVE MARKER

PHIPPS
IDA M. FRANK D.
1899 - 1990 1895 - 1979. Although Frank and Ida were supposed to have been married in June of 1919, the 1920 Census shows Frank, single, living with his parents. Ida is nowhere to be found. Even with this somewhat shaky start, they seem to have had a long life together.

Citations

[S9036] Marriage Records: Indiana, "Indiana Marriage Collection 1800 - 1941," (Ancestry.Com)
[S8536] I.G.I. Version 5.0
[S1638] 1930 Census, Indiana, Clark County
[S473] 1900 Census, Indiana, Clark County
[S802] 1910 Census, Indiana, Clark County
[S801] 1910 Census, Indiana, Clark County, Source Medium: Book
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S2992] Cemetery Records - Sellersburg Cemetery, Sellersburg, Clark County, Indiana
[S12482] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com)
[S3144] City Directory - Indiana, Caron's New Albany Indiana City Directory (Ancestry.com)

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Bertha M. Reasor^1,2,3,4,5

F, #32546, b. 29 August 1883, d. 12 February 1954

Parents

Father	John T. Reasor (b. 28 October 1855)
Mother	Adeline Ann Searls

Pedigree Link

Family: James Edgar Cooley (b. 18 June 1873, d. 26 September 1931)

Daughter

Gertrude Lillian Cooley (b. 29 March 1912, d. 19 July 1993)

BASIC FACTS

Bertha M. Reasor was born on 29 August 1883 in Indiana.^2,6 She and James Edgar Cooley were married on 13 January 1911 in Floyd Co., Indiana.¹ She and James Edgar Cooley were divorced before 1930.⁵ She died on 12 February 1954, at age 70, in New Albany, Floyd Co., Indiana.^6,7 She was buried in Atkins Chapel Cemetery, Floyds Knobs, Floyd County, Indiana.⁷

Bertha M. Reasor had reference number 32838. She was enumerated on the census in Floyd County, Indiana (1910); Clark County, Indiana (1920); Floyd County, Indiana (1930.)⁸ She was a Seamstress, shirt factory & rents part of duplex (1930.)⁵ Before Bertha was married to James Edgar Cooley she was married to Edward Bedan. Edward and Bertha had son Leo F. Bedan.

OBITUARY - New Albany Tribune (IN); Sunday, February 14, 1954; Page: 2 Column: 5

Mrs. Bertha M. Cooley
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha M. Cooley, 70, of Floyd Knobs, who died Friday in Floyd County memorial Hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Seabrook Funeral Home with burial in the Atkins Chapel Cemetery.
She is survived by a son, Leo Bedan Floyd Knobs; a daughter, Miss Gertrude Cooley, Chicago; two brothers, Martin Reasor, Floyd Knobs and Clarence Reasor, Greenville; and a sister, Mrs. Della Micham, New Albany.

Citations

[S9036] Marriage Records: Indiana, "Indiana Marriage Collection 1800 - 1941," (Ancestry.Com)
[S1183] 1920 Census, Indiana, Clark County
[S12721] World War I Draft Registration Cards (1917 - 1918)
[S807] 1910 Census, Indiana, Floyd County
[S1643] 1930 Census, Indiana, Floyd County
[S6330] Genealogy prepared by John Reasor (email address)
[S9498] Obituary - Bertha M. (Reason) Bedan-Cooley
[S5439] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Cassius Patrick Phipps¹

M, #32547

Pedigree Link

Family: Sinna Mae Kirtley

Son	Frank Douglas Phipps+ (b. 6 January 1895, d. April 1979)

BASIC FACTS

Cassius Patrick Phipps had reference number 32839.

Citations

[S8536] I.G.I. Version 5.0

Family Explorer

Sinna Mae Kirtley¹

F, #32548

Pedigree Link

Family: Cassius Patrick Phipps

Son	Frank Douglas Phipps+ (b. 6 January 1895, d. April 1979)

BASIC FACTS

Sinna Mae Kirtley had reference number 32840.

Citations

[S8536] I.G.I. Version 5.0

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Russell D. Phipps¹

M, #32549, b. 20 May 1920, d. 12 May 1975

Parents

Father	Frank Douglas Phipps (b. 6 January 1895, d. April 1979)
Mother	Ida Mae Cooley (b. 3 December 1899, d. 21 January 1990)

Pedigree Link

Family: Unknown Unknown

Daughter

Janet Phipps

BASIC FACTS

Russell D. Phipps was born on 20 May 1920 in Indiana.^1,2 He died on 12 May 1975, at age 54.² He was buried in Sellersburg Cemetery, Sellersburg, Clark Co., Cemetery.³

Russell D. Phipps had reference number 32841. He was enumerated on the census in Floyd County, Indiana (1930.) His Social Security Number was 309-14-7404, issued: Indiana.² He resided in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana (1943.)⁴ World War II, U.S. Army, Corporal, enlisted 31 December 1941 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana as a Private.^5,4 He was educated Grammar school.⁵ He was a Truck driver - Ben Wolf Truck Line (1939-1942.)^4,4

Citations

[S1643] 1930 Census, Indiana, Floyd County
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S2992] Cemetery Records - Sellersburg Cemetery, Sellersburg, Clark County, Indiana
[S3144] City Directory - Indiana, Caron's New Albany Indiana City Directory (Ancestry.com)
[S12727] World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938 - 1946 (Ancestry.com)

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Karl E. Phipps¹

M, #32550, b. about August 1922, d. 21 August 1944

Parents

Father	Frank Douglas Phipps (b. 6 January 1895, d. April 1979)
Mother	Ida Mae Cooley (b. 3 December 1899, d. 21 January 1990)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Karl E. Phipps was born about August 1922 in Indiana.¹ He died on 21 August 1944 in La Parce, France.^2,3 He was buried in Sellersburg Cemetery, Sellersburg, Clark Co., Indiana.²

Karl E. Phipps had reference number 32842. He was enumerated on the census in Floyd County, Indiana (1930.) World War II, U.S. Army, SN: 35496495, PFC, killed in action.⁴ He resided in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana (1943.)⁵ OBITUARY - New Albany Ledger (IN); Friday, September 15, 1944; page 5 column 4:

Army Reports Death In Action Of Karl Phipps
Former NAHS Athlete And Band Member, Overseas Since February, First Reported Missing In Action; Had Returned To Front After Recovering From Wounds
Pfc. Karl E. Phipps, 22, was reported killed in action in France on August 21, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Phipps, Charlestown Rd., Tuesday. He had previously been reported missing in action and had been wounded August 9.
A native of New Albany, Pfc. Phipps was a graduate of the High School and well known there for his interest in band work and basketball. He would have been in the Army two years in October and had served overseas since February. He was formerly employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Besides his parents Pfc. Phipps is survived by a brother, Pfc. Russell D. Phipps.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - New Albany Ledger & Tribune (IN); Friday, October 6, 1944; page 5 column 6:

MEMORIAL RITES FOR KARL PHIPPS TO BE HELD SUNDAY
Memorial services for Karl E. Phipps, 22, who was killed in action in France on August 21, will be held at 2:30 p.m. at the Church of Christ, Sellersburg, Sunday, Oct.. 8.
A native of New Albany and a graduate of Senior High School, Pfc. Phipps was a former employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Phipps, Charlestown Rd. and a brother, Pfc. Russell D. Phipps.

GRAVE MARKER

PFC KARL E. PHIPPS
1922 - 1944
Co A, 119th inf., 30th DIV.
KILLED IN ACTION NEAR LA PARCE, FRANCE.

Citations

[S1643] 1930 Census, Indiana, Floyd County
[S2992] Cemetery Records - Sellersburg Cemetery, Sellersburg, Clark County, Indiana
[S8093] Grave Marker - Karl E. Phipps
[S12454] U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead 1939 - 1945
[S3144] City Directory - Indiana, Caron's New Albany Indiana City Directory (Ancestry.com)