| 9. | Margaret Ann Butts, (DNA-circle-g) was born on 11 Dec 1837 in Missouri (daughter of Andrew Jackson Butts, Sr and Jane Lovelady); died on 26 Apr 1903 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; was buried in Hollis Creek Cem, Wayne Co, Mississipi. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 17 Jul 1854, Jasper Co, Mississippi ; per letter
- Residence: 15 Jan 1856, Mississippi; per letter
- Residence: 7 Aug 1856, Mississippi; per letter
- Census: 15 Oct 1860, Wayne Co, Mississippi
- Residence: 11 May 1861, Wayne Co, Mississippi; per letter
Notes:
In a letter dated July 17, 1854, from the State of Mississippi, Jasper Co, to her father Jackson Butts, Margaret states:
"Dear Father, I embrace this opportunity of writing to you to let you know that we are all well at this time hoping this may find you the same. We got to Jasper on the 19 of June after traveling one month and 14 days. I am satisfied with thountry but should be better satisfied if you were all here. It seems lonesome all tho I have friends.
Our oxen give out. ey begin to fail before we crossed the Mississippi River and father left us and went home and got more oxen and met us at Leaf River and helped us on. The land hunters found no place to move to but father and three of hiothers is gone at this time to Louisiana to look them places and has not cme home yet. They left home on the fourth of July..."
Another letter dated May 11, 1861 is from Wain County, Mississippi. In the letter, she is awaiting a visit from her brothers Andrew and John that following fall. Evidently the start of the War prevented the planned trip. Both brothers ring the war: John in prison at Camp Butler. IL 28 Feb 1863 and is buried in the Confederate Section near Springfield, Illinois in Plot #785; and Andrew died on 4 July 1864 at Banquet, TX, by being thrown from a horse. It is not known if he was in the service or not.
Margaret Ann was the only one of Jane Lovelady Butts' children to have children. One of her granddaughters, wrote the following letter:
Odessa, Texas, July 8, 1970
Dear Mrs. George A. Rudisill,
Thank you for the prompt reply. I was so happy & glad to here from (you) and thanks for the wonderful messages you have sent me. As I read through all these it brings memories back too - as I remember so much about my Dear Grandmother. Id her so very much. She did not get to visit us much. Dad & Mother took us children to visit with her and oh it was such a joy.
Grandmother was such a sweet nice person. She had many friends I remember Grandpa sitting on the porch smoking his pipe after he eat dinner or putting a chair on the floor with a pillow to rest. Grandmother was so nice and sweet to Grannyndpa's mother, most people say Aunt Easter. I remember seeing her 3 daughters, Aunt Laura - Aunt Liza and Aunt Mary Ann - Aunt Liza married Lewis Davis in Covington Co, - I believe at Seminary, Miss. Aunt Laura married a Best. Aunt Mary Ann married Harbard Sanderson.
Granny was visiting in Aunt Mary Ann's Home for a few days when Grandmother Margaret Ann died. Granny loved Grandmother very much. She said when they told her of Grandmother's death "the best friend I ever had was gone" - that was true.
Grandmother's funeral was held over for six months - why, I don't remember - they buried her and then in six months the funeral was peached at Hollis Creek Baptist Church & buried in the semanary (cemetery) there. Poor dear Granny was so gd when my mother went to leave. She cryed and sang a fairwell song I believe the title of the song was "They say, Dear Friend, that we must part, it draws like cords around my heart." It was such a beautiful song.
I did not get to see Granny again. She lived with Uncle Robert and Aunt Lula and Grandad then. I don't think Uncle Robert's wife was good to Granny Easter. She took many hard falls, and my mother said she would fall and could not get up ould call for Grandmother altho she was dead. My mother tried to get her but Granddad would not give his consent - he had her so long, as in one of Grandma's letters she said 29 years.
I remember the spring she mentioned it was across the road that is front of the home back of the Garden. It was such clear cool watter we children would help bring watter to the house tho sometime I don't remember Grandpa and the boys putg well in the front yard it had a shelter over it. Once Grandmother sent me to fetch some watter from the well and the Pully came louse (loose) and almost pull me in the well. Grandmother would tie her milk pails to the rope and let the milk in the well and it was nice & cool.
I have written to my Brother and his wife to see about having reprints of Grandmother and Granddad. I know they have enlarged pictures of them but I think they have a 8x10 which I ask if I could get a reprint of them if it could be done.
I written to Mr. Meyer I have not heard from him. What I am interested in is would be my great-grandparents. Grandmother's Dad and Grand Dads family back as far as I can get them it will be appreciated very much.
Forgive writing and spelling. I am 75 years old 4th of last April - not old if my health was better. Please write me again.
Sincerely yours,
Mary Viola Lee.
Census:
Residence 238
H Cooley 54 1806 South Carolina farmer
Esther Cooley 55 1805 South Carolina
Martin Cooley 17 1843 Mississippi
Mary A Cooley 15 1830 Mississippi
residence 242
Cooley, Moses 28 1832 Mississippi
Margaret 22 1838 Mississippi
Esther 6 1854 Texas
Andrew 4 1856 Texas
Albert 2 1854 Mississippi
Nancy 1 1859 Mississippi
Notes:
Married:
Name: Moses Cooley
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 7 Sep 1852
Spouse: Margaret Ann Butts
Marriage City: Victoria
Marriage State: Texas
Source: Texas Marriages, 1851-1900
Children:
- Moses C. Cooley, Jr. was born on 14 Mar 1852 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; died on 15 Dec 1912 in Wayne Co, Mississippi.
- Easter Jane Cooley was born on 4 Nov 1853 in Victoria Co, Texas; died on 18 Jan 1927 in Mulberry, Wayne Co, Mississippi; was buried in Mulberry Cem, Wayne Co, Mississippi.
- Andrew Moses Cooley was born on 9 Jan 1856 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; died on 12 May 1934 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; was buried in Salem Cem, Wayne Co, Mississippi.
- Albert B Cooley was born in 1857 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; died on 17 Dec 1929 in Wayne Co, Mississippi.
- Nancy Laviney Cooley was born on 1 May 1860 in Waynesboro, Wayne Co, Mississippi; died on 25 Jan 1910 in Leakesville, Green Co, Mississippi; was buried in Hollis Creek Cem, Wayne Co, Mississipi.
- William Riley Cooley was born in Aug 1862 in Waynesboro, Wayne Co, Mississippi; died in 1949 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; was buried in Maynor Creek Assembly of God Church Cem, Whistler, Wayne Co, Mississippi.
- 4. Harbard Hugh Cooley, Sr. was born in Mar 1866 in Waynesboro, Wayne Co, Mississippi; died in May 1937; was buried in Morriston Cem, Forrest Co, Mississippi.
- Susan Maria Cooley was born in 1869 in Mississippi; died on 14 Apr 1934 in Mississippi.
- Jackson Nelson Cooley was born in 1869 in Waynesboro, Wayne Co, Mississippi; died on 1 Mar 1871 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; was buried in Hollis Creek Cem, Hollis Creek, Wayne Co, Mississippi.
- Robert Joseph Cooley was born on 1 Aug 1873 in Waynesboro, Wayne Co, Mississippi; died on 25 Jul 1955 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; was buried in Hollis Creek Cem, Wayne Co, Mississippi.
- Margaret Ann Cooley was born on 15 Nov 1876 in Strengthford, Wayne Co, Mississippi; died on 28 Feb 1951 in Hattiesburg, Forrest Co, Mississippi; was buried in Morriston Cem, Forrest Co, Mississippi.
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Moses C. Cooley, Sr. (DNA-circle-g) was born on 14 Mar 1831 in Jasper Co, Mississippi or Choctaw Co, Alabama (son of Harband Cooley, (DNA-Circle-g) and Esther "Easter" Sumrall, (DNA-Circle-g)); died on 19 Dec 1922 in Hollis Creek, Wayne Co, Mississippi; was buried in Hollis Creek Cem, Hollis Creek, Wayne Co, Mississippi. 