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- excerpt from bio of William Young:
"James Cooley, her father, migrated to Ks in 1854 & settled on a homestead south of Potter, in Leavenworth County. His wife, Cassandra, came to Ks to reside with her sister, Mrs Masterson, who lived in Mt Pleasant Township & she was married in 1860 to James Cooley. Eight children were born to them of whom Mrs Young was the 5th in order of birth. James Cooley took an active & prominent part in political affairs in Ks in the early days, & served as the representative to the State Legislature from Leavenworth county for 2 terms, 1868 - 1872, inclusive. He died in 1876."
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Name: James Cooley
Born: 1816 in Kentucky.
Died: in 1876.
Occupation: Farmer
County: Leavenworth
Town: Mt. Pleasant 1868; Kickapoo 1872
Party: Democrat
District: 27
Chamber: House 1868
District: 23
Chamber: House 1872
Notes: Settled in Leavenworth in 1855.
Source material:
1)---"Biographies of Members of the Legislature of 1868." found in: Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1907-1908. Topeka, Kan. : Kansas State Historical Society, 1908.
House of Representatives, Topeka Kansas
Tuesday, Jan 14, 1868 - sworn in:
20th Rep Dist, twp Grasshopper and Rock Creek, county of Jefferson, W.C. Butts
From the 27th Representative District, the township of Easton, in the county of Leavenworth, James Cooley.
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