Cooley - John A.
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, 4 April 1891
Kirkpatrick Items -- The grim destroyer "death" robbed us of two more and we morn the loss of Uncles John A. Cooley and Will Cross, two aged men. Uncle John passed away on Thursday it being his 76th birthday. Funeral at the church by Rev. Jackman, Crawfordsville. Interment at Young's graveyard near Crawfordsville. Uncle Will has been an invalid for several years and passed away Friday night. Burial at Ermentrout graveyard. Both will be greatly missed. - kbz
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Friday, 3 April 1891
John A. Cooley, an old settler, died at his home near Kirkpatrick, Thursday March 26. He was 76 years old to a day, dying upon the anniversary of his birth. Mr. Cooley was an exemplary man, kind hearted and hospitable to a fault, strictly temperate, being a total abstainer from the use of all narcotics. Though naturally possessed of a frail constitution, he was enabled to see and enjoy a long life. In company with his parents, he came to Indiana from Ohio in 1832, settling upon land near where old Prairieville stood. What education he received was obtained at the rude country schools then existing in both states. In connection with farming, Mr. Cooley (during the winter months) taught school. In after years, with the exception of brief intervals employed in canvassing for books and papers, he worked upon his farm. He was a member of the Christian Church having joined that denomination in early life
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal
Saturday, 26 December 1891 Listing of Deaths in 1891
January—A. G. McDaniel, , John Cogle, Walter McClure
February—Elizabeth Handy, John B. Tutt, Mrs. Homer Hills, Mrs. Christian Patridge, Wm M. Craig, Buck Marley, Mrs. C. L. Myers
March—, Susan Best, Jackson Borum, , Rev. Reuben Claypool, Rev. John Safford, Mary Campbell, Wm McIntyre
April—Mrs. Paul Hughes, Joab Eliott, Captain Tribby’s mother, John A. Cooley, Mattie Morgan, Mrs. Curtis Edwards, Hannah Gilkey, Allen Owens, Catherine Hall,, Mary Southwell, Mrs. James Francis, John Francis, Samuel Moore, Eugene Heaton