I have an ancestor by the name of Isaac Cooley (Born 1805, probably in Dearborn Co., IN)
whose first wife was Frances Alley. They were married about 1827 in Franklin Co., and I
believe they had five children.
As far as I know, Frances or Fanny Alley died between 1837 and 1843 and Isaac married
again about 1843 to Sarah Evans who also bore him five children. Of Sarah's five
children, I believe they all died rather young. I found two of them listed in the Arcola
Cemetery, Arcola, Douglas Co., IL (where the family had moved to in 1859). Another, I
believe, died in the Civil War, but two of them, Manford (?) Cooley and Thaddeus Cooley,
were not listed as living with the family in the 1860 census of Douglas Co., IL, and I
suspect that those two, Manford and Thaddeus died between 1843 and 1859 in Franklin Co.,
IN., and may be buried in a cemetery in Metamora Twp.
Does anyone know if there are death/cemetery records in Franklin Co., IN which may be
indexed, online, or otherwise listed so that I can check to find both Frances Alley
Cooley's burial site, as well as Sarah Evans Cooley and her children? Thank you very
much.