Cooley family photograph collection, 1850-1980

Overview of the Collection

Collector
Cooley family
Title
Cooley family photograph collection
Dates
1850-1980 (inclusive)
Quantity
254 photographs
Collection Number
P0339
Summary
The Cooley family photograph collection contains photographs of Andrew Wood Cooley, four of his five wives, and various members of the Cooley family and extended families.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Andrew Wood Cooley was born May 24, 1837, in McComb County, Michigan. He was the second child of Benjamin and Clarissa Wood Cooley, who had moved to Michigan from New England about 1833.

When he was twenty-one, Cooley married Diana Elizabeth Briggs in St. Claire, Michigan. She was left behind, however, when he traveled West after the outbreak of the Civil War several years later. Cooley arrived in Utah in 1863, and a year later was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A devout and respected Mormon, in 1867 he was asked by Brigham Young to serve as bishop of the LDS Brighton Ward, a position he held for ten years.

Plural marriages were customary for qualified church elders, and over the course of four years Cooley took four more wives: Mary Huntington on February 17, 1866, Mary Jane Jenkins and Rachel Coon on February 22, 1868, and Ann Hazen on February 14, 1870. Together they bore him thirty-two children, twelve of whom died in childhood.

Cooley was sentenced twice to federal prison and served a total of eleven months for his practice of polygamy. His health broken, he died at the age of fifty on October 11, 1887. Mary, Mary Jane, Rachel, and Ann Cooley followed him in death at the ages of sixty-three, eighty-nine, ninety-one and eighty-eight, respectively.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The photographs in this collection date from approximately 1850 to 1980. They are for the most part those of Andrew Wood Cooley, four of his five wives, and some of their descendants; however, photos of Cooley's mother, sister, and uncle, as well as other individuals related to the Cooley family by marriage, are included.

In addition to the obvious genealogical value of the photographs, a number of them will be of interest to researchers for their format and subject matter. Noteworthy, for example , are two cartes de viste by the important Utah photographer C. R. Savage which Poignantly records the death of Cooley's young daughter, Isabelle, in 1873.

The photographs were received by the university in no discernible order. During processing they were arranged into two sections, the first including photographs of individuals who lived or currently reside in Michigan, and the second consisting of photos of immigrants or individuals native to Utah. Items in both sections were then arranged in folders by family group, the earliest first. Thus, in the second section photographs of Cooley and his second wife are found in folder one, photos of Cooley and his third wife in folder two, those of their children in folder three, and so forth. Oversized materials and photographs of individuals whose relationships to the family are unknown to the processor are found at the end of the collection.

Name Index

  • Clarke, Doral 1:27
  • Clarke, Lemuel 1:27
  • Clarke, Vella 1:27
  • Clarkson, Albert Elmer 1:17
  • Clarkson, Edith May 1:17
  • Clarkson, Florence Ruth 1:17
  • Clarkson, George Victor 1:17
  • Clarkson, Gilbert Floyd 1:17
  • Clarkson, Ruby Elizabeth. 1:17
  • Cooley, Abraham 1:16,172:2
  • Cooley, Alva Lorenzo 2:2
  • Cooley, Andrew Jr. 2:2
  • Cooley, Andrew Wood 1:9,10,16
  • Cooley, Ann Hazen 1:23
  • Cooley, Arthur 1:25, 2:2
  • Cooley, Carma 1:28
  • Cooley, Clarissa Wood 1:1
  • Cooley, Darwin 1:26
  • Cooley, DeOrr 1:26
  • Cooley, Elizabeth 1:5
  • Cooley, Elizabeth Jr. 1:5
  • Cooley, Estelle 1:34
  • Cooley, Ezra 2:2
  • Cooley, Francis 1:16,18
  • Cooley, Frank 1:5
  • Cooley, Henry 1:11, 2:2
  • Cooley, Idabelle 1:16
  • Cooley, Inez 1:24,28,29
  • Cooley, Isabelle 1:16,17
  • Cooley, Lorenzo Henry 1:14
  • Cooley, Louise 1:25
  • Cooley, Lucretia May 1:17
  • Cooley, Marcus 1:24, 2:2
  • Cooley, Marcus Jr. 1:31
  • Cooley, Maretta 1:3
  • Cooley, Mary 1:24
  • Cooley, Mary Huntington 1:9
  • Cooley, Mary Jane Jenkins 1:10
  • Cooley, Mary Lindquist 1: 19
  • Cooley, Maud 1:28
  • Cooley, Melissa 1:11
  • Cooley, Oscar 1:17,192:2
  • Cooley, Rachel 1:20
  • Cooley, Rachel Coor: 1:15,17!18
  • Cooley, Rachel Coon 1:15,17,18
  • Cooley, Relia 1:28
  • Cooley, Rigby 1:28
  • Cooley, Russell 1:26
  • Cooley, Walter 2:2
  • Cooley, William 2:8
  • Finlayson, Nova 1:14
  • Fish, Dee 1:22
  • Fish, Delomb 1:21
  • Fish, Edwin 1:21
  • Fish, Lewis 1:34
  • Fish, Lynnwood 1:21
  • Fish, Merle 1:21
  • Fish, Murland 1:21
  • Gillispie, Nora 1:5
  • Lappan, Emory 1: 5
  • Lappan, Georgia 1:5
  • Lathrop, Bobby 1:5
  • Lathrop, Shirley 1:5
  • Miller, Florence Cooley 1:5
  • Miller, Irene 1:5
  • Parsons, Beatrice 1:30
  • Parsons, Henry 1:29
  • Parsons, Inez Cooley 1:24,29
  • Parsons, LaVell 1:30
  • Parsons, Lucretia 1:30
  • Price, Elizabeth Cooley 1:12
  • Price, William 1:12
  • Thorsen, Leora 1:5
  • Walker, Ethyl Cooley 1:13
  • Walker, Hyrum 1:13
  • Wood, Marcus 1: 2

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Collection is arranged topically and contains one addendum.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Jay M. Smith.

Processing Note

Processed by Kirk Baddley in 1990 and Mary Ann Curtis in 2000.

Separated Materials

Audio-visual materials were transferred to the Andrew Wood Cooley AV Collection, (A0535).

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Cooley family papers (MS 0567).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Family, Wives, ChildrenReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Clarissa Wood Cooley
 Circa 1860
1 2
Marcus Wood
 Circa 1850
1 3
Maretta Cooley
 Circa 1860
1 4
Florence Cooley Miller
 Circa 1950
1 5
Family Members
 Circa 1948
1 6
Benjamin Cooley Home
  • Photograph number 1: Near Romeo, Michigan
1 7
Dyke Cooley Home
  • Photograph number 1-2: Circa 1930
1 8
Dyke Cooley Home in Dryden, Michigan
 circa 1980
1 9
Andrew and Mary Huntington Cooley
 Circa 1870
1 10
Andrew and Mary Jane Jenkins Cooley
 Circa 1870
1 11
Children of Andrew and Mary Jane Jenkins Cooley
 Circa 1890-1906
1 12
William and Elizabeth Cooley Price
 Circa 1900
1 13
Hyrum and Ethyl Cooley Walker
 Circa 1920
1 14
Children of Henry and Laura Finlayson Cooley
  • Photograph number 1: Henry Cooley and Laura Finlayson Cooley marriage photograph
  • Photograph number 2: Lorenzo Henry Cooley and Nora Finlayson, ca 1920
1 15
Rachel Coon Cooley
 Circa 1900
1 16
Rachel Coon Cooley Home
 Circa 1925
1 17
Children of Andrew and Rachel Coon Cooley
  • Photograph number 1-2: Isabelle Cooley
  • Photograph number 3-4: Isabelle Cooley Fish
  • Photograph number 5-6: Abraham Cooley
  • Photograph number 7: Francois Cooley
 Circa 1873-1910
1 18
Children of Andrew and Rachel Coon Cooley
  • Photograph number 1: Rachelle and Isabelle, Lucretia May and Oscar Cooley
  • Photograph number 2: Abraham Cooley
  • Photograph number 3: Isabelle Cooley Fish, Lucretia May Eldredge Cooley, ?
  • Photograph number 4: Lucretia May Eldridge Cooley
  • Photograph number 5: Oscar Cooley
 Circa 1910-1945
1 19
Oscar and Mary Lindquist Cooley
 Circa 1930
1 20
Children of Abraham and Lucille Jensen Cooley
  • Photograph number 1: Estell Cooley
  • Photograph number 2: Rachel Cooley
1 21
Children of Edwin and Isabelle Cooley Fish
  • Photograph number 1-2: Lynnwood Fish, son of Edwin and Isabelle Cooley Fish
  • Photograph number 3: Edwin and Merle Fish
  • Photograph number 4: Edwin Fish
  • Photograph number 5: Delomb Fish
  • Photograph number 6: Murland Fish
 Circa 1915-1920
1 22
Children of Murland and Edith ? Fish
  • Photograph number 1: Dee Fish, circa 1920
1 23
Ann Hazen Cooley
  • Photograph number 1-2: Circa 1900
1 24
Children of Andrew and Ann Hazen Cooley
  • Photograph number 1: Mary Cooley
  • Photograph number 2: Inez Cooley
  • Photograph number 3: Marcus Cooley
  • Photograph number 4: Children of Andrew and Ann Hazen Cooley
 Circa 1870-1890
1 25
Arthur and Louise ? Cooley
 Circa 1910
1 26
Children of Arthur and Louise ? Cooley
  • Photograph number 1: Russell Cooley
  • Photograph number 2-4: Darwin and DeOrr Cooley
 Circa 1905-1915
1 27
Children of David and Martha Jane Cooley Clarke
  • Photograph number 1-2: Vella Clarke
  • Photograph number 3: Vella, Lemuel and Doral Clarke
  • Photograph number 4: Doral Clrake
 Circa 1900-1920
1 28
Children of Ezra and Jesse Rigby Cooley
 Circa 1915
1 29
Henry and Inez Cooley Parsons
  • Photograph number 1-2: Inez Colley Parson and Henry Parsons
  • Photograph number 3: Henry Parsons
 Circa 1910-1930
1 30
Children of Henry and Inez Cooley Parsons
  • Photograph number 1-3: Beatrice Parsons
  • Photograph number 4: Beatrice and Lucretia Parsons
  • Photograph number 5-6: Lucretia Parsons
  • Photograph number 7: LaVell Parsons
 Circa 1900-1920
1 31
Children of Marcus and ? Cooley
  • Photograph number 1: Marcus Jr. Circa 1925
1 32
Cooley Family Reunions
  • Photograph number 1: Family Reunion, 1923
  • Photograph number 2-3: Family Reunion, 1946
  • Photograph number 4-5: Family Reunion, 1947
  • Photograph number 6: Family Reunion, undated
  • Photograph number 7: Famliy Reunion, 1947
 Circa 1923-1950
1 33
Coon Family Reunion
 Circa 1930
1 34
Relationships to Family Unknown
  • Photograph number 1-2: Lewis Fish, circa 1890-1915

AddendumReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
2 1
Clarissa and Benjamin Cooley, Parents of A.W. Cooley
  • Photograph number 1: Benjamin Cooley, stamp on back
  • Photograph number 2-3: Clarissa Cooley
2 2
Samuel Cooley, Brother of A.W. Cooley
  • Photograph number 1-3: Samuel Cooley, born in Bruce Township, McComb Co., Michigan.
2 3
Andrew Wood Cooley
  • Photograph number 1-3: A.W. Cooley
2 4
A.W. Cooley's Wives Together
  • Photograph number 1-2: Four wives of A.W. Cooley, Left to Right, front row: Mary Huntington C., Rachel Coon C. Back row: Jane Jenkins C., Ann Hazen C.
  • Photograph number 3: Three of A.W. Cooley's wives: Ann Hazen C., Jane Jenkins C., Rachel Coon C.
2 5
A.W. and Ann Hazen Cooley Family
  • Photograph number 1-2: Ann Hazen C. and first child Marcus Cooley
  • Photograph number 3-5: Children of Ann Hazen and A.W. Cooley. Left to Right, front: Walter; back row: Mary Ann, Inez, Arthur, Martha, and Ezra.
2 6
A.W. and Mary Huntington Cooley Family
  • Photograph number 1: Mary Cooley
  • Photograph number 2: A.W. Cooley with second wife Mary Cooley., E. Martin Photo.
  • Photograph number 3: Mary Huntington family?
  • Photograph number 4-5: Maretta Cooley, daughter of Mary and wife of George Schanck.
  • Photograph number 6: May Asenath Cooley, born May 9th, 1885, Graduated June 5, 1903, Daughter of Mary.
  • Photograph number 7: May Cooley and Clarkson children, grandchildren of May Asenath and Neal Huntington
2 7
A.W. and Rachel Coon Cooley Family
  • Photograph number 1: Rachel holding Isabelle and Maretta (standing)
2 8
A.W. and Mary Jane Jenkins Family
  • Photograph number 1: Jane Jenkins Cooley
  • Photograph number 2: A.W. and Jane Jenkins Cooley
  • Photograph number 3: Jane and son Henry Wood Cooley
  • Photograph number 4: Jane Jenkins Cooley, Henry W. Cooley, ?, Ethel Clarissa Cooley
  • Photograph number 5: Group picture, July or Aug 1907 at "Aunt Lizzie's (Price)" home. Mary Jane Jenkins Cooley, three daughters, two daughters in-law, and thirteen grandchildren.
  • Photograph number 6: Melissa Cooley Price
  • Photograph number 7: Jane with son Alva Cooley
  • Photograph number 8: Jane, age 80 ro 81
  • Photograph number 9: Henry W. as conference President in Iowa, L.D.S. mission, 1906
  • Photograph number 10: Henry Wood Cooley with his mission companion
  • Photograph number 11: Henry W. and Laura Finlayson Cooley, married 1900
  • Photograph number 12: Henry W. standing on road and son Everett L. Cooley on top of snow at Brigham Highway home, West Jordan, Utah.
  • Photograph number 13: Children of Henry and Laura Cooley, Left to Right: Melva, Leslie, Lorenzo, Ida, Melissa, and Eva Cooley
2 9
Utah Penitentiary
  • Photograph number 1-2: October 1885 before Andrew's first prison sentence. Left to Right: Clarissa Maretta, Andrew Wood, Oscar Wood, Lucretia May, Isabelle, Maretta Elizabeth, Abraham Cooley, Rachel Coon Cooley, Andrew Wood Cooley, Jane Jenkins Cooley, Ethel Clarissa, Henry Wood, Alva Lorenzo, Melissa Jane, Fanny Elizabeth, Samuel Beach, Ann Hazen Cooley, Arthur Dike, Marcus Robert, Ezra Hazen, Mary Ann, Martha Jane, Inez.
  • Photograph number 3-4: Utah Territory Penitentiary, circa 1877
  • Photograph number 5: Space assignments at the penitentiary
  • Photograph number 6-8: "Autographs" of men held in the penitentiary
2 10
Houses
  • Photograph number 1: Crampton survey of ruins of a dugout in Hite, Utah, perhaps similar to home used by A.W. Cooley family
  • Photograph number 2: Abram Cooley home, 1258 Clark Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, Funeral site of A.W. Cooley and place of his death in October 1887
  • Photograph number 3: Jane Jenkins Cooley home, 100 East 400 South, Mendoa, Utah
  • Photograph number 4: Rachel Coon Cooley home, 200 North between 100 and 200 West, Mendoa, Utah
  • Photograph number 5: Samuel Beach Cooely grave, Mendoa, Utah (Son of Jane)
2 11
Reunions
  • 1: July, 1923. Front Row: Ed Fish, Belle Fish, Ethel Walker, Jane J. Cooley, Marcus Cooley, Robert Hazen, Ann Hazen Cooley, Rachel C. Cooley, Mary Ann Christiansen, Mosen Christiansen, Edith Cooley, Walter Cooley; middle row: Inez C. Parsons, Melissa Spiers, Lizzie Price, Margaret Cooley, Mary Cooley, May Cooley, Frances Rigby, Minnie Cooley, Lucretia May Cooley Eldredge, Louise Cooley, Margaret Cooly, Lucille Cooley; back row: Oscar Cooley, Abra Cooley, Samuel Rigby, Andrew Cooley II, James Eldredge, Arthur Cooley, Ezra Cooley, Abraham Cooley
  • 2: Unidentified year
  • 3: Unidentified year, group standing in front of the L.D.S. First Ward building. (47)
  • 4: Unidentified year (46)
  • 5: A.W. and his four wives, Program for 1947 reunion.
  • 6: Aug 2, 1991. Front Row: Viola Cooley Larsen, Reta Cooley Cantwell, Helen Parsons Allen, Leone Cooley Lawley, LaFrona Price Knowles, Relia Cooley Smith, Beth Rigby Jackson, Constance Cooley Hyde, back row: Lyle R. Cooley, Edward J. Cooley, Estella Cooley DeMoisy, Clyde J. Cooley, Marie Cooley Johnson, Sara Cooley Edgel, Vernon A. Cooley, Afton Rigby VanKemper, Bernice Price Jones, H. LaVell Parsons, Carma Cooley Spencer, Everett L. Cooley, Jane Cooley Oler, Andrew W. Cooley III, Genevieve Cooley Richards. A.W. Cooley had 96 grandchildren born to his family. Pictured here are 23 of the 44 living grandchildren in 1991.
  • 7: Genevieve Cooley Richards and Lorin Richards, 4/94
  • 8: Edward J. Cooley, Genevieve Cooley Richards and Lorin Richards, 4/94
  • 9: Unidentified group
2 12
Mormon Trail
  • 1-3: Approach to Donner Hill
  • 4: Donner Hill looking west
  • 5: Marker at foot of Donner Trail
  • 6-8: Donner Hill, Emigration Canyon
  • 9-11: From Little Mountain
  • 12: Camp Ground Marker
  • 13: East Canyon Creek
  • 14: Marker at base of Emigration Canyon
  • 15: Fortification/breastworks at entrance to Emigration Canyon
  • 16-26: East Canyon Creek Road
  • 27: East Canyon Reservoir
  • 28: State Highway
  • 29-30: Remnant of ranch building at Broad Hollow
  • 31: State highway
  • 32-35: Dugway and Lone Tree camp site
 August 1990
2 13
Mormon Trail
  • 1-2: Looking to Henefer
  • 3: Marker at junction of state highway
  • 4: Weber River
  • 5-6: George D. Smith family. Mrs. Miner (mother-in-law), daughter, Geo. Smith and wife, Camille
  • 7-9: Highway from Little Dell Dam Site
  • 10: Approaching Big Mt. From West
  • 11-22: Big Mountain
  • 23: Looking down Emigration Canyon
  • 24: Clayton-McFarlan Ranch - stay stop and Pony Express Station
  • 25-30: Along East Canyon Creek toward Mormon Flat
  • 31-32: Approaching Little Emigration Canyon
  • 33: Entrance to Little Emigration Canyon, note breastworks built by the Nauvoo Legion in 1857
 August 1990
2 14
Photographs for Book
  • 1-7: Photographs of letters and diary pages
  • 8-14: Charts and Genealogy trees
  • 15-24: Layout drafts for book
  • 25-30: Pages from book
2 15
Miscellaneous
  • 1: Unidentified Cooley family
  • 2: Cooley Brothers. Back Row: Abraham, Andrew, Alva, Arthur, Walter; front row: Oscar, Henry, Marcus, Ezra
  • 3-4: James Eldredge
  • 5: Brother Felix - Trappist Monk, with the Abby of our Lady of the Holy Trinity in the Background. Site of the A.W. Cooley farm.
  • 6: Brother Felix with canyon in the background. Site where A.W. Cooley took logs and barrel charcoal.
  • 7: Unidentified painting
  • 8: Unidentified tassels
2 16
Family
  • 1-20: Cooley Family Reunions

OversizeReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
3 1
Miscellaneous
  • 1: Coon family reunion, circa 1941
  • 2: Cooley Brothers: Oscar, Henry, Marcus, Ezra (row 1), Abe, Andrew Jr, Alma Lorenzo, Arthur, Walter (row 2) ca. 1920s
3 2
Charcoal Drawings
  • 1: Samuel Cooley (brother of A.W.)
  • 2: Clarissa Cooley (mother of A.W.)
4 1
Photo Album
  • Photograph number 1: Unidentified Couple
  • Photograph number 2: Clarissa Wood Cooley
  • Photograph number 3: Marcus R. Cooley and Mary Andrewson
  • Photograph number 4: Charlotte Irene Cooley
  • Photograph number 5: Mrs. Ezra Wood
  • Photograph number 6: Professor at Hadrian College
  • Photograph number 7: Mr. and Mrs. Orin Wood beck (Polly Cooley)
  • Photograph number 8: Mr. and Mrs. Manley Cooler (Emma England)
  • Photograph number 9: Mr. and Mrs. Andre Wood (Belle Munson)
  • Photograph number 10: John Perry
  • Photograph number 11: Mrs. J. Perry (Sarah Cooley)
  • Photograph number 12: Mrs. Dyke Cooley (Priscilla Smith)
  • Photograph number 13: Dyke Cooley
  • Photograph number 14: Mr. and Mrs. George Schanck (Abigail Sutherland), George Jr., and Cora
  • Photograph number 15: Four wives of A.W. Cooley
  • Photograph number 16: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 17: Nettie Haynes
  • Photograph number 18: ? Wood
  • Photograph number 19: Mr. and Mrs. George S. Cooley (Ada Lane), Marcus, Mae, Elwin, and Belle
  • Photograph number 20: Dyke Cooley Miller (2 ½ years)
  • Photograph number 21: Marsden Cooley Miller (12 years)
  • Photograph number 22: Mrs. Chester Cooley (Jane Kaiser)
  • Photograph number 23: Chester Cooley
  • Photograph number 24: Andrew Cooley's child
  • Photograph number 25: Clara Cooley (Andrew's daughter)
  • Photograph number 26: Louise Cooley
  • Photograph number 27: Sarah Anne Cooley
  • Photograph number 28: Florence Cooley Miller
  • Photograph number 29: Lotta Irene Cooley Miller
  • Photograph number 30: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 31: Andrew Cooley
  • Photograph number 32: Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cooley
  • Photograph number 33: Samuel Beach Cooley
  • Photograph number 34: Mrs. George Schanck (Maretta Cooley)
  • Photograph number 35-40: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 41: Mrs. Samuel Cooley (Maretta Wood)
  • Photograph number 42: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 43: Mr. and Mrs, Herb Wilton (Eunice Cooley)
  • Photograph number 44: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 45: Mrs. Benjamin Cooley (Clara Wood)
  • Photograph number 46: Mrs. Winifield Hathaway (Janie Perry)
  • Photograph number 47-54: Unidentified

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Personal Names

  • Cooley, Andrew Wood,--1837-1887--Photographs

Family Names

  • Cooley family--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographic prints--1850-1890
  • Portrait photographs

Finding aid prepared by Kirk Baddley.
1990

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