Charles Sterling Cooley

(1839-1900)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Charles Sterling Cooley was born in 1839. He died on April 17, 1900, and was buried in Hillsborough Memorial Cemetery in Hillsborough, NC.

Occupations

• Soldier. Charles Sterling Cooley served in Company G of the 27th Regiment of North Carolina Volunteers in the Confederate States of America [1].

Relatives

• Parents: Charles Loveland Cooley (1794-1866) [1] and Ann Eliza Chapman (1806-1883) [1].
• Paternal grandparents: Elihu Cooley [1] and Rhoda Cooley [1].
• Siblings:
  • two brothers, Joseph G. Cooley (1846-1930) and Thomas L. Cooley (d. 1878).
  • four sisters, Mary Cain Cooley , Emily Eliza Cooley (1837-1869)  [1], Caroline M. Cooley (1831-1853) and Tarmesia M. Cooley (1827-1899).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).