Caroline M. Cooley

(1831-1853)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Caroline M. Cooley was born in February, 1831. She died on August 15, 1853.

Relatives

• Parents: Charles Loveland Cooley (1794-1866) [1] and Ann Eliza Chapman (1806-1883) [1].
• Spouse: John D. Wilbon [1].
• Paternal grandparents: Elihu Cooley [1] and Rhoda Cooley [1].
• Siblings:
  • three brothers, Charles Sterling Cooley (1839-1900), Joseph G. Cooley (1846-1930) and Thomas L. Cooley (d. 1878).
  • three sisters, Mary Cain Cooley , Emily Eliza Cooley (1837-1869)  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).