Charles Wesley Cooley (1844-1891), the son of Thomas & Mary Cooley was born on May 20, 1844 on a farm in Bloomville, Ohio. At the age of 17, Cooley enlisted in the U. S. Army as a private in the Buckeye Vanguard of Ohio on Aug. 18, 1861. He served in Company G, 49th Infantry Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He fought throughout the war and mustered out as a full sergeant in Texas after the war ended. His service saw him take part in some of the most dangerous and well-known battles of the war, including Shiloh, Stone River, Chickamauga, Franklin, Nashville and the campaign to capture Atlanta ("The Buckeye Vanguard: History of the Ohio Forty-ninth Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865" by Richard F. Mann, 2009).
After the war, his family moved from Missouri to Goldendale in Klickitat County, WA. In 1889, he suffered a massive stroke and was admitted to Western State Hospital at Fort Steilacoom, one of the few hospitals available in the Northwest Territory at the time. In 1891, he suffered a second stroke and died. Charles Wesley Cooley was buried with only a stone plot number to mark the location of his remains, No. 200 at Western State Hospital Memorial Cemetery, Fort Steilacoom, WA.
Sandy Boudrou created this memorial page after reading an article in the Seattle Times about Laura Lemke's group Grave Concerns. The volunteers are actively dedicated to the humanitarian effort of replacing gravesite numbers with markers bearing the real names of the deceased, which had been previously prohibited by law. In 2009, upon the request of Laura Lemke and Grave Concerns, and Hans Backer, the Department of Veterans Affairs in Quantico, Virginia forged and shipped a bronze marker, which replaced the original 100-year-old stone, No. 200.
On Saturday, September 12, 2009, Laura Lemke, Grave Concerns and many volunteers honored the life and service of Sgt. Charles Wesley Cooley (1844-1891) at Fort Steilacoom Memorial Park. Descendants of the Charles Wesley Cooley family who reside in Spokane & Seattle, Washington; Portland, Butteville & Bend, Oregon; Sacramento & Newport Beach, California and Cordova, Tennessee thank Laura Lemke, Grave Concerns, and Sandy Boudrou for all their kindness, effort and generosity.
He is not forgotten. Sandy Boudrou.
Source: "The Buckeye Vanguard: History of the Ohio Forty-ninth Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865" by Richard F. Mann, 2009.
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After the war, his family moved from Missouri to Goldendale in Klickitat County, WA. In 1889, he suffered a massive stroke and was admitted to Western State Hospital at Fort Steilacoom, one of the few hospitals available in the Northwest Territory at the time. In 1891, he suffered a second stroke and died. Charles Wesley Cooley was buried with only a stone plot number to mark the location of his remains, No. 200 at Western State Hospital Memorial Cemetery, Fort Steilacoom, WA.
Sandy Boudrou created this memorial page after reading an article in the Seattle Times about Laura Lemke's group Grave Concerns. The volunteers are actively dedicated to the humanitarian effort of replacing gravesite numbers with markers bearing the real names of the deceased, which had been previously prohibited by law. In 2009, upon the request of Laura Lemke and Grave Concerns, and Hans Backer, the Department of Veterans Affairs in Quantico, Virginia forged and shipped a bronze marker, which replaced the original 100-year-old stone, No. 200.
On Saturday, September 12, 2009, Laura Lemke, Grave Concerns and many volunteers honored the life and service of Sgt. Charles Wesley Cooley (1844-1891) at Fort Steilacoom Memorial Park. Descendants of the Charles Wesley Cooley family who reside in Spokane & Seattle, Washington; Portland, Butteville & Bend, Oregon; Sacramento & Newport Beach, California and Cordova, Tennessee thank Laura Lemke, Grave Concerns, and Sandy Boudrou for all their kindness, effort and generosity.
He is not forgotten. Sandy Boudrou.
Source: "The Buckeye Vanguard: History of the Ohio Forty-ninth Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865" by Richard F. Mann, 2009.
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Charles Wesley Cooley (1844-1891), the son of Thomas & Mary Cooley was born on May 20, 1844 on a farm in Bloomville, Ohio. At the age of 17, Cooley enlisted in the U. S. Army as a private in the Buckeye Vanguard of Ohio on Aug. 18, 1861. He served in Company G, 49th Infantry Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He fought throughout the war and mustered out as a full sergeant in Texas after the war ended. His service saw him take part in some of the most dangerous and well-known battles of the war, including Shiloh, Stone River, Chickamauga, Franklin, Nashville and the campaign to capture Atlanta ("The Buckeye Vanguard: History of the Ohio Forty-ninth Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865" by Richard F. Mann, 2009).
After the war, his family moved from Missouri to Goldendale in Klickitat County, WA. In 1889, he suffered a massive stroke and was admitted to Western State Hospital at Fort Steilacoom, one of the few hospitals available in the Northwest Territory at the time. In 1891, he suffered a second stroke and died. Charles Wesley Cooley was buried with only a stone plot number to mark the location of his remains, No. 200 at Western State Hospital Memorial Cemetery, Fort Steilacoom, WA.
Sandy Boudrou created this memorial page after reading an article in the Seattle Times about Laura Lemke's group Grave Concerns. The volunteers are actively dedicated to the humanitarian effort of replacing gravesite numbers with markers bearing the real names of the deceased, which had been previously prohibited by law. In 2009, upon the request of Laura Lemke and Grave Concerns, and Hans Backer, the Department of Veterans Affairs in Quantico, Virginia forged and shipped a bronze marker, which replaced the original 100-year-old stone, No. 200.
On Saturday, September 12, 2009, Laura Lemke, Grave Concerns and many volunteers honored the life and service of Sgt. Charles Wesley Cooley (1844-1891) at Fort Steilacoom Memorial Park. Descendants of the Charles Wesley Cooley family who reside in Spokane & Seattle, Washington; Portland, Butteville & Bend, Oregon; Sacramento & Newport Beach, California and Cordova, Tennessee thank Laura Lemke, Grave Concerns, and Sandy Boudrou for all their kindness, effort and generosity.
He is not forgotten. Sandy Boudrou.
Source: "The Buckeye Vanguard: History of the Ohio Forty-ninth Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865" by Richard F. Mann, 2009.
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After the war, his family moved from Missouri to Goldendale in Klickitat County, WA. In 1889, he suffered a massive stroke and was admitted to Western State Hospital at Fort Steilacoom, one of the few hospitals available in the Northwest Territory at the time. In 1891, he suffered a second stroke and died. Charles Wesley Cooley was buried with only a stone plot number to mark the location of his remains, No. 200 at Western State Hospital Memorial Cemetery, Fort Steilacoom, WA.
Sandy Boudrou created this memorial page after reading an article in the Seattle Times about Laura Lemke's group Grave Concerns. The volunteers are actively dedicated to the humanitarian effort of replacing gravesite numbers with markers bearing the real names of the deceased, which had been previously prohibited by law. In 2009, upon the request of Laura Lemke and Grave Concerns, and Hans Backer, the Department of Veterans Affairs in Quantico, Virginia forged and shipped a bronze marker, which replaced the original 100-year-old stone, No. 200.
On Saturday, September 12, 2009, Laura Lemke, Grave Concerns and many volunteers honored the life and service of Sgt. Charles Wesley Cooley (1844-1891) at Fort Steilacoom Memorial Park. Descendants of the Charles Wesley Cooley family who reside in Spokane & Seattle, Washington; Portland, Butteville & Bend, Oregon; Sacramento & Newport Beach, California and Cordova, Tennessee thank Laura Lemke, Grave Concerns, and Sandy Boudrou for all their kindness, effort and generosity.
He is not forgotten. Sandy Boudrou.
Source: "The Buckeye Vanguard: History of the Ohio Forty-ninth Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865" by Richard F. Mann, 2009.
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