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Rev Bethuel Cooley Church

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Rev Bethuel Cooley Church

Birth
New York, USA
Death
15 Jul 1889 (aged 75–76)
Ottawa County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Tallmadge, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Bethuel Cooley Church was the son of Bethuel Church and his first wife, Roxana Cooley. "Accompanying Bethuel and Roxana to Michigan were seven children, plus John Rice, husband of daughter Melissa. Two sons stayed in New York. Edwin Cutler was married and Bethuel Cooley was still pursuing his education."-Marian R. Harlow, Biography of Bethuel Church

Bethuel later moved to Michigan. He became a Congregational church minister.

1860 U. S. Federal Census, Tallmadge, Ottawa, MI
Bethuel C., age 48, farmer
Laura, age 40
Charles, age 17, teaching school
Julia, age 19, teaching school
Bethuel, age 10
Caroline, age 8
Jesse, age 3

1870 U. S. Federal Census, Normal, Mclean, Illinois
Bethuel, age 58, minister
Laura, age 53
Charles, age 27, teacher
Bethuel, age 20, teacher
Carrie, age 18
Jesse, age 14

1880 U. S. Federal Census,Goliad, Texas
Bethuel C., age 67, minister
Laura, age 63
Charles, age 36, single, farmer, son

Ottawa County Death Records--B. C. Church died July 15, 1889, in Georgetown Township, of lung fever.

This gravestone was placed in Church Cemetery by family members after the cemetery was restored by Henry and Loekie Boersma.
Bethuel Cooley Church was the son of Bethuel Church and his first wife, Roxana Cooley. "Accompanying Bethuel and Roxana to Michigan were seven children, plus John Rice, husband of daughter Melissa. Two sons stayed in New York. Edwin Cutler was married and Bethuel Cooley was still pursuing his education."-Marian R. Harlow, Biography of Bethuel Church

Bethuel later moved to Michigan. He became a Congregational church minister.

1860 U. S. Federal Census, Tallmadge, Ottawa, MI
Bethuel C., age 48, farmer
Laura, age 40
Charles, age 17, teaching school
Julia, age 19, teaching school
Bethuel, age 10
Caroline, age 8
Jesse, age 3

1870 U. S. Federal Census, Normal, Mclean, Illinois
Bethuel, age 58, minister
Laura, age 53
Charles, age 27, teacher
Bethuel, age 20, teacher
Carrie, age 18
Jesse, age 14

1880 U. S. Federal Census,Goliad, Texas
Bethuel C., age 67, minister
Laura, age 63
Charles, age 36, single, farmer, son

Ottawa County Death Records--B. C. Church died July 15, 1889, in Georgetown Township, of lung fever.

This gravestone was placed in Church Cemetery by family members after the cemetery was restored by Henry and Loekie Boersma.


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