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Obituary
Pee Dee Herald, September 23, 1872, page 4

DIED
At Perryville, Kansas, on the 3rd inst., Mr. Earle Cooley, late of Anson, and for a number of years an active partner in the house of Arnold & Cooley, and subsequent, Arnold, Cooley & Co. Mr. C. was a native of Connecticut, and came to this place about 1848, and married a daughter of Mr. David Tillman, and by perseverance and close attention to business had gathered together a snug little fortune, which he lost in a measure by the fortunes of war, and subsequently by a fire on the 2d April 1868, which swept away his store house and all its contents. He removed to Kansas, and was recuperating from his losses, and had he lived would no doubt have acquired a fortune. He was a man of great energy. He leaves a widow and several children to mourn their heavy loss -- though not without hope, as we are informed he died in the full assurance of a better home in the skies.

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Arnold & Cooley Sword Factory

Don Barrier and the newsletter editor are researching the Arnold & Cooley Sword Factory of Wadesboro. Seth Arnold and Earl Cooley, of Connecticut, moved to Wadesboro in the early 1850's and established a dry goods store. Their store was located on West Wade Street.
In 1862 they had a contract with the Confederate Government to manufacture firearms, swords, and etc. Some of their employees were Peter H. Swink and Hiriam Braswell, and a slave named Adam belonging to George Willoughby.
According to Mary Medley's Anson County history book, a factory was located on West Wade Street on what is now the old Brill Huntley place (302 West Wade Street). Documents support that Earl Cooley did own property in that particular area.
There is also a lease agreement between Arnold & Cooley and Alfred Baucom for Baucom's mill located off Jones Creek just outside Wadesboro.
The only known copy of a Arnold & Cooley sword resides in the Greensboro Historical Museum. This is a copy of a War of 1812 saber. Earl Cooley's daughter gave to the sword to the museum.
If you know of any more information than this, please contact the editor.

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From Doughty Family Graph by Frances Nelson Tillman, January 1932

After Jacob died, Abigail married Charles Abrams. They lived on what was then known as West Point, New Far Rockaway Beach.
Both died about 1817.

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aka Snooks as a child

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(original name Gertrude changed to Zarah(original name Gertrude changed to Zarah

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Grete Wranitzky, 12/1/1968

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Linda Lee Dies at St. John's

Linda Eleanor Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Vance Lee of Farmlake Ranch, Canoga Park, died yesterday at St. John's Hospital, Santa Monica, following a brief illness.

A native of Los Angeles, Miss Lee attended the Marlborough School here, Miss Branson's School in Ross, and Finch College in New York City. She was a member of The Spinsters.

Private funeral services are to be conducted with Forest Lawn Memorial Park in charge.

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I.R. Nelson Funeral Set for Wednesday
Funeral services for Isaiah Nelson, president of radio station WAAM, will be held in the Nelson home, 30 Hamilton Street, East Orange, on Wednesday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, and burial will follow in Fairmount Cemetery. Death occurred Saturday night (Nov. 12, 1932) after an illness of three years.
Rev. Paul Conrad, of Rutherford, whose services are broadcast over WAAM in the Happy Hour program, will officiate. Surviving are his widow, two sons, Ira R. and Edward F., and two daughters, Mrs. James R. Cozier and Mrs. Julia F. Kirton.

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Burial Planned for I.R. Nelson
President of WAAM Succumbs in East Orange Home
Services for Isaiah Rogers Nelson, president and founder of radio station WAAM, will be held at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon from his home, 30 Hamilton Street, East Orange. The Rev. Paul Conrad of Rutherford, who broadcasts in the Happy Hour over WAAM, will officiate. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery. Mr. Nelson, who also was president of the I.R. Nelson Company, electrical engineers, died Saturday night at his home, following a protracted illness.
He was born in Toledo, Ohio, and was engaged in the electrical railroad construction business there before coming to New Jersey in 1905. He was superintendent of the rolling equipment for the Public Service twenty-five years ago. He left that company to establish his own business. He founded the radio station in 1922.
Besides his wife, he leaves two sons, Ira R. and Edward F. Nelson and two daughters, Mrs. James R. Cozier and Mrs. Julian J. Kirton.