The Political Graveyard: Angell-Cooley family of Michigan

Angell-Cooley family of Michigan

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Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) — also known as Thomas M. Cooley — of Adrian, Lenawee County, Mich.; Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Attica, Wyoming County, N.Y., January 6, 1824. Son of Thomas Cooley (1778-1847) and Rachel (Hubbard) Cooley; married, December 30, 1846, to Elizabeth Horton (died 1890); father of Fanny Cooley (who married Alexis Caswell Angell). Lawyer; newspaper editor; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1865-85; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1868-69, 1876-77, 1884-85. Member, American Bar Association. Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich. is named for him. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., September 12, 1898. Burial location unknown.
- Cross-reference: Samuel W. Beakes
- See also Angell-Cooley family of Michigan
James Burrill Angell (1829-1916) — also known as James B. Angell — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Scituate, Providence County, R.I., January 7, 1829. Son of Andrew Aldrich Angell and Amey (Aldrich) Angell; married, November 26, 1855, to Sarah S. Caswell (daughter of Alexis Caswell (president, Brown University)); father of Alexis Caswell Angell. Editor of Sen. Henry B. Anthony's newspaper, Providence Journal, 1860-66; president, University of Vermont, 1866-71; president, University of Michigan, 1871-1909; U.S. Minister to China, 1880-81; Turkey, 1897-98. Congregationalist. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., April 1, 1916. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
- See also Angell-Cooley family of Michigan
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Alexis Caswell Angell (1857-1932) — also known as Alexis C. Angell — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., April 26, 1857. Son of James Burrill Angell and Sarah Swope (Caswell) Angell; married, June 6, 1880, to Fanny C. Cooley (daughter of Thomas McIntyre Cooley). Republican. Lawyer; law professor; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1911-12; resigned 1912. Died December 24, 1932. Burial location unknown.
- See also Angell-Cooley family of Michigan
- See also: federal judicial profile.

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