John Joseph Cooley

Born in southern Greenville County 19 Aug. 1819 (Possum Kingdom), he was the son of Hiram Cooley and Mary Ann Woodson Cooley. He was born the son of one of the richest men in Greenville county. He suffered the loss of his first wife Emily Chapman.

He went to war (Civil War) and fought for the south. During the war he was wounded, shot in the hip. For the rest of his life he walked with a limp.

After the war he made Corn Liquor for the Government. He attempted to make extra money by watering down the liquor. The inspector was going to test the batch that had been loaded and not wanting to get caught he had his son Thomas Oliver Cooley pull the pulg on the wagon and the whole batch was spilled onto the ground. (Oral History)

His second wife was Stacy Ann Chasteen.

John Joseph Cooley died 13 Dec 1896 and is buried next to his first wife Emily Chapman Cooley at Fork Shoals Baptist Church in southern Greenville County.

Wedding Jennifer Len Smith & Timothy Justin Manning

July 25 2009, Jennifer Len Smith & Timothy Justin Manning were married in Pigeon Forge Tn.
The family is growing again

Judy Elaine Cooley and Jackie Brooks Smith were marred at the Pelzer First Baptist Church in 1964. They had one son Anthony W. Smith.

Brother and sister die 5 days apart.

The family of Della Mae Smith and Bobby Eskew suffered the lose of two of its members Barbara Ann Eskew died on 5/8/2009 she was 52 and Terry Joe Eskew died on 5/13/2009. That only leaved two of the original 4 children. This was alot for a family to go through in a short period of time due to the youth of the two that passed.