THE KANSAS CITY STAR
Kansas City, Missouri
Thursday, 16 February, 1911
Vol 21, Issue 152, Page 3

DR. FRANKLIN COOLEY DIES AT 90

The Veteran Kansas City Surgeon Had
Practiced Abroad.

Dr. Franklin Cooley died yesterday afternoon at the home of his daughter Mrs. H. E. Reynolds, 4042 Charlotte Street. He was 90 years old. He was born at Cooley Lake in Clay County and came to Kansas City in 1868 from Lexington, Missouri. He was one of the older surgeons of the state and had studied and practiced in the hospitals of London, Parris and Edinburg.

At the beginning of the Civil War he was appointed surgeon of the Tenth Regiment Missouri Volunteers, and when that regiment was consolidated with other commands, he was made brigadier general in the Seventh Missouri Calvary. In 1863 he became a curator of the University of Missouri. President Grant appointed him examining pension surgeon for Kansas City in 1869, which office he held for 16 years. He was the founder of the first medical college in Kansas City, and three years held the chair of surgery.

A widow and three daughters survive. The daughters are: Mrs. Alice Williams of Duluth, Mrs. Oscar G. Robertson of Kansas City and Mrs. Reynolds. Funeral services will be at the Reynolds home, but the time has not been fixed.
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From Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929,Arthur Wayne, editor

• Name: Franklin Cooley
• Death Date: 16 Feb 1911 [sic]
• Death Place: Lexington, Missouri [sic]
• Type Practice: Allopath
• JAMA Citation: 56:758
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Conflicts in death date and place:

• 14 Feb 1911, National Military Home, Leavenworth, Kansas (per mortuary record)
• 15 Feb 1911, Soldiers' Home, Leavenworth, Kansas (per US Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960)
• 15 Feb 1911, Kansas City, Missouri (per Kansas City Star obituary)
• 16 Feb 1911, Lexington, Missouri (per Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929)

1 Jun 1850 Federal Census:

District 46, Lafayette County, Missouri
• Franklin Cooley, 25, physician, b. Missouri
• Ellen P Cooley, 18, b. Kentucky

1 Jun 1870 Federal Census:

Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
• Franklin Cooley, 45, physician, real estate value $10K, personal estate value $1K
• Mary F Cooley, 27
• Alice Cooley, 15
• Kate Cooley, 12
• Frank Cooley, 8
• Maud Cooley, 3
• plus a domestic servant and her son

1 Jun 1880 Federal Census:

1114 McGee Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
• F Cooley, 53, physician, b. Missouri
• wife Mary F Cooley, 36, b. Kentucky
• son Frank H Cooley, 18, printer, b. Missouri
• daughter Maud Cooley, 13, b. Missouri
• daughter Helene, 2, b. Missouri
• plus four boarders and one servant

15 Apr 1910 Federal Census:

3821 Garner, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
• Dr Franklin Cooley, 86, second marriage, married 46 years, b. Missouri, no occupation/own income, own home free and clear
• wife Mary F Cooley, 66, first marriage, married 46 years, b. Kentucky
• son-in-law Harry Reynolds, 28, first marriage, married 10 years, b. Ohio, concrete material traveling man
• daughter Maude C Reynolds, 28, first marriage, married 10 years, b. Missouri, assistant exch editor Star

From US Burial Registers, Military Posts and
National Cemeteries, 1862-1960:

Soldiers' Home, Leavenworth, Kansas
• Cooley, Franklin
• 14 Mo. H. G. [Missouri Home Guard]
• Died: 15 Feb 1911 [sic]
• Body delivered to J W Sexton undertaker for shipment to K.C. Mo
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From cemetery and mortuary records:

• Dr E Franklin Cooley [per original burial record]
• Residence: National Military Home, Leavenworth, Kansas
• Served in Civil War
• Date of death: 14 Feb 1911 [sic]
• Cause of death: Chronic interstitial nephritis
• Certifying physician: Dr Bheatz
• Burial: 17 Feb 1911
• Cleric: Rev T P Haley
• Undertaker: Stine
• Undertaker's fees: Services $15; hearse $10; six carriages $27.50; grave $5; casket lining $5, express flowers $5
• Charge to Mrs Cooley
• Gravestone installed 20 Jul 1921 by Rice, fee $3
• Section E Lot 11 Grave W/2