The Cooley-Bushnells of Geauga County (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781497368354)

I was born in 1944 and was adopted in 1947. I authored Scattered Siblings, a book detailing my 28 year search for my birth parents, whereby I met my birth-mother when I was 50 years old. After working in the materials field in local businesses, I taught Business Studies for 24 years at a local vocational school and retired in 2013. I am a graduate of Cleveland State University with a BA in History and Social Science, which has helped me in my search for the material used in this book. I also re-typed and edited Father Tantonnio, written by my wife's grandfather in 1893, which is included in this book and is also available as a separate publication. I have also published a light-hearted coming-of-age book called Your Place or My Car. As of 2014, I have been married to my wife Reneé for 34 years and have three children, Yvette, Leslie, and Matthew, and have five grandchildren, and two granddogs. In this manuscript I found that I was more of a hunter and gatherer rather than a narrator of my wife's family history. I hope it is appreciated and found to be interesting to local historians.