Annals of Platte County, Missouri

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1880, MARCH. 704 THE COOKS. THE COOK FAMILY. Samuel Cook, a native of Ireland, came to Virginia, and in 1841 the family came west, and settled in Marshall Township. They are esteemed excellent citizens and successful farmers. Children: I. THOMAS D. COOK, was born in Berkeley Co., Va., and there married Susan Light, who died May 6, 1880. They came in 1841. Children: 1. Hamilton (Hamp) Cook, b. in Berkeley Co., Va., Sept. 1, 1835; married nov. 30, 1854, Rachel Anno. Mr. Cook was the apostle of temperence in northwest Missouri. As lecturer for the Good Templars, he canvassed the State. His education is limited, but his zeal and earnestness reach the hearts of his hearers. Children: [a] Alfred T. Cook, married Carrie Weisman [b] Emma Cook, married 1st Dec. 20, 1880, William M. Ferrel, b. Oct. 20, 1858; died Oct. 17, 1881. Emma married 2nd, Jas. Nower. [c] Mollie Cook 2. Wesley B. Cook, married Dec. 18, 1866, Maggie Dyer, dr. of G. W. Dyer. Children: [a] George Cook II. JOHN H. COOK, married 1st, Bettie Ann Ross. Children: 1. July Ann Cook, married Warren Woodson of Kansas 2. Robert Cook, married a Spencer 3. Elizabeth Cook 3. Elizabeth Cook John Cook, married 2nd, Catherine Robbins, dr. of Levi Robbins III. MARTHA COOK, lived in Virginia IV. MARY COOK, married Henry Keller. Lived in Leavenworth. V. LUCINDA COOK, married Feb. 4, 1843, Thomas J. Dye (second wife), b. Jan. 10, 1817, son of Robert H. Dye and Sarah Wells. Children: 1. Chas. T. Dye, b. Jan. 4, 1856; married Dec. 15, 1881, Ada L. Moseby, of Clay. Thos. J. Dye married 1st, in 1837, Mary Howard, and had one child, Sarah Elizabeth, b. Aug. 27, 1840; married in 1856, George Kyle (see). VI. WILLIAM H. COOK, b. Jan. 6, 1831; d. March 7, 1896; married in Nov., 1857, Miranda J. Lollar, dr. of Levi, b. in North Carolina Jan. 29, 1807, and his wife, Sue Pettillo, b. in May, 1807; dead. William H. Cook's children: 1. Georgia A. Cook, b. Jan. 16, 1862; married Dec. 24, 1885, Joel C. Murdock. 2. Moetta Cook, married Joe B. Burdette 3. Kate Cook, married Feb. 3, 1892, H. Clay Lober 4. Ella Cook, d. in 1895; married Feb. 21, 1894, James Brown 5. Emma Cook, married Dec. 24, 1888, Thos. H. Perry, son of Ben E. Perry. Children: [a] Ben Perry [b] Jane Perry 6. Minnie Cook 7. May Cook 8. Willie Cook (girl) March 22 - D. C. Allen lectured at Platte City on "Ancient and Modern Literature"