h/o Louisa Funk Cook s/o William Lobley & Sarah Noble and step mother Elizabeth Naylor Cook Father of Ruth, James, Alfred A, George Washington, Elizabeth Belle, Ephraim A, and Charles H Cook a set of unnamed twins, Barbara Ellen, Sarah Jane, Jesse, Eliza Ann, and Minnie Susan Cook.

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Discharge papers: Civil War

Name? William Cook

Born? Lincolnshire,England

Age? 39

Occupation? Farmer

Place of discharge? Winchester,Virginia

Date? 1 September 1865

1938: letter from Minnie Susan Cook

Wm. Cook died Jan. 22,1899,aged 75 years,10 months, and 29 days Birthday Feb. 22,1823

He came to America to look for a brighter future.He was 27 years old when he came to this country.His two brothers came with him.One was named Alf Cook.They got separated and as long as Wm. Cook lived they never knew what had become of each other.My brother George found Alf,on the border between Kansas and Oklahoma.He had fought in the Civil War on the side of the South,the opposite side from what his brother had.Alf Cook died soon after he was found.As well as Ican remember he was a little older than father.He lived longer than my father, though.None of the others of us,except George,ever got to see him.

Wm. Cook was married once in England and had two children.He lost his wife and both children before he came to this country.Wm Cook was a fine man and was very good to his family.He was a church worker and the family had to go to church every Subday.Their church was the Dunkerd religion.

He was married the second time before he went to the Civil War,married sometime about 1860.Mother and father lived in Ohio for a while thenthey came from Ohio to Missouri,and from Misouri to Kansas when Jess was just a baby.Somewhere around 1882 or 1883.I was the only child born in Kansas.Wm. Cook was buried in the Fairview Kansas cemetery close to Yuma.

WAR DEPT ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE CERT.# 638114 MARCH 17,1888

William Cook private of Company C,192 Regiment Ohio Volunteers enrolled on 18 Feb 1865 at Lima,Ohio

to September 01,1865 Winchester,Virginia [Time=168]

cert.# 538927

1870 CENSUS SHAWNEE TWP.,LIMA,ALLEN Co.,OHIO

89/55 COOK,WILLIAM 44 M W FARMER 2800/283 ENG

,LOUISA 29 F W H KEEP OH

,MARY D 11 F W IOWA

,JAMES 8 M W OH

,ELLEN 7 F W OH

,SARAH J 6 F W OH

,ELIZABETH 4 F W OH

,RUTH 2 F W OH

,ELIZA A 11/12 OH JUN

1880 CENSUS POST OAK,JOHNSON,MISSOURI

COOK,William self M M W 50 ENG FARMER ENG ENG

,Louisa wife M F W 40 OH HOUSE K VA OH

,James son S M W 19 OH LABORER ENG OH

,Sarah J dau S F W 16 OH AT HOME ENG OH

,Elizabeth dau S F W 15 OH " " OH ___ ?

,Ruth dau S F W 12 OH " " ENG OH

,Eliza A dau S F W 10 OH " " ENG OH

,Alfred son S M W 8 OH ENG OH

,George W son S M W 5 MO ENG OH

,Charles son S M W 3 MO ENG OH

,Ephram son S M W 9M MO ENG OH

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Wm. Cook - died: Jan 22, 1899 - age 75yr 10m 29d - cause: Pneumonia - Fairview Cem - b. Eng-2-28-23-undrikr, R&W - wife: Louisa Derby

(Source: Early Cloud County Deaths [Through December, 1902])

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