Frances ???: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Frances ??? was born about 1810 in North Carolina; and died.

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1860 Census
Lousiana, Sabine Parish, PO Many
Enumerated 28 Jun 1860
Page 37
254-254
Thomas and Mary Constable
255-255
TI and Elizabeth Barnes
256-256
TI and Alice Arthur
257-257
WH and Louisa Stoud
258-258
L P Ederington 40 M Farmer 25000 3000 Miss
Francis Ederington 48 F NC
Shadrach 17 M La
Charles 15 M La
Esmeralda 11 F La
James G 6 M La

Frances married Granberry Morris Cook before 1841. Granberry (son of Rev. William Cook and Temperance Morris) was born on 27 May 1807 in Georgia; died after 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Green Cook was born about 1841 in Louisiana; and died.
3. Shadrick Cook was born about 1843 in Louisiana; and died.
4. Charles Cook was born about 1846 in Louisiana; and died.
5. Esmeralda Cook was born about 1849 in Louisiana; and died.
6. James Grandberry Cook was born on 8 Sep 1853 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; and died.

Frances married Leroy P. Edrington before 1860. Leroy was born on 5 Sep 1821 in Mississippi; died on 16 Aug 1891; was buried in American Cemetery, Allen, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

2. Green Cook (1.Frances¹) was born about 1841 in Louisiana; and died.
3. Shadrick Cook (1.Frances¹) was born about 1843 in Louisiana; and died.
4. Charles Cook (1.Frances¹) was born about 1846 in Louisiana; and died.
5. Esmeralda Cook (1.Frances¹) was born about 1849 in Louisiana; and died.

James Grandberry Cook

(1.Frances¹) was born on 8 Sep 1853 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; and died.

Notes:

Polly Cook Williams writes that:

James Grandberry Cook was b.9-5-1853 and d.1 1-30-1926. He is buried in Robeline Cemetary, Robeline, LA (Natchitoches Parish) next to his mother Francis _____Cook Edrington (listed on her marker as "Fannie Edrington")

James Grandberry Cook was married to Esther Elizabeth Keegan Cook (b.9-9-1864 d.8-4-1919). She is also buried in the Robeline Cemetary, Natchitoches Parish, LA

James Grandberry and Esther Elizabeth Keegan Cook had 4 sons and 1 daughter:

1) Roy Cook-he died very young in the 1920's in south Louisiana; was married to Martha Cade; had only one daughter, Tolly Cook who married Dr.Frank(?) Davis
2) Frank Morrison Cook, Sr.(buried Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA, Forest Park Cemetary)was married to Amelia Foster had 2 sons, 1 daughter: Frank M., Jr; James Claiborne and Elizabeth Cook Hetherwick, all are deceased and buried in Shreveport, LA/Forest Park Cemetary)
3) Sidney Meador Cook (buried Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA Forest Park Cemetary)married to Katherine Chamberlain Cook; no children
4) Shadrach Earl Cook(buried Robeline Cemetary)married to Helen Merle Joiner Cook; 2 children:
a) Sidney Earl Cook (b.9-10-1927 d. 5-20-1989) buried in Forest Park Cemetary, ShreveportLA Caddo Parish married to Martha Norma Curtis Cook, also deceased
b) living daughter Cook
5) Esther Elizabeth Cook(buried Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA Forest Park Cemetary)never married; no children