Shelby Holmes Cook

Notes:

Per Kathy Casagranda's annotated 1850 Sabine Parish census, he was born in Mississippi, and first married Edith Low, daughter of Isaac Low.

He was a private, Company K, 25th Louisiana Infantry, C.S.A., and was captured at Murfreesboro, 5 January 1863. He was then sent to City Hospital, Camp Morton, Indiana.

After the death of his first wife, Shelby married Elizabeth Frances Allen, dtr of John Allen and Emily A. Green. They had 8 additional children, all born in Cherokee County. He was buried at the Cook Cemetery.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1850 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish
Enumerated 10 Sept 1850
240-242
Green Cook 70 M Farmer $3200 SC
Nancy Cook 70 F NC
241-243
Granberry Cook 43 M Farmer $3400 Ga
Frances Cook 40 F NC
Green Cook 9 M La
Shedrich Cook 7 M La
Chas. Cook 4 M La
Edmaraldy Cook 1 F La
242-244
Leroy P Edrington 27 M Rifleman? Miss
243-245
I & Lucy Barnes family
244-246
Shelby H Cook 33 m Farmer $500 La
Eda Cook 24 F Tenn
Thos. Cook 7 M La
Wm. Cook 5 M La
Green B. Cook 4 M La
Emibberry2 F La

1860 Census
not located

1870 Census
Texas, Cherokee County, Beat No. 1, P.O. Alto
Page 175
#165-165
Cook, Shelby H. 53 M W Farmer $900 $3000 Mississippi
Cook, Elizabeth 32 F W Keeping House Ga
Cook, John 15 M W Works on Farm Tx
Cook, Frances H 11 F W Tx
Cook, Luzana E 7 F W Tx
Cook, Emily M 6 F W Tx
Cook, William J 4 M W Tx
Cook, Nelly L 1 F W Tx

1880 Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Lizzie COOK Self W Female W 40 GA Keeping House --- ---
John O. COOK SSon S Male W 25 TX Farmer MS ---
Fannie COTTON Dau M Female W 19 TX At Home MS GA
James COTTON GSon S Male W 1 TX --- TX
Ellen COOK Dau S Female W 17 TX At Home MS GA
Emma COOK Dau S Female W 14 TX MS GA
John COOK Son S Male W 12 TX Works On Farm MS GA
Nellie COOK Dau S Female W 10 TX MS GA
Eva COOK Dau S Female W 8 TX MS GA
Minerva COOK Dau S Female W 6 TX MS GA
Mattie COOK Dau S Female W 3 TX MS GA
Source Information:
Census Place Precinct 2, Cherokee, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255295 NA Film Number T9-1295
Page Number 33

Family/Spouse: Edith Low. Edith (daughter of Isaac Low and Elizabeth Parsons) was born on 2 Dec 1824 in Tennessee; died before 1859. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Shelby married Elizabeth Frances Allen on 15 Sep 1859. Elizabeth was born about 1838 in Georgia; died about 1900 in Cherokee County, Texas; was buried in Cook Cemetery, Cherokee County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Serena Cook emailed, in February 2013, that "Greenberry Cook, is buried in the Shady Grove Cemetery east of Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas, off State Hwy 84. He had a Confederate marker placed on his grave several years ago."

Notes:

Ina Cardwell shows that she married first, on 14 Feb 1878 in Cherokee County, A. J. COTTON, and they were the parents of Jimmie. She married second, on 28 Jun 1892 in Rusk, Texas William Aurthur HARDY, the son of Hillary HARDY and Mary E. WEST. They were the parents of Nellie Vernon, Willie Amelia, Jessie Uola, and Ida Mae HARDY.

Notes:

Ina Cardwell shows she married J. T. HAYS on 19 Jun 1885, but does not show any children. She also notes that Ellen was buried at the Rusk State Hospital cemetery.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3QF-XRH
name: Ellen Hays
event: Death
event date: 12 Oct 1927
event place: Rusk State Hospital, Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Widowed
birth date: 1867
birthplace: ,
father's name: Don't know
mother's name: Don't know
certificate number: 32780
film number: 2114335
digital folder number: 005145247
image number: 00091
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Ellen Hays, 1927

Notes:

Shown as John on the 1880 census.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KS1R-G85
name: William Jehu Cook
event: Death
event date: 20 Nov 1937
event place: , Cherokee, Texas, United States
gender: Male
marital status: Married
name of wife Nora Cook (also informant)
birth date: 29 Apr 1869
birthplace: Cherokee, Texas
father's name: Shelby Cook
birthplace La
mother's name: Elizabeth Allen
birthplace Ga
Burial Mt. Zion Cemetery Alto, TX
certificate number: 53944
film number: 2117350
digital folder number: 005144904
image number: 02870
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," William Jehu Cook, 1937

Notes:

Ina Cardwell shows that she married Willis SELMAN on 18 Dec 1892.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KSB2-YP7
name: Manervia A Selman
event: Death
event date: 06 Sep 1943
event place: , Cherokee, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Widowed
birth date: 26 Nov 1873
birthplace: , Texas
father's name: J L Cook, birthplace Texas
mother's name:Unknown, birthplace Alabama
certificate number: 41004
film number: 2137435
digital folder number: 005144812
image number: 01673
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Manervia A Selman, 1943