William Cook

1825 - 1860  (~ 34 years)

• Name	William Cook  [1, 2]
  Birth	Aug 1825	Louisiana   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Feb 1860	Sabine Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  Notes	Sometimes shown as William B. Cook. Kathy Casagranda shows that he and his first wife, Sara, were listed in the 1850 Sabine Parish census as W. Cook, age 25, Farmer, born Louisiana and Sara, age 17, Louisiana. His real estate was worth 1900 dollars.
  Person ID	I18147	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Rev. William Cook,   b. Abt 1780   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Temperance Morris,   b. Abt 1780   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Polly Williams, in a Post-em to this file on Rootsweb, stated that "The petition of TEMPERANCE COOK...represents that her husband WILLIAM lately died in this Parish leaving the following minor children issue of his marriage with your Petititiioner, viz. James, Nathan, Polly, Louisa, Carey, Taylor, Matilda and William Cook"
  Family ID	F6677	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Adeline Montgomery,   b. Abt 1833, Louisiana d. Abt 1853 (Age ~ 20 years)
  Marriage	17 Feb 1850	Sabine Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  	Casagranda shows them as the parents of sons Charles A. and Nathan Overton Cook, both of whom died circa 1864.
  Family ID	F6701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Mary L. Carter,   b. Abt 1838, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Aft 1853  [2]
  	Casagranda writes that she and her second husband William Edmundson were sued in 1870 by Nathan Cook, a brother of her late husband, William Cook. They had been appointed as tutors of her minor daughter, Mollie. However, she was disqualified for "immoral and lewd proprieties....guilty of acts of Adultry whilst married to her said husband Edmundson and has at this time abandoned the bead of board of her said husband and gone to unknown parts with one Cole." Mary and Chapley Cole lived for a while in Sabine County, Texas, but later returned to Sabine Parish where they both died.
  Children	1. Mary F. "Mollie" Cook,   b. Abt 1857, Sabine Parish, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown   2. James N. Cook,   b. Abt 1859, Sabine Parish, Louisiana d. Bef 1870, Sabine Parish, Louisiana (Age ~ 10 years)
  Family ID	F6700	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Aug 1825 - Louisiana Marriage - 17 Feb 1850 - Sabine Parish, Louisiana Death - 8 Feb 1860 - Sabine Parish, Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S416] Casagranda, Kathy "Sabine Parish The 1850 Census with added Family Information" (May, 1999: P.O. Box 2195, Palmer, Alaska 99645), p 80 (Reliability: 3). [S764] Casagranda, Kathy "Sabine Parish The 1860 Census with added Family Information" (June, 2000: P.O. Box 2195, Palmer, Alaska 99645), p. 85 (Reliability: 3). [S416] Casagranda, Kathy "Sabine Parish The 1850 Census with added Family Information" (May, 1999: P.O. Box 2195, Palmer, Alaska 99645), p. 80 (Reliability: 3).