William W. Cook

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Is William W. Cook, below, the brother of Joseph Payne Cook? He is also found later in Clay County, Illinois.

l830 Census Trigg Co, KY

James Cook, age 55

• with a wife & son somewhere between l0 & l5 years old.
• Wm W. Cook would be ILL in l830.
• There was only one older Doles in l840 in Trigg Co KY & that was John.
• Only one, in all of KY in l830 and that was in Shelby Co KY and it was John Doles.
• Of course, that doesn't mean that was the same John Dole. Are there are Doles in TN?

l850 Census Trigg Co, KY

Wm W. Cook

• wife Nancy
• children: Mary Jane, Clarinda, Wm. E., Elizabeth & Josiah E.
• Not far away is a Dole family and another Dole family & an older James Cook, 75 years old from N.Y. (Wm W. Cook said on his 2nd marriage certificate that his parents were from NY.)

l860 Census McClean Co, Ky

Wm W. Cook, 4l years, minister, KY

• Nancy M., 40, KY
• Clarinda A., 20, KY
• Pamelia Elizabeth, l6, ILL
• Josiah, l4, ILL

l870 Census Henderson Co, KY

W. E. Cook & family w/brother Josiah E.

Other items to support the Doles / Cook Connection

Marriages:

Trigg Co, KY

• Wm W. Cooke to Nancy Doles June 6, l835

Union Co, KY

• Rev W. W. Cook born Trigg Co KY, l820. Parents from NY. Widow, 2nd marriage to Mrs. L. M. Taylor, born Jefferson Co KY, l830 2nd marriage on April 5, l86l.

Trigg Co, KY

• Mary Jane Cook to Rives (River) Jordan, she l6, he 22 yrs in Aug 22,l852
• Clarinda M (a) to Wiley R. Rhodes, she l4 years, he l9 years, August 2l, 1853
• Don't know if they are Wm Edwards sisters or not. Clarinda is with Mom & Dad in l860 McClean Co KY census but is right age and right age for Mary Jane

Henderson Co, KY

• Wm Edward Cook to Nancy Emeline Walker January 6, l857.

Union Co, KY

• C. Addie Cook - 22 years, father W. W. Cook to G. W. Anderson on Feb 24, 1864

Webster Co, KY

• J. E. Cook to Malisa Langston (may be Josiah) June 9, l875

Rev W. W. Cook married some people in Logan Co KY in l865-66-67.

The First United Methodist (and or) the Methodist Episcopal Church in Morganfield (Union Co KY) had W. W. Cook as their pastor in l860-6l and l863-64

There were or must have been 3 men named Wm W. Cook floating around in KY about the same time.

Wm W. Cook, b l834 d l888 (was 54 years) & was buried in Flora Ill. He was in KY 49 years.

Wm W. Cook, had a will in Ohio Co, KY died l906 (Wrong kids for the William – probable brother of Joseph Payne Cook).

Contact Carla if this family information catches your interest. E-mail: [email protected] or Pat Berry [email protected]. Pat is researching in the Trigg Co, KY area for information on William W. Cook(e) born 1818 in Trigg Co.  She believes his father was James Cook, born l775 in New York.  William W. Cook(e) married Nancy Doles on June 6, l835 in Trigg Co. William W. Cook(e) resided in Clay Co Ill in l840. 

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