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Birth: 26 Nov 1819, Corydon, Harrison Co., Indiana,^4,5,6,7

Marriage: 29 Jan 1850, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, Aurelia Skinner Cobb (b. 17 Oct 1819, d. 10 Mar 1910)^8,9

Death: 19 Jun 1901, Mullin, Mills Co., Texas,^10,11

Burial: 21 Jun 1901, Oakview Cemetery, Mullin, Mills Co., Texas,¹²

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Narrative:

Dr. William Dodd Kirkpatrick was born on 26 Nov 1819 in Corydon, Harrison Co., IndianaG.^4,5,6,7
     He was probably one of the four males under age 10 listed in the household of his father, James Kirkpatrick, in the 1820 Federal Census of Harrison Co., IndianaG.¹³
     His mother died in 1828, when William was about 10 years old.¹⁴
     He moved to Canton, Trigg Co., KentuckyG, with his father shortly afterwards.¹⁴ He was probably the male age 10 to 15 listed in the household of his father in the 1830 Federal Census of Canton, Trigg Co., KentuckyG.¹⁵
     He worked on the home farm until he was seventeen, and then went to Paducah. G There he first clerked and subsequently ran a store-boat on the Ohio River. He next became deputy postmaster under Frank Harrison, and remained there until 1842.¹⁴

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     While in Paducah he read medicine under Drs. Lay and Brownell. At the completion of his training he returned to Fredonia and established a practice, continuing there for nearly 50 years.^14,16,17,18 In addition to his medical practice, William engaged in farming. He eventually owned a farm of 150 acres.¹⁴
     William married Aurelia Skinner Cobb, daughter of Gideon Dyer Cobb and Modena Chittenden Clark, on 29 Jan 1850 in Caldwell Co., KentuckyG.^8,9
     William and Aurelia appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of District No. 1, Caldwell Co., KentuckyG, enumerated 28 Aug 1850, reporting real estate of $100. Her late sister's daughter, Aurelia J. Hallick, was listed as living with them. There are also two slaves listed, age 1 and 19.^19,20
     William and Aurelia appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Fredonia, Caldwell Co., KentuckyG, enumerated 9 Aug 1860, reporting real estate valued at $4,500 and personal estate of $9,200. Their children James, Moses, and William were listed as living with them, as were four slaves, ranging in age from 5 to 48. His father and step-mother and their family were apparently living close by as their household appears next on the census record.^21,22

Aurelia & Dr. W. D. Krikpatrick's tombstone
photo courtesy Marsha Cobb

     William and Aurelia appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Fredonia, Caldwell Co., KentuckyG, in the household of his father, with their sons Moses and William. William reported real estate valued at $6,000 and personal estate of $2,000.²³
     No through search has been made for William's land transactions, but one parcel he owned has been identified. He purchased a 232-acre parcel in Crittenden Co. from Lewis Thomas 28 Feb 1860, and sold it 6 Jan 1871 to W. W. and Ann Eliza Walker for $1,200. If this was his farm, he did not live there as the family is consistently found in Fredonia, Caldwell Co.G, during this time.²⁴
     William and Aurelia appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Fredonia, Caldwell Co., Kentucky G, enumerated 23 Jun 1880. Their children Moses and William were listed as living with them.²⁵
     Kentucky passed its first laws regulating the practice of medicine 23 Feb 1874. That act made it unlawful for anyone to treat the sick or perform surgery unless they had graduated from a chartered school of medicine, been certified by a board established by the act, or had "been regularly and honorably engaged in the practice of medicine" for ten years.²⁶ On 25 Apr 1888 the legislature amended the previous law, requiring each county clerk to purchase a book to be known as the "Medical Register" and record the registration of each physician. The board to certify practitioners were abolished, leaving a diploma from a medical school or ten years experience as the only two qualifications for practicing.²⁷ William registered as a physician with the Caldwell Co. county clerk under the new law 29 Oct 1889, claiming as his qualification "having been regularly and honorably engaged in the practice of medicine for 47 years."²⁸

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     William and Aurelia sold their farm in the fall of 1891 to Gid Dollar, and moved to Texas where their son Moses and his family had been living for some years. Their son James moved there about the same time.²⁹ William and Aurelia appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Mills Co., Texas G, enumerated 13 Jun 1900, reporting that they owned their home, free of mortgage. Their son James was listed as living with them, as was Annie E. Anderson, an 18-year-old servant. They were living close by their son Moses and his family, who were the preceding family listed in the census record.³⁰
     William in Mullin, TexasG, donated the town site for Mullin, TexasG, in exchange for construction of a railroad through the area in the late 1880's. A saloon and a hotel were established there in 1885, and the town had a population of 100 in 1890. The first permanent schoolhouse was built in 1984.³¹
     William died on 19 Jun 1901 in Mullin, Mills Co., TexasG, at age 81.^10,11 He was buried on 21 Jun 1901 in Oakview Cemetery, Mullin, Mills Co., TexasG.¹²

Children:
Children with Aurelia Skinner Cobb

William and Aurelia had two other children, names unknown, both of whom died before 1885.^32,33

Dr. James Dodd Kirkpatrick (3 Dec 1850 - 1 Dec 1903)
Moses Clark Kirkpatrick+ (8 Jan 1857 - 16 Jul 1913)
William D. Kirkpatrick (14 Oct 1858 - 1 Sep 1881)
infant daughter Kirkpatrick (20 Jul 1861 - 20 Jul 1861)

Citations

[S2290] Eishen, "Descendants of William Bradford", shows name as William Dodd Kirkpatrick.
[S4543] Battle, Kentucky - A History of the State, pg 705, shows name as Dr. W. D. Kirkpatrick.
[S627] Jas. Kirkpatrick household, 1870 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows name as Wm. D. Kirkpatrick, and occupation as physician.
[S4543] Battle, Kentucky - A History of the State, pg 705, shows date, with year as 1819, town, and state.
[S1666] W. D. Kirkpatrick household, 1900 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas, shows month, year as 1818, age 81, and state.
[S2968] Aurelia S. Cobb and Dr. W. D. Kirkpatrick tombstone, Oakview Cemetery, shows date, with year as 1819.
[S8564] Medical Register, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, pg 26, W. D. Kirkpatrick, shows town and state.
[S727] Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book B, no. 207, William D. Kirkpatrick to Miss Aurilia G. Cobb, 28 Jan 1850, shows date of bond as 28th, but date in the return looks like the 21st, which would be unlikely, and it could be the 29th.
[S4543] Battle, Kentucky - A History of the State, pg 705, shows date.
[S2290] Eishen, "Descendants of William Bradford", shows date, town, county, and state.
[S2968] Aurelia S. Cobb and Dr. W. D. Kirkpatrick tombstone, Oakview Cemetery, shows date.
[S2968] Aurelia S. Cobb and Dr. W. D. Kirkpatrick tombstone, Oakview Cemetery.
[S8569] James Kirkpatrick household, 1820 U.S. Census, Harrison Co., Indiana.
[S4543] Battle, Kentucky - A History of the State, pg 705.
[S8570] Jas. Kirkpatrick household, 1830 U.S. Census, Trigg Co., Kentucky.
[S1816] Wm. D. Kirkpatrick household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as physician.
[S1694] W. D. Kirkpatrick household, 1860 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as physician.
[S627] Jas. Kirkpatrick household, 1870 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as physician.
[S1816] Wm. D. Kirkpatrick household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
[S2765] Wm. D. Kirkpatrick, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
[S1694] W. D. Kirkpatrick household, 1860 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
[S2763] W. D. Kirkpatrick, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
[S627] Jas. Kirkpatrick household, 1870 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
[S2793] Deeds, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, J:544-5, W. D. Kirkpatrick to W. W. Walker and Ann Eliza Walker, 13 Jan 1871.
[S397] William D. Kirkpatrick household, 1880 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
[S3175] Acts of the General Assembly of Kentucky, 1883, 1874, pp 55-57, "An Act to protect citizens of this Commonwealth from empiricism," approved 23 Feb 1874.
[S3175] Acts of the General Assembly of Kentucky, 1883, 1888, vol 1, pp 97-8, "An Act to amend an act entitled An act to protect citizens of this Commonwealth from empiricism approved February 23 18743," approved 25 Apr 1888.
[S8564] Medical Register, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, pg 26, W. D. Kirkpatrick.
[S8545] "County Correspondence," The Chittenden Press, 24 Sep 1891, shows William sold farm and plans to move to Texas.
[S1666] W. D. Kirkpatrick household, 1900 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas.
[S869] The Handbook of Texas Online, online, citing Flora Gatlin Bowles, A No Man's Land Becomes a County (Austin: Steck, 1958.)
[S4543] Battle, Kentucky - A History of the State, pg 705, shows she was mother of six, with only James and Moses living.
[S1666] W. D. Kirkpatrick household, 1900 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas, shows her the mother of six, with two living.

John Hallick^1,2,3

ID# 1203, (btn 1800 and 1810 - 1849)

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Key Events:

Birth: btn 1800 and 1810,⁴

Marriage: 8 Sep 1830, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, Hannah Chittenden Cobb (b. 17 Dec 1811, d. 16 Feb 1841)^5,6,7

Death: 1 Jan 1849,^8,9

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Narrative:

John Hallick was born between 1800 and 1810.⁴
     Nothing is known of John's birth place or ancestry, nor even when he arrived in Kentucky. The earliest record found is his marriage in 1830. Caldwell Co. records show his surname as Hallick, though some records for his children show it as Hallack or Halleck. There is a Hallock family in Chittenden Co. Vermont about the time of his birth, and since his wife's family and others in Eddyville were from Vermont he could be part of that family.^10,11,12,13
     He seems to have arrived in Eddyville with some resources, as he established considerable property holdings there. He purchased about 30% of the town lots in Eddyville, and three large tracts, one on the Cumberland River just below the town, and the other immediately above the town.
     John married Hannah Chittenden Cobb, daughter of Gideon Dyer Cobb and Modena Chittenden Clark, on 8 Sep 1830 in Caldwell Co., KentuckyG.^5,6,7

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     John bought lot no. 72, at Franklin and 3rd Streets in EddyvilleG, from Chittenden Lyon on 8 Nov 1830, for $50. According to the deed, Caleb Clark Cobb had build a "white house" on it which was currently occupied by John Cobb. John bought a second adjacent lot, no. 73, from Chittenden on 24 Oct 1831, for $20.¹⁴
     John bought 40 lots in EddyvilleG from Minerva Lyon, widow of Dr. Hanson Catlett, a cousin of his wife, and 380 acres adjacent to the town, for $700 on 15 Mar 1832. The town lots included 35 of the 120 lots originally laid out in the town: lots no. 64 to 66, 68 and 69, 81 to 90, 95 to 108, and 115 to 120. There were five more lots below Main St. between Water St. and the Cumberland River. The 380 acres included 50 acres immediately north of the town which was part of the grant to Peter Johnson who had conveyed it to David Walker, who had laid out the town in lots. In addition Minerva conveyed to John any other rights her late husband may have had in the lands obtained from Walker.¹⁵
     John purchased 260 acres on Lick Creek in Caldwell Co.G on 24 Nov 1832, from Cedar Herrold for $300.¹⁶ He purchased lots no. 70 and 71, at Franklin and 3rd Streets in EddyvilleG on 24 Jul 1835, from Mathew Woods for $250.¹⁷ (For a map of all his town lots, see map For details of all the records that have been found for land transactions involving John, see the extracted Caldwell Co. Deeds.)
      On 13 Jan 1835 John and Hannah sold the two lots at Franklin and 3rd Streets to her brother Robert for $1,000.¹⁸ John and Hannah sold half of lot no. 68 on 7 Dec 1836, to John W. and Samuel P. L. Marshall and John H. Mims for $30. They sold the other half to Wilson Martin on 23 Dec for $40.¹⁹ John and Hannah sold two lots at Main and 3rd Streets to her brother Joshua for $147 on 23 Jan 1837.²⁰ (For details of all the records that have been found for land transactions involving John, see the extracted Caldwell Co. Deeds.)
     Despite all these real estate transactions, John apparently regarded his principal occupation as river shipping. In the 1840 census he reported that two people in the household (apparently John and one of the slaves) were engaged in navigation of inland waters.²¹
     John appeared on the 1840 Federal Census of Caldwell Co., KentuckyG, with a household consisting of two males under age 5 (sons James and John), and one age 30 to 40 (himself), one female under age 5 (daughter Aurelia), one age 10 to 15 (unknown), and one age 20 to 30 (wife Hannah). There were also three slaves, a male age 10 to 24, another age 24 to 36, and a female age 36 to 55.³

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     His wife died on 16 Feb 1841.²²
     On 26 Jan 1844 John sold 260 ac. on the waters of Lick Ck. to Robert Livingston Cobb on 26 Jan 1844, for $500. John had purchased this parcel from Cader Herrals on 26 Nov 1832.²³
     A pair of apparently related suits over disputed title to land were resolved in the Nov 1846 term of the Caldwell Co. Circuit Court. In one, John brought suit against Richard T. Archer and Steven C. Archer, and also against his wife's brothers, Caleb and Robert, although it appears the Archers were the real targets. In the second, Robert and Gideon, as surviving partners in the firm of Cobb, Bell & Co. brought suit against the Archers and their brother Caleb. At issue appears to be some 556 acres originally patented to Richard Archer, on the Cumberland River adjoining and below the town of Eddyville, which Caleb purchased from the estate of George Loftus on 8 Jan 1830, who had purchased it for taxes due. This parcel was one of 18 Caleb sold to Robert, Gideon, and David Bell (Cobb, Bell & Co.) on 2 Aug 1841. Apparently, Robert had transferred 350 acres of this property to John by a deed which has not been found. At the time of the suit, John was living on this property. It would seem that the Archers had claimed that these actions were invalid, but the court found for the complaints, and ordered the Archers to convey title to John for his parcel and to Robert and Gideon for the remainder. When they failed to do so, the appointed commissioner did on 29 Apr 1847.²⁴
     William H. Scott brought suit against John Hallick & Co. in Caldwell Co.G Circuit Court to collect $425 with interest from 1 Sep 1845, $200 with interest from 16 Nov 1844, and costs of suit, apparently from a defaulted mortgage. In its Apr 1848 term the court ordered sale at the courthouse door of as many lots as needed to pay that amount. On 19 June 1848 a commissioner sold six lots owned by John to Robert Livingston Cobb, his wife's brother, selling them for $395.²⁵

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     John moved to Chicat Co., ArkansasG, by 1848 with his eldest son, John.
     He sold lot no. 71 in EddyvilleG to Mathew Lyon Gracey on 4 Sep 1848, for $205.²⁶
     John died on 1 Jan 1849.^8,9
     He died intestate (without leaving a will) and letters of administration for his estate were approved on 3 Jan 1849 in Chicot Co., ArkansasG, to William I. Nash. That day he told the court that the estate included about 150 cords of wood that would be damaged if not immediately disposed of. He was authorized to sell it by private sale for not less than $1.25 per cord.^27,28 On 4 Jan 1849 the administrator applied for and received permission to sell the personal property at public sale. On 3 Jul he received permission to sell a Negro woman named Phillis, aged about 60 years, at public sale.²⁹
     In a series of court sessions beginning 4 Apr 1849, several creditors presented claims against the estate for open accounts: Rawlah Holson for $49.50, Elisha Worthington for $81.50, Alexander Mouldin for $197, and Joseph Holson for $19.50. John Stacker presented a claim based on a promissory note dated 16 Jan 1845, for $570.³⁰
     The first settlement of the estate was approved on 2 Jul 1850. The administrator reported a balance of $866.69 after accounting for claims against the estate and claims due the estate which were considered uncollectable. On Apr 8 1851 a claim by E. Worthington for a promissory note dated 28 Dec 1847 for $412, less a payment of $125 30 Dec 1848, was approved by the court.³¹
     The second settlement of the estate was approved on 5 Jul 1853, showing a balance in the estate of $517.19. A third settlement was approved 2 Jul 1855. A fourth one, approved 9 Jul 1856, reflected a balance of $235.91. No further action on the estate has been found.³²

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Gideon and Robert Livingston Cobb brought a suit, on grounds not now clear, against John's heirs, which was decided at the Apr 1851 term of the Caldwell Circuit Court. The decree called for sale of as many of the lots in EddyvilleG and parcels as needed to pay off the amount due. The sale was held at courthouse door 21 Jul 1851. The commissioner sold 29 of the 36 town lots John had purchased from Minervia Catlett in 1832, including the two he had previously sold, three of the five lots between Water St. and the River and the 380-acre parcel from the same purchase. He also sold the 350-acre parcel adjoining the town John had purchased from Robert Cobb and had been involved in the suit in 1847. What became of the seven remaining town lots and two remaining riverside lots has not been learned.³³

Children:
Children with Hannah Chittenden Cobb

No record of Thomas has been found after his uncle was appointed his guardian in 1843. While his siblings were living with relatives in 1850 he has not been found. It seems likely he had died by then.

John Gideon Hallick+ (abt 1833 - 23 Dec 1899)
James G. Hallick (abt 1838 - )
Aurelia J. Hallick+ (Oct 1838 - 26 Feb 1901)
Thomas Hallick

Citations

[S726] Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book A, John Hallich to Miss Hannah C. Cobb, 8 Sep 1830.
[S732] Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, bond of John Hallick and John B. Craig, 8 Sep 1830.
[S2753] John Halleck household, 1840 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
[S2753] John Halleck household, 1840 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows only one adult male, age 30 to 40.
[S726] Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book A, John Hallich to Miss Hannah C. Cobb, 8 Sep 1830, registration shows date, as 8th, but return seems to have left the day blank, or perhaps it has faded.
[S732] Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, license for John Hallick and Miss Hannah C. Cobb, 8 Sep 1830, return shows "on _ day of Sept 1830," omitting the date. Many other records in the county for this period show the ceremony the same day as the license, so I am assuming that in this case.
[S2089] Hanna C. Hallick grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows "wife of John Hallick."
[S8610] Letters of Administration, Chicot Co., Arkansas, C:100, estate of John Hallick, shows died on or about 1 Jan 1849.
[S1975] Deeds, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, Q:2-4, John H. Rackerby, commissioner in chancery to Gideon D. Cobb, 23 Sep 1852, and Q:241-3, same to Robt L. Cobb, 6 Apr 1853, both mention suit decided in Apr 1851 term of Caldwell Circuit Court against heirs of John Hallick, decd.
[S732] Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, license for John Hallick and Miss Hannah C. Cobb, 8 Sep 1830.
[S1975] Deeds, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, G:451, John Hallick to Robert L Cobb, 13 Jan 1835; L:227, John Hallick to Robert L. Cobb, 7 Feb 1844; and N:185-6, Rezin H. J. Davidge, Commissioner in Chancery to John Hallick, 17 May 1847.
[S1816] Wm. D. Kirkpatrick household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows name as Aurelia Hallack.
[S956] Armstrong, Notable Southern Families, vol I pg 81, shows name as Aurelia J. Halleck.
[S1975] Deeds, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, F:252-3, Chittenden Lyon to John Hallick, lot 72 in Eddyville, 27 Nov 1830; F:457, Chittenden Lyon to John Hallick, lot 73 in Eddyville, 24 Oct 1831.
[S1975] Deeds, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, F:523-5, Minerva Catlett to John Hallick, 15 Mar 1832.
[S1975] Deeds, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, G:74, 24 Nov 1832 to John Hallick, 17 Decl 1832.
[S1975] Deeds, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, H:26-7, Mathew Woods to John Hallick, 25 Jul 1835.
[S1975] Deeds, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, G:450-1, John Hallick to Robert L Cobb, 13 Jan 1835, signed by Hannah though she is not named in deed or clerk's statement.
[S1975] Deeds, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, H:300-1, John Hallick and wife Hannah to Jno W. Marshall, Samuel P. L. Marshall, Jno H. Mims & Co., partners trading under style of J & S Marshall & Co, 15 Dec 1836; H337-8, John Hallick to Wilson Marin, 8 Feb 1837.
[S1975] Deeds, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, H:335-6, John Hallick & wife Hannah to Joshua Cobb, 8 Feb 1837.
[S2753] John Halleck household, 1840 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows two people engaged in "navigation of canals, lakes, and rivers," with no other occupations reported.
[S2089] Hanna C. Hallick grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery.
[S1975] Deeds, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, L:227, John Hallick to Robert L. Cobb, 7 Feb 1844.
[S1975] Deeds, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, F:269-70, James Loftus of Christian Co. executor for George Loftus to Caleb C. Cobb, 8 Jan 1831; K:249-52, C. C. Cobb to Robt. L. Cobb, David R. Bell & Gideon D. Cobb, 16 Sep 1841 item #1; N:184-5, Rezin H. J. Davidge, Commissioner in Chancery, to Robert L. Cobb and Gideon D. Cobb, 17 May 1847: and N:185-6, same to John Hallick, recorded same day.
[S1975] Deeds, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, O:176-7, Edmund P. Watkins, Commissioner of Chancery to Robert L. Cobb, 30 Apr 1849.
[S1975] Deeds, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, O:11, John Hallick to Mathew Gracey, 23 Oct 1848.
[S8610] Letters of Administration, Chicot Co., Arkansas, C:100, estate of John Hallick.
[S8611] County Court and Probate Minutes, Chicot Co., Arkansas, A:505.
[S8611] County Court and Probate Minutes, Chicot Co., Arkansas, A:510, 521.
[S8611] County Court and Probate Minutes, Chicot Co., Arkansas, A:516, A:517, A:519.
[S8611] County Court and Probate Minutes, Chicot Co., Arkansas, B:14, 55.
[S8611] County Court and Probate Minutes, Chicot Co., Arkansas, B:139; 219; B:307.
[S1975] Deeds, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, Q:238-9, John H. Rackerby, commissioner in chancery to John Stacker, 15 Mar 1853;
R:158-9, same to William A Brooks,14 Jul 1852; Q:2-4, same to Gideon D. Cobb, 23 Sep 1852; Q:138-40, same to William H. Calvert, 24 Sep 1852; and Q:241-3, same to Robt. L. Cobb, 6 Apr 1853.

Adam Paul Tuck^1,2,3,4

ID# 1205, (1842 - 1900)

The Dutt/Toot Family
The Tuck Family

Parents:

Father	Dr. Davis Green Tuck (30 Dec 1793 - 3 Feb 1863)
Mother	Elizabeth M. Toot (26 Nov 1800 - 29 Dec 1873)

Ancestry

Chart Membership

Descendants of David Dutt/Toot
Descendants of Dr. Davis Green Tuck

Family Indexes

The Dutt/Toot Family
The Tuck Family

Key Events:

Birth: 15 Nov 1842, Danville, Kentucky,^5,6,7

Marriage: 20 Oct 1870, Boyle Co., Kentucky, Emma Williams (b. 17 Mar 1849, d. 1 Jun 1903)^8,9,10

Death: 25 Sep 1900, 291 Linden St., Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee,^11,12,13

Burial: 26 Sep 1900, Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee,^14,3,15

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Narrative:

Adam Paul Tuck was born on 15 Nov 1842 in Danville, KentuckyG.^5,6,7 He was known to family as Paul, and apparently used that name in some business situations. For example, his name appeared in the 1882 through 1886 Memphis city directories as A. Paul Tuck, though in other years it appeared as Adam P. or A. P.^16,17,18
     He appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Christian Co., KentuckyG, in the household of his parents, Dr. Davis Green Tuck and Elizabeth M. Toot.^19,20
     Paul attended Steward College, Clarksville, TennesseeG, appearing in the 1859-60 catalogue as a freshman.²¹ He appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Hopkinsville, Christian Co., KentuckyG, in the household of his parents.^22,23
     Paul was named an heir in the will of his father, dated 25 Mar 1861, to receive $8,000.²⁴
     His father died on 3 Feb 1863, when Adam was 20 years old.^25,26,27
     In about Dec 1864 Paul accompanied his sister Sarah back to her home in MemphisG after her husband's death. He remained a few weeks, then went to Louisville, where he went into business.²⁸ He settled in Louisville by 1865, when he was boarding at 314 Jefferson G.²⁹

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     In 1865 and 1866 Paul and his brother Richard, with J. G. Davis, operated a business at 322 Main in Louisville, G as wholesale grocers and commission merchants under the name of Tuck, Davis & Co. Richard was in Christian Co. and Paul in Louisville. Advertisements soliciting consignments ran in a number of newspapers, including the Macon, Georgia, Weekly Telegraph in Sep and Oct 1865 and Brownlow's Knoxville Whig in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the spring of 1866.^29,30,31
     Paul filed for bankruptcy 3 Mar 1868 in the United States District Court for West Tennessee in MemphisG. All his property was transferred by the court to William Y. Cirode, assignee, on 11 May 1868.^32,33 On 24 Oct 1868 the court ordered his property sold, and on 16 Nov a sale was held at the front entrance of the courthouse to sell his one-sixth interest in a 1000-acre tract in Christian Co., KentuckyG, from the estate of his father. The property was subject to a life estate of his mother. The buyer was his brother-in-law, Thomas Herbert Elliott.^34,35 In January the assignee advertised a meeting of creditors to declare payments to them, and that he planned to apply to the court to close the case on 15 Mar 1869.³⁶
     On 18 Feb 1868, two weeks before he declared bankruptcy, Paul transferred title to lot #1 in Turley subdivision, on Linden St. in Memphis, to his sister Sarah. According to the deed this was in accordance with an agreement signed 24 Nov 1866, and that she had provided the purchase money, $3,000, when he originally purchased the property, and that he had held it in trust for her.³⁷ One might be forgiven for suspecting the motivation was otherwise, however. It appears that she returned the east half of the lot to him in a transaction that has not been found, because when she gave him the west half of the lot in Jul 1882, it was described as west of the lot on which he lived. He and his wife were actually living there by 1872, and continued to live there until his death. His wife later testified that Paul had paid $600 or $800 for that lot and Sarah had given him the rest.^38,39

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     Paul's sister Martha later testified that after losing his "entire estate" in LouisvilleG, Paul returned to Memphis in Jun 1866 and lived with his sister Sarah until his marriage in Oct 1870.²⁸ Paul appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Memphis, Shelby Co., TennesseeG, in the household of his sister Sarah.⁴⁰
     Adam Paul married Emma Williams, daughter of Col. Beverly Dickerson Williams and Narcissa B. Mitchell, on 20 Oct 1870 in Boyle Co., KentuckyG.^8,9,10 Paul and Emma lived in MemphisG from the time they were married, in Oct 1870, except for a period from 1875 to 1878 when they lived in St. Louis.⁴¹
     He was a bookkeeper for Anderson & Watson, cotton factors and commercial merchants, by 1869. By 1872 he had become a freight and ticket agent for the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad, and by 1874 a travel agent for A. C. Tredwell & Brothers, grocers and cotton factors.^42,43
     After spending a few year in St. Louis, he returned to Memphis and began working for local governments. In 1879 he was a deputy county trustee, and then a bookkeeper there. By 1880 he had become city register.^44,45
     Paul and Emma appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, at 291 Linden St. G, enumerated 10 Jun 1880. Their children Narcissa and Elizabeth were listed as living with them, as was Olly Harden, age 18, a servant.⁴⁶
     On 23 Jul 1882, he was given the lot adjacent to his home on Linden St., MemphisG, by his sister, Sarah, for the nominal sum of $5.⁴⁷ In the first week of Sep 1882, Paul and his sister Martha each received ten shares of Bank of Commerce stock from their sister Sarah.⁴⁸

Returning to Retail Business --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

     By 1884 he had returned to private business, and was working as a clerk for C. B. Bryan & Co., coal, coke, and wood dealers. Two years later he was working for B. Lowenstein & Brothers, a wholesale and retail dry goods and notions company, where he was a collector.^49,50 He then became a drugist, operating his own store at 301 MadisonG from 1888 until 1890.⁵¹
     About 1891 he left his own drug store and became a clerk for George H. Battier, a druggist at 120 Beale. By the next year he returned to B. Lowenstein & Bros. and worked there the remainder of his life. He is listed as a collector and clerk in various years, and in 1899 as a traveling agent. He was apparently mostly concerned with finances however, as his occupation was reported as an accountant in the 1900 census.^52,53,54
     On 6 Jul 1891 Paul, as brother of Quintus C. Atkinson's widow, filed a petition with the Probate Court of Shelby Co., TennesseeG, asking for special letters of administration for Quintus's estate for the purpose of recovering the U. S. Direct tax due the estate. The direct tax had been collected under an act of Congress passed on 5 Aug 1861 designed to raise revenue for the Civil War. It was eventually ruled unconstitutional and an act of Congress approved 2 Mar 1891 provided for reimbursement of the amounts collected. A total of $412.88 was recovered, for which the administrator collected a 10% fee. There is no record of how the proceeds were disbursed.^55,56,57
     Paul and Emma appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee G, in the household of their daughter Elizabeth and her husband John Ripley Greer.⁵⁸
     Adam died on 25 Sep 1900 in 291 Linden St., Memphis, Shelby Co., TennesseeG, at age 57, at his residence.^11,12,13 He was buried on 26 Sep 1900 in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TennesseeG, in the lot owned by his sister, Sarah, and her husband, following services at his residence by Rev. J. C. Morris.^14,3,15

Children:
Children with Emma Williams:

Narcissa Tuck (30 Jul 1872 - 2 Mar 1944)
Elizabeth Tuck+ (abt 31 Oct 1874 - 9 Apr 1931)

Citations

[S1221] John Ripley Greer household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows name as Adam Paul Tuck.
[S2014] Wills, Kentucky, S:105-6, will of D. G. Tuck, 23 Feb 1863, shows name as Adam P. Tuck.
[S1283] Q. C. & Sarah E. Atkinson family monument, Elmwood Cemetery, has "Adam Paul Tuck" inscribed on the base of the monument, as well as on an adjacent marble grave boarder.
[S4210] Narcisse Macgowan, Certificate of Death, shows name as Dr. Adam Paul Tuck.
[S1283] Q. C. & Sarah E. Atkinson family monument, Elmwood Cemetery, has date and state inscribed on the base of the monument below his name.
[S631] Dr. Davis G. Tuck household, 1850 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows age 7 and state.
[S4210] Narcisse Macgowan, Certificate of Death, shows town and state.
[S8894] Marriage Bonds, Boyle Co., Kentucky, 6:92, A. P. Tuck and Sarah Emma Williams, shows bond date.
[S2111] McNeil et al, Malcolm v. Mills, J. C.;Young, R. A, transcript of proceedings of Circuit Court of Shelby Co., 12 Aug 1885, pg 109, deposition of Mrs. Emma W. Tuck, gave date.
[S1220] Paul Tuck household, 1880 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows married.
[S4133] A. P. Tuck, Register of Deaths, shows date and address.
[S1278] "Died - Tuck," The Commercial Appeal, 26 Sept 1900, shows date, address, and at his home.
[S4122] R. L. Polk & Co.'s Memphis Directory, 1901 pg 995, shows date.
[S4112] Elmwood Cemetery, burial records, 1900 pg 133, shows date, lot 299, grave 11.
[S1278] "Died - Tuck," The Commercial Appeal, 26 Sept 1900, shows funeral arrangements.
[S632] D. G. Tuck household, 1860 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows name as Paul Tuck.
[S4125] Sholes' City Directory of the City of Memphis, 1882 pg 564; 1883 pg 559; and 1884 pg 529.
[S4123] Dow's City Directory of Memphis, 1885 pg 664; and 1886 pg 667.
[S631] Dr. Davis G. Tuck household, 1850 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.
[S659] Doct. Davis G. Tuck, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
[S645] Titus, Picturesque Clarksville, pg 97.
[S632] D. G. Tuck household, 1860 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.
[S644] D. G. Tuck, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
[S2014] Wills, Kentucky, S:105-6, will of D. G. Tuck, 23 Feb 1863.
[S14013] Dr. D. G. Tuck, Dr. D. G. . tombstone, Tuck-Elliott Family Cemetery, shows date.
[S2111] McNeil et al, Malcolm v. Mills, J. C.;Young, R. A, transcript of proceedings of Circuit Court of Shelby Co., 12 Aug 1885, pg 210, shows month and year.
[S2014] Wills, Kentucky, S:105-6, will of D. G. Tuck, 23 Feb 1863, will dated 25 Mar 1861, proved Feb 1863.
[S2111] McNeil et al, Malcolm v. Mills, J. C.;Young, R. A, transcript of proceedings of Circuit Court of Shelby Co., 12 Aug 1885, pg 156-60, deposition of Mrs. M. W. Bacon.
[S4127] Edwards' Annual Director, City of Louisville, 1865-6 pg 571; 1866-7 pg409.
[S2018] Advertisement, The Macon Daily Telegraph, 10 Sep 1865, same advertisement appeared in 12 Sep, 23 Sep, and 22 Oct editions.
[S4128] Advertisement, Tuck, Davis & Co, Brownlow's Knoxville Wig, 14 Mar 1866, same advertisement appeared in 28 Feb, 7 Mar, and 14 Mar and other editions.
[S4129] "Petitions in Bankruptcy," Public Ledger, 4 Mar 1868.
[S7768] Deeds, Christian Co., Kentucky, 44:304, assignment of banckrupt effect, 1 Sep 1868.
[S4130] "Bankrupt Sale of Real Estate," The Sunday Appeal, 1 Nov1868, shows property as 100 acres.
[S7768] Deeds, Christian Co., Kentucky, 46:58-60, William Y. Cirode of Mempis, assignee of A. P. Tuck to T. H. Elliott, 7 Jun 1869.
[S4131] Legal notice, The Memphis Daily Appeal, 28 Jan 1869.
[S1227] Deed Books, Shelby Co., Tennessee, bk 66 pp 299-300 A. Paul Tuck to Sarah E. Atkinson (13 Apr 1868.)
[S2111] McNeil et al, Malcolm v. Mills, J. C.;Young, R. A, transcript of proceedings of Circuit Court of Shelby Co., 12 Aug 1885, pg 106, deposition of Mrs. Emma W. Tuck, in which she described their home and Sarah's gift, and pg 149-52, a copy of deed dated 23 Jul 1882 from Sarah E. Atkinson to A. P. Tuck, recorded 28 Jul 1882, describes the property as the west half of Lot No. 1 of Turley subdivision, beginning at the NW corner of the A. P. Tuck lot on which he lives, then running along his line, and to the west.
[S4132] Edwards' Annual Director, City of Memphis, 1872 pg 393 shows residence as 291 Linden.
[S605] Sarah Atkinson household, 1870 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
[S2111] McNeil et al, Malcolm v. Mills, J. C.;Young, R. A, transcript of proceedings of Circuit Court of Shelby Co., 12 Aug 1885, pg 109, deposition of Mrs. Emma W. Tuck, stated they lived in Memphis expect for about three years in St. Louis from 1876 through part of 1878, pg 146 corrected that to say she went to St. Louis in Dec 1874.
[S4132] Edwards' Annual Director, City of Memphis, 1869 pgp 36, 213; 1872 pp 393, 474; and 1874 pp 502, 504.
[S605] Sarah Atkinson household, 1870 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows occupation as cotton broker.
[S4125] Sholes' City Directory of the City of Memphis, 1879 pg 449, shows dep county trustee; 1880 pg 430 shows bkkpr county trustee; and 1881 pg 507 shows city register.
[S1220] Paul Tuck household, 1880 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows occupation as city register.
[S1220] Paul Tuck household, 1880 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
[S2111] McNeil et al, Malcolm v. Mills, J. C.;Young, R. A, transcript of proceedings of Circuit Court of Shelby Co., 12 Aug 1885, pg 149-52, Exhibit A to deposition of Mrs. Emma W. Tuck, a copy of deed dated 23 Jul 1882 from Sarah E. Atkinson to A. P. Tuck, recorded 28 Jul 1882, noted in Note bk 10, pg 45.
[S2111] McNeil et al, Malcolm v. Mills, J. C.;Young, R. A, transcript of proceedings of Circuit Court of Shelby Co., 12 Aug 1885, pg 208-9.
[S4125] Sholes' City Directory of the City of Memphis, 1884 pgp 191, 529.
[S4123] Dow's City Directory of Memphis, 1886 pp 466, 667; 1877 pg 706.
[S4123] Dow's City Directory of Memphis, 1888 pg 708; 1889 pg 750; and 1890 pg 796.
[S4123] Dow's City Directory of Memphis, 1891 pp 227, 935; 1892 pg 982.
[S4122] R. L. Polk & Co.'s Memphis Directory, 1893 pg 950; 1894 pg 866; 1895 pg 956; 1896 pg 653; 1897 pg 988; 1898 pg 716; 1899 pg 908; and 1900 pg 951.
[S1221] John Ripley Greer household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows occupation as accountant.
[S1346] Atkinson, Q. C., Shelby Co. Tennessee loose probate records, petition 6 Jul 1891 by A. P. Tuck for letters of special administration to collect the refund of the U. S. Direct Tax; Final Settlement statement by A. P. Tuck 20 Dec 1894 shows amounts collected and his commission.
[S1347] MacDonald, Select Statutes of the United States 1861-1898, pp 39-40, describes the act of 7 Jun 1862 to collect the direct tax under the act of 5 Aug 1861 in the states insurrection.
[S1348] State Archives of Florida Online Catalog, online, entry for record group 000101,"United States Direct Tax refund records, 1891-1901," describes 1861 act being ruled unconstitutional, and passage of refund act in 1891.
[S1221] John Ripley Greer household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee.

John Brisco Cook^1,2,3

ID# 1206, (1846 - 1938)

Parents:

Father	William Cook (27 Apr 1815 - 27 Sep 1872)
Mother	Sophia Maria Cobb (3 Feb 1823 - 3 Aug 1859)

Ancestry

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Family Indexes

Key Events:

Birth: 17 Dec 1846, Columbus, Kentucky,^4,5,6

Marriage: 31 Oct 1871, Boyle Co., Kentucky, Martha Jane McJames (b. abt 1851, d. btn 1885 and 1888)^7,8

Marriage: 24 Oct 1888, Hickman Co., Kentucky, Cornelia Brummal (b. abt 1867, d. bef 1900)^9,10

Marriage: 15 Dec 1902, Kaufman Co., Texas, Adelia Creekmore (b. 3 May 1861, d. 6 Aug 1914)^11,12

Death: 11 Aug 1938, 813 East Palestine, Mexia, Limestone Co., Texas,^13,14,15

Burial: 12 Aug 1938, Elmwood Cemetery, Wagoner, Wagoner Co., Oklahoma,^16,17

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Narrative:

John Brisco Cook was born on 17 Dec 1846 in Columbus, KentuckyG.^4,5,6
     He appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Hickman Co., KentuckyG, in the household of his parents, William Cook and Sophia Maria Cobb.^18,19
     His mother died on 3 Aug 1859, when John was 12 years old.^20,21,22
     John appeared with his father on the 1860 Federal Census of Columbus, Hickman Co., KentuckyG, in the household of Elizabeth Rose, his paternal grandmother.^23,24

Eager to Join the Confederate Army --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

     John ran away from home to join the Conferate army in May 1863, at age 16, but was sent home because of his youth.³
      He was successful a year later, enlisting 1 Apr 1864 in Clinton, KentuckyG, as a private in Co. B, 7th Kentucky Mounted Infantry.^25,26 The 7th Kentucky had been organized at Camp Burnett, about two miles west of Clinton, Hickman Co., KentuckyG, in Sep 1861. By the time John enlisted they had experienced a number of engagements.²⁷
      In early July Federal forces advanced, reaching Harrisburg, MississippiG, 13 Jul 1864. The next day Confederate forces formed a line to make an attack. The Kentucky Brigade, composed of the 3rd, 7th, 8th, and 12th Regiments, were at the center of that line. Capt. J. T. Cochran, commanding the 7th Regiment, reported that when the enemy was discovered "the ardor of the men was such that they could not be restrained; they raised a yell and charged them." The Brigade lost 45 percent of their number in that battle. It is not clear John was with his unit in this battle. He is recorded in only two company muster rolls, Mar-Apr and May-Jun 1864, in both shown as absent, on leave. No further record of him being associated with the company have been found.^28,29
      He was transferred to Gen. Nathan Forrest's Cavalry Corps and detailed as a courier, but just when is unclear.³⁰ He was a courier when Federal forces attacked Confederate forces under Gen. Hylan B. Lyon, including the 7th Kentucky Regiment at Red Hill, AlabamaG, on 14 Jan 1865. The Regiment was routed, and fell back to Tuscaloosa. John was sent back to Paris, Tennessee, and joined Buckner's Company to go back across the Tennesse and Cumberland Rivers. The unit was scattered by an attack by Union cavalry, and he was separated from them.^31,32
      Before he could re-join them the war was over, and a proclamation directed Confederate soldiers to come to be paroled. He went to Paducah, KentuckyG, and was paroled there 17 May 1865.³³

Returning to Civilian Life --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

     John appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Columbus, Hickman Co., KentuckyG, enumerated 13 Jun 1870, in the household of Caroline Dodd, a Black woman, and her three children. He appears to have been a boarder.³⁴
     He was a grocer in 1870, and a sawmill man by 1880.^35,36
     John married first Martha Jane McJames, daughter of Joseph McJames and Margaret Wood, on 31 Oct 1871 in Boyle Co., KentuckyG.^7,8
     John and Martha appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Columbus, Hickman Co., Kentucky G, enumerated 26 Jun 1880. Their children Margaret and Ernest were listed as living with them.³⁷
     His wife apparently died between 1885 and 1888, as she had a daughter born about 1882, and he husband remarried in 1888, but no record of her death has been found.^38,39
     John married second Cornelia Brummal, daughter of John M. Brummal and Sarah Wakefield Davy, on 24 Oct 1888, at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Hickman Co., KentuckyG, with W. O. Lamar offciating.^9,10

Moving To the Western Frontier --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

     John moved to Oklahoma Territory in Apr 1889, when the Territory was opened to non-Indian settlers for the first time. Cornelia and two of his children followed shortly afterward.⁴⁰
     John and Cornelia appeared on the 1890 State Census East Guthrie, Logan Co., Oklahoma Territory G, enumerated 7 Jun 1890. Their son Vernon and his children by his prior marriage, Margaret, Ernest, and Anna, were listed as living with them, as was her brother, John Brummal.⁴¹
     John returned to ColumbiaG shortly after that, where he was living as late as Jan 1894. Whether Cornelia returned there with him, or had died before that, is unknown.⁴² It seems clear she had died before 1900.⁴³
     John moved to Wagoner, Indian TerritoryG, on 14 Jul 1894.³¹ He was the bookkeeper and manager of the Muscogee Roller Mill Company's mill there until 13 Nov 1895, when he moved his family to Claremore, Indian TerritoryG, to assume the same position in the company's mill there.^44,45
     John had returned to WagonerG by 1900, where he was manager of the Wagoner Roller Mills. His son Ernest was also in the mill business there in 1900, presumably in the same mill. John had become owner of the mill, which was described as one of the largest in the southwest, by 1910.^46,47,48,49
     John appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Wagoner, Creek Nation Co., Indian Territory, on Cassiver Place G, enumerated 27 Jun 1900, reporting he rented his home. His children Ernest, Anna, and Jensie were listed as living with him, as was Jillia McFarland, a 25-year-old divorcee, who as listed as a boarder.⁵⁰
     John married third Adelia Creekmore, daughter of Alduston Creekmore and Adaline E. Miller, on 15 Dec 1902 in Kaufman Co., TexasG, with Rev. C. A. Dickey offciating.^11,12
     John and Adelia appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Wagoner, Wagoner Co., Oklahoma G, enumerated 21 Apr 1910, reporting they owned their home, free of mortgage. Their daughter Ruth was listed as living with them.⁵¹

Becoming Active In Politics --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

     John began his political career in WagonerG on 3 Apr 1900, when he was elected Councilman.⁵²
     He was elected mayor of WagonerG 4 Apr 1911, becoming the first mayor after the city adopted a new charter to operate under the "commission form" of city government, with a mayor and two commissioners managing the city.⁵³
     In Feb 1912 recall petitions were circulated charging John and the two commissioners who made up his administration with mismanaging the affairs of the city, appointing unsuitable persons to various positions, and letting contracts improperly. An election was held 2 Apr 1912, with the recall failing and all three officials retained in office.⁵⁴ He did not run for reelection when his three-year term was completed. He did run again in 1920, but was defeated in the Democratic primary.⁵⁵
     His third wife died on 6 Aug 1914.⁵⁶
     He sold the Wagoner Roller Mill in May 1917, and retired.^57,58,59
     John appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Wagoner, Wagoner Co., Oklahoma, on South Third St. G, enumerated 3 Jan 1920, reporting he owned his home. His children Anna and Ruth were listed as living with him.⁶⁰

A Civil War Pension --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

      John applied for an Oklahoma indigent pension based on his Civil War service 30 Jun 1926, stating that his only income was rent of his farm, which paid little more than his taxes, and he was unable to work other than around the house.³ The application asked for affidavits from two comrades to verify his service. John and his attorney were concerned that only one living comrade could be found, but submitted a 1914 letter from another who had since died, which together with confirmation of his service from the War Department proved sufficent.⁶¹
      The issue of the valuation of his property proved more troublesome. The commissioner found his initial statement inadequate, and requested more detail. John's response was delayed because he was in MuskogeeG where his daughter Anna was in the hospital. On 2 Mar 1927 the county assessor issued a statement that his only property was assessed at $1,200, while John stated he had a mortgage on it of $2,000.⁶² His pension was finally approved 4 Mar 1927, effective from the date of his application.⁶³
     His daughter Anna had kept house for her father after the death of her step-mother in 1914. After Anna's death 16 Dec 1926, John began making extended visits to his surviving daughters. His youngest daughter, newly married Ruth and her husband, lived in Claremore, OklahomaG, for a few years, then moved to Kansas.^64,65,66,67 His eldest daughter and her family lived in Muskogee, OklahomaG.⁶⁸ His third daughter, Jensie, and her husband, lived in Mexia, TexasG.⁶⁹
     By the fall of 1931 the pension office was expressing concern about whether John was living in Oklahoma, which was a requirement to receive the state pension. Under state law, to be considered a resident one had to live continuously in the state for at least six months each year.⁷⁰
     John moved to MexiaG permanently to live with his daughter Jensie in 1933. His pension was dropped by the state in Jan 1934.^71,72,73
     His daughter Margaret asked the pension office to reconsider in Aug 1938. The pension office responded that a new administration was in office, and it had reinstated his pension, at $81 per quarter. It said he must live in the state of Oklahoma unless he had an affidavit from a doctor showing a valid excuse. A doctor issued an affidavit on 7 Aug that he was unable to travel from Texas.⁷⁴
     John died on 11 Aug 1938, at the home of his daughter Jensie and her husband, 813 East Palestine, Mexia, Limestone Co., TexasG, at age 91.^13,14,15 He was buried on 12 Aug 1938 in Elmwood Cemetery, Wagoner, Wagoner Co., OklahomaG.^16,17

Children:
Children with Martha Jane McJames:

Margaret Ella Cook (2 Jan 1875 - 7 Mar 1965)
Joseph J. Cook (abt 29 Mar 1877 - 27 Jan 1878)
Ernest Robert Cook (25 Oct 1878 - 11 Feb 1917)
Anna Mae Cook (17 Sep 1881 - 16 Dec 1926)
Jensie Cook (25 Dec 1884 - 20 Mar 1969)

Children:
Child with Cornelia Brummal:

Vernon L. Cook (abt Jan 1890 - bef 1900)

Children:
Child with Adelia Creekmore:

Ruth Cook (26 Jul 1904 - 28 Apr 1959)

Citations

[S854] William Cook household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows name as John Cook.
[S12021] Caroline Dodd household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows name as John B. Cook.
[S12040] John Brisco Cook, A6384, Confederate Pension Records, application, 30 Jun 1926.
[S854] William Cook household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows age 3 and state.
[S12027] John C. Cook household, 1900 U.S. Census, Creek Nation Co., Indian Territory, shows month, year, as 1842, age 58, and state.
[S12040] John Brisco Cook, A6384, Confederate Pension Records, application, 30 Jun 1926, shows date, city, and state.
[S8894] Marriage Bonds, Boyle Co., Kentucky, 6:196, John B. Cook and Martha J. James, shows license date, city, county, and state.
[S12025] John B. Cook household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows married.
[S12022] Marriage Register, Hickman Co., Kentucky, D:194, Jno. B. Cook and Nena Brummal, shows date, church, county, state, and officiant.
[S12026] John B. Cook household, 1890 Oklahoma Territory State Census, Logan Co., Oklahoma Territory, East Guthrie, shows married.
[S12034] Marriage Record, Kaufman Co., Texas, 8:458, no. 2195, John B. Cook and Miss Della Creekmore, shows date and offciant.
[S12028] John B. Cook household, 1910 U.S. Census, Wagoner Co., Oklahoma, shows married 8 years.
[S12030] John B. Cook, Standard Certificate of Death, shows date, address, city, county, and state.
[S12054] "Death of Former Mayor John B. Cook Recalls Early Day Political History of Wagoner City," The Record-Democrat, 18 Aug 1938, shows died last Wednesday, city and state, at home of daughter.
[S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 35607144, Capt John B. Cook, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
[S12054] "Death of Former Mayor John B. Cook Recalls Early Day Political History of Wagoner City," The Record-Democrat, 18 Aug 1938, shows buried last Friday, and cemetery.
[S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 35607144, Capt John B. Cook, includes tombstone photo.
[S854] William Cook household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky.
[S855] William Cook, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
[S1289] Register of Deaths, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Hickman Co., 1859, pg 239, S. M. Cook, shows date, and county.
[S12019] S. M. Cook entry, 1860 U.S. Census, mortality schedule, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows month and cause of death.
[S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 105812692, Sophia M Cobb Cook, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
[S856] Elizabeth Cook household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky.
[S857] Elisabeth Cook, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, slave schedule, also William Cook, owner, line 35 left, and R. E. Cook, owner, line 36-38 left.
[S12038] John Cook, Compiled Service Records, Confederate, Kentucky, folder, shows rank, company and unit, as 7 Kentucky Mtd. Inf.; muster roll card Mar and Apr 1864, shows rank, date, city, state, company, and unit, a 7 Reg't Kentucky Cavalry.
[S12040] John Brisco Cook, A6384, Confederate Pension Records, application, 30 Jun 1926, shows date, as May 1864, city, state, cavalry, and unit as Co. E 7th Kentucky regiment; affidavit of Christian D. Brenner, shows same unit.
[S12039] George, History of the 3d, 7th, 8th and 12th Kentucky C.S.A, pg 27, shows organization of 7th.
[S12039] George, History of the 3d, 7th, 8th and 12th Kentucky C.S.A, pp 98-99.
[S12038] John Cook, Compiled Service Records, Confederate, Kentucky, muster roll cards Mar and Apr 1864 and May and Jun 1864.
[S12040] John Brisco Cook, A6384, Confederate Pension Records, application, 30 Jun 1926, shows transferred, and detailed as courier.
[S12040] John Brisco Cook, A6384, Confederate Pension Records, letter Jno B. Cook to State Bureau of Pension, 2 Nov 1926.
[S1265] Wikipedia, online, article "Red Hill, Alabama," viewed Nov 2022.
[S12040] John Brisco Cook, A6384, Confederate Pension Records, application, 30 Jun 1926, shows date, city, and state; letter Jno B. Cook to State Bureau of Pension, 2 Nov 1926, shows story of parole.
[S12021] Caroline Dodd household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky.
[S12021] Caroline Dodd household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as grocer (unclear on image.)
[S12025] John B. Cook household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as saw mill man.
[S12025] John B. Cook household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky.
[S12027] John C. Cook household, 1900 U.S. Census, Creek Nation Co., Indian Territory, shows her apparent daughter as born Feb 1885.
[S12022] Marriage Register, Hickman Co., Kentucky, D:194, Jno. B. Cook and Nena Brummal, shows he re-married 24 Oct 1888.
[S12026] John B. Cook household, 1890 Oklahoma Territory State Census, Logan Co., Oklahoma Territory, East Guthrie, shows John had been in the territory 13 months, and she and the children 12 months.
[S12026] John B. Cook household, 1890 Oklahoma Territory State Census, Logan Co., Oklahoma Territory, East Guthrie.
[S12043] "Purely Personal," Muskogee Phoenix, 4 Jan 1894, shows Mr. J. B. Cook, of Columbus, Kentucky, was there to visit his daugher Maggie.
[S12027] John C. Cook household, 1900 U.S. Census, Creek Nation Co., Indian Territory, shows her husband as widowed.
[S12044] Local item, Claremore Progress, 16 Nov 1895, crediting the Wagoner Sayings.
[S12045] Local item, The Record-Democrat, 15 Nov 1895.
[S12027] John C. Cook household, 1900 U.S. Census, Creek Nation Co., Indian Territory, shows occupation of each as grist mill manager.
[S12046] "Local and General," The Record-Democrat, 27 Dec 1900, shows name of mill.
[S12048] "Out-of-the-Way Wagoner," Wagoner Weekly Sayings, 3 Feb 1910, shows him as owner.
[S12028] John B. Cook household, 1910 U.S. Census, Wagoner Co., Oklahoma, shows occupation as manager and industry as flour mill.
[S12027] John C. Cook household, 1900 U.S. Census, Creek Nation Co., Indian Territory.
[S12028] John B. Cook household, 1910 U.S. Census, Wagoner Co., Oklahoma.
[S12047] "Democratic Ticket Elected," The Record-Democrat, 5 Apr 1900.
[S12049] "Sweeping Democrat Vistory," Wagoner County Courier, 6 Apr 1911.
[S12054] "Death of Former Mayor John B. Cook Recalls Early Day Political History of Wagoner City," The Record-Democrat, 18 Aug 1938.
[S12051] "Can Not Believe It," The Wagoner Democrat, 25 Mar 1920.
[S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 35607119, Adelia Creekmore Cook, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
[S12050] "Capt. Cook Sells Mill," Wagoner County Record, 31 May 1917.
[S12029] John B. Cook household, 1920 U.S. Census, Wagoner Co., Oklahoma, shows occupation as retired and industry as farmer.
[S12030] John B. Cook, Standard Certificate of Death, shows retired, industry as flour mill.
[S12029] John B. Cook household, 1920 U.S. Census, Wagoner Co., Oklahoma.
[S12040] John Brisco Cook, A6384, Confederate Pension Records, letter Joe H. Ford to Commissioner of Pensions, 30 Jun 1926.
[S12040] John Brisco Cook, A6384, Confederate Pension Records, letter Commissioner to John Briscoe Cook, 23 Jul 1926, letter John B. Cook to Department of State Pensions, 20 Nov 1926; and memorandum of County Assessor, 2 Mar 1926.
[S12040] John Brisco Cook, A6384, Confederate Pension Records, application, 30 Jun 1926, reverse; and letter Commissioner to John Briscoe Cook, 7 Mar 1927.
[S12031] Anna C Hamer obituary, The Record-Democrat, shows died this morning.
[S12052] Anna Mae Cook obituary, The Wagoner Tribune, shows she had kept house for him since death of her step-mother.
[S12053] Local item, The Wagoner Tribune, 21 Mar 1929, shows he was living in Claremore with Ruth.
[S12040] John Brisco Cook, A6384, Confederate Pension Records, letter Margaret Cook Dill, 18 Jan 1934 to Commissioner, shows he has one daughter in Kansas.
[S12040] John Brisco Cook, A6384, Confederate Pension Records, letter Margaret Cook Dill to Commissioner, 18 Jan 1934, shows her in Muskogee.
[S12040] John Brisco Cook, A6384, Confederate Pension Records, letter Margaret Cook Dill, 18 Jan 1934 to Commissioner, shows he has one daughter in Texas.
[S12040] John Brisco Cook, A6384, Confederate Pension Records, letter clerk to Mrs. John H. Dill, 15 Oct 1931.
[S12054] "Death of Former Mayor John B. Cook Recalls Early Day Political History of Wagoner City," The Record-Democrat, 18 Aug 1938, shows he had lived there the last five years.
[S12040] John Brisco Cook, A6384, Confederate Pension Records, letter Margaret Cook Dill to Commissioner, 3 Aug 1938, shows he had lived in Texas since 1933.
[S12040] John Brisco Cook, A6384, Confederate Pension Records, letter Commissioner to Mrs. John H. Dill, 5 Aug 1938, shows dropped and date.
[S12040] John Brisco Cook, A6384, Confederate Pension Records, letter Margaret Cook Dill to Commissioner, 3 Aug 1938; letter Commissioner to Mrs. John H. Dill, 5 Aug 1938; memo of Marion Brown, M.D. 7 Aug 1938.

William Cook^1,2,3

ID# 1207, (1815 - 1872)

Parents:

Father	William Cook (1752 - 6 Jun 1829)
Mother	Elizabeth Rose (7 May 1796 - 14 Oct 1863)

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