Sarah Jane Cook was born May 18, 1860 in Jesse, Wyoming, West Virginia. She was the daughter of Major Green M. Cook (1830-1919) and Margaret Cook-Cook (1834-1884).
Family
Sarah was the sister of:
Mary Marinda Cook (1853-1943)
Lewis Cook (1855-1937)
Louisa E. Cook (1857-Deceased)
Surilda J. Cook (1858-Deceased)
James Jackson Cook (1863-Deceased)
Docia Cook (1865-1937)
David J. Cook (1868-1901)
Margaret "Maggie" Cook (1871-Deceased)
John E. Cook (1873-Deceased)
Elbert Green Cook (1876-1964).
Marriage
Sarah was married to Charles "Witcher" Cook (1866-1947) on February 13, 1890 in Wyoming County, WV (per WV Marriage License Register, Wyoming County, WV, 1890, Page 249, Application Date: February 11, 1890). This marriage ended in divorce. [1]
Children
Sarah was the mother of ten children:
Letha Cook-Bowden (1889-1929)
Myrtle Cook (1890-1896)
Clifton Cook (1892-1894)
Mason Cook (1895-1911)
Mabel Cook-Cook-Sanders (1898-1991)
Albert Cook (1900-1901)
Virgil Cook (1903-1916)
Wilson Cook (1905-1990)
Ellen Stokes Cook (Deceased)
Walter Cook (1908-Deceased).
Death
Sarah Jane Cook died at age 76 from lobar pneumonia. [2][3]
Sources
↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FT23-7HQ : 11 February 2018), Charles Witcher Cook and Jane Cook, 1890; citing Wyoming, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 594,767.
↑ per WV Certificate of Death #19713 Dist #5561 Serial #7, Wyoming County, WV, 1936
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6T8-J82 : 15 July 2017), Jane Cook in household of Green M Cook, Oceana, Wyoming, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 158, sheet 531D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,416.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9Z2-4KN : accessed 10 December 2019), Jane Cook in household of Charles Cook, Oceana district Oceana town, Wyoming, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 143, sheet 10B, family 168, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,776.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2TS-BKR : accessed 12 December 2019), Sarah J Cook in household of Charles W Cook, Golden City, Barton, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 13B, family 320, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 767; FHL microfilm 1,374,780.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNKL-X4Z : accessed 12 December 2019), Sarah J Cook in household of Charlie W Cook, Oceana, Wyoming, West Virginia, United States; citing ED 174, sheet 3B, line 64, family 51, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1966; FHL microfilm 1,821,966.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMC1-GTM : accessed 18 December 2019), Jane Cook in household of Wilson Cook, Oceana, Wyoming, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 16A, line 24, family 282, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2559; FHL microfilm 2,342,293.
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