Joel Bice Cook (1879 - 1946)

Born 12 Jan 1879 in Alabama, USA

Ancestors

Died 28 Feb 1946 at age 67 in Campte, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA

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Joel Cook lived in Louisiana.

Biography

Joel was born in 1879 in Alabama. He was the son of William Cook and Nancy Britt. In 1880, the family was living in White Plains, Calhoun County, Alabama.^[1] By 1900, they had moved to Bienville Parish, Louisiana.^[2]

Joel registered for the WWI draft in 1918 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. He was a self-employed farmer at the time. His father was listed as his nearest relative. His physical description was medium build and height with blue eyes and gray hair. He was 39 years old.^[3]

By 1920, he was living with his widowed father and siblings in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.^[4] By 1940, he had moved into his sister Artie's household in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, with her husband William Stewart, and their son (Edwin/Edward), and Edwin's wife and children. Joel apparently never married.^[5]

In 1942, Joel registered for the WWII draft in Fairview-Alpha, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. He was 63 and unemployed. He listed his brother-in-law, W M Stewart, as the person who would always know his address.^[6]

Joel passed away in 1946.^[7] Burial was in the Old Saline Baptist Church Cemetery in Castor, Bienville Parish, Louisiana.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JQ-CT2 : 11 August 2016), Joel E Cook in household of William Cook, White Plains, Calhoun, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 12, sheet 676A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0005; FHL microfilm 1,254,005.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSPG-6RZ : accessed 28 April 2017), J B Cook in household of W O Cook, Ward 5, Bienville, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 8, sheet 1B, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,558.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ8C-6T5 : 12 December 2014), Joel Bice Cook, 1917-1918; citing Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,684,663.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVQC-BP6 : accessed 28 April 2017), Joel B Cook in household of William O Cook, Police Jury Ward 7, Bienville, Louisiana, United States; citing ED 15, sheet 3B, line 54, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 606; FHL microfilm 1,820,606.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYPC-R8T : accessed 28 April 2017), Joel Cook in household of William Stewart, Police Jury Ward 4, Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35-14, sheet 2A, line 15, family 22, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1414.
6. ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XP1F-TJ3 : 8 April 2016), Joel Bice Cook, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ "Louisiana Deaths Index, 1850-1875, 1894-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSBZ-FR3 : 12 December 2014), William Cook in entry for Jack Bice Cook, 28 Feb 1946; citing Campte, Natchitoches, Louisiana, certificate number 495, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 1,221,808.
8. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 124186544[1]