Clara Louise Cook (1860)

Born Mar 1860 in Missouri

Descendants

Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Clara Louise /Cook/^[2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: Mar 1860

Place: Missouri^[3]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1900

Place: Moberly City, Randolph, Missouri^[4]

Marriage

Husband: George David Willingham

Wife: Clara Louise Cook

Child: James Cook Willingham

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Clarence Willingham

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: George Herbert Willingham

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Herbert K. Willingham

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1887^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Cook-9819 was created by Sherry Nelson through the import of Corzine - Lemley - Nelson - Al.ged on Sep 6, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S-2108052911 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Moberly Ward 4, Randolph, Missouri; Roll:  ; Page: ; Enumeration District: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=30384793&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: Mar 1860 Birth place: Missouri Marriage date: 1887 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Moberly City, Randolph, Missouri APID: 1,7602::30384793
3. ↑ Source: #S-2108052911 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Moberly Ward 4, Randolph, Missouri; Roll:  ; Page: ; Enumeration District: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=30384793&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: Mar 1860 Birth place: Missouri Marriage date: 1887 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Moberly City, Randolph, Missouri APID: 1,7602::30384793
4. ↑ Source: #S-2108052911 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Moberly Ward 4, Randolph, Missouri; Roll:  ; Page: ; Enumeration District: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=30384793&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: Mar 1860 Birth place: Missouri Marriage date: 1887 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Moberly City, Randolph, Missouri APID: 1,7602::30384793
5. ↑ Source: #S-2111083426 Page: Portrait and biographical record of Lafayette and Saline counties, Missouri Note: http://books.google.com/books?id=DX0UAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA570&ots=GfptshGWVi&dq=macon%20county%20missouri%20history%20willingham&pg=PA570#v=onepage&q&f=false Note: Data: Text: The REV. GEORGE D. WILLINGHAM, B. E. D., A. B., pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Slater, and a man who is loved and respected by his people, as indeed by all who know him, was born in Audrain County, Mo., near Mexico, February 22, 1852. His father, George Willingham, was a native of Henderson County, Ky., and was born in 1818.Mr. Willingham, Sr., was four years old on coming to Missouri with his parents, who at that time located in Warren County, where he was reared. Later, he moved to Audrain County, thence to Macon, Randolph, Chariton and Saline Counties successively, remaining at Blackburn, in the latter county, three years. While in Randolph County, he engaged in farming. In 1885, he removed to Prescott, Ark., and was there connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church South. His wife was Permelia A. Wilson, daughter of David Wilson, a native of Tennessee but one of the early settlers in Boone County, Mo., and later a resident of Audrain County. The daughter was born in Boone County, in 1824, and was the mother of twelve children, there being seven girls and five boys, of whom ten are still living. The three older brothers served in the war—John in the Tenth Illinois from 1863 to the close of the war, and Thomas and Warren in the State Mihtia at Macon.George D. Willingham was reared in Macon County near Bloomington and remained there until sixteen years of age, attending the district school, which was a log edifice in the forest with most pioneer appointments. At sixteen he came to Randolph County and was engaged on a farm for four years, after which he attended the State Normal School at Kirksville and graduated in 1875 and received the degree of B. E. D. After this he taught, and then attended the Normal until he became a candidate for the ministry, having been converted in 1871, at which time he had become a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In March, 1879, he received his license to preach in the McGee Presbytery, and in the fall of the same year he entered the Lincoln University at Lincoln, Ill., and graduated in 1882 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. His first charge was in supplying a pulpit at Bethany, Moultrie County, Ill., until September, 1882, when he entered the Union Theological Seminary of New York City. While there he served as a supply and did mission work in the city and on Long Island to defrav his expenses. During this time he was ordained, the ceremony taking place at Waynesburgh, Pa., in 1884, while he was supplying the church there. He graduated fr om the Theological Seminary in May, 1885.After graduation the Rev. Mr. Willingham received a call from the church at McKcesport, Pa. This he accepted and remained there two years and two months, lifting from the church at that time an indebtedness of ,600. In September, he resigned to accept a call to Garden City, Kan. There he took charge of a young and thriving church, whose pastor he continued to be for two years and eight months, or until coming to Slater.During the first two years that Mr. Willingham was in Slater, in addition to his work here he preached at Mt. Horeb, three miles away, but that church has since become self-supporting. He was called to this church in April. 1892, and was installed by the New Lebanon Presbytery the third Sunday in June, 1892. Since he has been here the membership of his church has grown from sixty-seven to one hundred and five, and a new parsonage has been built.Mr. Willingham was one of the three who came from the Kansas Synod and located the Missouri Valley College at Marshall. He was elected a Trustee by the Synod, but on moving to this place could no longer serve. He has organized various church societies and gives his devoted attention to his church work.Our subject was married at I,a Grange, Mo., February 22, 1887, to Miss Clara L. Cook, whose birthplace was Amboy, Ill. She was reared in Ohio and is a daughter of James M. Cook, of that State, his residence being at Findlay. She is a graduate of the High School of Ravenna, Ohio, and later entered Wellesley (Mass.) College, and then Lincoln University, at Lincoln, Ill. She is a highly educated and cultured woman, whose advantages are of great assistance to her husband in his work. They have one child, who is named James Cook.Mr. Willingham is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons of Madison, Mo., belonging to Lodge No. 91. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Garden City Encampment. In politics, he is a Prohibitionist. He is a pleasant, affable gentleman, having that royal gift of magnetism which brings him into harmony with the sinner as well as the saint. He is a learned man, an eloquent preacher, and a pastor with whom Slater will be very sorry to part and whose place could not readily be supplied.

• Source: S-2108052911 Repository: #R-2144503733 Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. Note: APID: 1,7602::0
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