Harold Eugene Cook (1904 - 1967)

Died 18 Dec 1967 at age 63 in Lewisburg, Union Co., PA

Biography

Harold was born in July 1904 in St. Marys, West Virginia. His parents were Edwin Ambrose Cook and Florence Myrtle Zimmerman.

By 1920 his father had moved the family to Edinburg, Portage, Ohio, USA.^[1] In 1930, he was living with his widowed mother in Franklin, Johnson, Indiana, USA. He was working as a music teacher at the local college.^[2]

Harold married Gladys Ethel Calkins on 5 Dec 1942 at the Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia, USA. The Rev. Theodore F. Adams presided.^[3] They were both in their mid-30s at that time.

Harold served in World War II, a corporal in the 3rd Training Regiment from 1942-1943.^[4], ^[5]

He passed away in December 1967 and was buried in Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania.^[6]

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1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDRD-NKY : accessed 30 September 2017), Harold Cook in household of Edwin A Cook, Edinburg, Portage, Ohio, United States; citing ED 89, sheet 7A, line 5, family 157, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1428; FHL microfilm 1,821,428.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH93-M6J : accessed 30 September 2017), Harold D Cook in household of Florence A Cook, Franklin, Johnson, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 10B, line 78, family 328, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 596; FHL microfilm 2,340,331.
3. ↑ Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia. Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. - http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=an&db=General-9279&indiv=try&h=10981454
4. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6DH-QNG : 12 December 2014), Harold Eugene Cooke, 1917-1918; citing Jersey County, Illinois, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,613,508.
5. ↑ Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777–2012. Digital Images, 3–5. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Series Number: Series 1. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. - http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1967&h=760854&ssrc=pt&tid=43816595&pid=12753655506&usePUB=true
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VSGC-Q5S : 20 May 2014), Harold Cook, Dec 1967; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

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