Louviana (Garland) Cook (1896 - 1954)

Born 27 Jan 1896 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Rupert Cook — married 17 Sep 1914 in Garland, Haskell, Oklahoma, United States

Descendants

Died 13 May 1954 at age 58 in Flora, Madison, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Louviana was Choctaw.

Louviana Garland was born 27 Jan 1896 in Garland IT (modern Haskell Co., OK) to William Greenwood Garland and Mary Lavina Beller. Lavena's childhood and school days were spent around Little Sans Bois - Tamaha, Garland and Stigler, Oklahoma.

Dawes Census Card^[1]

Tribe:	Choctaw
Card No:	2615 OHS or Fold3($)
Roll No:	7596
Approved:	Citizen by Blood
Approved Year:	1903
Relationship to Head:	Daughter

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She married John Rupert Cook 17 Sep 1914^[2] and they were parents to several children:^[3]

1. Rupert Edwin Cook 1915–1916
2. Irwin Joseph Cook 1917–1985
3. William Herbert Cook 1919–1921​​
4. Winford Henry Cook 1922–1940​​
5. Harwood Paul Cook 1924–1964
6. Maude Ella (Cook) Buxton 1926-2021
7. Kenneth Leon Cook 1932–1974​​
8. Willie Jim Cook 1933–2010​​
9. Betty Jean (Cook) Cole 1935–2021

The first four children were born in Garland or Stigler. Rupert Edwin and William Herbert passed away as babies and were laid to rest in Garland Cemetery. Harwood was born in Wichita, Kansas, Maude was born in Garland and Kenneth was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In October 1929, J.R. and Lavena moved to Mississippi where Willie Jim and Betty Jean were born.

Rupert and Lavena did farming and carpenter work in Oklahoma and continued to do so in Mississippi.

Lavena passed away on May 13, 1954 and is laid to rest in Smith Cemetery in Flora, Mississippi.

Sources

1. ↑ National Archives/Dawes Rolls NARA M1186. These enrollment cards are a census-like listing for members of five Native American tribes, 1898-1914.
2. ↑ "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR3B-M4M : 4 November 2017), J R Cook and Lavena Garland, 17 Sep 1914; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ F222 GARLAND WILLIAM GREENWOOD pg 335 Lavena married Rupert J. Cook. They had nine children Edwin, Irvin, Herbert, Winfred, Paul, Maude Ella, Leon, Willie Jim, and Betty. (This story submitted by Willie Prentice was prepared from information in the transcript by Raymond Garland - History of The Garland Family of Choctaws). HISTORY OF HASKELL COUNTY OKLAHOMA INDIAN TERRITORY VOLUME I 1988

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MST7-6CM : accessed 18 January 2020), Lavina Garland in household of Willie Garland, Township 9 N., Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 75, sheet 42A, family 653, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,850.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQF-9R8 : accessed 18 January 2020), Luvina Garland in household of William G Garland, Taloka, Haskell, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 95, sheet 1A, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1254; FHL microfilm 1,375,267.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM17-RRL : accessed 18 January 2020), Louvina Cook in household of J R Cook, Beat 5, Humphreys, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 11B, line 99, family 277, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1149; FHL microfilm 2,340,884.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB3S-23V : 27 July 2019), Leusiana Cook in household of John Cook, Beat 4, Sharkey, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 63-8, sheet 9A, line 9, family 174, 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 2064.

See Also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #20839294

• Crutchfield, Sheila Jones Carr. The Garlands (Self Published, ca 2012)