Nancy (Gore) Cook (1825 - aft. 1900)

Born Sep 1825 in Bath, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Died after 1900 after age 74 in Adams, Nebraska, United States

Biography

Nancy was the second child and eldest daughter of John Gore and Verlinda Johnston.

She married James Cook about 1846; according to the 1900 Census, they had been married 54 years; she was the mother of 10 children, 3 then living.

Nancy's younger sister Mary Gore, age 19, was living in the household in 1850 in Bath County, Kentucky. Nancy was b Ky, age 23. Her husband James Cook was age 26 b Ky. Their infant son James W Cook was aged 7 months. Also in the household was Joseph Cook, age 23 b Ky.^[1]

James Cook and Nancy and their family were living in Montgomery County, Kentucky in 1860.

Jas. Cook age 36 male b Ky blacksmith

Nancy Cook age 34 female b Ky

Jas W Cook age 16 b Ky

Sarah J Cook age 43 b Ky (widowed sister-in-law of James?)

John B Cook age 6 b Ky

Henry W Cook age 3 b Ky

Berlinda Cook age 3 months b Ky

Berlinda Goar age 60 b Ky. (this is Nancy's mother Verlinda (Johnston) Gore)

Wm E Phillips age 28 physician b Ky.

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In 1870 James Cook was farming at Mudlick, Bath, Kentucky. James was aged 46 b Ky. Nancy was aged 45 b Ky. Son James W Cook was aged 20 and a blacksmith. Son John was age 16 and son Henry was age 14; they were farm hands. Son Benjamin was age 8 and son Charles was age 6; they were at home. B. Rayburn age 67 was a farm hand. Eda Ewing (black) age 17 was a house keeper.^[3]

In 1880 Nancy G. Cook age 54 b Ky was living in Kenesaw, Adams, Nebraska. James Cook was age 55 b Ky and a blacksmith. Son Benjamin F Cook was age 18 b Ky. Son Charles L Cook was age 16 b Ky. Morris Weaver was age 26 b Canada.^[4]

In 1900 she and James were living in Kenesaw Village, Adams, Nebraska. James was age 77 b Ky. Nancy was age 75, b. Ky.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65R-YYD : 20 December 2020), Nancy Cook in household of James Cook, Bath, Kentucky, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBX-HW9 : 18 February 2021), Nancy Cook in entry for Jas Cook, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7J-F9Q : 29 May 2021), Nancy Cook in entry for James Cook, 1870.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Y7-XG1 : 19 February 2021), Nancy G Cook in household of James Cook, Kenesaw, Adams, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district ED 59, sheet 70D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,743.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3BN-5YV : accessed 23 October 2021), Nancy Cook in household of James Cook, Kenesaw Township Kenesaw village, Adams, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 4B, family 91, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,916.

• "Nebraska State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3X6-8NJ : 2 March 2021), Nancy Cook in entry for James Cook, 1885; citing NARA microfilm publication M352 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 499,529.