Honour (Madden) Cook (abt. 1784 - aft. 1840)

Born about 1784 in Cove, West Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Cook — married about 1802 in Ste Genevieve District, la Louisiane française [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1840 after about age 56 in St Francois County, Missouri, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Honor Madden was born about 1784. She was the daughter of Thomas Madden^[1] and Margret Brown.

She married Nathaniel Cook^[1] likely about 1802^[2] in Ste Genevieve District in now-Missouri, Haute (upper) la Louisiane française.

She lived in St Francois County, Missouri, United States of America.^[3][4]

She likely died sometime between 1840^[4] and 1847^[1].

Research Notes

Honor appeared to be living when she was identified as an heir when her father died intestate in 1838.^[1] Based on the female enumeration in her husband's household in both the 1830^[3] and 1840^[4] census records, it appears that she may still have been living in 1840. By the time that her brothers filed the 1847 chancery court bill regarding settlement of her father's estate, she was deceased.^[1] She likely died sometime between 1840 and 1847.

Source record abstracts:

1830 Census Husband Nathaniel Cook^[3]

Place: Liberty Township, St Francois County, Missouri

Date: 1830

Nathaniel Cook

Males

Under 5: 1

Of 5 and under 10: 2

Of 10 and under 15: 1

Of 15 and under 20: 1

Of 50 and under 60: 1

Females

Of 10 and under 15: 1

Of 15 and under 20: 1

Of 40 and under 50: 1

Male slaves

Under 10: 4

Of 10 and under 24: 2

Of 24 and under 36: 2

Of 36 and under 55: 1

Female slaves

Under 10: 3

Of 10 and under 24: 2

Of 24 and under 36: 1

Of 36 and under 55: 1

Total: 25

1840 Census Husband Nathaniel Cook^[4]

Place: Liberty Township, St Francois County, Missouri

Date: 1840

Nathaniel Cook

Males

10 and under 15: 1

15 and under 20: 1

60 and under 70: 1

Females

20 and under 30: 1

50 and under 60: 1

Male slaves

Under 10: 2

Of 10 and under 24: 1

Of 24 and under 36: 1

Of 36 and under 55: 1

Female slaves

Under 10: 2

Of 10 and under 24: 4

Of 24 and under 36: 1

Total: 17

Employed in agriculture: 6

1857 MO Supreme Court, Madden's Heirs v. Madden's Administrator and Heirs^[1]

Thomas Madden Sr died intestate early part of 1838

Original probate place: Washington County, Missouri

Chancery bill filed 11 Mar 1847

Petitioners:

Thomas Madden Jr, of Arkansas

James Madden, of Arkansas, and administrator of Philip D Madden

Heirs:

...

Honor Cook, wife of Nathaniel Cook

...

Administrators of estate of Thomas Madden Sr, deceased:

Nathaniel Cook

Richard Madden, now deceased

...

Honor Cook is since deceased leaving children

Thomas Madden Sr, deceased, left both personal and real estate

Mason Frissell, solicitor for complainants

...

Supreme Court appeal parties:

Cook, Honor - Respondent Deceased

Cook, Nathaniel - Respondent Administrator

...

Madden, James - Appellant

...

Madden, Thomas Jr. - Appellant

...

Year of Supreme Court Filing: 1857

Term of Supreme Court: Oct 1858

Year of Supreme Court Opinion: 1858

1908 History of Missouri Vol 1 Husband Nathaniel Cook^[2]

Early 18th century, Cook family came from England to Virginia

John Dillard Cook

About 10 years after the close of the Revolutionary War, moved to Scott County, Kentucky

Farmer

Colonel Nathaniel Cook

Eldest son of John Dillard Cook

Brother of Daniel P Cook, died 1827 Springfield, IL, and John D Cook, born 1790 Orange County, Virginia

Participated in Indian skirmishes in Kentucky

In 1797, moved to Missouri from Kentucky

In 1799, settled (Cook Settlement) which was several miles SW of Murphy Settlement (now Farmington, MO)

Kentucky native

District deputy surveyor

One of the first judges of Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions at Ste Genevieve

Served in 2nd War for Independence

In 1812, major in Dodge's MO rangers regiment

Regiment commander at Battle of Lundy's Lane

In 1820, Madison County, Missouri Constitutional Convention member

In 23 Aug 1821 MO lieutenant governor election, was defeated

Defeated by Thomas H Benton for US Senate seat

1802, married Honore Madden, daughter of Thomas Madden, Spanish deputy surveyor Ste Genevieve district

In 1905, only surviving child: Mrs Letitia Frissell, Oak Ridge, MO

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} "Missouri Supreme Court Historical Database," database with images, Missouri State Archives (record details: https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/supremecourt/Detail.aspx?id=6487, PDF images: https://www.sos.mo.gov/Images/Archives/SupremeCourt/B409F08.pdf, abstract: MO Supreme Court, Madden's Heirs v. Madden's Administrator and Heirs : accessed 19 November 2019), Supreme Court Case Files, Madden's Heirs v. Madden's Administrator and Heirs, Nathaniel and Honor Cook; citing MO Supreme Court, Report 27 Mo. 544, Box 409, Folder 08.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} A history of Missouri from the earliest explorations and settlements until the admission of the state into the union, Volume 1, Louis Houck (Chicago: R. R. Donnelley, 1908); p 376-377, Nathaniel Cook; (https://archive.org/details/historyofmissour01houc/page/376 : accessed 27 October 2019).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (record details: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPS-P2J, images: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YY1-L9K, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY1-L58 : accessed 26 October 2019), Liberty Township, St Francois County, Missouri, United States, Nathaniel Cook, 1830, images 5-6 of 6; citing p 416 (p 829 stamped), NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 72; FHL microfilm 14,853.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (record details: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY7-QJP, images: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBJ-9MSS, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBJ-9MWV : accessed 26 October 2019), Nathaniel Cook, 1840, Liberty Township, St Francois County, Missouri, United States, images 139-140 of 1037; citing p 67, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 230; FHL microfilm 14,858.