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Cook
Family
Thomas
Cook was born in 1770 in England.
He married Permelia "Milly" Marcum
who was born in North Carolina.
Their
son, Joseph Cook, was born in
Orange, North Carolina in 1804 and
died in Bedford, Tennessee in
1840. His wife was Mary M. Woods
born in 1825 in Tennessee.
Their son was William Harvey
Waterson Cook.
William Harvey
Waterson Cook
and
Florence Lenore Tucker
Willliam Harvey Waterson Cook &
FLorence Lenore Tucker Cook
Wed on October 12, 1865
The
original portrait of William H.
& Florence Cook is in the
possession of Natalie Bauman, still
in the original wood frame.
William
Harvey Waterson Cook was born in
Bedford County, Tennessee on
November 19, 1841, the first
born of Joseph Cook and Mary
Woods. His siblings were
James Leonidas Pope Cook, (born
October 12, 1842); Sarah Cook
(born ca1845); Mary Cook (born
ca 1848). Florence
Lenore Tucker was born September
15, 1848 in Graves County,
Kentucky, the daughter of A.J.
"Jackson" Tucker and Amelia
Wortham. He died February
2, 1925 Locust, Grayson Co.,
Texas.
William H. Cook has served
during the American Civil War in
Tennessee with Nathan Bedford
Forrest. He entered the
Confederate Army in Brownsville,
Tennessee. When he
returned home after the war, he
found his county had been the
site of many battles and the
land was now in poor shape.
Soon, his family joined
others and headed for Texas.
William
had married Florence Lenore
Tucker on October 12,
1865. Born
September 15,
1848 Felicianna,
Graves Co.,
Tennessee and died
March 22, 1915
Locust, Grayson Co.,
Texas. Daughter of
Andrew Jackson
Tucker & Amelia
Wortham.
Two
daughters were born in Haywood
County, Tennessee: Mary "Molly"
Amelia Cook and Nancy Margan
"Nanny" Cook
Brothers,
William Harvey
Waterson Cook
and James L.
Cook, had
settled in
Bosque Co,
Texas. James
had left Texas
and settled
near Tuttle,
Oklahoma about
1909. William
left Bosque
Co. about 1911
and headed
north in six
wagons. They
crossed the
Red River by
ferry and once
in Oklahoma,
they didn't
like was they
saw. They
spent one
night in
Oklahoma then
turned around
and came back
to Grayson Co.
Texas. He
settled near
Pottsboro.
William
Harvey Cook
was a farmer
and, it is
said, at one
time owned a
cotton gin.
The
family lived
in several
communities in
Bosque County,
Texas.
Walnut
Springs was
the last place
they lived
here.
Eight
more children
were born to
this union in
Texas:
William H. "Bud"
Cook Jr. ,Dadie
Cook , James
Jackson Cook ,
Cora Belle Cook
, twins, Joe Ray
Cook and Jesse
Lee Cook ,twins,
George Luther
Cook and Arthur
Jefferson Cook
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