William Cook: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

William Cook was born in Aug 1825 in Louisiana (son of Rev. William Cook and Temperance Morris); died on 8 Feb 1860 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.

Notes:

Sometimes shown as William B. Cook. Kathy Casagranda shows that he and his first wife, Sara, were listed in the 1850 Sabine Parish census as W. Cook, age 25, Farmer, born Louisiana and Sara, age 17, Louisiana. His real estate was worth 1900 dollars.

William married Sarah Adeline Montgomery on 17 Feb 1850 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Sarah (daughter of Joseph Turner Montgomery and Lavinia Wall) was born about 1833 in Louisiana; died about 1853. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Casagranda shows them as the parents of sons Charles A. and Nathan Overton Cook, both of whom died circa 1864.

William married Mary L. Carter after 1853. Mary (daughter of William Carter and Susannah Williams) was born about 1838 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Casagranda writes that she and her second husband William Edmundson were sued in 1870 by Nathan Cook, a brother of her late husband, William Cook. They had been appointed as tutors of her minor daughter, Mollie. However, she was disqualified for "immoral and lewd proprieties....guilty of acts of Adultry whilst married to her said husband Edmundson and has at this time abandoned the bead of board of her said husband and gone to unknown parts with one Cole." Mary and Chapley Cole lived for a while in Sabine County, Texas, but later returned to Sabine Parish where they both died.

Children:

Mary F. "Mollie" Cook was born about 1857 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; and died.
James N. Cook was born about 1859 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died before 1870 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.

Generation: 2

Rev. William Cook was born about 1780; and died.

Notes:

Thought to be a son of Drury COOK and Druscilla COLLINGSWORTH, and a brother to Greenberry COOK, who married Nancy MORRIS, a sister his wife, Temperance MORRIS. Rocky Wright believes a third brother, Thomas, settled in Pike County, Mississippi.

William married Temperance Morris. Temperance was born about 1780; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Temperance Morris was born about 1780; and died.

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Said to be a daughter of Michael Morris and sister of Nancy Morris, who married her brother-in-law Greenberry COOK.

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Married:
Polly Williams, in a Post-em to this file on Rootsweb, stated that "The petition of TEMPERANCE COOK...represents that her husband WILLIAM lately died in this Parish leaving the following minor children issue of his marriage with your Petititiioner, viz. James, Nathan, Polly, Louisa, Carey, Taylor, Matilda and William Cook"

Children:

Milberry Cook was born on 7 Sep 1805 in Hancock County, Georgia; died on 4 Aug 1869 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
Granberry Morris Cook was born on 27 May 1807 in Georgia; died after 1854.
Nathan Cook was born on 25 Dec 1809 in Georgia; died on 17 Aug 1881 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Negreet, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
James Cook was born on 25 Jan 1812 in Mississippi; died on 1 Apr 1866.
Louisa Cook was born about 1816 in Louisiana; died about 1862.
Matilda Cook was born about 1820 in Mississippi; died about 1882.
1. William Cook was born in Aug 1825 in Louisiana; died on 8 Feb 1860 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
Taylor Morris Cook was born about 1829 in Louisiana; and died.