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Helen Anna Curran

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Helen Anna Curran
b. 25 November 1894, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, to James and Mary Florence (Condra) Curran
d. 11 September 1976, Arlington Heights, Illinois

m. 17 February 1917, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
William Dewolf Cook
b. 29 July 1890, Melrose, Clark County, Illinois, to Andrew and Mary (Thompson) Cook
d. 27 February 1945, Phoenix, Arizona

Children with William Dewolf Cook:

  • William Edward (b. 1919) married Shirley Ann Bauer
  • Ellen Irene (b. 1921) married Charles Robert Courtney

Helen moved to Chicago after the death of her father in 1911. After the death of her husband, she had several jobs, including being a cashier at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Helen and William are both buried in Pine Lake Cemetery, LaPorte, Indiana.

Submitted by:
Ellen C. Courtney
San Francisco CA
E-mail: elleninsf@sbcglobal.net

Wilson Rose Cook

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Wilson Rose Cook
b. 17 December 1833, Harmony Township, Union County, Indiana, to James and Charlotte Eliza (Rose) Cook
d. 28 May 1930, Chanute, Kansas

m. about 1858, Decatur County, Indiana
Elizabeth E. Ross
b. 6 February 1842, Decatur County, Indiana, to Wilson E. Ross and Elizabeth “Letta” (Moody) Ross
d. 23 October 1939

Children with Elizabeth E. Ross:

  • Charles A. (1861-1861)
  • Laura May (1862-1863)
  • Mary Frances (1864-1866)
  • Elizabeth Rebecca (1867-1936) married Stephen B. Trammell (1862-1942)
  • Frank D. (ca. 1869-bef. 1936) married Jennie [–?–]
  • James B. (1873-1952)

Wilson’s family moved to Kansas between 1867 and 1873.

Submitted by:
Irene Krieger
Batesville IN
E-mail: ihdkrieger@yahoo.com

Sylvanus Swain Cook, Sr.

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Sylvanus Swain Cook, Sr.
b. 15 July 1832, Wayne County, Indiana, to Ira and Irenda “Irene” (Swain) Cook
d. 15 January 1864, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi

m. April 1854, probably in Iowa
Sarah Ann Eastburn
b. 15 December 1834, Shelby Township, Tippecanoe County, Iowa

Children with Sarah Ann Eastburn:

  • Alice M. (b. 1855)
  • Laura (b. 1856)
  • Albert N. (b. 1858)
  • Rosa Belle (b. 1860)
  • Sylvanus Swain, Jr. (b. 1862)

Sylvanus lived in Wayne County, Indiana, near the Quaker Springfield Monthly Meeting, and emigrated before 1854. He was disowned by the Richland Monthly Meeting in Keokuk County, Iowa, in 1855 because he married a Baptist, though she had Quaker ancestry. He was a physician. He joined the 24th Iowa Volunteer Infantry as an assistant surgeon during the Civil War. He became ill during the Siege of Vicksburg; he remained in Vicksburg and died there. He is buried in the National Cemetery in Vicksburg.

Submitted by:
Bailey Francis
Atlanta GA
E-mail: bfran02@learnlink.emory.edu

Paul Rhea Cook

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Paul Rhea Cook
b. 11 August 1887, Liberty Mills, Wabash County, Indiana, to Michael and Alice J. (Martin) Cook
d. 30 November 1945, Welland, Ontario, Canada

m/1. 1913
Blanche Kissinger
divorced.

m/2. 30 October 1920, Ottawa, Canada
Rose Franey

Children with Rose Franey:

  • Michael
  • Freida
  • John
  • Paul

The family came to Indiana from Phillipsburg, Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1843 and resided in Liberty Mills, Wabash County, Indiana, before moving in 1918.

Submitted by:
Sharon Murphy
Cambridge Ontario, Canada

Bert O. Cook

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Bert O. Cook
b. 16 July 1879 at Wabash Twp., Parke Co., IN to Andrew Cook and Martha Hayth
d. 12 Aug 1944 at Clinton, Vermillion Co., IN
bur. Roselawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN

Bert Cook

Bert Cook

Bert Cook gravestone

Bert Cook gravestone

m. 20 Sept 1899 at Wabash Twp., Parke Co., IN
Minnie Puntenney
b. 18 Sept 1880 at Wabash Twp., Parke Co., IN to John Guffy Puntenney and Margaret Hixon
d. 30 Jun 1953 at Wabash Twp., Parke Co., IN
bur. Roselawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN

Children with Minnie Puntenney:

  • Bereniece Cook (1990–1984), m. George Richardson
  • Maxine Eliza Cook (1903–1991), m. Walter B. (“Tip”) Murphy
  • Madonna Opal Cook (1909–1993), m. Parke Lewman

Bert’s obituary in the Montezuma Enterprise, 17 August 1944, stated that he died of a heart attack in Clinton while on the way to see a doctor in town. He was a farmer and the operator of the Cook Grain company in Mecca. He was a Mason and member of both the lodge in Montezuma and the Scottish Rite at Indianapolis.

Bert was born on his parents’ farm southwest of Mecca and spent most of his life in Parke County. He was survived by his wife Minnie; three daughters, Mrs. George Richardson and Mrs. W. B. Murphy, both of Mecca, and Mrs. Parke Lewman of Montezuma; and three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Carrico of Terre Haute, Mrs. Rose Miles of Rockville, and Mrs. Eva Funkhouser of Hymera. He also had four grandchildren.Rev. Robert Shanklin, pastor of the Montezuma Methodist Church, presided over the funeral service.

Submitted by:
Mikel Lewman
mblewman@yahoo.com

John Wells

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John Wells
b. 4 March 1821, Gill Township, Sullivan County, Indiana, to Benjamin and Priscilla (Ridgway) Wells
d. 14 August 1903, Sullivan County, Missouri

m/1. about 1845, Sullivan County, Indiana
Rebecca Landers
b. to James Landers
d. between 1846 and 1852

m/2. 2 August 1853, Wayne County, Iowa
Mariah Elizabeth Cook
b. 21 July 1835, to Alfred and Rebecca Cook
d. 21 March 1920, Sullivan County, Missouri

Children with Rebecca Landers:

  • James (1846-1917) married Malissa Redding

Children with Mariah Elizabeth Cook:

  • Mary Jane (1855-1930) married Murl Kerns
  • Rebecca Priscilla (1856-1937) married Jacob Henry Hatfield
  • Isaac Alexander (1858-1954) married (1) Nancy J. Duncan, (2) Mrs. Hannah Franklin
  • Nancy Caroline (1860-1932) married George Miller
  • Benjamin A (1862-1896) married Jane Ellen Evans
  • Henry Morton (1864-1941) married Mary Catherine “Mollie” Lewis
  • Jacob Thomas (1866-1931) married Margaret E. “Mag” Evans
  • Laura Belle (1869-1952) married Martin G. Smith
  • Joseph Marrion (1871-1972) married Nettie Ann McDonald
  • Emma Cordelia (1875-1936) married John Frederick “Fred” Petre
  • Mildred May “Mid” (1878-1935) married Lee Roy Riley

John’s parents, Benjamin and Priscilla (Ridgway) Wells, married on 17 February 1813 in Bullett County, Kentucky. By the 1820 Federal Census, they were living in Gill Township, Sullivan County, Indiana, with five children. John was the sixth child of eight and the first born in Indiana.

After his first wife, Rebecca Landers, died, John took his young son and went to Iowa where he had a brother. He met and Married Mariah E. Cook and they moved across the border into Sullivan County, Missouri. They had eleven children with seven born in Missouri and four in Indiana (1856, 1862, 1864, and 1866). John told family members in later years that he made so many trips to Indiana and was so well known along the way that he could borrow cornmeal for bread making if the family supply got low and repay the lenders on his return trip.

They were in Indiana when the Civil War broke out and his 17 year old son, James, enlisted and served in Company H, 132nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry from 30 April 1864 to 7 September 1864. John is said to have been in the Home Guard during that time.

John was always a farmer. In later years he and Mariah settled in the small town of Pollock, Sullivan County, Missouri, in a house on land owned by his son Jake. John was a member of the Church of Christ and was instrumental in organizing the Church of Christ in Pollock. John was always a Republican while his father, Benjamin, was a strong Democrat who considered John a “black sheep.” John was totally blind in the final years of his life. He is buried in the Pollock Cemetery and his grave is marked by a tall spire tombstone.

Submitted by: 5363
Dorothy L. (Wells) Van Cleef
Lafayette IN
E-mail: dwvancleef@aol.com

Margaret Ethel Graham

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Margaret Ethel “Maggie” Graham
b. 27 June 1882, Williamstown, Indiana, to William Isaac and Julie Etta (Cook) Graham
d. 21 October 1957, Urbana, Illinois

m/1. 27 October 1901, Leverett, Champaign County, Illinois
George Thomas Peters
b. 29 January 1878, Thomasboro, Illinois, to John and Mary (Redenbaugh) Peters
d. August 1940

m/2. 17 September 1946, Rockville, Missouri
M. J. Wagner
d. about 1949

m/3. 11 July 1950
George Matlock
d. 195?

Children with George Thomas Peters:

  • Mary S. (1902-bet. 1940/1957)
  • John William (1905-bet. 1940/1957)
  • Bertha Etta (1907-aft. 1976)
  • Walter (b. 1909)
  • Laura E. (1912-1996) married [—?—] Schwalbach
  • Anna Josephine (1915-bet. 1957/1976) married David Baker
  • George Charles (1918-1977)
  • Sarah Frances (1920-aft. 1976) married [—?—] Taylor
  • Samuel Edward (1923-bet. 1940/1957)

Maggie moved with her husband Tom to Illinois and lived in Urbana for 55 years. She had 15 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren when she died.

Submitted by:
Irene Krieger
Batesville IN
E-mail: ihdkrieger@yahoo.com

Jerry Frank Graham

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Jerry Frank Graham
b. 16 October 1879, Fayette County, Indiana, to William Isaac and Julie Etta (Cook) Graham
d. 28 May 1915, Knees, Montana

m.
Ida [—?—]

Jerry, when an eight-month-old baby, had his arm broken in the tornado that struck his home in Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana, in June 1880.

Submitted by:
Irene Krieger
Batesville IN
E-mail: ihdkrieger@yahoo.com

William Thomas Graham

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William Thomas “Will” Graham
b. 2 June 1874, Rushville, Rush County, Indiana, to William Isaac and Julie Etta (Cook) Graham
d. 7 September 1955, Great Falls, Montana

m. 19 October 1901, Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois
Frances Celia Preston
b. 2 June 1886, Tolona, Champaign County, Illinois
d. 25 September 1975, Great Falls, Montana

Children with Frances Celia Preston:

  • Frances Julietta (1903-1996) married Sidney Habel
  • Margaret Alice (1905-1998) married Nels Nelson

Will left Indiana in 1910 to homestead in the Knees area of Montana. He moved to Great Falls in 1922. When he died in 1955, his obituary said he had 11 grandchildren and 8 greatgrandchildren.

Submitted by:
Irene Krieger
Batesville IN
E-mail: ihdkrieger@yahoo.com

Julie Etta Cook

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Julie Etta Cook
b. 28 November 1840, near New Point, Decatur County, Indiana, to Joseph and Margaret (Cook) Davis
d. 27 April 1923, near Great Falls, Montana

m/1. about 1861, Indiana
Frank Matthews
d. 1869(?)

m/2. 7 May 1872, Rush County, Indiana
William Isaac “Bill” Graham
b. 28 February 1840, Kentucky
d. before 1915, probably Fayette County, Indiana

Children with Frank Matthews:

  • Louisa A. (1862-1914) married John Pleasant Meyers
  • Horatio (1870-1880)

Children with William Isaac Graham:

Julie was seriously injured and her son, Horatio, was instantly killed when a tornado destroyed their home at Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana, in June 1880.

Submitted by:
Irene Krieger
Batesville IN
E-mail: ihdkrieger@yahoo.com