Ernest Christopher Cook

1853 - 1918  (65 years)

• Name	Ernest Christopher Cook
  Birth	24 Aug 1853	Hardin Co, Texas
  Gender	Male
  Census	1880	Hardin Co (District 29), Texas
  	age 26; single; b Texas; living with widowed mother and sister Sarah H.
  Census	18 Jun 1900	Silsbee (Precinct 5), Hardin Co, Texas
  	Cook Ernest head m 12 yrs TX Germany Germany Farmer Nancy Jan 1864 35 m 12 yrs 5 children 5 living, TX GA GA Augusta mother Oct 1825 84 wid 11 children 6 living Germany, Germany Germany yr immigrated and how long in USA marked "un" Allis E dau Jul 1888 11 TX Cleory A dau Dec 1889 10 TX Ranna L dau Mar 1892 8 TX Benie B dau Mar 1896 4 TX Duey E Son Apr 1899 1 TX
  Death	26 Oct 1918	Hardin Co, Texas
  Notes	source for wife and children: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bydore_1&id=I046050
  Person ID	I22591	Roots
  Last Modified	16 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Okonom Friederich (Koch) Cook,   b. 1802, of, Lassan, Prussia d. 1862, Cooks Bluff, Silsbee, Hardin Co, Texas (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Augusta Maass,   b. 1816, of, Lassen, Prussia d. Aft 1900, Hardin Co, Texas (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1826	of, Lassan, Prussia
  Family ID	F8235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Rebecca Sheffield,   b. 01 Jan 1864, Cooks Cem, Silsbee, Hardin Co, Texas d. 12 Jan 1929, Cooks Cem, Silsbee, Hardin Co, Texas (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	06 Nov 1887	Hardin Co, Texas
  Children	1. Alice Elizabeth Cook,   b. 30 Jul 1888, Cooks Bluff, Silsbee, Hardin Co, Texas d. 16 Nov 1931, Cooks Bluff, Silsbee, Hardin Co, Texas (Age 43 years)   2. Cleara Augusta Cook,   b. 19 Dec 1889, Cooks Bluff, Silsbee, Hardin Co, Texas d. 19 Feb 1936, Cooks Bluff, Silsbee, Hardin Co, Texas (Age 46 years)   3. Rannie Lou Cook,   b. 01 Apr 1892, Hardin Co, Texas d. 05 Sep 1970, Hardin Co, Texas (Age 78 years)   4. Bennie Bessie Cook,   b. 20 Mar 1896, Hardin Co, Texas d. 01 Oct 1972 (Age 76 years)   5. Dewey Ernest Cook,   b. 03 Apr 1899, Cooks Bluff, Silsbee, Hardin Co, Texas d. 28 Sep 1941, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 42 years)   6. William Arthur Cook,   b. 18 Jul 1902, Cooks Bluff, Silsbee, Hardin Co, Texas d. 1964, Cooks Bluff, Silsbee, Hardin Co, Texas (Age 61 years)   7. Ruby Leona Cook,   b. 27 Mar 1905, Hardin Co, Texas d. 1947 (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F8245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

  
  

• Documents

  Silsbee Bee Sesquicentennial (History of Hardin County) Hardin County's 150th Birthday, Story of Koch (Cook), Knupple, and Maass families, and even members of the Gentz family, who arrived from Prussia and settled Cook's Bluff, which later became a part of Silsbee.(d)