Cook Family

Cook Family

The first COOK for whom we have any information is Rev. William COOK. The line of direct descendants from him to Lou is:

  1. Rev. William COOK. He was a leader in the Bear Creek Baptist Church.

  2. Lucy COOK
    +James HOLEMAN, d abt Jul 22, 1839, Calloway Co, KY

  3. Elizabeth HOLEMAN, b Sep 5, 1788, Rowan Co, NC, d Nov 18, 1858, Calloway Co, KY, bur Old Concord Cemetery, Calloway Co, KY
    +Thomas C. SWANN, b Nov 15, 1780, Iredell Co, NC, m abt 1804, d Aug 28, 1857, KY, bur Old Concord Cemetery, Calloway Co, KY. Moved to KY in covered wagon in 1833; settled one mile SE of Harris Grove, Calloway Co, KY. Carried letters from Society Baptist Church, NC, and with others organized Old Concord Primitive Baptist Church near Wiswell Community. The church was later moved 4 miles S of Lynn Grove, Calloway Co, KY, and renamed New Providence Primitive Baptist Church.

  4. Manoah T. SWANN, b 1829, Iredell Co, NC, d Aug 10, 1862, Perryville, KY. Killed in action, Battle of Perryville; captain, Company C, 1st Kentucky Cavalry, CSA. He was buried in a horse lot; a coffin lid was later buried in South Pleasant Grove Cemetery for him.
    +Margaret Elizabeth PARKS, b Apr 10, 1836, d Jul 19, 1874, Calloway Co, KY, buried South Pleasant Grove Cemetery. After Manoah's death in 1862, she married his brother William Cook SWANN.

  5. Martha Emiline SWANN, b Oct 30, 1856, d Sep 12, 1933, Calloway Co, KY, buried Sinking Springs Cemetery.
    +Rufus Newton HARRIS, b Dec 25, 1853, KY, d Jun 19, 1927, Calloway Co, KY, buried Sinking Springs Cemetery, m Nov 26, 1874

  6. Annie Alta HARRIS, b Oct 1, 1877 Calloway Co, KY, d Jun 16, 1924 Calloway Co, KY, buried Sinking Springs Cemetery.
    +Noah Amos CHAMBERS, b Dec 22, 1875, d Dec 24, 1965, Murray, KY, m Oct 1, 1895

  7. Tullus Amos CHAMBERS, b Aug 21, 1897 Calloway Co, KY, d Nov 20, 1952 Benton, KY, m Jul 1, 1920, KY
    +Mary Gladys HUFFINES, b Nov 8, 1899, Calloway Co, KY, d Nov 18, 1992, Killeen, TX, bur Benton, KY

  8. Martha Lou CHAMBERS
    +James Kendall JAMES

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Revised 14 Jan 2001