Anthony Brook Hall COOKE

1852 - 1929  (76 years)

• Name	Anthony Brook Hall COOKE
  Born	12 Apr 1852	Huff Creek, Wyoming Co., West Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	67457012615AC745BFD73CE1C01AE827910D
  Died	21 Jan 1929	Wyoming Co., West Virginia   [1]
  Buried	Cook Cem.., Toney Fork, Wyoming Co., West Virginia
  Person ID	I37346	Branch 183 Thomas Stafford b. 1816 IRE
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2012

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Ann "Annie" HINCHMAN,   b. 28 Sep 1855,   d. 25 Jul 1878  (Age 22 years)
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F20788	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Catharine STAFFORD,   b. 30 Jul 1846, Gilbert, Stafford Dist., Mingo Co., West Virginia ,   d. 29 Nov 1935, Wyoming Co., West Virginia  (Age 89 years)
  Married	15 Feb 1879	Wyoming Co., West Virginia   [1]
  Children	1. Donald COOKE,   b. 14 Oct 1880, Oceana, Wyoming Co., West Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Dixie M. COOKE,   b. 12 Jun 1882, Wyoming Co., West Virginia ,   d. May 1969, McConnell, Logan Co., West Virginia  (Age 86 years)   3. Monie COOKE,   b. 5 Aug 1884, West Virginia ,   d. Mar 1970, Logan Co., West Virginia  (Age 85 years)   4. Vaughan COOKE,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F13949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cousin Joe Thomas knew Mary's daughter Dixie, and as a young man, Joe's grandfather worked for Anthony Cook. Joe wrote: "Dixie and her parents, if I remember correctly, lived near Toney's Fork, in or near Campus, WV. My grandpa told me that Anthony Cook was the first to have running water in his house in that area. He said they cut short sections of trees that were about 2"-3" dia. and punched holes through from each end with hot pokers. They then reduced the dia. of each so it would fit in the next one and laid them from a spring on the hillside to the house. Of course, the water ran all of the time, but they had an overflow from the collection tub to the outside of the house." Anthony Cook first married Sarah Ann "Annie" Hinchman, daughter of Floyd and Mary Ann Chambers Hinchman. Annie was born 9/28/1855 and died at the age of 22, on 7/25/1878, leaving two young sons. Anthony married Mary Catherine Stafford the following year, and Mary raised the two boys as well as her own three who soon came along. Many records showing Anthony have his last name spelled Cooke. Starting about this generation, the family dropped the "e", and now it is spelled Cook.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4522] E-Mail Message, Vanessa Stafford Allen on 19 Apr [email protected].