Abigail Cook

Brief Life History of Abigail

Abigail Cook was born on 15 October 1822, in Switzerland, Indiana, United States as the daughter of John Daniel Koch Jr. She married John Tullis on 14 January 1839, in Fountain, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Belmont Township, Iroquois, Illinois, United States in 1860. She died on 20 April 1864, in Iroquois, Illinois, United States, at the age of 41.

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Family Time Line

John Tullis
1815–1859
Abigail Cook
1822–1864
Marriage: 14 January 1839
William Tullis
1841–
Isaac D Tullis
1848–1864
Rachell S Tullis
1850–
John S Tullis
1853–1885
Sarah Tullis
1854–
Elmira Jane Tullis
1842–1907
George Washington Tullis
1843–1924
Mary Charlotte Tullis
1843–1915
Elizabeth Sabina Tullis
1856–1904

Sources (2)

  • Abigail Tullis, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Abigail Cook, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"

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World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1825 · State Capital Moves to Indianapolis

The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a cook, a seller of cooked meats, or a keeper of an eating house, from Middle English cok, coke, cook, couk, cuk(e) (Old English cōc) ‘cook’ or ‘seller of cooked foods’. See also Kew .

Irish and Scottish: usually identical in origin with the English name (see 1 above), but in some cases a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cúg ‘son of Hugo’ (see McCook ).

Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘cook’, such as German and Jewish Koch , Dutch Kook , Polish Kucharz and Kucharczyk , Slovenian and Croatian Kuhar , North German Kuk .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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