Brief Life History of Edward C.
When Edward C. Cook was born on 12 December 1831, in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States, his father, Jeremiah Cook, was 46 and his mother, Mary Ann Whatley, was 50. He married Nancy Catherine Stidham on 12 December 1854, in Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Cherokee, Georgia, United States in 1880 and Buford, Gwinnett, Georgia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 1 October 1918, in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Alpharetta, Fulton, Georgia, United States.
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- Edward Cook, "United States Census, 1860"
- Edward C. Cook, "Find A Grave Index"
- E C Cook, "Georgia, Fulton County Records from the Atlanta History Center, 1827-1955"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1836
Historical Boundaries: 1836: Dekalb, Georgia, United States 1853: Fulton, Georgia, United States [Spreads across DeKalb and Fulton counties]
1857
Historical Boundaries: 1857: Cobb, Georgia, United States 1858: Milton, Georgia, United States
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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