Brief Life History of Martha Susan
When Martha Susan Cook was born on 29 August 1846, in Ray, Missouri, United States, her father, John Bafor Cooke, was 37 and her mother, Lucy F Winfree, was 35. She married Mordecai Oliver Hays I on 10 March 1864, in Ray, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Davis Township, Caldwell, Missouri, United States for about 40 years. She died on 8 July 1926, in Braymer, Caldwell, Missouri, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Tinney Grove Cemetery, Tinney Grove, Ray, Missouri, United States.
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- Martha S Hays, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Martha S Cook - Individual or family possessions: birth: 1848; Ray, Missouri, United States
- Martha S. Cook, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
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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