Brief Life History of Joel
When Joel Cook Sr. was born on 5 October 1795, in Madison, Virginia, United States, his father, Daniel Cook, was 32 and his mother, Rosanna Wilhoit, was 21. He married Nancy Farley on 14 June 1820, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Brown Township, Hancock, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. He died on 12 March 1870, in Hancock Chapel, Blue River Township, Harrison, Indiana, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Wilkinson, Brown Township, Hancock, Indiana, United States.
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- Joel Cook, "United States Census, 1850"
- Joel Cook, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Joel Cook, "Find A Grave Index"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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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