Abner George Washington Cook (1862–1927) • FamilySearch

Abner George Washington Cook

2 October 1862–5 October 1927 (Age 65)
Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States

The Life of Abner George Washington

When Abner George Washington Cook was born on 2 October 1862, in Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States, his father, Jacob Sands Cook Sr, was 53 and his mother, Almira Miriam Norris, was 47. He married Sarah Alzenia Love in 1879, in Oregon, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Laurel Creek Township, Watauga, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years and Sugar Grove, Watauga, North Carolina, United States in 1927. He died on 5 October 1927, in Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Cook Cemetery, Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States.

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Parents and Siblings

Abner George Washington Cook

1862–1927

Sarah Alzenia Love

1863–1948

Marriage: 1879

Lula Ellen Cook

1880–1932

Martha Florence Cook

1884–1983

Grover Cleveland Cook

1887–1974

William Henry Cook

1889–1975

Fallah Cook

1892–1979

Floy Anna "Annie" Cook

1898–1923

Rosa Lee Cook

1900–1994

George Love Cook

1904–1974

Spouse and Children

Abner George Washington Cook

Male1862–1927Male

Sarah Alzenia Love

Female1863–1948Female

MARRIAGE
1879
Oregon, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States

children

(8)

Lula Ellen Cook

Female1880–1932Female

Martha Florence Cook

Female1884–1983Female

Grover Cleveland Cook

Male1887–1974Male

William Henry Cook

Male1889–1975Male

Fallah Cook

Female1892–1979Female

+3 More Children

Parents and Siblings

Jacob Sands Cook Sr

Male1808–1878Male

Almira Miriam Norris

Female1815–1909Female

siblings

(18)

John D. Cook

Male1834–1853Male

Eunice Cook

Female1835–1932Female

Elizabeth Cook

Female1837–1920Female

Rachel Cook

Female1838–1916Female

Marry Ann Cook

Female1840–Female

+13 More Children

World Events (8)

1863

Age 1

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865 · Battle of Bentonville

Age 3

The Battle of Bentonville took place in Johnston, North Carolina from March 19, 1865- March 21, 1865. It was considered the bloodiest battle of North Carolina, with around 4,000 casualties.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 19

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

Cook

Abner

George

Washington

1 English: occupational name for a cook, a seller of cooked meats, or a keeper of an eating house, from Old English cōc (Latin coquus). There has been some confusion with Cocke .2 Irish and Scottish: usually identical in origin with the English name, but in some cases a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cúg ‘son of Hugo’ ( see McCook ).3 In North America Cook has absorbed examples of cognate and semantically equivalent names from other languages, such as German and Jewish Koch .

Possible Related Names

Cocke

McCook

Koch

Lecuyer

Coke

Cooke

Cookman

Cooks

Cookson

Sources (3)

Abner G W Cook in household of Mira Cook, "United States Census, 1880"
Abner W Cook in household of Jacob Cook, "United States Census, 1870"
Ahner G Cook, "United States Census, 1910"

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