Brief Life History of Henry Howe
When Henry Howe Cook was born on 23 November 1843, in Williamson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Lewis Cook, was 43 and his mother, Margaret Jane Owen, was 29. He married Frances Marshall on 17 August 1882, in Williamson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1861. His occupation is listed as lawyer in Williamson, Tennessee, United States. He died on 2 November 1921, in Williamson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, United States.
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- H H Cook in household of Eldridge Cayce, "United States Census, 1880"
- Henry H Cook, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Henry H. Cook, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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Henry Howe Cook, Confederate States Army
Henry Howe Cook, Confederate States Army DOB: November 23, 1843DOD: November 2, 1921Age at Enlistment: 17Date of Enlistment: May 9, 1861Place of Enlistment: Franklin, TN Rank at Enlistment: Priv …
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