Brief Life History of Powell Sheppard
When Powell Sheppard Cook was born on 10 May 1887, in Westfield, Surry, North Carolina, United States, his father, Henry Franklin Cook, was 29 and his mother, Delilah Ellen Cain, was 25. He married Mary Elizabeth Simmons on 28 December 1913, in Surry, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Surry, North Carolina, United States in 1935 and Westfield Township, Surry, North Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 15 May 1960, in Westfield, Surry, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Westfield, Surry, North Carolina, United States.
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Sources (45)
- Paul Cooke in entry for Wesley Cooke, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Powell S Cook, "United States Census, 1940"
- P S Cook, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
Spouse and Children
1887–1960 Male
1889–1949 Female
Children (8)
1914–1973 Male
1916–2000 Male
1918–1999 Male
1920–1998 Female
1922–2001 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1857–1936 Male
1862–1937 Female
Siblings (10)
1876–1961 Female
1881–1926 Female
1883– Male
1883–1930 Female
1885–1961 Male
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 3
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
Age 10
1907 · Not for profit elections
Age 20
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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