Isabel Frances Mangum

Isabel Frances Mangum

Isabel Frances Mangum Cook, c1844-1902

• Father: William H. Mangum b. circa 1809, d. 1861
• Mother: Martha C. (?) b. circa 1822

• Isabel Frances Mangum was born circa 1844 in Mississippi.
• William H. Mangum appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Yazoo County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Isabel Frances Mangum, Catharine Mangum, Margaret Louisa Mangum and William W. Mangum.
• She was known as Fannie.
• William H. Mangum and Martha C. (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Yazoo, Yazoo County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Isabel Frances Mangum, Margaret Louisa Mangum, William W. Mangum and Singleton Mangum. Apparently there were also two boarders in the household, a mechanic and a lawyer; it is possible that mechanic J. W. Moore, age 30, was Martha's brother.
• Isabel Frances Mangum appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Kosciusko PO, Atalla County, Mississippi, enumerated in the household of widow B. D. Mangham and her family.
• She married Conrad Evelyn Cook, son of Andrew Jackson Cook and Sarah Juliet Evelina Mitchell, in 1873 in Yazoo, Yazoo County, Mississippi.
• Conrad Evelyn Cook and Isabel Frances Mangum appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Yazoo, Yazoo County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Ethel Cook, Fannie Isabel Cook, Evelyn Courtney Cook and Conrad Eason Cook. Also in the household were two female domestic servants.
• Conrad Evelyn Cook and Isabel Frances Mangum appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, at 222 Court Street. Other members of the household included Ethel Cook, Fannie Isabel Cook, Evelyn Courtney Cook, Conrad Eason Cook, Robert Cook and May Avery Cook. Conrad and daughter Evelyn also were enumerated in New Iberia, Louisiana, where he was practicing as an Ear, Eye & Nose Doctor.
• Her husband Conrad Evelyn Cook became a widower at her death.
• Isabel Frances Mangum died on 18 July 1902 in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, at 222 South Court Street.
• She was buried in Yazoo, Adams County, Mississippi.
• The following appeared on 19 July 1902 in The Montgomery Advertiser: At the family residence, 222 South Court Street, Mrs. Cook, wife of Dr. Conrad Cook, died at an early hour yesterday morning, after a lingering illness.
       Her remains were sent last evening to Yazoo, Adams county, Miss., for interment.
       Mrs. Cook was well known in Montgomery, having been a resident of this city for about twelve years.
       In 1873, at the home of her parents in Yazoo, Miss., she was married to Dr. Conrad E. Cook of Wetumpka, Ala.
       About 1890 Dr. and Mrs. Cook moved to Montgomery, and since that time have lived on South Court Street.
       Mrs. Cook's death was caused from tuberculosis of the lungs. She has been affected with this malady for years, and her death, although a shock, did not come unexpectedly to the family.
       Mrs. Cook leaves a husband and four children to mourn her loss: Conrad E. Cook, Jr., who is a shipping clerk for Hobbie and Teague; Misses Ethel, Evelyn and Fannie Cook.
       Dr. Cook is a brother of Messrs. Geo. W. and E. T. Cook and Mrs. Dr. Blue, all of this city.
       The funeral party left last evening for Yazoo, Miss., where her remains will be laid at rest in the family burying ground.

• Last Edited: 2 Jun 2011

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