John Pearson Cook

John Pearson Cook

• Father: John Cook Jr. b. say 1790
• Mother: Mary Ellen Hampton b. circa 1806

• John Pearson Cook was born on 12 March 1827 in Alabama.
• Mary Ellen Hampton appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Choctaw County, Alabama, and also younger children Mary, Alfred, Lucy, Milicent, Joseph, Tabitha, Caroline, William and Martha, not yet recorded.. Other members of the household included John Pearson Cook.
• He was a planter, according to the 1850 census.
• He married Mary Katherine Kelter on 15 October 1851.
• John Pearson Cook became a widower at the 9 February 1856 death of his wife Mary Katherine Kelter.
• He married Anna P. Goodson on 22 October 1857 in Butler County, Alabama, with Benjamin Newton, JP, officiating.
• John Pearson Cook appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Butler PO, Choctaw County, Alabama.
• No family members are enumerated with John Cook in the 1860 census.
• He was a planter, according to the 1860 census.
• John Pearson Cook and Anna P. Goodson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Brenham, Washington County, Texas, and also children Ralf, Minnie, Molly and Howard, and son Robert Cook and wife Beulah living next door, not yet recorded.. Other members of the household included Kate Cook.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
• John Pearson Cook died on 12 April 1872 at age 45.
• His wife Anna P. Goodson became a widow at his death.

• Last Edited: 20 Nov 2008