Katherine Cornelia Tatum
b. circa 25 November 1872, d. 23 June 1963
- Father: Robert P. Tatum b. April 1843, d. 14 October 1903
- Mother: Mary Jane Patman
- Katherine Cornelia Tatum was born circa 25 November 1872 in Georgia.
- She married Robert Mangum Cook, son of Conrad Evelyn Cook and Frances Isabella Mangum, on 19 November 1918 in Fulton County, Georgia, by license issued the same day, with A. R. Holderby, MG, officiating.
- The following appeared on 20 November 1918 in The Atlanta Constitution: A wedding of interest in Atlanta was that of Miss Katherine Cornelia Tatum and Mr. Robert Mangum Cook, which took place Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Mary J. Tatum, on Alexander street, Dr. A. R. Holderby officiating. Only the immediate relatives of the family were present.
Miss Tatum is chief of the stenographic bureau of the Southern Bell Telephone company had has the distinction of being one of the pioneers of the Bell Telephone system of America. She has, since the beginning of the war, been prominently affiliated with war work activities.
The groom, a Mississippian by birth, has resided in Atlanta for a number of years. He is an active member of the Atlanta Bar association, and was engaged in his law practice in Atlanta until the outbreak of the war when he volunteered in the Officers' Training corps, Seventh Provisional Training regiment, U. S. A. Since leaving the army, Mr. Cook has been engaged in Red Cross work.
Mr. and Mrs. Cook will be at home to their friends after December 1 at their country place near Smyrna, Ga. - Robert Mangum Cook and Katherine Cornelia Tatum appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, at 173 West Alexander Street.
- She was employed as a stenographer by the telephone company, according to the 1920 census.
- Robert Mangum Cook and Katherine Cornelia Tatum appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, at 249 Alexander.
- She was employed by the telephone company as a supervisor, according to the 1930 census.
- Robert Mangum Cook and Katherine Cornelia Tatum appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Gilmore, Cobb County, Georgia. Also in the household was Robert W. Cook, age 8, identified as their son.
- Katherine Cornelia Tatum became a widow at the 1 March 1953 death of her husband Robert Mangum Cook.
- Katherine Cornelia Tatum died on 23 June 1963 in Fulton County, Georgia.
- She was interred at Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.
- Last Edited: 2 Jul 2014