Stephen Cook Sr.
(Abt 1767-)
Mary Ayers
(Abt 1768-)
John Beecher Sr.
(1760-1819)
Mary Ann Albrecht
(1762-1834)
Stephen Beecher Cook
(1797-1874)
Lydia Beecher
(1805-1885)
Cyrus Beecher Cook
(1823-1880)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Permelia Catherine Knight

Cyrus Beecher Cook 2 3

  • Born: 31 Mar 1823, Forge Springs, Lancaster, PA 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Permelia Catherine Knight on 19 Nov 1844 in , Washington, MD 1
  • Died: 16 Nov 1880, Cynthiana, Harrison, KY at age 57 2 3
  • Buried: 18 Nov 1880, Cynthiana: Battle Grove Cemetery, Harrison, KY 2 3

   FamilySearch ID: L7KM-WFV.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in , Clarke, VA. 4 The 1850 census recorded Stephen B. Cook, 53, living with wife Lydia, 45; Cyrus B., 27; James A., 19; William, 15; Ann E., 11; Lewis P., 9; Martha, 7; and Elizabeth, 4. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. They were living in the 12th District is Clarke county.

2. Book: History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky: bio of James A. Cook, 1882. 1
C. B. COOK, Jr., miller and distiller, P. O. Cynthiana, was born near Richmond, Ky., Feb. 19, 1860, son of C. B. and Parmelia (Knight) Cook; he born in Lancaster County, Pa., March 31, 1823, was a millwright and distiller by occupation, coming to Kentucky in 1858, served as Magistrate at Richmond and was Mayor and Councilman several terms, dying Nov. 16, 1880. His wife was born in Hagerstown, Md., Dec. 9, 1838, where she was married in 1844; they had one son and four daughters. Our subject received his education in Cynthiana. He is and has been for some time, of the firm of C. B. Cook & Co., distillers, millers, &c., at Cynthiana. Mr. Cook has served as Chief of the fire department one term. One of the sisters of Mr. Cook is Mrs. Laura Musser, another is Mrs. Cora V. Adams, and the other two, Lillie and Hattie, are at home. His wife is a member of the Christian Church, and he is a Democrat.


Cyrus married Permelia Catherine Knight on 19 Nov 1844 in , Washington, MD.1 (Permelia Catherine Knight was born on 9 Dec 1828 in Hagerstown, Washington, MD,5 6 died on 10 Jun 1905 in Cynthiana, Harrison, KY 5 6 and was buried on 13 Jun 1905 in Cynthiana: Battle Grove Cemetery, Harrison, KY 6.)


Sources


1 Perrin, William Henry, editor, History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky (O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.), Page 649, biography of C. B. Cook Jr.

2 McAdams, Mrs. Harry Kennett: compiler and publisher. Sections of Beecher Genealogy compiled with aid of direct descendent Dr. A.C. Beecher in Philadelphia, Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records: Abstracts of Early Wills, Deeds and Marriages from Court Houses and records of Old Bibles, Churches, Grave Yards, and Cemeteries. Copied by American War Mothers. (Keystone Printery, Lexington, KY. 1929.), Page 314.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43076294.

4 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M88Y-26Q Stephen B Cook, Clarke county, Clarke, Virginia, United States; citing family 486, NARA microfilm publication M432.

5 Montgomery, Morton L., Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1909. Online at: http://archive.org/details/cu31924097286300), Page 929.

6 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43076297.



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