Fayette-Westmoreland County PA Archives History .....Family Record Of James COOK 1920 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Beatty klbeatty@npgcable.com February 2, 2007, 6:14 am James Cook married Mary Bell. He died when Mrs. Wachob was along about 16. He is buried at Rehoboth. He was 76 yrs old when he died & his wife lived to be 84 yrs old. There were just six boys & one girl in the family. [Their Children] 1. Edward Cook, married Nancy Springer, daughter of Joseph Springer of Belle Vernon. He died in fall of 1874 aged 66 yrs. She died abt 5 yrs ago aged 82 yrs. Both buried at Rehoboth. They lived on a farm in Fayette Co near Belle Vernon Pa. 1.1. James Cook, married a girl up near Brownsville & went to Uniontown. Dont know names of children. Get record from him. 1.2. Talecathumi Cook, See in Bible, went by name of Tallie. Married Harry? Cronshore, a son of Michael Cronshore who was a brother of Henry Cronshore late Pres't 1st NBK West Newton. Thinks they are both living & probably in Fayette City. Dont know names of children. 1.3. Edward Cook, Died a young boy. 1.4. Thinks there was another Child Cook 2. Crawford Cook, married 1st Margaret Smith from Rehoboth between Rehoboth & Belle Vernon fr among the Smiths. Married 2nd Margaret Wilson from Greensburgh Pa. He & his first wife buried at Rehoboth & his last wife at Greensburgh where she died. He lived this side of Fayette City, just on edge of it. 2.1. Elizabeth Cook, by 1st wife, went to Iowa & married a doctor out there. Dont know his name. 2.2. William Wilson Cook, by 2nd wife, He went to Nebraska & married out there. Does not know her name or anything about their family. 2.3. Nancy Wilson Cook, by 2nd wife, married _______ Fiscus & live now in Greensburgh Pa. 2.3.1. William Fiscus? lives in Gbg. 2.3.2. Pearl Fiscus, unmarried. 3. John Bell Cook, married Matilda Cunningham. He died in the '80s when we lived up on the hill here in West Newton in the old Geo Plumer house which we bought. He was always a farmer & was up in the eighties, probably 86, when he died. She died before he did. Both buried at Rehoboth. She remembers of hearing that her brother killed a woman, but does not know the facts. 3.1. Joseph A. Cook, married Violette H. Elliott, get record from them. 3.2. Robert Cook, married Anna, a rich man's dau in Pgh. She left him & went West & married a Doctor out there. 3.3. Sarah Ann Cook, married _______Fulton, a lawyer at Gbg. Both dead & buried in Greensburgh. No issue. 3.4. James Cook, also she thinks who died in the army never married. 4. Joseph Cook, Died young man unmarried. He was of age, she thinks. 5. William Elliott Cook, married Lettie Cook whom he met in Fayette City. She was 21 & he 45 when they were married. She might have been older. Was no relation. Dont know anything of her people. He lived in the old Cook house. Thinks he might have gotten the family Bibles of his father & grandfather. He died probably abt 1897 or 1898 aged 84 she thinks. He was the last one to die. She died before he did. Both buried at Rehoboth. 5.1. Marcus Cook, Thinks married but not living together. 5.2. Frank Cook, married & was a dentist. 5.3. Belle Cook, died unmarried after coming of age 5.4. A Daughter Cook, died unmarried after coming of age. 6. Martha Cook, Born April 6, 1811 married Feby 9, 1832 to Paul Hough. She died May 21, 1884 & he died April 5th, 1880 & both are buried in West Newton Cemetery. See Page 54. 7. Finlay Cook, the youngest, the baby, married Mary Furnier a relative of the Fuller's at Perryopolis Pa. He was abt 66 when he died & she thinks it was in 1874. She died abt 1912 aged 83 yrs. Both buried at Rehoboth. [Regarding the first 3 children:] All three died when half grown & before coming of age & are buried at Rehoboth. 7.1. James Cook 7.2. John Cobb Cook 7.3. Paul Graham Cook 7.4. Martha Hough Cook, married Rev Charles Avery Clark who was pastor at Rehoboth. They moved to California where he has a ranch. All four children listed below are unmarried. 7.4.1. Mary Clark 7.4.2. Margaret Clark 7.4.3. Eleanor Clark 7.4.4. Paul Clark Martha Cook & Paul Hough [Their Children] 1. Barbaretta Hough, born Mch 17, 1833. Married John Guffey, Sheriff of Westmoreland Co. Both dead & buried in West Newton Cem. 1.1. Ida Virginia Guffey, lives in Pgh with Alex, ėLettaî & Joseph. 1.2. James Guffey, died in 1892, aged 26, unmarried 1.3. Alexander S. Guffey, unmarried. In Post Office in Pgh & in Oil & gas business 1.4. Pauletta Guffey, unmarried, lives in Pgh with Alex, Ida & Joseph 1.5. Joseph F. Guffey, unmarried, lives in Pgh with Alex, Ida & ėLettaî 1.6. Mary Emma Guffey, married Carroll Miller of Pgh. Is in business there. A very fine man, was raised in Richmond, Virginia 1.6.1. William Gardner Miller, about 14 or 15, going to school 1.6.2. Carroll Miller Jr, going to school 1.6.3. John Guffey Miller, going to school 1.6.4. Joseph Guffey Miller, going to school 1.7. Elizabeth Irwin Guffey, died in infancy 1.8. Jane Campbell Guffey, died in infancy 1.9. A Daughter Guffey, youngest, not named, died in infancy. 2. Mary Jane Hough, Born Nov 28, 1834, married Sept 8, 1886 to James Wachob, who was born Oct 28, 1828 near the town of Indiana Pa & he died Oct 21, 1893 in West Newton Pa & was taken to Aledo Ills for burial where he had friends buried. He was a farmer, no issue. 3. James Hough , born Mch 7, 1837, died June 2, 1862 of typhoid fever in Balto Md while the Battle of Fairbanks in which his regiment was engaged was going on. He buried in West Newton Cem was unmarried. 4. Elizabeth Wakefield Hough, born March 28, 1839, married Gibson Kemp of Mt Pleasant Pa. He died in 1884 & she is living Tulsa Oklahoma & has never married again. 4.1. Ada Virginia Kemp, married William Zahn of Pgh, Pa. Both living in Pgh. He is in insurance business 4.1.1. Stanley Zahn, unmarried 4.1.2. Anna Elizabeth Zahn, unmarried 4.2. Anna Kemp, married Plumer McClintock. He is dead. She a widow & living in Pgh Pa. 4.2.1. David McClintock, aged abt 25 yrs. 4.3. Rogers Gibson Kemp, He is next thing to a millionaire. Lives in Tulsa Oklahoma. married a girl out there, never saw her. 4.3.1. Evan Kemp, unmarried 4.3.2. Elizabeth Ann Kemp, unmarried 4.3.3. A boy Kemp, unmarried 5. Infant Son Hough, born Nov 7, 1840, died Nov 30, 1840. 6. Emiline Clarke Hough, born Jany 19, 1842, died May 26, 1895, Unmarried. 7. Infant Daughter Hough, born Oct 18, 1845, died Oct 21, 1845. 8. William Henry Hough, born Oct 22, 1846, died Apr 23, 1920 Unmarried. 9. Calvin Hough, born Dec 24, 1848, died Mch 26, 1864. 10. Edward Crawford Hough, born Feby 9, 1857. married Catharine Schunck of Fayette City Pa. Both living in Pittsburgh Pa Have no children. He is now living a retired life, not able to work any. 11. Martha Sophia Hough, born Feby 22, 1854, died Sept 1, 1884, married Allen Smith of Smithton Pa, son of George Smith. He is married again & lives at Pgh. She is buried up at Smithton at Hoffman Cemetery. 11.1. George Paul Smith, named for his two grandfathers. He died in 1909? aged 26 unmarried. Additional Comments: Extracted from Josiah V. Thompson Journals, Vol. 4, pg 54-56 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 7.5 Kb