Family of Major Alphous J. COOK and Alice Eugenia "Janie" EVANS

Husband:	Major Alphous J. COOK (1858-1902)
Wife:	Alice Eugenia "Janie" EVANS (1861-1946)
Children:	Jesse Alphous COOK (1880-1928)
	Rev. John "Ed' Edward COOK (1882-1943)
	Mary Amanda COOK (1884-1911)
	Harvey Benson COOK (1886-1947)
	Robert James COOK (1888- )
	Clara Viola COOK (1891-1967)
	Anna Pearl COOK (1893-1984)
	Cora Eugenia COOK (1895-1966)
	Samuel Preston COOK (1897-1962)
	William Clifton COOK (1900- )
Marriage	20 Nov 1878	Mr. Sam Evans Home

Husband: Major Alphous J. COOK

Name:	Major Alphous J. COOK
Sex:	Male
Father:	Jesse Allen COOK (1814-1866)
Mother:	Sarah Ann Mahaley (Mohala?) MOORE (1817-1899)
Birth	18 Oct 1858
Death	26 Sep 1902 (age 43)
Burial		Cook Cementary, Lake City, SC

Wife: Alice Eugenia "Janie" EVANS

Name:	Alice Eugenia "Janie" EVANS
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	7 Dec 1861
Death	1946 (age 84-85)

Child 1: Jesse Alphous COOK

Name:	Jesse Alphous COOK
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Lillie MCCLAM (1877-1944)
Birth	8 Jan 1880
Death	28 Dec 1928 (age 48)
Burial		Cook Cemetery

Child 2: Rev. John "Ed' Edward COOK

Name:	Rev. John "Ed' Edward COOK
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Lillian Ellen "Emily" COX ( -1938)
Birth	22 Jul 1882
Death	5 Nov 1943 (age 61)

Child 3: Mary Amanda COOK

Name:	Mary Amanda COOK
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Paul ASKINS ( - )
Birth	19 Jun 1884
Death	7 Mar 1911 (age 26)

Child 4: Harvey Benson COOK

Name:	Harvey Benson COOK
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Jessie BETHEA ( - )
Birth	13 Feb 1886
Death	30 May 1947 (age 61)

Child 5: Robert James COOK

Name:	Robert James COOK
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Juanita FEAGIN ( - )
Birth	19 Aug 1888
Death	"OCT 23 1965"
Burial		Cook Cemetery

Child 6: Clara Viola COOK

Name:	Clara Viola COOK
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	W. M. SMILEY ( - )
Birth	13 Aug 1891
Death	10 May 1967 (age 75)
Burial		Lake City Cemetery

Child 7: Anna Pearl COOK

Name:	Anna Pearl COOK
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	H. H. SMILEY ( - )
Birth	21 May 1893
Death	4 May 1984 (age 90)
Burial		New Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Scranton, SC

Child 8: Cora Eugenia COOK

Name:	Cora Eugenia COOK
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Ira Tillman THOMAS ( - )
Birth	12 Sep 1895
Death	1966 (age 70-71)

Child 9: Samuel Preston COOK

Name:	Samuel Preston COOK
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Berta DENNIS ( - )
Birth	25 Sep 1897
Death	15 Dec 1962 (age 65)

Child 10: William Clifton COOK

Name:	William Clifton COOK
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Ruby COLLINS ( - )
Birth	21 Feb 1900

Note on Husband: Major Alphous J. COOK

Major A. J. Cook on Tombstone in Cook Cemetary

Bible of the Major A.J. Cook Family.

WHAT GOD HATH JOINED TOGETHER, LET NOT MAN PUT ASUNDER. This Certifies THAT THE RITE OF HOLY MATRIMONY WAS CELEBRATED BETWEEN Major A.J. Cook of South Carolina and Eugenia Evans of South Carolina on 20th of Nov. 1878 at Mr. Sam Evans, by Rev. Madison Baker. Witness: Mr. & Mrs. W.D. Smiley and Mr. W.B. Evans and Miss Mary Evans. (Have a copy from Three Rivers).

 

MARRIAGES (Have a copy of this also)

Ja Cook (Sept. 4th 1900) Lillie McClam

J.E. Cook Emily Cox

Amanda Cook (Apr. 10, 1911) Paul Askins

H.B. Cook (Feb. 3, 1916) Jessie BeThea

R.J. Cook (Jun. 19, 1908) Juanita Feagin

Clarie Cooke W.M. Smiley

Pearl Cook (Dec. 16, 1914) H H Smiley

Cora Cook (Oct 28, 1914) Tillman Thomas

Preston Cook Berta Dennis

Clifton Cook (May 30, 1920) Ruby Collins

 

BIRTHS

Major A.J. Cook Born. Oct. 18, 1858

Alice Eugenia Evans Born Dec. 7, 1861

Jessie Alpheus Cook, was borned - Jan 8th, 1880

John Edward Cook, was borned - July 22nd 1882

Mary Amanda Cook, was borned - June 19th 1884

Harvey Benson Cook, was bonred Feb. 13th 1886

Robert James Cook, was borned Aug. 19th 1888

Clara Viola Cook, was borned Aug. 13, 1891

Anna Pearle Cook, was borned May 21, 1893

Cora Eugenia Cook, was borned Sept. 12 1895

Samuel Preston Cook, was borned Sept 25th, 1897

William Clifton Cook, was borned Feb. 21st, 1900

 

DEATHS

Major A.J. Cook died Sept 26th, 1902.

Alice Eugenia Evans Cook

Mary Amanda Cook Askins died March 7, 1911

Jill Cook died Dec. 28, 1928

J.E. Cook

H.B. Cook MAY 30, 1947

PRESTON COOK DEC. 15, 1962

 

The Moore Family also has an 11th child, Willie COOK who married Agnes McKnight.

Note on Child 1: Jesse Alphous COOK

Death listed as 29 Dec 1928 in Methodist Advocate, Vol 93, Number 8, Page 13, Column 1.

Note on Child 2: Rev. John "Ed' Edward COOK

Death date 6 Nov 1943 in Methodist Advocate, Vol 107, Number 44, Page 7, Column 1.

Note on Child 5: Robert James COOK

Land Convyance CM Cook to RJ Cook, 20 acres Book A6 page 491

The Kingstree News October 14, 1998

COOK-- James Robert Cook, 90, died Friday, October 9, 1998, in a Sumter hospital. Funeral services were held Monday, October 12, 1998, in Hebron United Methodist Church. Burial followed in Burgess Cemetery directed by Williamsburg Funeral Home. Mr. Cook was born in Williamsburg County, a son of the late Robert James Cook and Juanita Feagins Cook. He was a retired farmer and merchant, a member of Kingstree Masonic Lodge #46, A.F.M. and Eugene Chapter 137 O.E.S. and a member of Hebron United Methodist Church, where he taught Sunday school. He was first married to the late Mattie Stewart Cook. Survivors are: his wife, Mrs. Ruth Duke Cook of New Zion; two sons, James (Jack) Cook of Chapin; and James (Jimmy) Cook of Jacksonville, FL; two daughters, Vivian C. Reber of Roanoke Rapids, N.C.; and Laura C. Purser of Conyers, Ga.; four step-sons, Gerald Cook of Oregon; Tony W. Cook of Kingstree; Ronald C. Cook and Raymond B. Cook, both of Charleston; one step-daughter, Judy C. Owens of Charleston; one sister, Mary Alice McCaslin of Annapolis, Md.; and one brother, L. D. Cook of Lake City