William Wirt COOKE

1874 - 1941  (67 years)

• Name	William Wirt COOKE  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	16 Feb 1874	, , Indiana, USA   [1, 2, 4]
  	Age 5, 1880 census, c.1875, IN Age 44, 1920 census, bet 2 Jan 1875-1 Jan 1876, IN Age 67y 5M 15D at death, calc. 14 Feb 1874; date given 16 Feb 1874, d. certificate
  Gender	Male
  Census	19 Jun 1880	Burlington Twp., Carroll, Indiana, USA   [1]
  	James J. Cook household
  	Cook, Wirt, white, male, age 5, son, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana.
  		1880 US Census - Richison Indiana. Carroll Co. - James J. Cook
  Census	1 Jan 1920	Forest Twp., Clinton, Indiana, USA   [2]
  	Wirt W. Cook household
  	Cook, Wirt W., head, rents, male, white, age 44, married, able to read and write, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana, speaks English, farmer, general farm, farm schedule 139
  		1920 US Census - Richison Indiana. Clinton Co. - Wirt W. Cooke
  Died	1 Aug 1941	Frankfort, Clinton, Indiana, USA   [4, 5]
  		Death Certificate - Richison William Wirt Cooke, 1941
  Buried	3 Aug 1941	St. Paul Cemetery, Forest, Clinton, Indiana, USA   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I8330	richison
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	James Jasper COOK,   b. 16 Apr 1845, Burlington, Carroll, Indiana, USA ,   d. 5 Aug 1924, prob Burlington, Carroll, Indiana, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary E. RUTTER,   b. ca. 1850, , , Ohio, USA ,   d. Aft 1890, Burlington, Carroll, Indiana, USA  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F1465	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Kathryn PURKHISER,   b. 21 Sep 1877, , Clemont, Ohio, USA ,   d. 4 Aug 1948, Russiaville, Howard, Indiana, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2010
  Family ID	F1921	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Feb 1874 - , , Indiana, USA Died - 1 Aug 1941 - Frankfort, Clinton, Indiana, USA Buried - 3 Aug 1941 - St. Paul Cemetery, Forest, Clinton, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Back row: ElmerDunkin, Claude Spencer, Ed Wagoner, Ruben Flora, Will Everman, Goerge Wagoner, Jap [James Jasper] Cooke, Mr. Ridenour Front row: Rolla Hendrick, Wert Cooke, Lon Cooke, John Cooke, Grant Cooke, Mitch Cooke, Grover Sink Taken at Flora, Indiana Photo courtesy of Marilyn Assiff
  		Wirt W. Cook From picture of Cook men.

  
  

  Histories

  Cook Men "Cook Men" photograph, ca. 1920; digital image ca. 2014, original held by Marilyn W. Assiff, [address for private use], 2014. This photograph was a postcard with the names of the men penned on the back of the postcard by an unknown person. This is believed to be a picture of 15 men of the Cook family of Carroll County, Indiana or men related to the family by marriage.This photograph has been cropped many times to provide individual head shots for the pages on this website of the various men in the photo.

  
  

• Notes

  (Research):2010 02 16 Someone has added an alternate name of West W. Cook to the 1920 census for Wirt Cook on Ancestry.com

  
  

• Sources

  [S1834] 1880 U.S. Census, U.S. Census Bureau, 13 Mar 2014. 1880 U.S. census, Carroll County, Indiana, population schedule, Burlington Township, enumeration district (ED) 5, p. 16D (penned), dwelling 147, family 147, James J. Cook household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 March 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T9: 267. [S238] 1920 U.S. Census, 27 Feb 2018. 1920 U.S. census, Clinton County, Indiana, pop. sch., Forest Township, ED 50, sheet 11B (penned), dwell. 285, fam. [illegible], Wirt W. Cook household; digital image, Ancestry (https://ancestry.com : accessed 27 February 2018); NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 427. [S1869] Deaths, 28 Feb 2018. "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011,? digital image, Ancestry (https://ancestry.com : accessed 27 February 2018); Clinton County, Certificate of Death No. 24529, William Wirt Cooke, 1 August 1941; Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis. Death Certificates, 1941, roll 9. [S1310] Find A Grave, 28 Feb 2018. Find A Grave (https://findagrave.com) memorial 130,479,013 and 130,479,148, digital image of S. Kathryn and W. Wirt Cooke?s shared gravestone, St. Paul Cemetery, Forest, Clinton Co., Indiana, 27 May 2014 by Michelle Herr. [S1869] Deaths, 27 Feb 2018. ""Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011," digital image, Ancestry (https://ancestry.com : accessed 27 February 2018); Clinton County, Certificate of Death No. 24529, William Wirt Cooke, 1 August 1941; Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis. Death Certificates, 1941, roll 9.