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William Sheridan COOK

William Sheridan COOK

Male 1877 - 1942  (64 years)


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  • Name William Sheridan COOK
    Birth 27 Jan 1877  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Death record states birth as Feb 20 1877 in Lewis County, and his World War I draft registration states Jan 14 1876, birthplace not given. But his birth record shows it as Jan 27 1877 in Doddridge County.
    Gender Male
    Census 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1904  Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1910  Lincoln Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [3] 
    oil well driller 
    Occupation 1918  [4] 
    driller for Ed. McCall & Co. in Weston 
    Residence 1918  Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1930, 1940  Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation oil well driller  [5, 6] 
    Residence Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Residence given in his death record as the New Valley Hotel in Buckhannon, which was also his place of death.
    Death 6 Jan 1942  Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Burial Heavner Cemetery, Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I58856  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2019

    Father William Carey COOK,   b. CA 1854, Nicholas Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Catherine Ellen LATTEA,   b. CA 1854, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F29367  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hagar Etta SHACKLEFORD,   b. 8 May 1877, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1913, Hurst, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)  [7]
    Children 
    >1. Artie Lorestine COOK,   b. 29 Feb 1896, Alum Bridge, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Apr 1964, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F54330  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Susan Frances LATTEA,   b. 13 Aug 1874, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1956, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Marriage 13 Dec 1904  Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Divorce Y  [8]
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Lincoln Co, WV (Duval District), enumerated on May 23 1910:
      William S. Cook, 33, oil well driller, married 6 yrs; wife Susan F, 34, married 6 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); stepson Cecil I. Lowther, 12; boarder James Q. (?) Allen, 28, divorced, oil well driller.

      William S. Cook and Susan F. Lattea were first cousins. They divorced and both remarried.
    Documents
    58856_WSCook_SusanFrancesLattea_MarriageRecord_13Dec1904.jpg    		58856_WSCook_SusanFrancesLattea_MarriageRecord_13Dec1904.jpg
    Family ID F29366  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Margaret Ellen THORN,   b. 22 Sep 1884   d. 24 Nov 1940, Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)  [9]
    Family ID F54324  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S1851] Calhoun County Marriage Records, Grantsville, WV.

    3. [S2526] 1910 Census, Lincoln County, WV.

    4. [S1875] National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com online database).

    5. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1586479&Type=Death.

    6. [S2700] 1940 Census, Upshur County, WV.

    7. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    8. [S1967] Record of wife's remarriage.

    9. [S1620] Death record of husband.