Virginia Antionette Cook Vaughan family

Virginia Antionette Cook was born July 11, 1879 in Cass County and died there March 05, 1901. She was the daughter of James Wiley Franklin Cook and Mary Elizabeth Howell. She married William Fredrick Vaughan January 24, 1895 in Cass County. He was born November 02, 1867 in Cass County and died there January 30, 1903. He was the son of Judson Henry Vaughan and Mary Ann Story of Cass County. Virginia and William are buried at Laws Chapel Cemetery.

James Wiley Franklin Cook was born April 18, 1829 in Henry County, Georgia and died March 19, 1909 in Cass County. He was the son of Wesley Cook and Mary S. Brooks. He married Mary Elizabeth Howell September 24, 1857 in Russell County, Alabama. Mary Elizabeth Howell was born February 18, 1839 in Henry County, Georgia and died June 19, 1903 in Cass County. She was the daughter of Casper Nail Howell and Elizabeth Ann Hall of Troup and Greene Counties Georgia. James Wiley Franklin Cook was in the Civil War. A transcribed letter written by him: In Camp Dec 25, 1862 Dear Father and Mother: It is through the grace of God that I am permitted to answer your truly kind letter. I was extremely glad to hear from you but sorry to hear of your affliction. I can sympathize with you in your sickness, but my arm is too short to help you any. But my prayer to the good Lord is that this may find you restored to good health again. I wish I could be there to wait on you in your old age, but I am deprived of this privilege by this unholy war. It does seem we will eat up creation. This Division consumes from 60 to 70 beeves daily and about 1000 bushels of corn, to say nothing of other expenses, and we have only about 8000 effective men. We have a good many cases of Mumps among our soldiers and the Smallpox among the citizens of this County. I heard from Uncle John not long ago. He was well. John Stell is dead. He died at Tyler, Texas. Cozen Tom Cook is still living in Alabama. He has served a tour in the army as a Lieutenant-Colonel, but returned home as a doctor, so I was informed by Mr. Hern, a son-in-law of Uncle John. I must close for this time. You must excuse my letter. Please write me whenever you can, and I will do the same.

Nothing more, only I remain as before your true son through life. Give my love to all my enquiring friends and accept the same yourself. Farewell my father for a while, signed To Wesley Cook from J. W. F. Cook. A transcribed second letter written by JWF Cook to his wife: Pulaski co., Ark., December 25, 1862 Headquarters McCullough’s Army, Young’s Brigade, In camp 3 miles north of Little Rock. Letter #20. Dear Wife: I am favored by another opportunity of writing to you in answer to your kind letter dated Dec. 11, which I received the other day. I was very glad to hear from you and to hear that you were all well. This leaves me in good health except the bowel complaint I have been troubled with a few days. I had the pleasure of seeing Smith Bass and Bob How last Sunday. They were all well.

The reason I wanted to know how much money you had was that I was afraid that you would get without before I could send you anymore. So, I have sent you 20 dollars in my 19th letter to you, this day was a week ago. So, I want you to write me whether you received it or not and I wish you to use it in any way you see proper. I am owing Burrell (or Barrett) 2 dollars. I want you to pay this for me. I wish I could send you a pair of cards. They have been selling here at 20 dollars, but I do not have a chance of getting out of camp. You stated in your letter why I wanted you to keep your old letters. I will say to you that the reason is this-that you have a better chance to keep them than I have and if you just but knew how much pleasure they have been to me, you would say keep them too. I am glad to hear that you are trying to raise our children right and my daily prayer to God is that you may be successful. We have moved our camp 2 miles since I wrote before. We are still in suspension; don’t know where we will go but expecting to move constantly. I heard this morning that we are taken from McColloch’s command and put under General Walker. As I wish to write to Father and Mother on the other side of this, I must close this to you for this time by saying to you to write to me at Little Rock. No more, only my love to you and children forever more, signed To Mary E. Cook from J. W. F. Cook His military service was in McCullough’s Army, Young’s Brigade CSA.

James and wife Mary left Alabama immediately after marriage for Texas. On their way to Texas, they stopped in Louisiana to make a crop in 1858, where their oldest son (William Fletcher Cook) was born. They were in Cass County in 1860, 1870, and 1880. His children in 1880 were William, Mary, Martha, James W., Nathaniel, Daniel C, Sarah, Sophronia, Robert, and Virginia.

Other children of James Cook and Mary Howell were: William Fletcher Cook was born September 03, 1858 in Louisiana and died December 14, 1873 in Cass County. He buried at Laws Chapel Cemetery.

Mary Ann Elizabeth Cook was born June 16, 1860 in Cass County and died there September 07, 1880. She buried at Laws Chapel Cemetery. Georgeann Eliza Cook was born June 27, 1861 in Cass County and died there July 10, 1862. She buried at Laws Chapel Cemetery. Martha Rebecca Scott Cook was born May 01, 1866 in Cass County and died there October 27, 1905. She married Robert Henry Vaughan December 31, 1895 in Cass County. He was born April 28, 1860 in Texas and died 1927 in Cass County. Martha and Robert are buried at Dalton Cemetery. James Wesley Neal Cook was born September 17, 1868 in Cass County and died there May 02, 1899. He married Georgia A. Echols January 13, 1895 in Cass County. James buried at Laws Chapel Cemetery. Georgia A. Echols Cook married second Edward McKenny. She and Edward had several children before she died in San Angelo, Texas.

Nathaniel Jackson Cook was born December 09, 1869 in Cass County and died there August 28, 1880. He buried at Laws Chapel Cemetery.

Daniel Casper Cook was born April 12, 1871 in Cass County and died February 01, 1958 in Corpus Christi, Texas. He married Nettie May Lumpkin December 24, 1905 in Cass County. She was born January 06, 1888 in Milam County, Texas and died December 29, 1966. Daniel and Nettie buried at Lytle, Atascosa County, Texas.

Sarah Heard Cook was born April 19, 1873 in Cass County and died September 19, 1942 in Henderson, Texas. She married James Houston Harrod July 14, 1892. He was born about 1871. He died February 1922 in Louisiana. Sarah buried at Bethel Cemetery, Rusk County, Texas.

Sophronia Sawyer Cook was born July 21, 1874 in Cass County and died July 01, 1931. She married James Calvin Griffin February 09, 1893 in Cass County. He was born February 18, 1868 and died October 04, 1949. Sophronia and James buried at Laws Chapel Cemetery.

Robert Elbert Lee Cook was born February 06, 1876 in Cass County and died August 02, 1880 in Cass County. He buried at Laws Chapel Cemetery.

Louisa Drucilla Addryann Cook was born February 18, 1878 in Cass County and died there September 25, 1878. She buried at Laws Chapel Cemetery.

Jesse Baring Cook was born April 17, 1882 in Cass County and died June 29, 1956. He married Dillie Reda Lumpkin December 10, 1906 in Linden. She was born October 18, 1882 in Rockdale, Milam County, Texas and is deceased. He buried at Conway, Arkansas.

James’ father Wesley Cook was born January 23, 1803 in Green County or Clarke County, Georgia and died May 09, 1880 in Cass County. He was the son of John Drury Cook and Mary Heard. He married Mary S. Brooks April 13, 1826 in Georgia. She was born April 16, 1808 in Georgia and died January 03, 1870 in Cass County. Wesley Cook was on the registered voters list of 1873 for Cass County. Wesley and Mary are buried at Laws Chapel Cemetery. Wesley was born about the time his parents moved from Greene County, Georgia to Clarke County, Georgia. He was living in Russell County, Alabama in 1850. He had several daughters and one son. He left Alabama in 1858 and was in Cass County by 1866. In 1871 after the death of his wife Mary he married Louisa M. Rankin.

Other children of Wesley Cook and Mary Brooks were: Sarah Jane Cook was born April 14, 1827 in Henry County, Georgia and died after 1880 in Cass County. She married first William T. Rutledge December 03, 1844 in Troup County, Georgia. He died before 1860. She married second Josiah O’Rear before 1860 in Cass County. He was born before 1850 in White plains, Georgia and died between 1881 and 1940m Atlanta.

Elizabeth Arm Cook was born October 16, 1831 in Henry County, Georgia and died in Cass County. She married James L. Smith 1850 in Chambers County, Alabama. He was born about 1822 and died in Cass County.

Mary Eli/a Cook was born March 05, 1834 in Henry County, Georgia and died 1908 in Cass County. She married George H. Miller in Russell County, Alabama. He was born about 1813 in Tennessee and died in Cass County.

Wesley Collinsworth Cook was born November 18, 1836 and died August 30, 1840 in Troup County, Georgia.

Martha Ann Cook was born January 08, 1840 in Troup County, Georgia. She married Dr. Robert Donald Lumpkin in Cass County. He was born in 1843. He died in 1919. He served in the Civil War in Physician Co. C, 14th TX Reg. of Ector’s Brigade. Adryann Sophrony Fletcher Cook was born May 22, 1844 in Troup County, Georgia and died 1899 in Cass County. She married James Addison O’Rear 1866 in Cass County. He was born about 1845 in White Plains, Georgia and died in 1926.

Samantha Eleanora Heard Cook was born December 25,1847 in Alabama and died 1880 in Cass County. She married Allen Walter Steger August 24, 1865 in Cass County. He was born 1845 in Georgia and died in 1916.