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COOK, Andrew J.

Born: 1838
Died: 27 OCT 1911
Cemetery: EAST HILL
Location: LAMOTTE
County: JACKSON CO. - IOWA
Record Notes: CO. B 2ND IA. INF.

"Andrew J. COOK" Post-ems:

Posted By: LUANN GOEKE   (email)2009-10-24 10:22:30 
Husband of Martha M. (Belknap) of LaMotte area.

Posted By: NANCY GREENLEE   (email)2011-11-01 20:36:37 
birth date correctly is 8 May 1833 as certified by Andrew Jackson Cook, himself, in a letter to Dept. of Interior, Veterans Affairs. He saw it written in Cook family bible in Oil City, PA. Letter is on file in Pensions Office for Civil War Veterans. Where is official record of who his wife's parents are (I know they are George Washington Belnap & Malinda Hill, buried in East Hill Cemetary, LaMott

Posted By: NANCY GREENLEE   (email)2015-08-07 10:02:49 
Andrew Jackson Cook, b. 8 May 1833 per his family bible, Civil War Veteran in Company B, 2nd IA. Infantry, marched under Sherman to the Sea. Wife Martha Matilda Belknap (D.A.R. line up to Patriot John Belknap of MA., a Minuteman for MA. on 19 April 1775), b. 4Dec 1843 in Ohio, m. AJ Cook on 24 Nov 1862, d. 2 Aug 1878, buried East Hill Cemetary, LaMotte, IA.Row 8, Item 2 in 1985 Survey East Hill C

Posted By: NANCY GREENLEE   (email)2015-08-07 11:26:32 
Children of AJ Cook & Martha Matilda (Belknap) Cook: George Melvin Cook (1863-1912 X Jessie A Fuller; Mary Melinda Cook, b 8 Dec 1868, d. 12 Jul 1951 in Dubuque, IA, m. Frederick William Faldorf (1868-1928) (their children: Gladys (Faldorf) Schepler 1908-2004; Myrtle, Rubie, Mabel, Anna); Anna Matilda (1870-1887); James Emory (1874-1887); William Morris Cook (1878-1950) m Catherine Cummings.

Posted By: NANCY GREENLEE   (email)2015-08-07 11:19:37 
Parents of Andrew Jackson Cook: John Cook & Mary (McMillian) Cook of New Castle, PA. John L. Cook buried Normal Glen Cem., New Castle, PA., 28 Nov 1849. Wife remarried to Oil City, PA. Brother of AJ Cook: John Cook of PA., sister Eliza. AJ Cook's obit. is in "The Bellevue Leader" of 2 Nov 1911. In US Census, Prairie Springs, Jackson County of 1900 &1910, AJ Cook says his father was from Germany.

Posted By: NANCY GREENLEE   (email)2015-08-07 11:49:49 
In a letter to Dept. of Vet. Affairs, AJ Cook says that he never re-married. His wife: Martha Matilda (Belknap) Cook's mother was Malinda Hill (b. 25 Aug 1815 Genesee County, N.Y.d 24 Mar 1892 m. George Washington Belknap 1 Jan 1835), one of four daughters of Polly Lee Hill (b. 1777 in VT. d 3 Aug 1850 LaMotte, IA., b. East Hill Cemetary, LaMotte, IA.) Others : Charlotte, Lucy Lee Montague,Eunice

Posted By: NANCY GREENLEE   (email)2015-08-07 12:06:15 
Polly Lee Hill's four daughters are: Charlotte Hill, b 25 Dec 1802 VT., m. Ezra F. Bisby, d. 6 Apr 1873; Lucy Lee Hill, b 23 Jul 1809 Middlebury VT, m David Owen Montague 3 Jun 1829, d 10 Jun 1894 Davenport, IA., Malinda Hill b 25 Aug 1815, m George Wash. Belknap 1 Jan 1835, d 24 Mar 1892; Eunice Hill b 22 Jul 1818 (or 1825 per gravestone East Hill C.), d 31 Dec 1876, 2nd wife to Asa S. Wingate.


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