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Wish to correspond and trade information with the descendants of HENRY LECHMERE COOKE born 22 Dec 1809 in New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, and died 11 Oct 1885 in Ellis County, Texas. He married MARTHA BURDESHAW3 25 Dec 1834 in Tipton County, Tennessee, daughter of JAMES BURDESHAW and ELLEN. She was born 02 Jan 1815 in Abbeville Dist., South Carolina, and died 13 Feb 1893 in Ellis County, Texas.
Henry Lechmere had twelve brothers and sisters. Two of his brothers, Thomas and Francis Jarvis Cooke fought at the Battle of San Jacinto. Henry did not make the trip to Texas with his family in 1835. He had married Martha the year before, December 25, 1834 at Tipton County, Tennessee. Instead, Henry Lechmere went to Yalobusha County, Mississippi, where he taught school for over twenty years in the early 1800's. He joined his family in Texas in 1856, bringing their children, slaves, and other relatives - one being his brother William G. Cooke. He settled on Mustang Creek in Ellis County He was a school teacher who taught in a log cabin behind the church of Little Bethel, a Baptist church, organized in 1859. He and Martha were both charter members.
He and wife, Martha are buried Boren Cemetary, Reagor Springs, Texas
Children of HENRY COOKE and MARTHA BURDESHAW are:
i. WILLIAM GASTON10 COOKE5, b. 23 Feb 1836, Yalobusha Co., MS; d. 26 Jul 1837, Yalobusha Co., Mississippi.
Notes for WILLIAM GASTON COOKE:
Died young before second birthday.
ii. JOHN ALEXANDER COOKE6, b. 05 Apr 1837, Yalobusha Co., MS; m. (1) ROSA AIKEN6; m. (2) MARY A. HARRIS6, 17 Nov 1869; b. Abt. 1840.
Notes for JOHN ALEXANDER COOKE:
Name: John A Cooke
Age in 1910: 73
Estimated birth year: abt 1837
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1910: 2 J-Pct, Ellis, Texas
Neighbors: View Results
Race: White
Gender: Male
Series: T624
Roll: 1550
Part: 1
Page: 40A
Year: 1910 US Census
More About JOHN COOKE and MARY HARRIS:
Marriage: 17 Nov 1869
2. iii. MARTHA BURDESHAW COOKE, b. 24 Dec 1838, Yalobusha Co., MS; d. 19 Mar 1934, Ellis County, Texas.
3. iv. JOSEPH M. COOKE, b. 01 Feb 1840, Yalobusha Co., MS; d. 16 Nov 1888, Terrell, Kaufman, Texas.
4. v. MARY ELIZABETH COOKE, b. 26 Apr 1842, Yalobusha Co., MS; d. 1928.
vi. JULIA ANN COOKE6, b. 09 Nov 1843, Yalobusha Co., MS; d. 29 Mar 1845, Yalobusha Co., Mississippi.
Notes for JULIA ANN COOKE:
Died Young.
5. vii. SALLY ANN COOKE, b. 18 Aug 1845, Yalobusha Co., MS; d. 1931.
6. viii. HENRY LECHMERE COOKE, b. 11 Apr 1847, Yalobusha Co., MS; d. 25 Mar 1922.
ix. FRANCIS JARVIS COOKE6, b. 27 Aug 1848, Yalobusha Co., MS; d. 20 Jul 1852, Yalobusha Co., Mississippi.
Notes for FRANCIS JARVIS COOKE:
Died just prior to fourth birthday. Twin to George Badger Cooke.
x. GEORGE BADGER COOKE6,7, b. 27 Aug 1848, Yalobusha Co., MS; d. 07 Oct 1930.
Notes for GEORGE BADGER COOKE:
Twin to Francis Jarvis who died just before his fourth birthday.
7. xi. SILAS LECHMERE COOKE, b. 26 Nov 1850, Yalobusha Co., MS; d. 28 Mar 1941, Ennis, Ellis County, Texas.
7. Silas Lechmere Cooke is my great grandfather. Would love to hear from my Cooke cousins.
Charlotte Carpenter Johnson
Allen, Collin County, Texas
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