Cook - Rachel Rice Cook
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, 22 March 1901
Rachel S. Cook, widow of CD [Christian D.] Cook, an old resident of Sugar Creek Twp, died at her home yesterday evening, after a long illness of a complication of diseases, aged 99 years. She was a woman well and favorably known and respected by all. The funeral services occur at the house tomorrow at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. Crowder. Burial at Rice Cemetery.
Also found her first name spelled Rachael -- and his name scrambled as D. Cook Christian in Marriage book!
Source: 1880 US Census, they were in Shannondale with all his children with Margaret AND his daughters with Rachel:
Christian Cook 49
Rachel Cook 48
William C. Cook 27
Joseph W. Cook 25
Francis C. Cook 23
Hosea Cook 21
Charles W. Cook 21
Clarville M. Cook 18
Sophiah Cook 16
Louisa M. Cook 15
Olive J. Cook 13
Allie Cook 9
Sarah Cook 6
Source: 1900 Census Shannondale, Montgomery County, she's alone: living with William, Alice, and Sarah -- she's the mother of three children, three living, born Jul 1832, and widowed. William (b. 1853) is identified as her son!
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 22 March 1901
Rachel S. Cook, widow of C. D. Cook, an old resident of Sugar Creek Township Rice Cemetery
Rachel's parents were both born in PA, and she was born in OH, as was Christian. (His father was born in MD and his mother in -- I think PA, but I'm not going back to that page. The internet is loading slowly tonight. I think Rachel's age was greatly exaggerated in her obit.
Marriage date: CHRISTIAN, D. COOK to RACHAEL COOK August 30, 1870 7 359
Here's her gravestone.
http:www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=86545&GRid=12448638&
Some cooperative detective work by Lena and me solved the mystery woman's identity: She's Rachel Rice Cook Cook, daughter of John Milton Rice (1796-1851), b. Ohio, and Rachel Simpkins(1800-1854). When Lena found both Charles W. Cook and Rachel Cook under one stone in the Rice Cemetery, and Christian D. Cook also there, it should have been our first clue. Lena says that all the citizens of Rice Cemetery are somehow related. But one typo remains -- Rachel seems to have been 69, not 99, at her death. Now we wonder, were Charles and Christian related?
Thanks so much to : Kathy Lynch kslynch62@hotmail.com
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Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 29 March 1901 p 12
Rachel S. Cook, widow of CD Cook, an old resident of Sugar Creke Township died at her home Thursday Mar 21 after a long illness of a complication of diseases, aged 99 years. She was a woman well and favorably known and respected by all. The funeral services occurred at the house Saturday at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. Crowder. Burial at Rice Cemetery.
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 5 April 1901 p 5
Aunt Rachel Cook died last Thursday aged 68 years and was buried Saturday at Rice Cemetery. Rev. Crowder conducted the services. She was the mother of 8 children all of whom are living. We extend our sympathy to the children and relatives.
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 22 March 1901
Rachel S. Rice was born in Knox County, Ohio, July 30, 1832, departed this life 1:40 p.m., March 21, 1901, surrounded by her children, aged 68 years, 7 months and 21 days.
She moved with her parents to this county in November, 1847, and settled on the farm now occupied by R. C. Harper. She was married to Charles W. Cook Sept. 10, 1848. To this union was born seven children, Hiram, William, Francis Charles, Clarville, Louisa and Olive, the eldest dying in infancy.
Being left a widow by the death of her husband Feb. 7, 1868, she was thrown on the cold charities of the world with no help save that of six little children. She was united in marriage again, this time to Christian D. Cook, August 28, 1870. This union was blessed with two daughters, Alice and Sarah, who with the six other children survive her. Being left a widow a second time by her husband’s death July 8, 1897, her remaining days have been spent in her old home surrounded by her children and friends.
Deceased united with the United Brethren Church at the old Long school house under the pastorate of Rev. Thomas Hamilton in the winter of 1862. This church being discontinued, she transferred her membership to Campbell’s Chapel and later to Potato Creek. She was an active Christian worker during her earlier life, but being an invalid for almost twenty years, her church attendance has been very limited; yet her life has always been an exemplary Christian one and she died in full faith of a Christian’s reward. Truly her children can rise up and call her blessed.
The funeral was conducted from the home at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 23, 1901, by the pastor, Bro. Crowder, in a very earnest and sympathetic way from Psalm 35-14: “I bowed down heavily as one that mourneth for his mother.” Interment was at the Rice Cemetery.