May Margaret “Maggie” CookAge: 69 years1868–1938
- Name
- May Margaret “Maggie” Cook
- Given names
- May Margaret
- Surname
- Cook
- Married name
- May Margaret Brown
- Married name
- May Margaret Coons
- Married name
- May Margaret Grandstaff
- Nickname
- Maggie
 Birth | December 5, 1868 30 33 |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 27 days)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Death of a father | Andrew Cook April 1870 (Age 15 months) |
 Census | July 29, 1870 (Age 19 months) Note: Mary Margaret is listed as Sarah E Cook. No Mary in the 1870 Census and no Sarah in 1880.. They should have been in both, then Sarah disappears. Jane says in the 1900 Census she has 8 children born 6 living. |
| Birth of a half-brother | Richard “Dick” Thomas April 11, 1872 (Age 3 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Andrew Thomas — Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell — View this family before 1873 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Amanda Ellen Thomas February 29, 1876 (Age 7 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Cornelius Cornine — Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell — View this family Type: Religious marriage September 13, 1878 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 9 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Nancy Jane Cook before August 1880 (Age 11 years) |
 Marriage | James Hurt Brown — View this family August 29, 1887 (Age 18 years) |
| Marriage | William Henry Coons — View this family September 10, 1892 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Ethel Vivian Coons January 22, 1893 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Georgia Anna Coons September 2, 1894 (Age 25 years) |
 Divorce filed | James Hurt Brown — View this family September 8, 1894 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | William Beck “Willie” Coons February 11, 1898 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Susie May Bertha Coons 1903 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a husband | William Henry Coons March 10, 1908 (Age 39 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Robert E Nolan — Ethel Vivian Coons — View this family July 7, 1909 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Robert George Nolan November 19, 1910 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Amanda Ellen Thomas August 22, 1915 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Travis Carpenter Sr. — Ethel Vivian Coons — View this family December 24, 1916 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 47 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Virginia Lee Carpenter November 12, 1917 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 48 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 49 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Marriage of a child | William Beck “Willie” Coons — Nina Irene Smith — View this family February 1, 1919 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | William Charles Coons November 20, 1919 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell March 31, 1920 (Age 51 years) Cause: Old Age |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Dorothy Sue Carpenter May 4, 1920 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage | Francis Marion Grandstaff — View this family December 31, 1923 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | William Travis Carpenter Jr March 20, 1924 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Thomas J “Tommy” Carpenter May 28, 1927 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 60 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a half-brother | Everett Fielding Cook April 16, 1931 (Age 62 years) Cause: chronic myocarditis |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Jackie Ebert Carpenter March 26, 1933 (Age 64 years) |
 Death | July 4, 1938 (Age 69 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wichita Park Cemetery and Mausoleum |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Andrew Cook Birth: 1838 — Indiana, United States Death: April 1870 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell Birth: September 16, 1835 34 34 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 31, 1920 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: September 11, 1866 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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-18 months elder sister |
Georgeann Isabelle “Belle” Cook Birth: March 12, 1865 27 29 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: December 27, 1941 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
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4 years herself |
May Margaret “Maggie” Cook Birth: December 5, 1868 30 33 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: July 4, 1938 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States |
| Mother’s family with Fielding Cook |
| uncle |
Fielding Cook Birth: estimated 1835 — Indiana, United States Death: December 28, 1864 — Alton Prison, Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell Birth: September 16, 1835 34 34 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 31, 1920 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: December 14, 1854 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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1 month half-brother |
James Thomas Milton Cook Birth: 1854 19 18 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
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4 years half-sister |
Nancy Jane Cook Birth: 1857 22 21 — Missouri, United States Death: before August 1880 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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3 years half-brother |
John William “J.W.” Cook Birth: April 4, 1860 25 24 — Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: December 2, 1954 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
Everett Fielding Cook Birth: September 16, 1862 27 27 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 16, 1931 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| Mother’s family with Andrew Thomas |
| step-father |
Andrew Thomas Birth: 1838 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
| mother |
Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell Birth: September 16, 1835 34 34 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 31, 1920 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: before 1873 — |
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-9 months half-brother |
Richard “Dick” Thomas Birth: April 11, 1872 34 36 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: September 6, 1949 — Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States |
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4 years half-sister |
Amanda Ellen Thomas Birth: February 29, 1876 38 40 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: August 22, 1915 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
| Mother’s family with Cornelius Cornine |
| step-father |
Cornelius Cornine Birth: about 1804 — New York, United States Death: December 9, 1883 — Lawrence, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell Birth: September 16, 1835 34 34 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 31, 1920 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: September 13, 1878 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| Family with James Hurt Brown |
| ex-husband |
James Hurt Brown Birth: about 1867 — Illinois, United States Death: |
| herself |
May Margaret “Maggie” Cook Birth: December 5, 1868 30 33 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: July 4, 1938 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: August 29, 1887 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Divorce filed: September 8, 1894 — |
| Family with William Henry Coons |
| husband |
William Henry Coons Birth: October 16, 1861 — Wisconsin, United States Death: March 10, 1908 — Creek, Oklahoma, United States |
| herself |
May Margaret “Maggie” Cook Birth: December 5, 1868 30 33 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: July 4, 1938 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: September 10, 1892 — Jasper, Missouri, United States |
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4 months daughter |
Ethel Vivian Coons Birth: January 22, 1893 31 24 — Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States Death: May 2, 1975 — Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States |
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19 months daughter |
Georgia Anna Coons Birth: September 2, 1894 32 25 — Kansas, United States Death: July 1964 — Kansas, United States |
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3 years son |
William Beck “Willie” Coons Birth: February 11, 1898 36 29 — Baxter Springs, Cherokee, Kansas, United States Death: November 17, 1986 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States |
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6 years daughter |
Susie May Bertha Coons Birth: 1903 41 34 — Oklahoma, United States Death: July 8, 1971 — Douglas, Oregon, United States |
| Family with Francis Marion Grandstaff |
| husband |
Francis Marion Grandstaff Birth: August 1, 1877 — Sullivan, Missouri, United States Death: November 20, 1951 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States |
| herself |
May Margaret “Maggie” Cook Birth: December 5, 1868 30 33 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: July 4, 1938 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: December 31, 1923 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States |
May Margaret “Maggie” Cook has 12 first cousins recorded
Father's family (4)
Parents Fielding Cook + Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell
Mother's family (8)
Parents Samuel Thomas Shemwell + Armina M “Mina” Shemwell
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Jane Shemwell - Household
Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | Mary Margaret is listed as Sarah E Cook. No Mary in the 1870 Census and no Sarah in 1880.. They should have been in both, then Sarah disappears. Jane says in the 1900 Census she has 8 children born 6 living. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Jane Shemwell - Household
Pilot Grove, Cooper, MO
Notes: parted from her husband | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Divorce filed | He states that his wife left him on September 1 1889
GrantedOctober 1895? |