The Shemwell Family

Mary Margaret Cook1870

Name
Mary Margaret Cook
Given names
Mary Margaret
Surname
Cook
Married name
Mary Margaret Brown
Birth February 1870 32 34
Death of a fatherAndrew Cook
April 1870 (Age 2 months)
Census July 29, 1870 (Age 5 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-brotherRichard “Dick” Thomas
April 11, 1872 (Age 2 years)
Marriage of a parentAndrew ThomasMary Jane “Nancy” ShemwellView this family
before 1873 (Age 2 years)

Birth of a half-sisterAmanda Ellen Thomas
February 29, 1876 (Age 6 years)
Marriage of a parentCornelius CornineMary Jane “Nancy” ShemwellView this family
Type: Religious marriage
September 13, 1878 (Age 8 years)
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 10 years)
Death of a half-sisterNancy Jane Cook
before August 1880 (Age 10 years)
MarriageJames H BrownView this family
August 29, 1887 (Age 17 years)
Divorce filedJames H BrownView this family
September 8, 1894 (Age 24 years)

Note: He states that his wife left him on September 1 1889
Death of a half-sisterAmanda Ellen Thomas
August 22, 1915 (Age 45 years)
Death of a motherMary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell
March 31, 1920 (Age 50 years)
Cause: Old Age
Death of a half-brotherEverett Fielding Cook
April 16, 1931 (Age 61 years)
Cause: chronic myocarditis
Death of a sisterGeorgeann Isabelle “Belle” Cook
December 27, 1941 (Age 71 years)
Death of a half-brotherRichard “Dick” Thomas
September 6, 1949 (Age 79 years)
Death of a half-brotherJohn William “J.W.” Cook
December 2, 1954 (Age 84 years)
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 11, 1866Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States
-18 months
elder sister
Georgeann Isabelle “Belle” Cook
Birth: March 12, 1865 27 29Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: December 27, 1941Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
5 years
herself
Mother’s family with Fielding Cook - View this family
uncle
mother
Marriage: December 14, 1854Cooper, Missouri, United States
1 month
half-brother
4 years
half-sister
Nancy Jane Cook
Birth: 1857 22 21Missouri, United States
Death: before August 1880Pettis, Missouri, United States
3 years
half-brother
John William “J.W.” Cook
Birth: April 4, 1860 25 24Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: December 2, 1954Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
2 years
half-brother
Mother’s family with Andrew Thomas - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: before 1873
-9 months
half-brother
4 years
half-sister
Amanda Ellen Thomas
Birth: February 29, 1876 38 40Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: August 22, 1915Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
Mother’s family with Cornelius Cornine - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: September 13, 1878Cooper, Missouri, United States
Family with James H Brown - View this family
ex-husband
herself
Marriage: August 29, 1887Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Divorce filed: September 8, 1894

Mary Margaret Cook has 12 first cousins recorded

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Jane Shemwell - Household

Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Cook, Janehead34FWKeeping HouseMO
Cook, Miltonson15MWWorks On FarmMO
Cook, Nancydaughter13FWMO
Cook, William Nson11MWMO
Cook, Fielding Eson9MWMO
Cook, Georgeann Jdaughter4FWMO
Cook, Sarah Edaughter4mFWMOFeb

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.
Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Jane Shemwell - Household

Pilot Grove, Cooper, MO

NameRaceSexAgeBmthRelationMCYrsMOccupationHealthMnsUEduEng?BPFBPMBP
Jane CornineWF40headM-Keeps houseMOKYKY
William N. CookWM20sonS-Works out by the dayMOINMO
Everett H. CookWM17sonS-Works out by the dayMOINMO
Georgeann I. CookWF14daughterS-At HomeMOINMO
Mary M. CookWM11sonS-At HomeMOINMO
Richard ThomasWM7sonS-At HomeMOTNMO
Amanda E. ThomasWF5daughterS-At HomeMOTNMO

Notes: parted from her husband

Divorce filed
He states that his wife left him on September 1 1889 GrantedOctober 1895?