Descendants of Jonathan Crook

Descendants of Jonathan Crook

Generation No. 1

1. JONATHAN³ CROOK (JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born 1790 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC, and died May 27, 1871 in Ripley, Tippah, MS. He married LUCY ARNOLD Abt. 1813 in SC, daughter of JOHN ARNOLD and NANCY MITCHUM. She was born April 15, 1794 in VA, and died May 17, 1869 in Ripley, Tippah, MS.

Notes for JONATHAN CROOK:

From Tippah Co, MS Circuit Court Records 1849-1886

Johathan Crook v. Lemuel Deberry, Sept. 1849 received note of Dec 25, 1848, for hauling lumber & shingles, for money loaned, for washing done, and for attending to while sick.

From Tippah Co, MS Obituaries & Probates

Crook, Jonathan (decd. will recorded June 6, 1871) daughter: Elmyna E. Tapp, wife of Pinkney Tapp; bequests to Edwin F. Hopper & Sallie E. Conner.

From Spartanburg County, SC Deeds

Page 110-111 Sept 3, 1820 Jonathan Crook (Spartanburgh) to Caleb Allen (same); for $160 sold 85 acres on James’ Creek of Tyger River Wit WILLIAM JONES, SM, Joel G. Brewton, and Thomas woodruff

Signed Jonathan Crook

Wit oath Sept 4, 1820 Joel G. Brewton to John Brewton

Rec Sept 4, 1820

DOB from "Cemeteries in Tippah Co, MS" - Place of birth from the 1850 Tippah Co, MS census

Tippah Co, MS Obituaries & Probates & Hopper Cemetery Records

CROOK, JOHNATHAN, dec. (Will recorded June 6, 1871) daughter: Elmyna E.

Tapp, wife of Pinkney Tapp / bequests to Edwin F. Hopper and Sallie E. Conner.

Jonathan and Lucy are buried in the Hopper Family Cemetery because one of their daughters, Emily married William Hopper. There are several Hoppers & Conners buried there. One daughter, Sarah (Sallie) married John Conner. It is a small cemetery with only 15 to 20 people buried there. Hopper Cemetery (c 1846) 14 miles NE of Ripley, Tippah Co, MS; 6 miles SE Tiplersville on Eugene Hopper farm, near Faulkner, MS

from W.M Crook's Autobiography - We know from the 1850 Tippah Co, MS census that William was born in 1823 in SC, Elmira in 1827 in SC, and Sarah (Sallie) in 1828 in SC. The census shows that the youngest child Emily E. was born in 1831 in TN. So it looks like the family did not migrate to TN until after 1828. They do show up on the 1830 Henderson Co, TN census.

His son William A. Crook was married in Tippah County in 1842. The four youngest children migrated with the parents to Tippah County. However the family does not show up on the 1840 Tippah County census.

More About JONATHAN CROOK:

Burial: Ripley, Tippah, MS Hopper Cem

Census: 1860, Tippah Co, MS

Migration: Aft. 1828, Henderson Co, TN

Notes for LUCY ARNOLD:

Lucy Arnold married Jonathan Crook and her sister Polly Arnold married Jonathan's brother, Jerimah Crook. Both families migrated from SC to Henderson Co, TN in about 1828.

Lucy and Polly were first cousins to the Illniois senator, Stephen Arnold Douglas.

D0B from "Cemteries in Tippah Co, MS" 1850 Tippah Co, MS census says she was born in VA

D0D from "Cemteries in Tippah Co, MS"

More About LUCY ARNOLD:

Burial: Ripley, Tippah, MS Hopper Cem

Marriage Notes for JONATHAN CROOK and LUCY ARNOLD:

Jonathan was reared in SC and moved along with his brother, Jeremiah, to Henderson County, TN about the time the Indians were moved to the Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma, probably around 1825 as his five older children were all born in SC. The two youngest girls were born in TN. He then moved with his wife, Lucy and the four youngest children, William, Sarah, Emily, and Elmina to Tippah County, MS. Tippah County was just over the line from Henderson County, TN. Jonathan and Lucy Arnold Crook lived there the rest of their lives and are buried in Ripley, Tippah, MS. The four children who went with him also stayed in the area. The three older children, John, James, and Polly were already married an remained in Henderson County, TN. Their father gave each of them a homestead adjoining each other. John eventually went to Tippah County and then went with some of his children to Texas.

W. Clay Crook writes, "Your Jonathan Crook also shows up in the 1830 TN census, whereas my Jeremiah doesn't show until 1840. Some of the older historians in the county who knew the grandchildren of the pioneers say Jonathan and Jerry arrived by 1821 and then Jerry went back to SC to bring his family by 1836. I know through surviving deeds that Jonathan Crook went to Tippah County, MS in the 1836 period, some of his children following in 1848 and 1858. " Note from PAB- I cannot find Jonathan listed on the 1840 Tippah Co, MS census.

Tombstone inscription says wife of Jonathan - Wiley M. Crook's autobiography (pg 6) says they married in SC.

Children of JONATHAN CROOK and LUCY ARNOLD are:

2. i. JOHN ARNOLD⁴ CROOK, b. February 01, 1815, Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC; d. October 18, 1888, Martindale, Caldwell, TX.

3. ii. JAMES WILLIAMS CROOK, b. March 13, 1816, Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC; d. December 05, 1850, Jacks Creek, Chester, TN.

4. iii. MARY GREENE (POLLY) CROOK, b. August 22, 1821, Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC; d. April 23, 1893, Chester Co, TN.

5. iv. WILLIS ARNOLD CROOK, b. 1823, Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC; d. July 16, 1864, Tippah Co, MS.

6. v. ELMINA FRANCES CROOK, b. 1827, Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC.

7. vi. SARAH EVELYN (SALLY) CROOK, b. 1828, Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC.

vii. EMILY ELIZABETH CROOK, b. 1831, Henderson Co, TN; m. PINCKNEY TAPP, Abt. 1849, Tippah Co, MS.

Notes for EMILY ELIZABETH CROOK:

1850 Tippah Co, MS census says she was born in TN and that she was 19, so she would have been born abt 1831.

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN ARNOLD⁴ CROOK (JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born February 01, 1815 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC, and died October 18, 1888 in Martindale, Caldwell, TX. He married (1) LETTICIA E. BURTON Abt. 1838 in Henderson, Chester, TN, daughter of CHARLES BURTON and PEGGY SPELLMAN. She was born May 01, 1821, and died September 12, 1852 in Chester Co, TN. He married (2) ELIZABETH P. THOMAS 1853 in Jacks Creek, Henderson County TN. She was born 1827 in TN, and died Abt. 1874 in Tippah Co MS.

Notes for JOHN ARNOLD CROOK:

John Arnold Crook was a Baptist preacher. In about 1860 he moved to Mississippi and later moved to Bell County, TX with some of his children. From W. M. Crook's autobiography.

Notes from W. Clay Crook in autobiography: Brewer Place across from Unity Baptist Chruch, Hwy A, Chester Co, north of Jacks Creek.

Deed on Unity Church from Rev. John Crook to Elder Jeremiah Crook, Sept 1858. From Chester Co, TN Courthouse records.

1860 Henderson Co, TN census says he was born in SC and that he was 45 so he would have been born abt 1815. Information also from LDS records.

From LDS

More About JOHN ARNOLD CROOK:

Burial: Martindale Baptist Church, Martindale TX

Notes for LETTICIA E. BURTON:

DOB from Hurt Cemetery - Chester County, TN cemetery book

DOD from Chester County, TN cemetery book

More About LETTICIA E. BURTON:

Burial: Hurt Cemetery, Chester Co. TN

Marriage Notes for JOHN CROOK and LETTICIA BURTON:

from LDS

More About ELIZABETH P. THOMAS:

Burial: Pisgah

Marriage Notes for JOHN CROOK and ELIZABETH THOMAS:

From LDS

Children of JOHN CROOK and LETTICIA BURTON are:

8. i. MARGARET JANE⁵ CROOK, b. September 12, 1843, Jacks Creek, Henderson County TN; d. August 08, 1928, Tippah Co MS.

9. ii. MARTHA EVELYN CROOK, b. 1840, Jacks Creek, Henderson County TN; d. 1891.

iii. LUCY FRANCES CROOK, b. July 23, 1846, Jacks Creek, Henderson County TN; d. March 12, 1913, Saltillo, MS; m. HENRY THOMPSON, November 21, 1861; b. 1834; d. 1902, Pontotoc Co Ms.

iv. NANCY CROOK, b. April 01, 1848, Jacks Creek, Henderson County TN; d. November 28, 1879, Tippah Co MS; m. FRANCIS MARION RANIER, July 20, 1865, Tippah Co MS; b. 1837; d. 1902, Benton Co. MS.

More About NANCY CROOK:

Burial: Providence Cemetery, Tippah Co. Ms

v. MARY E. CROOK, b. September 30, 1849, Jacks Creek, Henderson County TN; d. February 18, 1882, Benton Co. MS; m. DANIEL STRICKLAND FINGER, December 23, 1866, Tippah Co MS.

vi. SARAH/SALLY CROOK, b. June 16, 1851; d. January 10, 1936, Rolling Fork, MS; m. (1) JIMMIE NORRIS; m. (2) JOHN ZARA NORRIS, December 09, 1880, Pocahonta, TN; b. 1840; d. 1886.

Children of JOHN CROOK and ELIZABETH THOMAS are:

vii. PEARL T L⁵ CROOK, b. 1854, Tn; d. Abt. 1880, Tippah Co MS.

viii. LETITIA EVELINE CROOK, b. February 27, 1856, Jacks Creek, Henderson County TN; d. January 03, 1925, Eureka Springs, Carroll Co AR; m. DR. JOHN A. PORCH; d. Aft. 1925.

ix. JOHN HUBBARD CROOK, b. November 30, 1858, Tippah Co MS; d. April 12, 1923, Martindale, TX; m. SUFFRONIA AMELIA EMBREY, January 25, 1878, Tippah Co MS; b. 1857, Tippah Co MS; d. 1941, Tx.

x. GIDEON L. CROOK, b. March 25, 1861, Tippah Co MS; d. November 06, 1883, Martindale, TX.

3. JAMES WILLIAMS⁴ CROOK (JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born March 13, 1816 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC, and died December 05, 1850 in Jacks Creek, Chester, TN. He married (1) SARAH J. THOMAS Abt. 1834 in Henderson Co, TN. She was born October 12, 1820, and died October 25, 1840 in Henderson Co, TN. He married (2) ELIZA C. HODGES 1843 in Henderson Co, TN. She was born September 03, 1826 in Halifax Co, VA, and died December 28, 1905 in Henderson, Chester, TN.

Notes for JAMES WILLIAMS CROOK:

DOD from tombstone inscription

Buried on what is now the Lavaugham Grissom Farm on Hwy 22A, 1 1/2 miles from Jacks Creek, TN. This information from research done by Mabel Crook Gamewell in the 1970's.

W. Clay Crook writes in his notes on the autobiography "James W. Crook is buried at the Old Frame Meeting House Cem. (Clarks Creek primitive Baptist Church) which is located on the Jonathan Crook Plantation, currently site of the Lavaugham & Sylvia Grissom home & farm.

In an e-mail message dated 26 June 1999, W. Clay Crook writes, "James Wiley Crook is buried in a little forest clad cemetery about 3 miles south of me on the old Jonathan Crook plantation along with some of the others, the rest of the Crooks, Arnolds, Dodds are at Unity Church, two miles south of my home, the little Baptist Church Wiley M. Crook mentioned moving in 1858 is still here, bigger and bricked now and a very large cemetery for the county. Wiley's mother, who married 2nd Joel F. Hurt, are buried here as well."

More About JAMES WILLIAMS CROOK:

Burial: Jacks Creek, Chester, TN Old Frame Meeting House Cem

Migration: Abt. 1831

Notes for SARAH J. THOMAS:

DOB from tombstone inscription

W.M. Crook's Autobiography

More About SARAH J. THOMAS:

Burial: Chester Co, TN 'Old Frame Meeting House' Cem

Marriage Notes for JAMES CROOK and SARAH THOMAS:

From autobiography

Notes for ELIZA C. HODGES:

Wiley M. Crook mentions in his autobiography about visiting his mother in TN several times, after he moved to Texas in 1875. Three of her children by James Wiley Crook, Wiley Mitcham, Elijah Jonathan & Susan migrated to Texas. Only the youngest daughter, Nancy James, born just two weeks before her father's death remained in the Henderson County, TN area. After her first husband's death, Eliza married Joel F. Hurt and they had 6 children.

Year of birth from Unity Cemetery, Henderson Co, TN Cemetery book. The book lists her as E. G. Hurt, wife of J. F. Hurt, Dec 28, 1905 aged 79 years, 2 mos, 25 days. This would make her born in 1826. Assume the G. should be a C and the transcriber thought it was a G. The Chester County cemetery book lists her as Elizabeth Hurt, Oct 3, 1835 -Dec 28, 1905. Both books list her death date as the same. The name Elizabeth listed in Chester County is confusing as she has a sister named Elizabeth. Both of these books took their information from the tombstone so I do not know which one is correct.

DOD from Unity Cemetery, Henderson County cemetery book and also Chester County cemetery book. Both books have the same death date.

Eliza C. Hodges Crook Hurt is buried next to her second husband, Joel F. Hurt. This information is from the Henderson Co, TN cemetery book. Unity Cemetery is in Chester Co, but prior to 1879 that part of Chester Co. was in Henderson Co. The cemetery is located 14 miles south of Lexington, Henderson, TN on Hwy 22A. It is probably closer to Jacks Creek and Henderson, Chester, TN.

More About ELIZA C. HODGES:

Burial: 1905, Henderson, Chester, TN Unity Cem

Marriage Notes for JAMES CROOK and ELIZA HODGES:

James Wiley moved with his family in 1831 at the age of 15 to Henderson Co, TN. He married first Sarah Thomas and had three daughters by her. Sarah died in about 1840 and he then married Eliza C. Hodges in 1843. He and Eliza had 4 children. James died early at the age of 33, leaving his wife with two girls (one girl died young) from his first marriage and 4 children by Eliza to raise. At his death James owned three Negroes and a nice little homestead of 160 acres given him by his father, Jonathan Crook when he moved to Tippah County, MS. He had six living children when he died. His estate was divided equally among the children and Eliza. Eliza chose to take a child's portion of the estate. The two daughters from the first marriage went to live with their uncle, John P. Thomas. Eliza, with the help of relatives, kept her family together and managed the farm. In 1853 Eliza married Joel F. Hurt and they had 6 children together. This information from Wiley M. Crook's autobiography on page 6.

from autobiography

Children of JAMES CROOK and SARAH THOMAS are:

i. LUCY⁵ CROOK, b. Abt. 1835, Henderson Co, TN.

ii. SARAH (SALLIE) CROOK, b. Abt. 1839, Henderson Co, TN.

iii. MARY F. CROOK, b. March 30, 1839, Henderson Co, TN; d. July 29, 1853, Henderson Co, TN.

Notes for MARY F. CROOK:

Wiley states in his autobiography on page 8 that his half-sister Mary died before his father died in 1850. However, the tombstone inscription for Mary shows that she died in 1853.

DOB from tombstone inscription

DOD from tombstone inscription

More About MARY F. CROOK:

Burial: Jacks Creek, Chester, TN Old Frame Meeting House Cem

Children of JAMES CROOK and ELIZA HODGES are:

10. iv. ELIJAH JONATHAN⁵ CROOK, b. February 06, 1846, Henderson Co, TN; d. July 30, 1907, Granbury, Hood, TX.

11. v. NANCY JAMES CROOK, b. November 21, 1850, Henderson Co, TN; d. April 20, 1922, Henderson Co, TN.

12. vi. SUSAN E. CROOK, b. December 1850, Henderson Co, TN; d. October 1908, Hico, Hamilton, TX.

13. vii. WILEY M. CROOK, b. September 17, 1844, Henderson Co, TN; d. February 07, 1938, Cornerville, Lincoln, AR.

4. MARY GREENE (POLLY)⁴ CROOK (JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born August 22, 1821 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC, and died April 23, 1893 in Chester Co, TN. She married THOMAS M DODDS, son of JAMES DODDS and JANE UNKNOWN. He was born 1810, and died December 1874 in Chester Co, TN.

Notes for MARY GREENE (POLLY) CROOK:

DOD from Unity Cemetery, Chester County, TN cemetery book

DOD from Unity Cemetery, Chester County cemetery book

More About MARY GREENE (POLLY) CROOK:

Burial: Chester Co, TN Unity Cem

Notes for THOMAS M DODDS:

from Unity Cemetery, Chester County, TN cemetery book

from Unity Cemetery - Chester County, TN cemetery book

Marriage Notes for MARY CROOK and THOMAS DODDS:

Wiley M. Crook's Autobiography - page 6

Children of MARY CROOK and THOMAS DODDS are:

14. i. HULDA⁵ DODDS, b. 1855, TN.

ii. JAMES CROOK DODDS, b. October 13, 1838, Chester Co, TN; d. January 06, 1904, Chester Co, TN; m. MARY E. ANDERSON; b. December 05, 1850, Henderson Co now Chester Co TN; d. November 27, 1917.

Notes for JAMES CROOK DODDS:

Information from Chester county cemetery book

More About JAMES CROOK DODDS:

Burial: Chester Co, TN Unity Cem

More About MARY E. ANDERSON:

Burial: Unity Baptist Church, Chester Co TN

iii. JOHN WILLIS DODDS, b. August 20, 1843, Chester Co, TN; d. March 09, 1864, Civil War Battlefield.

Notes for JOHN WILLIS DODDS:

Served as a Lt. in the CSA

from Chester County cemetery book

The Chester County cemetery book says that he was captured during the Civil War and brutally murdered.

More About JOHN WILLIS DODDS:

Burial: Chester Co, TN Unity Cem

iv. ELIZA E. DODDS, b. December 15, 1848, Chester Co, TN; d. December 25, 1848, Chester Co, TN.

Notes for ELIZA E. DODDS:

All the information is from the Unity Cemetery, Chester County, TN cemetery book

The Chester County cemetery book says that, "this tombstone was moved here from behind Clyde Patterson's home."

More About ELIZA E. DODDS:

Burial: Chester Co, TN Unity Cem

15. v. NANCY DODDS, b. January 07, 1839, Henderson City Cemetery, Chester Co. TN; d. July 10, 1926, Chester Co. TN.

16. vi. SARAH FRANCES DODDS, b. 1841, Henderson Co. TN; d. February 18, 1880, Henderson Co. TN.

vii. LUCY JANE DODDS, b. December 15, 1845; d. March 10, 1929, Tippah Co MS; m. MILES J. BENNETT; d. Tippah Co MS.

viii. CLARINDA E. DODDS, b. 1848, Henderson Co; d. 1927, Chester Co. TN; m. LOWREY P LUDE BARHAM; b. March 09, 1847, Henderson Co; d. November 21, 1904, Chester Co. TN.

More About CLARINDA E. DODDS:

Burial: Unity Baptist Church, Chester Co TN

More About LOWREY P LUDE BARHAM:

Burial: Unity Baptist Church, Chester Co TN

ix. CHARLOTTE DODDS, m. ED REED.

x. THOMAS MITCHUM DODDS JR., b. 1853; m. BETTIE MASSENGILL.

17. xi. WILLIAM A. DODDS, b. May 10, 1857, Chester Co. TN; d. May 12, 1925, Chester Co. TN.

xii. CARRIE DODDS, b. 1858; m. JOHN KELLEY.

xiii. ROBERT A. DODDS, b. 1865; m. HENRIETTA THOMPSON.

xiv. MARY E. DODDS, b. 1846; m. (1) DICK ROBINSON; m. (2) SID FLOYD.

5. WILLIS ARNOLD⁴ CROOK (JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born 1823 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC, and died July 16, 1864 in Tippah Co, MS. He married TABITHA A. COTTON November 10, 1842 in Tippah Co, MS. She was born Abt. 1823 in TN, and died Abt. 1877 in Tippah Co, MS.

Notes for WILLIS ARNOLD CROOK:

From Tippah Co, MS Circuit Court Records 1849-1886

Jury included William (Willis) Crook - Feb 1849

W. A. Crook, sureties for Isaac Lawrence Sept 1852

Willis A. Crook, surety for Derryberry, Sept 1852

Thos. Hopper v. Willis A. Crook, Crook is indebted to J. M. Dodds.

W. A. Crook v. D. J. Matthews

W. F. Tipler v. William Hopper & Willis A. Crook

William F. Tipler v. William P. Cotton & Willis A. Crook

Daniel B. G. Timmons for Nacey M. Childs v. James H. Tapp, Elias Tapp, & Willis A. Crook. Sept 1855 levied on one wagon and four steers, Nov 16, 1855

William L. Graham v. William Hopper & Willis A. Crook Sept 1855

Lewis C. Norvell for L. M. Wiley & Co. v. Willis A. Crook Sept 1856

William R. Cole v. Willis A. Crook March 1857

State v. W. A. Crook Sept 1860 Indicted March 1860 for assault & battery. fined $50 Martin Meeks, witness

W. A. Crook was a witness - Sept 1860 (shortened by PAB)

R. J. Thurmond v. Tabitha Crook, admin.. of W. A. Crook, dec., & William Hopper & Pinkney Tapp. Mar. 1867

January Term 1872 cont. through Mar. 1872

J. C. Spight, admin. of Jesse A. Pate, decd. v. Tabitha Crook etal. levied against the lands of W. A. Crook, decd.

Information from 1850 Tippah Co, MS census

CROOK, W.A., dec. (PR302) W.A. Crook died July 16, 1864. J.M. Cotton was

named admin.

CROOK, WILLIAM A. (Admin. Bond Nov. 21, 1865) Bondsmen: Tabitha Crook

(Admin.), George F. Cotton, H. H. Pickens.

More About WILLIS ARNOLD CROOK:

Census: 1850, Tippah Co, MS

Migration: Abt. 1840

Notes for TABITHA A. COTTON:

March Term 1882 Tippah Co, MS U.S. Circuit Court Records

T.P. Cotton. admin. of Mrs. T. A. Crook, decd. v. J. A. Welch

Tippah Co, MS Obituaries & Probates

Crook, T. A. (dec. Admin. Bond Oct 27, 1877) female. Bondsman: T. P. Cotton, Admin: J. A. McCown, A. H. Luker

Information from 1850 Tippah Co, MS census

From Tippah Co, MS obituaries & Probates

CROOK, TABITHA A., dec. (PR307) Letters of admin granted to George Cotton

Jan. 23, 1874. 2. Petition for letters by T.P. Cotton, March 14, 1877. George T.

Cotton died Feb. 18, 1877. 3. Voucher of William Labarreare for making coffin.

CROOK, T. A. (deceased) (Admin. Bond Oct. 27, 1877) female. Bondsmen: T. P.

Cotton, Admin., J. A. McCown, A. H. Luker.

More About TABITHA A. COTTON:

Census: 1850, Tippah Co, MS

Marriage Notes for WILLIS CROOK and TABITHA COTTON:

from the marriage records of Tippah Co, MS

Children of WILLIS CROOK and TABITHA COTTON are:

i. NANCY L.⁵ CROOK, b. Abt. 1845, Tippah Co, MS; m. J. A. WELCH, 1868, Tippah Co, MS.

Notes for NANCY L. CROOK:

Information from 1850 Tippah Co, MS census

Marriage Notes for NANCY CROOK and J. WELCH:

From the marriage records of Tippah Co, MS

ii. LUCY A. CROOK, b. Abt. 1847, Tippah Co, MS; m. A. W. RUTHERFORD, 1868, Tippah Co, MS.

Notes for LUCY A. CROOK:

Information from 1850 Tippah Co, MS census

Marriage Notes for LUCY CROOK and A. RUTHERFORD:

From the marriage records of Tippah Co, MS

iii. SARENA A. CROOK, b. 1849, Tippah Co, MS.

Notes for SARENA A. CROOK:

Information from 1850 Tippah Co, MS census

6. ELMINA FRANCES⁴ CROOK (JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born 1827 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC. She married WILLIAM HOPPER Abt. 1843 in Tippah Co, MS.

Notes for ELMINA FRANCES CROOK:

Wiley M. Crook's Autobiography says that Elmina Crook married William Hopper. Her name is spelled several different ways (Elmina, Elmyna, Elmira). Do not know which is correct spelling.

1850 Tippah Co, MS census says she was 23 so she would have been born in abt 1827. The census also says she was born in SC.

Marriage Notes for ELMINA CROOK and WILLIAM HOPPER:

Information from 1850 Tippah Co, MS census, Wiley M. Crook's Autobiography and court records.

Children of ELMINA CROOK and WILLIAM HOPPER are:

i. MARTHA⁵ HOPPER, b. 1844, Tippah Co, MS.

Notes for MARTHA HOPPER:

Information from 1850 Tippah Co, MS census

ii. MARY HOPPER, b. Abt. 1847, Tippah Co, MS.

Notes for MARY HOPPER:

Information from 1850 Tippah Co, MS census

iii. ELIZABETH HOPPER, b. 1848, Tippah Co, MS.

Notes for ELIZABETH HOPPER:

Information from 1850 Tippah Co, MS census

7. SARAH EVELYN (SALLY)⁴ CROOK (JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born 1828 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC. She married JOHN CONNER Abt. 1848 in Tippah Co, MS.

Notes for SARAH EVELYN (SALLY) CROOK:

Mentioned in her father, Jonathan Crook's will.

The 1850 Tippah Co, MS census says Sarah E. (Sallie) was born in MS. This is not correct as the family did not move to MS until around 1840-45. She was 22 in 1850 so she was born abt 1828.

Child of SARAH CROOK and JOHN CONNER is:

i. BERRY M.⁵ CONNER, b. 1849, Tippah Co, MS.

Notes for BERRY M. CONNER:

Information from 1850 Tippah Co, MS census

Generation No. 3

8. MARGARET JANE⁵ CROOK (JOHN ARNOLD⁴, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born September 12, 1843 in Jacks Creek, Henderson County TN, and died August 08, 1928 in Tippah Co MS. She married TURNER MATHIS January 01, 1871 in Tippah Co MS. He was born June 22, 1831 in Newberry Co SC, and died April 12, 1905 in Tippah Co MS.

More About MARGARET JANE CROOK:

Burial: Providence Cemetery, Tippah Co. Ms

More About TURNER MATHIS:

Burial: Providence Cemetery, Tippah Co. Ms

Child of MARGARET CROOK and TURNER MATHIS is:

18. i. LETITIA⁶ MATHIS, b. October 01, 1878, Tippah Co MS; d. September 06, 1950, Ripley, Tippah Co. MS.

9. MARTHA EVELYN⁵ CROOK (JOHN ARNOLD⁴, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born 1840 in Jacks Creek, Henderson County TN, and died 1891. She married (1) BENJAMIN CROOK DODDS, son of JAMES DODDS and JANE UNKNOWN. He was born 1836, and died February 07, 1863 in Winchester, TN in Confederate service. She married (2) NATHANIEL MCADAMS 1867 in Tippah Co MS.

Children of MARTHA CROOK and BENJAMIN DODDS are:

i. LETITIA J⁶ DODDS, b. 1857; m. J. E. FRETWELL, August 14, 1875, Tunica County Mississippi.

19. ii. JAMES JOSEPH DODDS, b. December 23, 1861, Lee County Mississippi; d. December 1945, Tishomingo, Oklahoma.

Children of MARTHA CROOK and NATHANIEL MCADAMS are:

iii. CARY LEE KELLY⁶ MCADAMS, b. 1868.

20. iv. IDA VIRGINIA JENNY MCADAMS, b. 1869.

10. ELIJAH JONATHAN⁵ CROOK (JAMES WILLIAMS⁴, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born February 06, 1846 in Henderson Co, TN, and died July 30, 1907 in Granbury, Hood, TX. He married (1) CALLIE F. FAGG¹. She was born 1851 in Center Point, Henderson, TN, and died Abt. 1874 in Henderson Co, TN. He married (2) MARTHA DANIELS Abt. 1875 in Montgomery Co, AR. She was born July 29, 1852, and died September 02, 1926 in Cresson, Johnson, TX.

Notes for ELIJAH JONATHAN CROOK:

Elijah Jonathan married Callie F. Fagg on September 22, 1868. He and his older brother Wiley Mitchum Crook married on the same day. He and Callie had one son, Waymon Chappel Crook. When his first wife, Callie died abt 1874, he moved to Oden, Montgomery Co, AR and married a widow, Martha Daniels who had three children. They then had 7 children of their own. They raised all 10 children on a big farm in Oden, AR. In 1875 he was living in Arkansas as W. M. Crook states in his autobiography that he and his family stayed with them for several weeks when they were moving to Johnson County, Texas. Elijah wanted Wiley to stay in Arkansas, but Wiley states that he did not like that part of the country. Wiley mentions his brother again when Elijah dies in Texas and he comes back from AR to the funeral. Elijah moved his family to Cresson, TX as he and his wife Martha D. Crook and two of their children and spouses, Susan R. and Claude F. Shirley and Elbert and Carrie Shirley Crook are all buried on the same plot in Cresson Cemetery, Johnson County, TX. Sometime between 1902 & 1906 E. J. and Martha moved to Texas and lived close to Wiley Crook who was Elijah Jonathan's older brother. It is unclear exactly when they moved to Texas but apparently all the children except James, who was already married and living in Washington State and Waymon, his son by Callie Fagg, who remained in AR went with them to Texas. Bernice Crook Harper says she knows for sure that they were still living on the farm at Oden, AR when her parents, Waymon Chappel Crook and Edna Carr married in 1901. It seems very strange at that age, abt 60, that he would up and move all his family to a state that he was not familar with just because his brother lived there. My father, James Clarence Crook remembers Aunt Mattie very well and especially two of her children, Hulda and Elbert.

Bernice Crook Harper remembers that Martha Daniels Crook came back to AR from Texas by train in 1912 to visit her three Daniels' children, Sally, Danuel and Wesley who lived in Oden and her step son, Waymon Chappel Crook and his family who lived in Oakwood, Montgomer, AR. Her daughter, Hannah and husband Alvin McWhorter came with her.

Tombstone, Cresson Cemetery, Cresson, TX - Place of birth from 1860 Henderson Co, TN census.

DOD from tombstone inscription

Picture of Tombstone

Bernice Crook Harper, a granddaughter, says Elijah moved to Arkansas after his first wife, Callie died in about 1874. We know he lived in Arkansas when his brother, Wiley M. Crook visited on his way to Texas in 1875.

More About ELIJAH JONATHAN CROOK:

Burial: Cresson, Johnson, TX

Census: 1870, Henderson Co, TN

Migration: Abt. 1875

Notes for CALLIE F. FAGG:

This info from Bernice Crook Harper who was a granddaughter of E. J. Crook and Callie Fagg.

Marriage Notes for ELIJAH CROOK and CALLIE FAGG:

W.M. Crook's autobiography, page 43 says he and Elijah married on the same day.

Notes for MARTHA DANIELS:

Tombstone, Cresson Cemetery, Cresson, Johnson, TX

More About MARTHA DANIELS:

Burial: Cresson, Johnson, TX

Marriage Notes for ELIJAH CROOK and MARTHA DANIELS:

Double tombstone and inscription says E. J. Crook & Martha D. Also found Martha Daniels from LDS records. Info also from Bernice Crook Harper, a granddaughter of E. J. Crook.

Child of ELIJAH CROOK and CALLIE FAGG is:

21. i. WAYMON CHAPPEL⁶ CROOK, b. September 25, 1870, Sardis, Henderson, TN; d. 1928, De Queen, Seiver, AR.

Children of ELIJAH CROOK and MARTHA DANIELS are:

ii. HULDA⁶ CROOK, b. 1877, Oden, Montgomery Co, AR.

Notes for HULDA CROOK:

James Clarence Crook says that his half brother, L. F. Crook, Jr. stayed with Hulda Crook after his mother died for several years. Dr. Lee F. Crook lived at the Bobo Hotel until he married Margeret Addie Bobo in 1909.

DOB from LDS and name and place of birth from Bernice Crook Harper.

iii. MARY CROOK, b. 1879, Oden, Montgomery Co, AR.

Notes for MARY CROOK:

DOB from LDS and name and place of birth from Bernice Crook Harper.

22. iv. ELBERT P. CROOK, b. December 19, 1883, Oden, Montgomery Co, AR; d. January 20, 1963, Cleburne, Johnson, TX.

v. JAMES FRANKLIN CROOK, b. 1885, Oden, Montgomery Co, AR.

Notes for JAMES FRANKLIN CROOK:

Bernice Crook Harper says that James Franklin had married and moved to Washington State before his father Elijah Jonathan moved with the rest of his family to Johnson County, TX. She says he was also a school teacher. I have no other information on James Franklin Crook.

DOB from LDS and place of birth from Bernice Crook Harper.

23. vi. HANNAH CROOK, b. December 03, 1886, Oden, Montgomery Co, AR; d. August 1982, Hereford, Deaf Smith, TX.

vii. SUSAN REBECCA CROOK, b. February 23, 1889, Oden, Montgomery Co, AR; d. April 03, 1982, Derning, NM; m. CLAUDE FAIR SHIRLEY; b. November 10, 1889; d. February 05, 1967.

Notes for SUSAN REBECCA CROOK:

DOB from tombstone inscription - Place of birth from Bernice Crook Harper.

DOD from tombstone inscription - Place of death from SS death index. She must have been living with some of her children when she died.

Susan and Claude Fair Shirley are buried on the same plot with Susan's parents, E. J. Crook and Martha D. Crook in Cresson Cemetery, Johnson, TX

More About SUSAN REBECCA CROOK:

Burial: Cresson, Johnson, TX

Notes for CLAUDE FAIR SHIRLEY:

Tombstone Inscription

Picture of Tombstone

More About CLAUDE FAIR SHIRLEY:

Burial: Cresson, Johnson, TX Cresson Cem

Marriage Notes for SUSAN CROOK and CLAUDE SHIRLEY:

from tombstone inscription

24. viii. WILEY CROOK, b. 1890, Oden, Montgomery Co, AR.

11. NANCY JAMES⁵ CROOK (JAMES WILLIAMS⁴, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born November 21, 1850 in Henderson Co, TN, and died April 20, 1922 in Henderson Co, TN. She married JOHN A. BROWN March 16, 1869 in Henderson Co, TN, son of JOHN BROWN and JANE ENOCHS. He was born September 16, 1848, and died October 28, 1908 in Henderson Co, TN.

Notes for NANCY JAMES CROOK:

Nancy remained in Tennessee while her two brothers, Wiley and Jonathan moved to Texas. Her sister, Susan also moved to Texas late in life to live with her sons in Hico, Texas. When her brother Wiley died in 1938 his obituary states that he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Jennie Brewer of Pinson, TN. Jennie must be her nickname and she must have married a Mr. Brewer at some point. W. M. Crook states in his autobiography that she married John Brown in 1869. Her nickname in childhood was "Nannie". Pinson is in Madison County which is adjacent to Henderson County.

Nancy James was born only a short time before her father, James Wiley Crook died. She was not named at his death and her mother named her Nancy James in memory of her father. This information from W. M. Crook's autobiography. 1860 Henderson County, TN says she was born in TN. DOB from the Chester County Cem Book, pg 4.

Tombstone Inscription from the Chester County Cem Book, pg 4.

from Vivian Arendall, Brown Cem is a small cemetery with about 20 people buried there.

More About NANCY JAMES CROOK:

Burial: Chester Co, TN Brown Cem

Census: 1860, Henderson Co, TN

Notes for JOHN A. BROWN:

Tombstone inscription says he was 60 years, 1 month and 12 days old when he died. Therefore he would have been born in 1847.

DOD from tombstone inscription found in the Chester County Cem Book, pg 4.

Info from Vivian Arendall

More About JOHN A. BROWN:

Burial: Chester Co, TN Brown Cem

Marriage Notes for NANCY CROOK and JOHN BROWN:

W.M. Crook's Autobiography, page 46 - Tombstone inscription says he was husband of N. J. Brown. Tombstone inscription say she was wife of J. A. Brown.

Children of NANCY CROOK and JOHN BROWN are:

25. i. JOHN LUTHER⁶ BROWN, b. 1880, Henderson Co now Chester Co TN; d. 1960, Henderson Co now Chester Co TN.

ii. HETTIE E. BROWN, b. 1885; d. 1942; m. HENRY I. RHODES; b. 1888; d. 1965.

More About HETTIE E. BROWN:

Burial: Unity Baptist Church, Chester Co TN

More About HENRY I. RHODES:

Burial: Unity Baptist Church, Chester Co TN

12. SUSAN E.⁵ CROOK (JAMES WILLIAMS⁴, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born December 1850 in Henderson Co, TN, and died October 1908 in Hico, Hamilton, TX. She married ROBERT H. BARHAM February 14, 1867 in Tippah Co, MS, son of NEWSOME BARHAM.

Notes for SUSAN E. CROOK:

1860 Henderson Co, TN says she was born in TN. We know her father died in 1850 and she was born just a few days before he died.

From Wiley Mitchum Crook's Autobiography, Pg 51.

Susan died in Texas while living with her children. They took her body back to her home state of TN and buried her next to her husband, R. H. Barham. The information about where she is buried was found on line at the Chester Co, TN site.

More About SUSAN E. CROOK:

Burial: Chester Co, TN Ross Cem

Census: 1860, Henderson Co, TN

More About ROBERT H. BARHAM:

Burial: Frye's Point Cemetery, Chester Co. TN

Marriage Notes for SUSAN CROOK and ROBERT BARHAM:

W.M. Crook's Autobiography, page 42 states that his sister, Susan married R. H. Barham on Sept. 1, 1868. Tippah County, MS Marriage Records records her marriage to R. H. Barham on Feb. 14, 1867.

Children of SUSAN CROOK and ROBERT BARHAM are:

i. SID⁶ BARHAM.

ii. CHARLEY BARHAM.

iii. JIMMIE N. BARHAM, b. July 17, 1869, Henderson Co, TN; d. September 14, 1869, Henderson Co, TN.

Notes for JIMMIE N. BARHAM:

All the information on Jimmie N. Barham is from the Chester County cemetery book.

More About JIMMIE N. BARHAM:

Burial: Chester Co, TN Unity Cem

13. WILEY M.⁵ CROOK (JAMES WILLIAMS⁴, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born September 17, 1844 in Henderson Co, TN, and died February 07, 1938 in Cornerville, Lincoln, AR. He married (1) ELLEN ELIZA HENDRIX¹. She was born June 21, 1851 in Henderson Co, TN, and died October 03, 1903 in Cresson, Johnson, TX. He married (2) HULDA DODDS, daughter of THOMAS DODDS and MARY CROOK. She was born 1855 in TN.

Notes for WILEY M. CROOK:

DOB from tombstone - also from autobiography

from obituary

from obituary & picture of tombstone

from autobiography

More About WILEY M. CROOK:

Burial: February 10, 1938, Cresson, Johnson, TX Cresson Cem

Census: 1870, Henderson Co, TN

Migration: 1875

Notes for ELLEN ELIZA HENDRIX:

Ellen first met her husband to be when she was only 14 years old. Wiley Mitcham Crook was home on leave during the Civil War. He needed a new pair of boots and it was suggested by his stepfather, Joel F. Hurt that he go see R. L. Hendrix as Mr. Hendrix had a pair of new boots that were too small for him. When Wiley arrived, Mr. Hendrix was not home and he had already sold the boots. However, Wiley did meet two of his daughters Ellen and Tabitha. Wiley M. Crook writes in his autobiography, page 37, that he was very attracted to the younger sister, Ellen even though she was only 14 years old. After the Civil War they married in 1868 when Ellen was 17 and Wiley was 24.

DOB from tombstone - 1860 Henderson Co, TN census says she was born in TN

From Tombstone Inscription

Picture of Tombstone

Census says she was born in TN.

More About ELLEN ELIZA HENDRIX:

Burial: 1903, Cresson, Johnson, TX Cresson Cem

Census: 1860, Henderson Co, TN

Marriage Notes for WILEY CROOK and ELLEN HENDRIX:

Wiley Mitcham Crook was born September 17, 1844 in Henderson County, Tennessee. His parents were James Wiley Crook (1817-1850) and Eliza C. Hodges (1826-1905). He was the oldest of four children. His siblings were Elijah Jonathan, Susan E. and Nancy James. He had 3 half sisters by his father's first wife, Sarah Thomas and 6 half brothers and sisters by his mother's 2nd husband, Joel F. Hurt. He volunteered for the Confederate army at the age of 17, in 1862. He was in many battles during the war and returned home to Tennessee in May 1865 and farmed 240 acres with his brother, Elijah. He married Ellen Eliza Hendrix (1851-1903) on September 22, 1868 when he was 24 and she was 17. He only had a country school education. On August 15, 1869 their first son was born, Lee Franklin Crook. On November 8, 1871 their second son, James Silas Crook was born. After living in Tennessee all his life, he sold his 140 acres of the family farm and moved to Cass County, MO. in December 1874. He rented a 40 acre farm but did not do well in Missouri and on June 7, 1875 Wiley Mitcham moved his family in a two-horse wagon to Johnson County, Texas which is where he had intended to go when he sold his farm in 1873. On the way to Texas he visited his brother, Elijah in Montgomery County, AR for several weeks. His brother wanted him to settle in Montgomery County, but Wiley did not like that part of the country. When he arrived in Johnson County, he stayed with a second cousin, I. J. L. Pearson who had moved from Henderson County. In fact Ira Pearson had lived with Wiley's family during the year 1852, after Wiley's father had died. Wiley was 30 years old and Ellen was 23. He says in his autobiography that 1875 was a lost year and he very much regretted not coming to Texas as soon as he sold his farm. He then rented a farm and after several very hard years he was able to buy a prairie farm, but life was still very hard. Two more children were born: Mary Loula Crook on October 21, 1877 and John Wiley Crook on May 8, 1882. In 1887 they sent their oldest son , Lee Franklin to high school. During the year 1887, two railroads were built, crossing seven miles from the Crook home. W. M. Crook put in a store and established a post office in Cresson, Texas. In 1889 he sold his prairie farm and bought 80 acres near Cresson. In 1894 they sent their only daughter to the Baptist University at Waco, Texas. On May 4, 1895 she died of pneumonia in Waco. Wiley Mitcham, his wife, Ellen and his oldest son, Lee Franklin were at her bedside when she died. Their oldest son, Lee Franklin attended Weatherford College in nearby Weatherford, Texas and then went on to graduate from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. He was a medical doctor. They sent their youngest son, John Wiley to College Station, TX to attend Texas A & M College. Wiley Mitcham helped found the Cresson Baptist Church in 1896. He also served as Postmaster for the Cresson Post Office. His wife, Ellen Eliza Hendrix died at the age of 52 on October 3, 1903. In 1905 W. M. Crook started corresponding with an old friend from Tennessee, Mrs. H. L. Barham. He had learned from his sister, Susan Crook Barham of Hico, TX that she was a widow and had two children age 16 and 11 years old, Alva and Curtis and another daughter who was already married. They visited each other at a Confederate Reunion near Star City, Arkansas on July 21, 1906. They married at Texarkana, TX in January 1907 and moved to her home near Cornerville, AR. He returned to Texas at Christmas of 1907 and in the summer of 1907 he was called back to Texas at the death of his brother, Elijah, who is buried in Cresson, TX His sister, Susan E. Crook Barham of Hico, TX died in 1908 but he did not return for her funeral. Susan is buried next to her husband, R. H. Barham in Chester County, TN, Ross Cemetery. On August 5, 1912, his son James Silas Crook died. He returned to Cresson, TX but did not arrive in time to see his son alive. He returned to Texas at least one more time to attend a Confederate reunion in Dallas in 1922. So after more than 30 years in Texas he moved to Arkansas and lived there until his death, at the age of 93, in Cornerville, AR. He died February 7, 1938 after being ill for nearly a year. He and his second wife, Hulda lived the last few years of his life with Hulda's daughter in Cornerville, AR. W.M. Crook is buried in Cresson, TX next to his first wife, Ellen Eliza Hendrix, who is the mother of his 4 children. Wiley M. Crook and Hulda Dodds Barham were actually first cousins on his father's side. He does not mention this fact in his autobiography but his grandson, James Clarence Crook knew this and W. Clay Crook also told me.

THE CAPTURED FLAG

W. M. Crook captured a flag from the 57th Indiana regiment at the battle of Franklin, TN. The flag was in his possession when Company I, 13th Tennessee infantry regiment surrendered on April 26, 1865. There were 9 present at the surrender. In August 1884 he attended a Confederate Reunion at Cleburne, TX. He exhibited the flag he had captured at Franklin, TN with the hopes of returning the flag to the Indiana regiment. In September of 1884 he traveled, along with some of his Texas confederate friends, to Kokomo, Indiana, home of Colonel Blanch, who commanded the 57th. The Indiana regiment had a reunion and the flag that had been captured 20 years earlier was returned. It was the first captured flag of the Civil War to be returned. W. M. Crook was presented with a $20 dollar gold piece for arranging the return of the flag. This medal went to his oldest son, Dr. L. F. Crook and then to James Clarence Crook and will be passed on to Jimmie Flinn Crook and to his son Richard Kynan Crook always going to the oldest son who has a son carrying the Crook name.

A double wedding was performed by a primitive Baptist preacher, Riley Reid marrying Wiley M. Crook and Ellen Eliza Hendrix and Elijah J. Crook (Wiley's brother) and Callie Fagg in Henderson County, TN. This information from autobiography on page 43.

Notes for HULDA DODDS:

According to W. Clay Crook, Hulda was a first cousin to Wiley Mitchum Crook. They married when both were probably around 60 and lived together about 30 years until Wiley's death in 1938. On page page 50 of the autobiography Wiley talks about meeting Hulda and calls her an old friend from TN. Strange that he does not say she is his first cousin.

Children of WILEY CROOK and ELLEN HENDRIX are:

26. i. LEE FRANKLIN⁶ CROOK, b. August 15, 1869, Henderson Co, TN; d. April 20, 1945, Bellevue, Clay, TX.

27. ii. JAMES SILAS CROOK, b. November 08, 1871, Henderson Co, TN; d. August 05, 1912, Cresson, Johnson, TX.

iii. MARY LOULA CROOK, b. October 21, 1877, Johnson Co, TX; d. May 04, 1895, Waco, McLennan, TX.

Notes for MARY LOULA CROOK:

From autobiography

From W. M. Crook's autobiography he states that he and his wife, Ellen and their oldest son, Lee F. Crook were at Mary's bedside when she died of pneumonia while attending Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

Information from picture of tombstone. She is buried next to her parents in Cresson Cemetery, Johnson County. Buried to the right of Mary Loula is her fiancee, Dr. W. M. Jones. He was 36 years old when he died about a year after Mary. The two tombstones are identical as if they were husband and wife. The family story that has been passed down is that he died of a broken heart.

More About MARY LOULA CROOK:

Burial: May 06, 1895, Cresson, Johnson, TX

28. iv. JOHN WILEY CROOK, b. May 08, 1882, Johnson Co, TX; d. Sherman, Grayson Co, TX.

14. HULDA⁵ DODDS (MARY GREENE (POLLY)⁴ CROOK, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born 1855 in TN. She married (1) ROBERT BARHAM. She married (2) WILEY M. CROOK, son of JAMES CROOK and ELIZA HODGES. He was born September 17, 1844 in Henderson Co, TN, and died February 07, 1938 in Cornerville, Lincoln, AR.

Notes for HULDA DODDS:

Notes for WILEY M. CROOK:

DOB from tombstone - also from autobiography

from obituary

from obituary & picture of tombstone

from autobiography

More About WILEY M. CROOK:

Burial: February 10, 1938, Cresson, Johnson, TX Cresson Cem

Census: 1870, Henderson Co, TN

Migration: 1875

Children of HULDA DODDS and ROBERT BARHAM are:

i. ALVA⁶ BARHAM, b. 1890.

ii. CURTIS BARHAM, b. 1895.

15. NANCY⁵ DODDS (MARY GREENE (POLLY)⁴ CROOK, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born January 07, 1839 in Henderson City Cemetery, Chester Co. TN, and died July 10, 1926 in Chester Co. TN. She married WILLIAM M. BILL PRIDDY. He was born March 01, 1829, and died March 16, 1903 in Chester Co. TN.

More About NANCY DODDS:

Burial: Henderson City Cemetery, Chester Co. TN

More About WILLIAM M. BILL PRIDDY:

Burial: Henderson City Cemetery, Chester Co. TN

Child of NANCY DODDS and WILLIAM PRIDDY is:

i. JOHN H.⁶ PRIDDY, b. March 25, 1860, Henderson Co. TN; d. April 09, 1888, Chester Co. TN.

More About JOHN H. PRIDDY:

Burial: Henderson City Cemetery, Chester Co. TN

16. SARAH FRANCES⁵ DODDS (MARY GREENE (POLLY)⁴ CROOK, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born 1841 in Henderson Co. TN, and died February 18, 1880 in Henderson Co. TN. She married JOHN H. STOUT.

More About SARAH FRANCES DODDS:

Burial: Unity Baptist Church, Chester Co TN

Child of SARAH DODDS and JOHN STOUT is:

i. BOBBY MAY⁶ STOUT.

17. WILLIAM A.⁵ DODDS (MARY GREENE (POLLY)⁴ CROOK, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born May 10, 1857 in Chester Co. TN, and died May 12, 1925 in Chester Co. TN. He married VICTORIA ROSS. She was born June 03, 1865, and died March 22, 1953 in Chester Co. TN.

More About WILLIAM A. DODDS:

Burial: Unity Baptist Church, Chester Co TN

More About VICTORIA ROSS:

Burial: Unity Baptist Church, Chester Co TN

Children of WILLIAM DODDS and VICTORIA ROSS are:

i. WILLIAM EDGAR⁶ DODDS, b. August 28, 1886, Chester Co. TN; d. October 24, 1891, Chester Co. TN.

More About WILLIAM EDGAR DODDS:

Burial: Unity Baptist Church, Chester Co TN

ii. HUBIA DODDS, b. August 09, 1891, Chester Co. TN; d. December 06, 1892, Chester Co. TN.

More About HUBIA DODDS:

Burial: Unity Baptist Church, Chester Co TN

Generation No. 4

18. LETITIA⁶ MATHIS (MARGARET JANE⁵ CROOK, JOHN ARNOLD⁴, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born October 01, 1878 in Tippah Co MS, and died September 06, 1950 in Ripley, Tippah Co. MS. She married PORTER S. MCMILLIN December 25, 1900 in Tippah Co MS. He was born December 01, 1877 in Tippah Co MS, and died October 15, 1958 in Ripley, Tippah Co. MS.

More About LETITIA MATHIS:

Burial: Providence Cemetery, Tippah Co. Ms

More About PORTER S. MCMILLIN:

Burial: Providence Cemetery, Tippah Co. Ms

Child of LETITIA MATHIS and PORTER MCMILLIN is:

i. CORA VELMA⁷ MCMILLIN, b. February 12, 1905; m. LOWREY CLIFTON DUNCAN, April 07, 1926, New Albany MS; b. September 21, 1903, Tippah Co MS; d. September 19, 1976, Ripley, Tippah Co. MS.

19. JAMES JOSEPH⁶ DODDS (MARTHA EVELYN⁵ CROOK, JOHN ARNOLD⁴, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born December 23, 1861 in Lee County Mississippi, and died December 1945 in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. He married MARY LOUISE ROEBUCK November 17, 1885 in Greenwood, Sebastian Co. Ark.

More About JAMES JOSEPH DODDS:

Burial: Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma

More About MARY LOUISE ROEBUCK:

Burial: Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma

Children of JAMES DODDS and MARY ROEBUCK are:

i. MAUD⁷ DODDS, b. August 14, 1886, Sugar Loaf, Indian Territory (Poteau, Oklahoma); d. March 06, 1968, Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma; m. WALTER G. OWEN, June 17, 1906, Ada, Oklahoma.

ii. EDGAR B DODDS, b. February 10, 1888, Saltillo, MS; d. Tula Rosa, New Mexico; m. OPHELIA WARREN, Ada, Oklahoma.

More About EDGAR B DODDS:

Burial: Ada, Oklahoma

iii. HOMER VERDO DODDS, b. January 22, 1890, Sugar Loaf, Indian Territory (Poteau, Oklahoma); d. Laneville, Rusk Co., Ark; m. ANNA BELL WHITELY.

iv. GRACE DODDS, b. March 06, 1892, Newburg, Indian Territory (Atwood, Oklahoma); d. June 18, 1894, Newburg, Indian Territory (Atwood, Oklahoma).

More About GRACE DODDS:

Burial: Just north of Newburg

v. LITTLE BROTHER DODDS, b. February 10, 1894, Newburg, Indian Territory (Atwood, Oklahoma); d. February 12, 1894, Newburg, Indian Territory (Atwood, Oklahoma).

More About LITTLE BROTHER DODDS:

Burial: Cem. just north of Newburg with his sister Grace

vi. ICIE DODDS, b. January 13, 1895, Newburg, Indian Territory (Atwood, Oklahoma); d. February 01, 1985, Mountain View, Santa Clara Co., California; m. CRANSTON SMITH, Ada, Oklahoma.

More About ICIE DODDS:

Burial: Palo Alto, Santa Clara Co., California

vii. GATHA GATHER DODDS, b. April 02, 1897, Newburg, Indian Territory (Atwood, Oklahoma); d. July 22, 1900, Colin Co., Texas.

More About GATHA GATHER DODDS:

Burial: Highland Cem., Anna, Collin Co., Texas

viii. JEANETTE DODDS, b. June 29, 1899; d. January 04, 1978, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, LA; m. VIRGIL LEMUEL AULD, July 22, 1919, Ada, Oklahoma.

More About JEANETTE DODDS:

Burial: Tishomingo, Johnston Co., Oklahoma

20. IDA VIRGINIA JENNY⁶ MCADAMS (MARTHA EVELYN⁵ CROOK, JOHN ARNOLD⁴, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born 1869. She married ALFRED GREEN MCDONALD 1887 in Sugar Loaf, Indian Territory. He was born in Sulligent, Marion Co., Alabama.

Child of IDA MCADAMS and ALFRED MCDONALD is:

i. HERSHAL⁷ MCDONALD.

21. WAYMON CHAPPEL⁶ CROOK (ELIJAH JONATHAN⁵, JAMES WILLIAMS⁴, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born September 25, 1870 in Sardis, Henderson, TN, and died 1928 in De Queen, Seiver, AR. He married (1) ETTA BURNETT Abt. 1896 in Montgomery Co, AR. She died 1897 in Montgomery Co, AR. He married (2) EDNA CARR Abt. 1901 in Texarkana, AR. She died in San Diego, San Diego, CA.

Notes for WAYMON CHAPPEL CROOK:

His mother, Callie Fagg died when he was 4 years old. He went to live with his grandmother Fagg and lived with his mother's family until he was 16 years old. His father moved to Arkansas after his wife died and remarried. When Waymon was 16 he moved to Arkansas and lived with his father and his second wife and their children. He was a teacher in Montgomery Co, AR. He married Etta Burnett and they had one daughter named Etta. His wife, Etta Burnett, died 3 days after the baby was born. Etta's sister took the baby to raise and Waymon went back to TN to study to be a medical doctor. When his daughter, Etta, was 5 years old he came back to AR and married Edna Carr. They lived in Story, Montgomery Co, AR where he was a medical doctor and then moved to Oakwood, AR where they homesteaded a large farm. They raised their children on this farm.

DOB & place of birth from LDS and info from Paul Allen Crook

Info from daughter, Bernice Crook Harper in letter written April 11, 2000. Bernice was 93 years old when she wrote the letter to Patricia Crook Barger.

More About WAYMON CHAPPEL CROOK:

Burial: De Queen, Seiver, AR

More About ETTA BURNETT:

Burial: Mt. Ida, Montgomery, AR

Marriage Notes for WAYMON CROOK and ETTA BURNETT:

Info from Paul Allen Crook

Notes for EDNA CARR:

She moved to San diego to live with her daughter, Bernice Crook Harper. She died in CA and is buried at Poway, CA.

More About EDNA CARR:

Burial: Poway, San Diego, CA

Marriage Notes for WAYMON CROOK and EDNA CARR:

Info from Bernice Crook Harper, daughter.

Child of WAYMON CROOK and ETTA BURNETT is:

i. MAGGIE ETTA⁷ CROOK, b. 1897, Montgomery Co, AR; d. 1969, San Diego, San Diego, CA.

Notes for MAGGIE ETTA CROOK:

Maggie Etta's mother, Etta Burnett Crook died giving birth to Etta. Etta lived for five years with her mother's sister while her father, Waymon went back to Tennessee to get a degree in medicine. When Waymon returned to AR he married his second wife, Edna Carr and they had 9 children together. When Etta was five years old she went to live with her father and his new wife, Edna.

This info from Bernice Crook Harper

She died in the hospital in CA.

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Burial: CA, Mt. Hope Cem

Children of WAYMON CROOK and EDNA CARR are:

ii. MARY MARTHA (MATTIE)⁷ CROOK, b. September 06, 1902, Story, Montgomery, AR.

Notes for MARY MARTHA (MATTIE) CROOK:

Info from Bernice Crook Harper

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Burial: Benton, Saline, AR

iii. JAMES ELIJAH CROOK, b. December 04, 1903, Story, Montgomery, AR.

Notes for JAMES ELIJAH CROOK:

He was a railroad engineer.

Info from Bernice Crook Harper

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Burial: Alliance, NE

iv. NELLIE BERNICE CROOK, b. September 29, 1906, Story, Montgomery, AR.

Notes for NELLIE BERNICE CROOK:

Moved to San Diego, CA in 1943. She was a school teacher in Buckville, AR for 16 years and taught school in San Diego for 16 years. She lived in San Diego for 50 years. When her husband of 67 years died in 1994 she moved to Sacremento, CA to live with her granddaughter. She wrote me two wonderful letters about her family when she was 93 years old. Her son, Paul Dowe Harper, was a well known muscian in San Diego. He moved to Fairbanks, AK in 1972 and still lives there in 2000 with his wife, Helen and one son.

v. EDNA LOUISE CROOK, b. 1908, Story, Montgomery, AR; d. 1908, Oakwood, Montgomery, AR.

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Burial: Oakwood, Montgomery, AR Oakwood Cem

vi. JR WAYMON CHAPPEL CROOK, b. 1910, Story, Montgomery, AR; d. 1910, Oakwood, Montgomery, AR.

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Burial: Oakwood, Montgomery, AR Oakwood Cem

vii. CATHERINE GWENDOLYN CROOK, b. February 15, 1912, Oakwood, Montgomery, AR; d. August 10, 1993, San Diego, San Diego, CA.

Notes for CATHERINE GWENDOLYN CROOK:

Info from Paul Allen Crook - She moved to CA from Montgomery County, AR.

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Burial: CA

viii. ADOLPHUS WOODROW CROOK, b. September 09, 1914, Oakwood, Montgomery, AR; d. CA.

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Burial: Poway, San Diego, CA

ix. WILEY CARR CROOK, b. April 1918, Oakwood, Montgomery, AR.

Notes for WILEY CARR CROOK:

He moved to San Diego, CA from Montgomery County, AR and in 2000 is still living.

x. BERYL ISABELL CROOK, b. August 1919, Oakwood, Montgomery, AR.

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Burial: Benton, Saline, AR

22. ELBERT P.⁶ CROOK (ELIJAH JONATHAN⁵, JAMES WILLIAMS⁴, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born December 19, 1883 in Oden, Montgomery Co, AR, and died January 20, 1963 in Cleburne, Johnson, TX. He married CARRIE SHIRLEY. She was born December 26, 1882 in Hood Co, TX, and died October 07, 1953 in Hood Co, TX.

Notes for ELBERT P. CROOK:

He lived in Granbury and was the sheriff of Hood County. He is in a 1915 photograph of Hood County Commissioners Court published in a 1993 historical book of Hood County. He had three sons and they were all graduates of Texas A & M College. He married Carrie Shirley who was the daughter of Mary E. Fair and James T. Shirley.

DOB from tombstone inscription - Place of birth from Bernice Crook Harper.

DOD from tombstone inscription

Elbert and Carrie Shirley Crook are buried on the same plot with Elbert's parents, E. J. Crook and Martha D. Crook in Cresson Cemetery, Johnson, TX. Carrie's parents, James T. and Mary E. Fair are also buried in the Cresson Cemetery. On the same plot with James & Mary Shirley are 5 of their children.

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Burial: Cresson, Johnson, TX

Notes for CARRIE SHIRLEY:

DOB from tombstone inscription

from tombstone

Picture of Tombstone

More About CARRIE SHIRLEY:

Burial: Cresson, Johnson, TX Cresson Cem

Children of ELBERT CROOK and CARRIE SHIRLEY are:

i. CURTIS⁷ CROOK.

Notes for CURTIS CROOK:

Graduate of Texas A & M College - Lived in Los Alamos, NM

ii. BYRON CROOK.

Notes for BYRON CROOK:

Graduate of Texas A & M College - Lived in Amarillo, Texas

iii. WAYNE CROOK.

Notes for WAYNE CROOK:

Graduate of Texas A & M College. Lived in Fort Worth and worked for the Texas State Highway Dept. He lived close to L. F. Crook, Jr and his wife Pat. They were friends and James C. Crook and his wife, Al Lee would see Wayne when they visited L. F. and Pat in Ft. Worth.

23. HANNAH⁶ CROOK (ELIJAH JONATHAN⁵, JAMES WILLIAMS⁴, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born December 03, 1886 in Oden, Montgomery Co, AR, and died August 1982 in Hereford, Deaf Smith, TX. She married JOHN ALVIN MCWHORTER in Hood Co, TX.

Notes for HANNAH CROOK:

W. M. Crook mentions in his autobiography (page 51) that he returned to Johnson County, TX for a visit in December 1908. His niece, Hannah Crook returned to Arkansas with him for a visit. In the Hood County birth records I found Hannah Crook married to J. Alvin McWhorter and three children were listed.

The year of her birth was figured out from the Hood County birth records of her children. She also gave AR as her place of birth. We know from W. M. Crook's autobiography that his brother, Elijah Jonathan did live in Montgomery Co, AR in the year 1875. also DOB from SS death index.

DOD and place of death from SS Death Index

Marriage Notes for HANNAH CROOK and JOHN MCWHORTER:

Hannah Crook is listed as married to J. Alvin McWhorter in the Hood County birth records.

Children of HANNAH CROOK and JOHN MCWHORTER are:

i. ALVA CLAIR⁷ MCWHORTER, b. October 04, 1919, Hood Co, TX.

Notes for ALVA CLAIR MCWHORTER:

Data from Hood County birth records

ii. LEAH THALIA MCWHORTER, b. January 12, 1921, Hood Co, TX.

Notes for LEAH THALIA MCWHORTER:

Data from Hood County birth records

iii. JR JOHN ALVIN MCWHORTER, b. October 09, 1924, Hood Co, TX.

24. WILEY⁶ CROOK (ELIJAH JONATHAN⁵, JAMES WILLIAMS⁴, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born 1890 in Oden, Montgomery Co, AR. He married MERLE MCWHORTER in TX.

Notes for WILEY CROOK:

This information from Hood County birth records. The records show he was born in AR and his year of birth was abt 1890.

Marriage Notes for WILEY CROOK and MERLE MCWHORTER:

Data from Hood County birth records showing Merle McWhorter to be the mother of his son.

Child of WILEY CROOK and MERLE MCWHORTER is:

i. HOWARD FRANKLIN⁷ CROOK, b. January 02, 1920, Hood Co, TX.

Notes for HOWARD FRANKLIN CROOK:

Data from Hood County birth records

25. JOHN LUTHER⁶ BROWN (NANCY JAMES⁵ CROOK, JAMES WILLIAMS⁴, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born 1880 in Henderson Co now Chester Co TN, and died 1960 in Henderson Co now Chester Co TN. He married NETTIE RHODES. She was born 1877 in Rhodes Town, Henderson County TN, and died 1934 in Henderson Co now Chester Co TN.

More About JOHN LUTHER BROWN:

Burial: Unity Baptist Church, Chester Co TN

More About NETTIE RHODES:

Burial: Unity Baptist Church, Chester Co TN

Child of JOHN BROWN and NETTIE RHODES is:

i. ELMER C.⁷ BROWN, b. 1903; d. 1942, Lexington, TN; m. MARY PEARL CROOK, 1926, Henderson County, TN; b. 1908, Crookland Hall, Middlefork, Henderson Co. TN; d. 2001, Jackson, Madison County Tn.

More About ELMER C. BROWN:

Burial: Unity Baptist Church, Chester Co TN

More About MARY PEARL CROOK:

Burial: Unity Baptist Church, Chester Co TN

26. LEE FRANKLIN⁶ CROOK (WILEY M.⁵, JAMES WILLIAMS⁴, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born August 15, 1869 in Henderson Co, TN, and died April 20, 1945 in Bellevue, Clay, TX. He married (1) ROSA LAVENIA HARDESTY January 1900 in Cresson, Johnson, TX. She died 1905 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX. He married (2) MARGARET ADDIE BOBO April 12, 1909 in Cresson, Johnson, TX. She was born September 10, 1885 in Cave Spring, Floyd, GA, and died May 05, 1980 in Bowie, Montague, TX.

Notes for LEE FRANKLIN CROOK:

DR. LEE FRANKlIN CROOK

Lee Franklin Crook was born August 15, 1869 in Henderson County, Tennessee. His parents were Wiley Mitcham Crook (1844 - 1938) and Ellen Eliza Hendrix (1851 - 1903). The Crook family moved to Johnson County, Texas in 1875 when Lee was 6 years old. He had two brothers, James Silas and John Wiley and one sister, Mary Loula. The family eventually moved from the prarie farm out in the country to Cresson, Texas. Lee Franklin graduated from Weatherford College in Weatherford, Texas and from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. with a degree in medicine. After receiving his medical degree he returned to Cresson to set up his medical practice. He was an active member of the Cresson Baptist Church, serving as Superintendent of the Sunday School in 1900 with an average attendance of 43. He married Rosa Lavenia Hardesty and they had one son, Lee FranklinCrook, Jr. born April 16, 1902 in Cresson, Texas. Rosa Lavenia Hardesty Crook died in 1905 with tuberculosis, in a Fort Worth, TX hospital, after a lingering illness. Lee Frank's second wife was Margaret Addie Bobo (l885 - 1980). They married on April 12, 1909 and had one son, James Clarence Crook, born November 5, 1910 in Cresson, Texas. In 1911, Dr. Crook moved his family to Bellevue, Texas in Clay County. A nurse in Ft. Worth named Mrs. Manton, urged Dr. Crook to move to Bellevue, although Bellevue already had two doctors, Dr. Hood and Dr. Holmes. In 1911 Bellevue was a much more prosperous town than Cresson. The town had 2 grocery and dry goods stores combined, 2 drug stores, a bank, a dentist, 2 doctors, a gin, shoe repair shop, blacksmith, lumber yard, wagon yard and several churches. It was the intention of Dr. Crook and his wife to eventually move to Wichita Falls, TX a much larger town, about 40 miles west of Bellevue. However, he never made this move and lived in Bellevue the rest of his life. He was president of the Bellevue School Board for many years and was very active in the First Baptist Church of Bellevue. He was also a very respected man in the community. He suffered a stroke a few years before he died and the stroke hindered his practice of medicine. He suffered a heart attack and died April 20, 1945 at the age of 75. He is buried in the Bellevue Cemetery next to his wife Margaret Addie Bobo Crook. Addie lived to be 94 years old and died on May 5, 1980.

Buried on the same plot in the Bellevue Cemetery is his son L.F. Crook, Jr. and his wife Millie (Pat) Crook. And his grand daughter-in-law, Marie Fletcher Crook. Also to be buried on the same plot is James Clarence and Alma Lee Flinn Crook and their son Jimmie Flinn Crook.

Tombstone inscription and death certificate

Tombstone inscription and obituary

Information from their son, James Clarence Crook

More About LEE FRANKLIN CROOK:

Migration: 1911

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Burial: 1905, Cresson, Johnson, TX

Marriage Notes for LEE CROOK and ROSA HARDESTY:

from son Lee F. Crook, Jr's birth certificate

Notes for MARGARET ADDIE BOBO:

The family bible recorded Margaret's middle name as Addie and she was called Addie. However, when she was an adult she must have changed her name to Adeline as that is the way it appears on her son's birth certificate. She was just 3 months old when the family moved to Texas and she was next to the youngest of 9 children. She married Dr. Lee Franklin Crook, also of Cresson, Texas. Addie was 16 years younger than her husband. They moved to Bellevue, Clay, TX in 1911 where they lived until their deaths.

Most summers Addie and her son, James would take the train to Cresson where they would spend two weeks visiting the Bobo and Crook kinfolks. They got free passes for the train ride as Dr. Crook was the physician for the railroad.

DOB of birth from Bobo family bible & tombstone inscription. Place of birth from obituary and information given by Margaret Addie Bobo Crook in 1976 to her grand daughter in law, Marie Crook.

obituary from The Bowie News

Picture of tombstone in Bellevue Cem.

More About MARGARET ADDIE BOBO:

Burial: May 07, 1980, Bellevue, Clay, TX Bellevue Cem

Migration: 1911

Marriage Notes for LEE CROOK and MARGARET BOBO:

from the Bobo family bible

Child of LEE CROOK and ROSA HARDESTY is:

i. JR LEE FRANKLIN⁷ CROOK, b. April 16, 1902, Cresson, Johnson, TX; d. December 22, 1984, San Angelo, Tom Green, TX; m. MILLIE (PAT) AULICK; b. April 17, 1907, Buffalo Springs, Clay, TX; d. December 06, 1990, San Angelo, Tom Green, TX.

More About JR LEE FRANKLIN CROOK:

Burial: December 1984, Bellevue, Clay, TX

More About MILLIE (PAT) AULICK:

Burial: December 08, 1990, Bellevue, Clay, TX

Child of LEE CROOK and MARGARET BOBO is:

ii. JAMES CLARENCE⁷ CROOK, b. November 05, 1910, Cresson, Johnson, TX; m. ALMA LEE FLINN, November 12, 1936, Bryan, Brazos, TX; b. April 12, 1909, Bellevue, Clay, TX.

Notes for JAMES CLARENCE CROOK:

Moved to Bellevue, TX from Cresson, TX when he was 3 months old. His father was a family doctor in Bellevue. He graduated from high school in Bellevue. Both his parents, Dr. Lee F. Crook and Margaret Addie Crook were very involved in the community and the Bellevue schools.

Birth certificate

Notes for ALMA LEE FLINN:

Alma Lee is called Al Lee. She attended Simmons University (now Hardin-Simmons) in Abilene, TX. She taught school in Lone Star which is near Bellevue. She married James Clarence Crook and they had twins, Jimmie Flinn and Patricia Ann. Al Lee was a homemaker and has lived in Garland, TX since 1942. See James Clarence Crook for more information on Alma Lee Flinn.

Birth Certificate

Marriage Notes for JAMES CROOK and ALMA FLINN:

James and Al Lee started to school together in Bellevue, TX and have known each other all their lives. Their children were twins, Jimmie Flinn Crook and Patricia Ann Crook born August 29, 1937 in Wichita Falls, TX. The family moved to Sweetwater, TX and in 1942 they moved to Garland, Texas where James and Al Lee still live. Al Lee has always been a homemaker and is a wonderful cook and seamstress. She made all of Patricia's clothes when she was growing up and has continued to make most of her own clothes. James went to work for Kraft Foods Company in 1949 and retired in 1977. After his retirement they bought an RV and have traveled over much of the US and Canada. They also traveled to Tripoli, Libya in 1975 to visit their daughter Patricia and her family and to Stavanger, Norway in 1977 again to visit Patricia. For twenty years they spent the winter in Mission, TX where they owned an RV lot in a park. In 1998 they sold the lot as Al Lee's health was declining. At this time (October 1998) they are still living in their home in Garland.

Al Lee and James married at Gladys and Van Sugareff's house in Bryan, TX. Gladys was Al Lee's older sister.

27. JAMES SILAS⁶ CROOK (WILEY M.⁵, JAMES WILLIAMS⁴, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born November 08, 1871 in Henderson Co, TN, and died August 05, 1912 in Cresson, Johnson, TX. He married ELIZABETH FRANCES PETERSON. She was born February 01, 1873, and died June 02, 1939 in Dallas, Dallas, TX.

Notes for JAMES SILAS CROOK:

DOB from autobiography & tombstone. Place of birth from autobiography

Tombstone Inscription

Picture of tombstone

More About JAMES SILAS CROOK:

Burial: 1912, Cresson, Johnson, TX Cresson Cem

Notes for ELIZABETH FRANCES PETERSON:

After her husband died in 1912 Elizabeth moved to Dallas with her two daughters, Lucille and Mabel. Elizabeth lived there until her death in 1939.

Picture of Tombstone

More About ELIZABETH FRANCES PETERSON:

Burial: 1939, Cresson, Johnson, TX Cresson Cem

Marriage Notes for JAMES CROOK and ELIZABETH PETERSON:

Tombstone Inscription

Children of JAMES CROOK and ELIZABETH PETERSON are:

i. ANNA LUCILLE⁷ CROOK, b. October 17, 1893, Johnson Co, TX; d. August 25, 1978, Cleburne, Johnson, TX.

Notes for ANNA LUCILLE CROOK:

Lucille was a legal secretary and worked for a law firm in Dallas. She never married. When she retired she returned to Cleburne, TX. Her sister also lived in Cleburne.

DOB from SS index and tombstone

DOD from tombstone

Buried on the same plot with her parents, James Silas Crook and Elizabeth Frances Peterson.

More About ANNA LUCILLE CROOK:

Burial: 1978, Cresson, Johnson, TX Cresson Cem

ii. JOHN BOYD CROOK, b. July 10, 1895, Johnson Co, TX; d. August 1968; m. JEWEL UNK.

Notes for JOHN BOYD CROOK:

Had a boy and a girl

DOB from SS index

DOD from SS index

iii. WILLIAM FERMAN CROOK, b. July 26, 1897, Johnson Co, TX; d. March 1983, TX; m. LUCILLE UNK.

Notes for WILLIAM FERMAN CROOK:

DOB from SS index

DOD from SS index

iv. LEE FRANK CROOK, b. October 21, 1899, Johnson Co, TX; d. March 08, 1958, Godley, Johnson, TX; m. ROSE MARIE DILLARD; b. March 31, 1900; d. January 09, 1996, Cresson, Johnson, TX.

Notes for LEE FRANK CROOK:

DOB from tombstone inscription

DOD from tombstone inscription - Died from pancreatic cancer

Picture of tombstone

More About LEE FRANK CROOK:

Burial: 1958, Cresson, Johnson, TX Cresson Cem

v. MABEL MINERVA CROOK, b. December 16, 1901, Johnson Co, TX; d. April 13, 1992, Cleburne, Johnson, TX; m. UNK GAMEWELL.

Notes for MABEL MINERVA CROOK:

Mabel lived out of Texas for many years, but came back to Cleburne, Johnson County, TX when she retired. She was divorced and never had any children. Mabel did considerable research on the Crook family which has helped me in my genealogy research on the family. She shared her research with her first cousin, James Clarence Crook and James passed it on to me his daughter, Patricia Ann Crook Barger.

DOB from SS index

DOD from SS index

More About MABEL MINERVA CROOK:

Burial: Cleburne, Johnson, TX

28. JOHN WILEY⁶ CROOK (WILEY M.⁵, JAMES WILLIAMS⁴, JONATHAN³, JAMES S.², JAMES¹) was born May 08, 1882 in Johnson Co, TX, and died in Sherman, Grayson Co, TX. He married ELLA FULLER. She died in Sherman, Grayson Co, TX.

Notes for JOHN WILEY CROOK:

from autobiography

from their only daughter, Ellen Crook Banowsky.

Marriage Notes for JOHN CROOK and ELLA FULLER:

from daughter, Ellen Crook Banowsky

Child of JOHN CROOK and ELLA FULLER is:

i. ELLEN C.⁷ CROOK, m. (1) UNK ARMENDT; m. (2) FRED L. BANOWSKY, TX; d. 1985, San Antonio, Bexar, TX.

Endnotes

1. Wiley Mitcham Crook, Autobiography and Reminiscences of Wiley M. Crook, Star City, AR, June 25, 1917.