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Facts and Events
| Name |
Judge Isaac Cook, Esq. |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
16 Jul 1768 |
Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States |
| Marriage |
25 Dec 1792 |
Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United Statesto Margaret Scott |
| Residence[2] |
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Chillicothe, Clark, Ohio, United States |
| Death? |
22 Jan 1842 |
Ross, Ohio, United States |
| Probate[3] |
25 Feb 1842 |
Ross, Ohio, United States |
Research Notes (all needing sources)
- Judge Cook when a boy served six months in the Revolutionary War, near its close, as a private.
- He was elected a Representative from Ross County, in the Legislature of Ohio, in the years 1819, 1824, 1825, 1830. Three terms elected by the Legislature. He was appointed Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Ross County by Governor Edward Tiffin in 1804, elected by the Legislature in 1805, 1810, 1817, and again in 1831, making his total service 27 years. The Probate business of the Court was largely attended to by him.
- He was appointed Brigadier General by Governor Worthington in 1816.
Lucy Hall Cook gave the following recollections of her father to RBH on Dec. 14, 1870 (source needed):
- "He was six feet and perhaps two inches in height, slender and perfectly erect to the day of his death. His hair was fine, black, and unusually combed straight back. He resembled the pictures of General Jackson. His complexion was dark, his eyes black and pleasant. He look as much like President [Frederick] Merrick (of Ohio Wesleyan University) as any body I think of. He had his manners. His step was quick and elastic. He lost all of his teeth when he was still a young man. They came out perfectly sound. He was fond of singing and knew many songs. He wrote a great deal of poetry. Wrote the Carrier's Address, for New Year's day, a great many years from the years 1800 to 1835 or 1840, for the Chillicothe Scioto-Gazette, the Galaxy, and other newspapers. He was never a robust man, had dispepsia [sic], but no serious sickness, or suffering, except once, when he was a member of the legislature in 1830-1831. Dr. James Webb brought him from Columbus to his home in Chillicothe."
References
- ↑ Wallingford Vital Records, 1670-1850, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
Vol 48.
COOK, COOCK, COOKE
p 91 - Isaac, s. Isaac & Martha, b. July 16, 1768 - Vol 17, 203.
- ↑ Family Recorded, in Davis, Charles Henry Stanley. History of Wallingford, Conn: From Its Settlement in 1670 to the Present Time, Including Meriden, Which Was One of Its Parishes until 1806, and Cheshire, Which Was Incorporated in 1780. (Meriden, Connecticut: C.H.S. Davis, 1870).
Vol 1, p 685 -
114. ISAAC.
ISAAC COOK, son of Isaac and Jerusha Cook, married Martha, daughter of Benjamin Cook, March 6, 1760 ; he was in the service of his country during the Revolution, as Colonel. He died June, 1810, ae. 71 yrs.
Children:
285 Joel, b Oct. 12, 1760, a distinguished officer in the war of 1812 ;
286 Lemuel, b March 17, 1762 ;
287 James, b Jan 29, 1764, m Chloe Royce, May 4, 1786 ;
288 Lucy, b Jan. 29, 1766 [5 Jan 1760, per Barbour VRs] ;
289 Isaac, b July 16, 1768 , settled at Chillicothe, Ohio ;
260 Martha, b June 30, 1770 ;
291 Mindwell, b July 17, 1772, m Asahel Barham, Jan. 6, 1791 ;
292 Phebe, b Feb. 9, 1777, m David Stocking, 1805.
- ↑ Will Abstract, in Abstract of Wills, Ross County, Ohio 1798-1848, pg. 67.
Isaac Cook, of Ross Co., #369, pg. 530.
Dated Jan. 13 1842. Proved Feb. 25, 1842.
Son Scott, I suppose, has had his share, also son Isaac.
Bequests: To my four daughters: Maria Webb, Elizabeth Nelson, Phoebe McKell and Margaret Boggs.
Bequests: To son Joseph, daughter Lucy, son William - Executor
Witnesses: Nicholas Cunningham, James (x) McKell ?, David Cunningham.
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