Person:Robert Cooksey (2)

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Robert Byrd Cooksey
b.17 Feb 1870 Fredonia, Caldwell County, Kentucky
d.25 Oct 1946 Kennett, Dunklin County, Missouri
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m. 17 Aug 1910
  1. Ruth CookseyAbt 1912 -
  2. Bert Marshall Cooksey1914 - 1961
  3. Robert Bayliss Cooksey1915 - 1993
  4. Thomas Cass Cooksey1917 - 1948
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Name[1][2][3][4] Robert Byrd Cooksey
Gender Male
Birth[2][3][4] 17 Feb 1870 Fredonia, Caldwell County, Kentucky
Marriage 17 Aug 1910 Steele, Pemiscot County, Missouri(his 2nd wife)
to Minnie Jane Marshall
Census[2] 1920 Cooter Twp, Pemiscot County, Missouri
Census[5] 1930 Independence, Dunklin County, Missouri
Census[6] 1940 Kennett, Dunklin County, Missouri
Death[3][4] 25 Oct 1946 Kennett, Dunklin County, Missouri(of arteriosclerosis)
Burial[3] Mount Zion Cemetery, Steele, Pemiscot County, Missouri

Pemiscot County, Missouri, 1920 census:[2]

Cooksey, Robert B. Head 52 yrs b. Kentucky (parents, b. Kentucky) Farmer
      Minnie Wife 31 yrs b. Missouri (parents, b. Missouri)
      Paul Son 16 yrs b. Missouri (parents, b. Kentucky/Tennessee)
      Ruth Dau 8 yrs b. Missouri (parents, b. Kentucky/Missouri)
      Bert Son 6 yrs b. Missouri (parents, b. Kentucky/Missouri)
      Bayliss Son 5 yrs b. Missouri (parents, b. Kentucky/Missouri)
      Thomas Son 3 yrs b. Missouri (parents, b. Kentucky/Missouri)
NOTE: Paul was the son of Robert's first wife.

Dunklin County, Missouri, 1930 census:[5]

Cooksey, R. B. Head 61 yrs (marr. at 41 yrs) b. Kentucky (parents, b, Kentucky) Laborer (Odd Jobs)
      Minnie Wife 40 yrs (marr. at 20 yrs) b. Indiana (parents, b. Indiana)
      Ruth A. Dau 18 yrs b. Missouri (parents, b. Kentucky/Indiana) Laborer (Garment factory)
      Bert M. Son 16 yrs b. Missouri (parents, b. Kentucky/Indiana)
      Robert B. Son 15 yrs b. Missouri (parents, b. Kentucky/Indiana)
      Thomas C. Son 13 yrs b. Missouri (parents, b. Kentucky/Indiana)

Dunklin County, Missouri, 1940 census:[6]

Cooksey, R. B. Head 72 yrs (8th Gr) b. Kentucky 1935: Same place Laborer ("Common Industry"[?])
      Minnie Wife 51 yrs (8th Gr) b. Indiana 1935: Same place
      Bayliss Son 25 yrs (marr.; 8th Gr) b. Missouri 1935: Same place [no occupation listed]
References
  1. ↑ Missouri, United States. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002. (Online database: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Pemiscot, Missouri, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    ED 162, p. 1A, dwelling/family 11/11.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Find A Grave.

    Robert B. Cooksey

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Missouri, United States. Death Certificates. (Missouri State Archives)
    No. 33196.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Dunklin, Missouri, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    ED 23, p. 7A, dwelling/family 140/141.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dunklin, Missouri, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    ED 35-22, p. 4B, #86 (701 S. Main St).
  7.   Steele (Missouri) Enterprise
    1 Nov 1946.

    Robert Byrd Cooksey, 76, died of a heart ailment at his home in Kennett Friday morning at 5 o'clock.

    Funeral services were conducted at Steele Methodist Church at 2:30 Sunday afternoon by the Rev. Marvin Niblack, pastor. Burial was in Mount Zion Cemetery with German Funeral Home in charge.

    Mr. Cooksey, who had been in ill health for several years, was a retired farmer and business man of this city and was well known here. He had made his home in Kennett only a few months.

    He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Cooksey of Kennett; four sons: Paul Cooksey of Los Angeles, Calif., and Bert, Robert and Thomas, Cooksey of Kennett; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth McKnight of Kennett; and a brother, Guy Cooksey of Chicago, Ill., also two nieces and two nephews.

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