Paint Creek Cemetery

Photos taken July 7,2005

 

Nancy Cook

died May 6,1880

75y 8m 16d

w/o Aaron Cook

Other Family Members In This Cemetery
Aaron Cook  --husband

Nathan & Isaac Cook  --sons (same stone)

A. Winfield Cook  --son

Mary Laird  --daughter

Elizabeth Cook Blake  --daughter

Erastus Thurstin  --grandson

Other Information
Nancy Coon  born Sep 22,1804 in Ogden; Genesee County, NY  died May 6,1880 at Lake Orion; Oakland County, MI (d/o Joseph Coon & Sarah Brown, gd/o Joseph Coon & Catherine Cunread) (source Ancestry.Com Family Trees)

She married Aaron Cook.

They Had 8 children:

  1. Mary  born Feb 5,1830 Ogden, NY died Jan 22,1895 Oakland County, MI. married Russell M. Thurston
  2. Alma Minerva  born May 21,1832 in Ogden, NY  died May 30,1893 in Pontiac, Oakland County, MI. She married Oct 28,1858 to William Vorhees
  3. Nathan  born Apr 3,1835 in Oakland County, MI  died Jul 25,1836 in Oakland County, MI
  4. Isaac  born Jan 29,1837 in Oakland County, MI  died May 14,1837 in Oakland County, MI
  5. Susan  born Feb 27,1839 in Oakland County, MI  died Oct 5,1912 in Rochester, Oakland County, MI.  she married John Shoemaker
  6. Elizabeth  born 1841 in Oakland County, MI  died Oct 3,1881 in Oakland County, MI. She married George Blake
  7. Cynthia  born Jul 16,1844 in Oakland County, MI  died Jul 2,1921 at Lake Orion, Oakland County, MI.  She married Oct 30,1867 to Fred Casamer.
  8. Helen  born about 1854 in Oakland County, MI  died 1928 at Lake Orion, Oakland County, MI.  She married Thomas K. Corwin

 

 

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1870 census Oakland Township, Oakland County, MI (pg6-7)

Nancy Cook 65 born NY a farmer, Aaron W. 23 born MI, Susan 20 born MI, Elizabeth 28 born MI, Hellen 16 born MI, George Bartholomew 22 born MI a hired hand.

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1860 census Oakland Township, Oakland County, MI (pg 146)

Aaron Cook 56 NY a farmer, Nancy 55 born NY, Susan 21 born MI, Cynthia 15 born MI, Aaron W. 12 born MI, Hellen A. 6 born MI, Mary A. Thurstin 30  born NY domestic, Erastus B. Thurstin 2 born MI, Henry P. Shaffer 21 born NY a farm laborer.

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1850 census Oakland Township, Oakland County, MI

Aaron Cook 46 born NY a farmer, Nancy 46 born NY, Almy 18 born NY, Susan 12 born MI, Elizabeth 8 born MI, Cynthia 6 born MI, Aaron 3 born MI

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1840 census Oakland Township, Oakland County, MI