Ed is buried beside his 3rd wife, Della. Ed was a carpenter, builder of homes and wood boats. Later years he was a truck farmer close to Des Moines (at the town of Carlisle). With his little buggy and old horse he would take butter, eggs and vegetables to markets in Des Moines once a week. His grand daughter, Loretta Cooper Meyer, tells of riding along with him on his way to the markets, and how fun that was to do, partly because Ed was a fun person to be with. She said he had a good sense of humor. She said (in 1997) that there was one curve on the road with a seemingly precarious cliff on one side. Ed would tell Loretta not to fear, because the horse knew exactly how to avoid the danger.
Ed and his wife Della lived on an acreage near Carlisle, IA then. His grandchildren really liked him. He kidded with them. When he was on his death bed he said to grand daughter Loretta Cooper, "Do you know why I go to bed?" She: "No." He: "Because my bed won't come to me." Another playful joke he played on Loretta at the time, while on his death bed, was about his feet. Loretta (in 1997) told of remembering well her grandfather Ed Cook being on his sick bed in the living room of his home at Carlisle--where he died--and seeing his feet sticking out of the bed covers. Ed said to Loretta, "My feet are well, evidently--at least they are able to go out!" Loretta said he was a wonderful, warm, person with a great attitude. She said he was a wonderful grandpa.
Ed and his 1st wife Kate's son Alfred used to say that his mother (Kate) was killed when struck by lightning while she was sitting in a chair by a window. She was holding her baby Elizabeth (Lizzie) in her lap, and Lizzie was thrown from Kate's lap and not hurt, but Kate was killed. Later research reveals that the story of Kate having been killed by lightning is not true. (Alfred was known in the family to be something of a tall-tale story teller). She died of disease. It seems that she had tuberculosis and was very ill and needed to go to the hospital, but she resisted strenuously because in those days people went to the hospital mostly to die. She was afraid. Finally she had to go. She was taken by train from Silver Creek, Nebraska approximately 18 miles, to the hospital in Columbus, NE, where she died.
See the 1870 census of Marion County, Iowa, Indiana Twp. where she is shown as age 11 at the time of the census. When they were enumerated on the 1880 census on July 10, 1880 they lived in Indiana Twp, Marion County, Iowa and at that time Kate's mother was living with them, listed as age 66 and a widow. Also living with them then was Linnie Pettijohn, listed as an unemployed boarder. She is the woman with whom Kate's brother Ed had an affair, left his wife, married Linnie and they lived at Silver Creek, Nebraska where Ed & Kate Cook later moved and where all died, except Edward Cook. Have also seen her birth year listed as 1857.
Ed & Kate lived a mile or so north of her brother George Antrim (who lived on a farm he owned). When Kate died Edward could not afford to buy a cemetery lot for her so he went to her brother George asking if Kate could be buried on George's farmstead. George suggested that if Ed Cook could pay for the casket he, George, would purchase the cemetery lot. Ed agreed. George bought a 3-grave plot. Kate was buried there and later George and his 2nd wife, Linnie, were buried there also with George between his sister and his wife. That is in the Silver Creek Cemetery just west of town. The graves are at the very center of the cemetery.
Ed married second to Annette Blue. She died at age 28, and is buried in Earp Cemetery near Cornell, Illinois, as are her parents. Ed's parents are also buried at Cornell, IL, though in Camp Cemetery. So, seemingly both Ed and Annette are from the same home town.
Ed's 3rd wife, Della, had a son, Kyle Cox, by her first marriage who was a youth when he came into the Willis Edward Cook home. Della is buried beside Ed Cook, just inside one of the gates into the Carlisle, Iowa cemetery.
According to the Marriage Records of Marion County, Iowa 1845-1915 (which records the date marriage licenses were issued rather than the date of the wedding), page 24, the license for Ed to marry first wife Kate was issued on the actual date of their wedding - Oct. 22, 1877.
Ed and his wife Della lived on an acreage near Carlisle, IA then. His grandchildren really liked him. He kidded with them. When he was on his death bed he said to grand daughter Loretta Cooper, "Do you know why I go to bed?" She: "No." He: "Because my bed won't come to me." Another playful joke he played on Loretta at the time, while on his death bed, was about his feet. Loretta (in 1997) told of remembering well her grandfather Ed Cook being on his sick bed in the living room of his home at Carlisle--where he died--and seeing his feet sticking out of the bed covers. Ed said to Loretta, "My feet are well, evidently--at least they are able to go out!" Loretta said he was a wonderful, warm, person with a great attitude. She said he was a wonderful grandpa.
Ed and his 1st wife Kate's son Alfred used to say that his mother (Kate) was killed when struck by lightning while she was sitting in a chair by a window. She was holding her baby Elizabeth (Lizzie) in her lap, and Lizzie was thrown from Kate's lap and not hurt, but Kate was killed. Later research reveals that the story of Kate having been killed by lightning is not true. (Alfred was known in the family to be something of a tall-tale story teller). She died of disease. It seems that she had tuberculosis and was very ill and needed to go to the hospital, but she resisted strenuously because in those days people went to the hospital mostly to die. She was afraid. Finally she had to go. She was taken by train from Silver Creek, Nebraska approximately 18 miles, to the hospital in Columbus, NE, where she died.
See the 1870 census of Marion County, Iowa, Indiana Twp. where she is shown as age 11 at the time of the census. When they were enumerated on the 1880 census on July 10, 1880 they lived in Indiana Twp, Marion County, Iowa and at that time Kate's mother was living with them, listed as age 66 and a widow. Also living with them then was Linnie Pettijohn, listed as an unemployed boarder. She is the woman with whom Kate's brother Ed had an affair, left his wife, married Linnie and they lived at Silver Creek, Nebraska where Ed & Kate Cook later moved and where all died, except Edward Cook. Have also seen her birth year listed as 1857.
Ed & Kate lived a mile or so north of her brother George Antrim (who lived on a farm he owned). When Kate died Edward could not afford to buy a cemetery lot for her so he went to her brother George asking if Kate could be buried on George's farmstead. George suggested that if Ed Cook could pay for the casket he, George, would purchase the cemetery lot. Ed agreed. George bought a 3-grave plot. Kate was buried there and later George and his 2nd wife, Linnie, were buried there also with George between his sister and his wife. That is in the Silver Creek Cemetery just west of town. The graves are at the very center of the cemetery.
Ed married second to Annette Blue. She died at age 28, and is buried in Earp Cemetery near Cornell, Illinois, as are her parents. Ed's parents are also buried at Cornell, IL, though in Camp Cemetery. So, seemingly both Ed and Annette are from the same home town.
Ed's 3rd wife, Della, had a son, Kyle Cox, by her first marriage who was a youth when he came into the Willis Edward Cook home. Della is buried beside Ed Cook, just inside one of the gates into the Carlisle, Iowa cemetery.
According to the Marriage Records of Marion County, Iowa 1845-1915 (which records the date marriage licenses were issued rather than the date of the wedding), page 24, the license for Ed to marry first wife Kate was issued on the actual date of their wedding - Oct. 22, 1877.
Ed is buried beside his 3rd wife, Della. Ed was a carpenter, builder of homes and wood boats. Later years he was a truck farmer close to Des Moines (at the town of Carlisle). With his little buggy and old horse he would take butter, eggs and vegetables to markets in Des Moines once a week. His grand daughter, Loretta Cooper Meyer, tells of riding along with him on his way to the markets, and how fun that was to do, partly because Ed was a fun person to be with. She said he had a good sense of humor. She said (in 1997) that there was one curve on the road with a seemingly precarious cliff on one side. Ed would tell Loretta not to fear, because the horse knew exactly how to avoid the danger.
Ed and his wife Della lived on an acreage near Carlisle, IA then. His grandchildren really liked him. He kidded with them. When he was on his death bed he said to grand daughter Loretta Cooper, "Do you know why I go to bed?" She: "No." He: "Because my bed won't come to me." Another playful joke he played on Loretta at the time, while on his death bed, was about his feet. Loretta (in 1997) told of remembering well her grandfather Ed Cook being on his sick bed in the living room of his home at Carlisle--where he died--and seeing his feet sticking out of the bed covers. Ed said to Loretta, "My feet are well, evidently--at least they are able to go out!" Loretta said he was a wonderful, warm, person with a great attitude. She said he was a wonderful grandpa.
Ed and his 1st wife Kate's son Alfred used to say that his mother (Kate) was killed when struck by lightning while she was sitting in a chair by a window. She was holding her baby Elizabeth (Lizzie) in her lap, and Lizzie was thrown from Kate's lap and not hurt, but Kate was killed. Later research reveals that the story of Kate having been killed by lightning is not true. (Alfred was known in the family to be something of a tall-tale story teller). She died of disease. It seems that she had tuberculosis and was very ill and needed to go to the hospital, but she resisted strenuously because in those days people went to the hospital mostly to die. She was afraid. Finally she had to go. She was taken by train from Silver Creek, Nebraska approximately 18 miles, to the hospital in Columbus, NE, where she died.
See the 1870 census of Marion County, Iowa, Indiana Twp. where she is shown as age 11 at the time of the census. When they were enumerated on the 1880 census on July 10, 1880 they lived in Indiana Twp, Marion County, Iowa and at that time Kate's mother was living with them, listed as age 66 and a widow. Also living with them then was Linnie Pettijohn, listed as an unemployed boarder. She is the woman with whom Kate's brother Ed had an affair, left his wife, married Linnie and they lived at Silver Creek, Nebraska where Ed & Kate Cook later moved and where all died, except Edward Cook. Have also seen her birth year listed as 1857.
Ed & Kate lived a mile or so north of her brother George Antrim (who lived on a farm he owned). When Kate died Edward could not afford to buy a cemetery lot for her so he went to her brother George asking if Kate could be buried on George's farmstead. George suggested that if Ed Cook could pay for the casket he, George, would purchase the cemetery lot. Ed agreed. George bought a 3-grave plot. Kate was buried there and later George and his 2nd wife, Linnie, were buried there also with George between his sister and his wife. That is in the Silver Creek Cemetery just west of town. The graves are at the very center of the cemetery.
Ed married second to Annette Blue. She died at age 28, and is buried in Earp Cemetery near Cornell, Illinois, as are her parents. Ed's parents are also buried at Cornell, IL, though in Camp Cemetery. So, seemingly both Ed and Annette are from the same home town.
Ed's 3rd wife, Della, had a son, Kyle Cox, by her first marriage who was a youth when he came into the Willis Edward Cook home. Della is buried beside Ed Cook, just inside one of the gates into the Carlisle, Iowa cemetery.
According to the Marriage Records of Marion County, Iowa 1845-1915 (which records the date marriage licenses were issued rather than the date of the wedding), page 24, the license for Ed to marry first wife Kate was issued on the actual date of their wedding - Oct. 22, 1877.
Ed and his wife Della lived on an acreage near Carlisle, IA then. His grandchildren really liked him. He kidded with them. When he was on his death bed he said to grand daughter Loretta Cooper, "Do you know why I go to bed?" She: "No." He: "Because my bed won't come to me." Another playful joke he played on Loretta at the time, while on his death bed, was about his feet. Loretta (in 1997) told of remembering well her grandfather Ed Cook being on his sick bed in the living room of his home at Carlisle--where he died--and seeing his feet sticking out of the bed covers. Ed said to Loretta, "My feet are well, evidently--at least they are able to go out!" Loretta said he was a wonderful, warm, person with a great attitude. She said he was a wonderful grandpa.
Ed and his 1st wife Kate's son Alfred used to say that his mother (Kate) was killed when struck by lightning while she was sitting in a chair by a window. She was holding her baby Elizabeth (Lizzie) in her lap, and Lizzie was thrown from Kate's lap and not hurt, but Kate was killed. Later research reveals that the story of Kate having been killed by lightning is not true. (Alfred was known in the family to be something of a tall-tale story teller). She died of disease. It seems that she had tuberculosis and was very ill and needed to go to the hospital, but she resisted strenuously because in those days people went to the hospital mostly to die. She was afraid. Finally she had to go. She was taken by train from Silver Creek, Nebraska approximately 18 miles, to the hospital in Columbus, NE, where she died.
See the 1870 census of Marion County, Iowa, Indiana Twp. where she is shown as age 11 at the time of the census. When they were enumerated on the 1880 census on July 10, 1880 they lived in Indiana Twp, Marion County, Iowa and at that time Kate's mother was living with them, listed as age 66 and a widow. Also living with them then was Linnie Pettijohn, listed as an unemployed boarder. She is the woman with whom Kate's brother Ed had an affair, left his wife, married Linnie and they lived at Silver Creek, Nebraska where Ed & Kate Cook later moved and where all died, except Edward Cook. Have also seen her birth year listed as 1857.
Ed & Kate lived a mile or so north of her brother George Antrim (who lived on a farm he owned). When Kate died Edward could not afford to buy a cemetery lot for her so he went to her brother George asking if Kate could be buried on George's farmstead. George suggested that if Ed Cook could pay for the casket he, George, would purchase the cemetery lot. Ed agreed. George bought a 3-grave plot. Kate was buried there and later George and his 2nd wife, Linnie, were buried there also with George between his sister and his wife. That is in the Silver Creek Cemetery just west of town. The graves are at the very center of the cemetery.
Ed married second to Annette Blue. She died at age 28, and is buried in Earp Cemetery near Cornell, Illinois, as are her parents. Ed's parents are also buried at Cornell, IL, though in Camp Cemetery. So, seemingly both Ed and Annette are from the same home town.
Ed's 3rd wife, Della, had a son, Kyle Cox, by her first marriage who was a youth when he came into the Willis Edward Cook home. Della is buried beside Ed Cook, just inside one of the gates into the Carlisle, Iowa cemetery.
According to the Marriage Records of Marion County, Iowa 1845-1915 (which records the date marriage licenses were issued rather than the date of the wedding), page 24, the license for Ed to marry first wife Kate was issued on the actual date of their wedding - Oct. 22, 1877.
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