Death notice published in the Toronto Republican May 23, 1912, page 1
J.P. Hook, an old time resident of Toronto, but for the past four years living with his son, A.S. Hook, Hesston, Kansas, died at the State Hospital at Topeka, a few days ago. He was born in Ohio July 16, 1827, and at the time of his death was nearly 85 years of age. He came to Kansas in the early 60's and for awhile lived on a homestead across the river. Then he moved to Toronto, where he lived until four years ago. The surviving children are A.S. Hook of Hesston, Mrs. Ben Casto of Ralston, Okla., and Mrs. A. Adkins of Toronto.
The Evening Kansas-Republican, Newton, Kansas 23 Apr 1912, page 5
J.P. Hook an aged resident of Hesson, was found suffering with dementia incident to old age in probate court this morning. He was taken back to his home, where he will be cared for until such time as he can be received at the state institution.
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James Patrick Hook was the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Montgomery of Concord, Highland County, Ohio. He married Mary Martha Larue (often misspelled Larew) on December 15, 1853, in Highland County.
The couple had five of their six known children in Ohio, with a space in between the next one that was born the month before Mary Martha died in Kansas. This would suggest that there may have been one lost at some time between the move from Ohio to Kansas.
The family farmed where many settlers at that time did, in Pleasant Grove Township, which happened to be in Greenwood County, but their closest real town was Toronto, which was right near them in Woodson County. So close, in fact, that all of the Draft Registration cards that were from the rural Neal and Pleasant Grove areas say Woodson County.
The youngest daughter Sarah Annabelle is said to have been born in Toronto, on November 23, 1867, and the mother Mary Martha is said to have died in Toronto, on December 2, 1867. Though the doctor may have had James bring them into town if he knew there were going to be complications, actually most births occurred at home in those days in that part of the country, with the doctor traveling to the home. The fact that the doctor listed his records in Toronto may have caused an assumption of the location of birth and death. Mary Martha is buried in the Cedar Bluff Cemetery, which was called the Old Pleasant Grove Cemetery, which Findagrave shows as being listed in Toronto, but is rural on the very edge of the county line.
It is said that James Patrick died in Topeka, probably in hospice care, but there is no reason to believe his family would not have buried him next to his wife and children in the cemetery that has been so ill cared for in the past that most of the markers have crumbled.
by Lila Cole
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J.P. Hook, an old time resident of Toronto, but for the past four years living with his son, A.S. Hook, Hesston, Kansas, died at the State Hospital at Topeka, a few days ago. He was born in Ohio July 16, 1827, and at the time of his death was nearly 85 years of age. He came to Kansas in the early 60's and for awhile lived on a homestead across the river. Then he moved to Toronto, where he lived until four years ago. The surviving children are A.S. Hook of Hesston, Mrs. Ben Casto of Ralston, Okla., and Mrs. A. Adkins of Toronto.
The Evening Kansas-Republican, Newton, Kansas 23 Apr 1912, page 5
J.P. Hook an aged resident of Hesson, was found suffering with dementia incident to old age in probate court this morning. He was taken back to his home, where he will be cared for until such time as he can be received at the state institution.
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James Patrick Hook was the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Montgomery of Concord, Highland County, Ohio. He married Mary Martha Larue (often misspelled Larew) on December 15, 1853, in Highland County.
The couple had five of their six known children in Ohio, with a space in between the next one that was born the month before Mary Martha died in Kansas. This would suggest that there may have been one lost at some time between the move from Ohio to Kansas.
The family farmed where many settlers at that time did, in Pleasant Grove Township, which happened to be in Greenwood County, but their closest real town was Toronto, which was right near them in Woodson County. So close, in fact, that all of the Draft Registration cards that were from the rural Neal and Pleasant Grove areas say Woodson County.
The youngest daughter Sarah Annabelle is said to have been born in Toronto, on November 23, 1867, and the mother Mary Martha is said to have died in Toronto, on December 2, 1867. Though the doctor may have had James bring them into town if he knew there were going to be complications, actually most births occurred at home in those days in that part of the country, with the doctor traveling to the home. The fact that the doctor listed his records in Toronto may have caused an assumption of the location of birth and death. Mary Martha is buried in the Cedar Bluff Cemetery, which was called the Old Pleasant Grove Cemetery, which Findagrave shows as being listed in Toronto, but is rural on the very edge of the county line.
It is said that James Patrick died in Topeka, probably in hospice care, but there is no reason to believe his family would not have buried him next to his wife and children in the cemetery that has been so ill cared for in the past that most of the markers have crumbled.
by Lila Cole
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Death notice published in the Toronto Republican May 23, 1912, page 1
J.P. Hook, an old time resident of Toronto, but for the past four years living with his son, A.S. Hook, Hesston, Kansas, died at the State Hospital at Topeka, a few days ago. He was born in Ohio July 16, 1827, and at the time of his death was nearly 85 years of age. He came to Kansas in the early 60's and for awhile lived on a homestead across the river. Then he moved to Toronto, where he lived until four years ago. The surviving children are A.S. Hook of Hesston, Mrs. Ben Casto of Ralston, Okla., and Mrs. A. Adkins of Toronto.
The Evening Kansas-Republican, Newton, Kansas 23 Apr 1912, page 5
J.P. Hook an aged resident of Hesson, was found suffering with dementia incident to old age in probate court this morning. He was taken back to his home, where he will be cared for until such time as he can be received at the state institution.
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James Patrick Hook was the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Montgomery of Concord, Highland County, Ohio. He married Mary Martha Larue (often misspelled Larew) on December 15, 1853, in Highland County.
The couple had five of their six known children in Ohio, with a space in between the next one that was born the month before Mary Martha died in Kansas. This would suggest that there may have been one lost at some time between the move from Ohio to Kansas.
The family farmed where many settlers at that time did, in Pleasant Grove Township, which happened to be in Greenwood County, but their closest real town was Toronto, which was right near them in Woodson County. So close, in fact, that all of the Draft Registration cards that were from the rural Neal and Pleasant Grove areas say Woodson County.
The youngest daughter Sarah Annabelle is said to have been born in Toronto, on November 23, 1867, and the mother Mary Martha is said to have died in Toronto, on December 2, 1867. Though the doctor may have had James bring them into town if he knew there were going to be complications, actually most births occurred at home in those days in that part of the country, with the doctor traveling to the home. The fact that the doctor listed his records in Toronto may have caused an assumption of the location of birth and death. Mary Martha is buried in the Cedar Bluff Cemetery, which was called the Old Pleasant Grove Cemetery, which Findagrave shows as being listed in Toronto, but is rural on the very edge of the county line.
It is said that James Patrick died in Topeka, probably in hospice care, but there is no reason to believe his family would not have buried him next to his wife and children in the cemetery that has been so ill cared for in the past that most of the markers have crumbled.
by Lila Cole
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J.P. Hook, an old time resident of Toronto, but for the past four years living with his son, A.S. Hook, Hesston, Kansas, died at the State Hospital at Topeka, a few days ago. He was born in Ohio July 16, 1827, and at the time of his death was nearly 85 years of age. He came to Kansas in the early 60's and for awhile lived on a homestead across the river. Then he moved to Toronto, where he lived until four years ago. The surviving children are A.S. Hook of Hesston, Mrs. Ben Casto of Ralston, Okla., and Mrs. A. Adkins of Toronto.
The Evening Kansas-Republican, Newton, Kansas 23 Apr 1912, page 5
J.P. Hook an aged resident of Hesson, was found suffering with dementia incident to old age in probate court this morning. He was taken back to his home, where he will be cared for until such time as he can be received at the state institution.
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James Patrick Hook was the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Montgomery of Concord, Highland County, Ohio. He married Mary Martha Larue (often misspelled Larew) on December 15, 1853, in Highland County.
The couple had five of their six known children in Ohio, with a space in between the next one that was born the month before Mary Martha died in Kansas. This would suggest that there may have been one lost at some time between the move from Ohio to Kansas.
The family farmed where many settlers at that time did, in Pleasant Grove Township, which happened to be in Greenwood County, but their closest real town was Toronto, which was right near them in Woodson County. So close, in fact, that all of the Draft Registration cards that were from the rural Neal and Pleasant Grove areas say Woodson County.
The youngest daughter Sarah Annabelle is said to have been born in Toronto, on November 23, 1867, and the mother Mary Martha is said to have died in Toronto, on December 2, 1867. Though the doctor may have had James bring them into town if he knew there were going to be complications, actually most births occurred at home in those days in that part of the country, with the doctor traveling to the home. The fact that the doctor listed his records in Toronto may have caused an assumption of the location of birth and death. Mary Martha is buried in the Cedar Bluff Cemetery, which was called the Old Pleasant Grove Cemetery, which Findagrave shows as being listed in Toronto, but is rural on the very edge of the county line.
It is said that James Patrick died in Topeka, probably in hospice care, but there is no reason to believe his family would not have buried him next to his wife and children in the cemetery that has been so ill cared for in the past that most of the markers have crumbled.
by Lila Cole
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