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James Hawkins Tooker

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James Hawkins Tooker

Birth
Wawayanda, Orange County, New York, USA
Death
29 Dec 1901 (aged 80)
Slate Hill, Orange County, New York, USA
Burial
Ridgebury, Orange County, New York, USA Add to Map
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son of Charles P. Tooker and Hannah Nealey/Neely (of Minisink, NY)
grandson of Samuel Took and Catherine Finch (of Patchogue, NY)

m Frances Jane Allison (15 Aug 1825-18 Nov 1881), daughter of Isaac Allison and Sarah Allison

Children:
- Mary Eliza Tooker (8 NOV 1847-) m William H Green
- Charles Whitfield Tooker (1850-1929) m1 Alice Carrie Reeve, m2 Bettie Patterson
- Samuel Tooker (16 Sept 1854-1916) m Minnie Wellman (daughter of Frank Wellman and Sarah Jennings) moved to New Milford PA
- Lewis Allison Tooker (1858-) m Fannie Reeve
- Egbert Mills Tooker (16 Apr 1861-1952) m Lillie Emeritta Wellman (daughter of Frank Wellman and Sarah Jennings) moved to Salamanca NY
- James Francis "Frank" Tooker (1 Sept 1869-1939) m Maryann Barnes

m2 Arminda Skinner (20 Apr 1822-), daughter of Cyrus Skinner

NY Times obituary:
Prof James H Tooker, known as the "Sage of Wawayand," died yesterday at his home, near Middletown, NY at the age of eighty. For over fifty years he was a proficient phrenologist and physiognomist. He died in the house where he was born and had always lived.

Source:
- NY Times obituary
- The History of the Alison, Or Allison Family in Europe and America By Leonard Allison Morrison (1893)
- Commemorative Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania (1900) p179
son of Charles P. Tooker and Hannah Nealey/Neely (of Minisink, NY)
grandson of Samuel Took and Catherine Finch (of Patchogue, NY)

m Frances Jane Allison (15 Aug 1825-18 Nov 1881), daughter of Isaac Allison and Sarah Allison

Children:
- Mary Eliza Tooker (8 NOV 1847-) m William H Green
- Charles Whitfield Tooker (1850-1929) m1 Alice Carrie Reeve, m2 Bettie Patterson
- Samuel Tooker (16 Sept 1854-1916) m Minnie Wellman (daughter of Frank Wellman and Sarah Jennings) moved to New Milford PA
- Lewis Allison Tooker (1858-) m Fannie Reeve
- Egbert Mills Tooker (16 Apr 1861-1952) m Lillie Emeritta Wellman (daughter of Frank Wellman and Sarah Jennings) moved to Salamanca NY
- James Francis "Frank" Tooker (1 Sept 1869-1939) m Maryann Barnes

m2 Arminda Skinner (20 Apr 1822-), daughter of Cyrus Skinner

NY Times obituary:
Prof James H Tooker, known as the "Sage of Wawayand," died yesterday at his home, near Middletown, NY at the age of eighty. For over fifty years he was a proficient phrenologist and physiognomist. He died in the house where he was born and had always lived.

Source:
- NY Times obituary
- The History of the Alison, Or Allison Family in Europe and America By Leonard Allison Morrison (1893)
- Commemorative Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania (1900) p179


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