COOK CEMETARY

North West Quarter of Section 36, Orange Township, Knox County, IL

Wilma Butts and Pam Eagle copied this cemetery in May, 1982 for the Knox County Genealogical Society. I recopied it in November, 2001 as I was doing some work in it for the township. I've also included if they had a Will or Probate on burials prior to 1900, and some wives maiden names. This cemetery is well taken care of with very little damage.

Todd Walter
November, 2001
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* Additions or corrections

Infant Ouderkirk, Dau of H. & S.E.	July 10, 1869

Wm. H. Cook., Infant son of E.J. & N. 	Jan 28, 1865 age 1y 16d

Enoch Godfrey	Aug 17, 1888 83y 8m 18d
Sarah (Cook) Godfrey	Sep 11, 1871 62y 3m 21d

John Allen Cook 	Sep 3, 1844 - Aug 30, 1899

Hetty Cook, Wife of John 	July 22, 1868  60y 5m 25d
	(Not wife of above) 

Armel S. Cook	June 30, 1863 26y 10m 11d *

L. Freeze, dau of H. & M.	(Could not find stone)

James Ferguson	Jan 18, 1865 31y 11m ?d *
Lora Ferguson, Dau of J.M.& A.M.	Apr 18, 1871 10y 9m 1d *

Benjamin Holloway	Nov 1, 1809 - Dec 8, 1869
Levisa Ann (Bennett) Holloway	Jan 7, 1821 - Mar 30, 1854 *

Levi W. Benson, And His Wife	1799 - 1849
	(Wife does not have a stone)

A. Curtis Benson	1860 - 1949 
	(This stone is next to the above and same type of granite)

Stones with M.R. and A.M.	No Dates

Oliver R. Rambo	1815 - 1869 (PROBATE)
Elizabeth J. (Crigler) Rambo, Wife	1824 - 1909

Addie P. (Rambo) Lindstrom, Mother	1864 - 1937

Hezekiah Rambo, Son of O.S. & E.J.	Dec 24, 1854 1y 10m 14d

Charles E. Golliday	1863 - 1929
Ella R. (Rambo) Golliday	1865 - 1949

Cora (Allen) McLaughlin	Nov 17, 1872 - Apr 7, 1951

Emma L. Allen	Mar 4, 1870 - Dec 31, 1941

Richard A. Allen	Nov 26, 1840 - Mar 10, 1873
	Sgt. Co. A 59 IL Inft., Enlisted Jul 17, 1861, Discharged Jul 17, 1865 for wounds
Elizabeth (Rambo)Allen Jones	Jan 5, 1842 - Oct 26, 1925 *

Edward Stevenson	Sep 1, 1807 - Jan 25, 1885
Mary (Keys) Stevenson	Nov 30, 1810 - Mar 1, 1865
John Wesley Stevenson	Oct 21, 1845 6m

W.C. Stevenson	Feb 26, 1836 - Apr 1, 1913
Charlotte A. (Ouderkirk) Stevenson	Feb 6, 1841 - Dec 30, 1902
Edward Otterbine Stevenson	Oct 3, 1860 - 8y 8m 9d *
William Logan Stevenson, Son of W. & C.	Feb 18, 1870 5y 10m 28d
Harriet Stevenson, Dau of W.C. & C.A.	Jun 29, 1862 2y 4m 18d *

Jacob Ouderkirk	Aug 6, 1811 - May 29, 1882 * (WILL)
Nancy (Waffle) Ouderkirk, Wife of Jacob	Oct 10, 1892 77y 12d (PROBATE)
Martha L. Ouderkirk, Dau of J. & N.	July 1, 1872 18y 9m 24d

Robert E. Gaddis, Son of T.J. & S.	Mar 16, 1870 1y 2m 13d

Jacob Scheider, Son of J. & A.G.	Oct 23, 1866 4m 17d

Julia A. (Anthony) Stevenson, Wife of R.W.	Oct 16, 1835 - May 22, 1864

Edward Lew	1857 - 1888

Mary Rambo	1854 - 1927 *

Harvey Rambo	Mar 15, 1818 - July 21, 1884
Deborah (Faulkner) Rambo, Wife of H.	Mar 15, 1825 - Apr 28, 1904

Thomas R. Sumner	1848 - 1935
Abbie (Rambo) Sumner, Wife of T.R.	1850 - 1904

Andrew J. Rambo	Sep 30, 1858 - Sep 18, 1926

John Morss	May 13, 1814 - July 21, 1884 (PROBATE)
Elizabeth (Jordan) Morss, Wife of J.	Jun 24, 1815 - Sep 11, 1898

Base with no stone 

Amos Morss	Jan 6, 1858 - Feb 24, 1947
Alice T. (Page) Morss, Wife of A.	Dec 23, 1860 - Nov 22, 1888
Charles L. Morss, Son of A. & A.T.P.	Jun 26, 1887 - Jul 14, 1908

Etta Morss	Feb 8, 1864 - Oct 5, 1940

Stella West	1902 - 1922

Delores M. Morss	Oct 20, 1933 *

Leven Rambo	Feb 10, 1885 71y 8m 24d *
Nancy (Benson) Rambo, Wife of L.	Dec 31, 1814 - May 5, 1888

Henry P. Libolt	1840 - 1914
Margaret (Rambo) Libolt, Wife of H.P.	1850 - 1928

Harry Libolt	Apr 13, 1890 - May 20, 1962
	Pvt IL Co. E 7th Inf WWI

Cora Josephine Libolt	Jul 16, 1856 - Oct 18, 1903 *
	(She has no stone, but I found her obit that states she was buried in Cook Cemetery)
Chauncey J. Hopkins, Son of G.G. & A.	Mar 5, 1890 10y 1m 17d *

Michael Leu	1830 - 1923
Caroline L. Leu, Wife of M.	1836 - 1909
Caroline Leu, Dau of M. & C.L.	1857 - 1916

J. Allen Godfrey	Aug 27, 1949 -           *

Carl H. Buley	Dec 8, 1915 - Dec 26, 1998 *
Sylvia E. (Winchell) Buley	Oct 28, 1915 -             *

Frank A. Freeze, Son of H. & M.	Sep 18, 1859 18d
C.O. Freeze, Son of H. & M.	Aug 22, 1861 11m 14d
Freeze ? (Top Gone)	6y 3m 24d

Benjamin A. Shaver, Son of D. & E.	Sep 1, 1865 1y 10d 
	(Top half with name is now gone)

Robert Kelly, Son of R.J. & M.M.	Sep 7, 1865 1y 3m 1d *

Hezekiah B. Rambo	Sep 9, 1825 - Feb 6, 1888 (PROBATE)
Frances Isabel (Crigler) Rambo, Wife of H.B.	1825 - 1925

Sarah J. Webster, Dau of H.B. & F. Rambo	Jun 8, 1883 26y 6m 13d

Mason Rambo, Son of H. & F.	Dec 15, 1853 1y *

John Morris	Aug 15, 1846 80y

Nancy Morris	Oct 15, 1845 1y 5m 13d

Sarah Morris	Mar 20, 1850 83y

Tarah Ellen Morris	Sep 21, 1853 9m 2d * 
	(Definitely TARAH)

Enoch W. Morris, Son of L. & S.A.	Jan 31, 1863 7m 12d

Louis Morris	Oct 24, 1865 48y 2m 12d  (WILL)

Wolf, In Memory of	Nov 25, 18?? - Nov 9, 18?? in Knox County, ILL *
	(Footstone has initials M. W., other stones of this type date from 1830's to mid 1840's)

John H. Morris, Son Of ??	Unreadable *

John Cook, Born in Dorchester, MD	Oct 5, 1774 - Nov 14, 1845 * (PROBATE)
Sarah A. Cook, Born in MD	Jan 2, 1777 - May 4, 1847 70y 4m 2d

Samuel Smith	Jan 17, 1814 - Jan 24, 1876 (WILL)
Martha (Davis) Smith	Feb 9, 1818 - Sep 7, 1903
Nancy T. Smith, Dau of S. & M.	Mar 1, 1850 3m 20d
Levi L. Smith, Son of S. & M.	Apr 18, 1851 1y 3m 6d *
Stephen F. Smith	1855 - 1933
Robert Davis Smith, Son of S. & M.	Jan 25, 1861 19m 4d 16d

Abraham Liniger	Mar 7, 1833 - Jan 8, 1882 (PROBATE)
Elizabeth Liniger, Wife of A.	Mar 15, 1830 - Jan 29, 1920

Julia A. Liniger	Stone was missing in 1982 and still is

Lucy Tucker	Feb 22, 1887 - Oct 22, 1887
Lena Tucker	Feb 22, 1887 - Oct 31, 1887
Mary E. Tucker	Dec 18, 1882 - Nov 18, 1886
Ida May Tucker	Nov 20, 1883 - Sep 25, 1884

Robert Boyd	1840 - 1909
Maggie Boyd	1847 - 1902

George Bricker	Government Stone, No Dates
	Co. K 2nd IL Cav

Lucy M. Kinser, Wife of Daniel W.	May 22, 1880 - Feb 16, 1903

Frederick Cook	Dec 19, 1857 - Apr 24, 1915
Catherine Cook, Wife of F.	Jan 10, 1841 - Mar 16, 1904
Mary A. Cook	1867 - 1941

Everett L. Nelson, Father	1906 - 1958

Bernard Melton, Father	1913 - 1942
Beulah Melton, Mother	1916 - 1990

Goldie Wells Shaver	1908 - 1930

Isaac Shaver	1869 - 1946
Kate (Boyd) Shaver	1878 - 1922

Susie M. Thurman	1885 - 1958

Rebecca Benson	1824 - 1862
	Cenotaph Memorial, Whose Ashes Mingle With Her Native Soil, West Virginia, By Son George

Richard Bird Benson	Jul 30, 1798 - Apr 7, 1871

Milton Wilwold	Nov 26, 1876 (Stone is missing)

Nora M. McWilliams	Aug 12, 1873 - Oct 8, 1874 *

Martha E. Weir, Wife of A.	Apr 13, 1873 37y 6m 5d

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State of Illinois
Dept of State
Jas. A. Rose, Sec. of State

To all to whom these presents shall come greeting:

	Whereas a Petition duly signed by Caroline Davis, Elsie A. Reynolds, Addie Lindstrom, Lodema Painter, Alice Cook, and Mrs. I. J. Rambo having been filed in the office of the Secretary of State on the 31st day of July A. D. 1907 for the organization of the Cook Cemetery Association under and in accordance with the provisions of an act entitled "An Act to Provide for the organization, ownership, management, and control of Cemetery Associations" approved May 14, 1903, a copy of which petition is hereunto attached.
	I, James A. Rose, Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, by virtue of the powers and duties vested in me by law do hereby certify that the said Cook Cemetery Association is a legally organized association in accordance with the provisions of the above named act.
	In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and cause to be affixed the Great Seal of State.
	Done at the City of Springfield this 31st day of July A. D. 1907 and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and 32nd.

{Great Seal of State}	James A. Rose, Secretary of State

{State of Illinois, Knox County} To James A. Rose, Secretary of State

	We the undersigned Caroline Davis, Elsie A. Reynolds, Addie Lindstrom, Lodema Painter, Alice Cook, and Mrs. I. J. Rambo, hereby present this our petition setting forth our desire to organize a Cemetery Association under an act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois entitled	"An Act to Provide for the organization, ownership, management, and control of Cemetery Associations" approved May 14, 1903, said Cemetery to be located in Knox County, and to be known by the name and style of Cook Cemetery Association, the Post office address of the business office of said Association is at Number No Number street in Maquon in the County of Knox and State of Illinois.

	Signed:

	Caroline Davis
	Elsie A. Reynolds
	Addie Lindstrom
	Lodema Painter
	Alice Cook
	Mrs. I. J. Rambo