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Leroy Dudley Cook 1854–1919 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Apr 1854

Birth Location: Kentucky

Death Date: 6 Feb 1919

Death Location: Mendocino, California, USA

Father: Seth Cook

Mother: Lydia Cook

Spouse(s): Ella Melvin

Children(s): Ethel Cook, Carl Cook

Leroy Dudley Cook was born in 1854 in Kentucky, the child of Seth Cook And Lydia Cook. Leroy Dudley Cook married Ella Nancy Melvin, and had children including Carl Roy Cook, Ethel M Cook. Leroy Dudley Cook passed away in 1919 in Mendocino, California, USA.

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Biography

  • Leroy Dudley Cook was born in 1854 in Kentucky, the child of Seth Cook And Lydia Cook.
  • Leroy Dudley Cook married Ella Nancy Melvin, and had children including Carl Roy Cook, Ethel M Cook.
  • Leroy Dudley Cook passed away in 1919 in Mendocino, California, USA.

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Leroy Cook's Ancestors

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Leroy Cook
1854–1919
Birth Place: Kentucky
Parents
Seth Cook
1816–1885
Shelby, Kentucky, United States
Lydia Cook
1822–1900
Kentucky
Grandparents
Seth (Cook) Sr
1765–1841
Halifax, Virginia Colony, British America
Frances ("Frankie") WILCOXSON
1782–1860
Woodford, Kentucky, USA
Great-Grandparents
Sgt. Ky
1725–1790
Margaret Jones
1734–1797
Lt Wilcoxson
1755–1837
Sarah (Falkner)
1760–1831
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John* Wilcoxson
1720–1782
Sarah Boone
1724–1815
John .
1730–1805
Joyce Craig
1735–1813

Leroy Cook's Descendants

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Leroy (Dudley) Cook (14 Apr 1854–6 Feb 1919) m. Ella (Nancy) Melvin (17 Sep 1860–07 Nov 1940)
  1. 1. Ethel (M) Cook 1893–1977 m. Elmer (Pritchett) Elder 1888–1937
    1. 1. Robert (Leroy) Elder 1925–2004 m. Barbara (Belle) Lawrence 1932–2017
    2. 2. Dorothy (M) Elder 1919–1998
    3. 3. June (Louise) Elder 1921–1995
  2. 2. Carl (Roy) Cook 1889–1979 m. Gladys (Mae) Bailey 1892–1975
    1. 1. Edna (Mae) Cook 1924–2002 m. Kenneth (Joseph) Friedenbach 1919–1999
      1. 1. Kenneth (Joseph) Friedenbach 1944–2017
    2. 2. Melvin (Bailey) Cook 1929–2004

Leroy Cook's Timeline

2 Records

1854
14 Apr 1854
Birth of Leroy Dudley Cook in Kentucky
Kentucky
1919
6 Feb 1919
Age 65
Death of Leroy Dudley Cook in Mendocino, California, USA
Mendocino, California, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Apr 1854
    Event Place: Kentucky

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Feb 1919
    Event Place: Mendocino, California, USA

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