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Sylvester Moody Cook 1827–1901 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 April 1827

Birth Location: Switzerland Co., IN

Death Date: 30 September 1901

Death Location: Covington, Fountain County, Indiana, United States of America

Father: John Cook

Mother: Elizabeth Misner

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Sylvester Moody Cook was born in 1827 in Switzerland Co., IN, the child of John Daniel Cook And Elizabeth Penwell Misner. Sylvester Moody Cook married Nancy West. Sylvester Moody Cook passed away in 1901 in Covington, Fountain County, Indiana, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Sylvester Moody Cook was born in 1827 in Switzerland Co., IN, the child of John Daniel Cook And Elizabeth Penwell Misner.
  • Sylvester Moody Cook married Nancy West.
  • Sylvester Moody Cook passed away in 1901 in Covington, Fountain County, Indiana, United States of America.

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Sylvester Cook's Ancestors

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Sylvester Cook
1827–1901
Birth Place: Switzerland Co., IN
Parents
John Daniel Cook
1785–1844
Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
Elizabeth (Penwell) Misner
1793–1823
Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
Luke Misner
1740–1793
Morris County, New Jersey
Abigail (Youngs) Dickerson
1750–1815
Roxbury, Morris, New Jersey, United States
Great-Grandparents
Henry Misner
1712–1762
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Misner
1685–1762
Elizabeth Scoggin
1686–1762

Sylvester Cook's Timeline

2 Records

1827
4 April 1827
Birth of Sylvester Moody Cook in Switzerland Co., IN
Switzerland Co., IN
1901
30 September 1901
Age 74
Death of Sylvester Moody Cook in Covington, Fountain, Indiana, USA
Covington, Fountain, Indiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 April 1827
    Event Place: Switzerland Co., IN
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 September 1901
    Event Place: Covington, Fountain, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Covington, Fountain County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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