Permelia Catherine Knight ^{2 3 4}

   FamilySearch ID: LH1D-9YC.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in , Madison, Kentucky, United States. ⁶ The 1860 census recorded in District 1 of Madison County: Cyrus B. Cooke, distiller, 37, living with wife Catherine, 31; Lorrear, 13; Cora, 5; Ida, 3; and Cyrus Jr., 4 months old when the census was recorded on 23 Jun 1860. Cyrus was born in Pennsylvania, Catherine in Maryland, Lorrear and Cora in Virginia, and Ida and Cyrus in Kentucky. Cyrus' personal estate was valued at $2500. The post office was Kingston.

2. Census in 1870 in Cynthiana, Harrison, KY. ⁷ The 1870 census recorded Cyrus B. Cook, distiller, 47, living with wife Permelia C., 40; daughter Cora V., 15; son Cyrus K. 10; daughter Lilley L., 7; and daughter Hattie M., 2. Cyrus was born in Pennsylvania, Permelia in Maryland, Cora in Virginia, and the children in Kentucky.
Also in the home is Cyrus' daughter Laura P. Muller, 22, with her husband, Caleb Muller, distiller, 22, and their son Joe, 2.
Also in the household are 8 other adults and children were servants or workers who lived with the Cooks.

3. Census in 1880 in Cynthiana, Harrison, KY. ⁸ The 1880 census recorded on Penn Street in Cynthiana: Cyrus B. Cook, miller & distiller, 56, living with wife Catharine, 51; son Cyrus, clerk in mill, 20; daughter Lille, 17; daughter Hattie, 13. Also in the home is Cyrus' daughter, Laura Musser, 33, living with her children: Carl Musser, 9; Catherine Musser, 7; and Lizzie Musser, 3.
Cyrus and his parents were born in Pennsylvania. Catharine and her parents were born in Maryland. Son Cyrus was born in Virginia, and Lille and Hattie in Kentucky. Laura Musser was born in Virginia, and her children in Kentucky.

4. Obituary: Lexington Herald-Leader on 13 Jun 1905 in Lexington, Fayette, KY. ⁹ FUNERAL OF MRS. COOK.
(Special to the LEADER.) CYNTHIANA, KY., June 13.-The funeral services of Mrs. Permelia C. Cook, widow of the late Cyrus B. Cook, took place from the residence of her son-in-law, Wm. Adams, this morning at 10:30 o'clock. Mrs. Cook was about 75 years of age and a highly respected woman. She had four daughters and one son, Mrs. William Addams, Mrs. Cale Musser, now Mrs. A. S. Ashbrook, now dead, and dead; C. B. Cook, Jr., who is dead. Her husband, the late Cyrus B. Cook, who died about fifteen years ago, founded the C. B. Cook distillery, and also the C. B. Cook Milling Company, which is now the Crescent Milling Company.

Permelia married Cyrus Beecher Cook, son of Stephen Beecher Cook and Lydia Beecher, on 19 Nov 1844 in Hagerstown, Washington, MD.¹ (Cyrus Beecher Cook was born on 31 Mar 1823 in Forge Springs, Lancaster, PA,^{10 11} died on 16 Nov 1880 in Cynthiana, Harrison, KY ^{10 11 12} and was buried on 18 Nov 1880 in Cynthiana: Battle Grove Cemetery, Harrison, KY ^{10 11 12}.)