Samuel B. Knight
(1797-1872)
Catherine Crist
(1802-1859)
Permelia Catherine Knight
(1828-1905)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Cyrus Beecher Cook

Permelia Catherine Knight 2 3 4

  • Born: 9 Dec 1828, Hagerstown, Washington, MD 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Cyrus Beecher Cook on 19 Nov 1844 in Hagerstown, Washington, MD 1
  • Died: 10 Jun 1905, Cynthiana, Harrison, KY at age 76 2 3
  • Buried: 13 Jun 1905, Cynthiana: Battle Grove Cemetery, Harrison, KY 3

   FamilySearch ID: LH1D-9YC.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in , Madison, Kentucky, United States. 5 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. 6 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. 7 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.


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,8 9 died on 16 Nov 1880 in Cynthiana, Harrison, KY 8 9 10 and was buried on 18 Nov 1880 in Cynthiana: Battle Grove Cemetery, Harrison, KY 8 9 10.)

Sources

1 Perrin, William Henry, editor, History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky (O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.), Page 649, biography of C. B. Cook Jr.

2 Montgomery, Morton L., Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1909. Online at: http://archive.org/details/cu31924097286300), Page 929.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43076297.

4 "The Log Cabin (Cynthiana, KY)," 5 Jul 1935, page 6. Obituary of Cora Cook Addams.

5 1860 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBL-D5K.

6 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXWW-JLZ.

7 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCP-4F8.

8 McAdams, Mrs. Harry Kennett: compiler and publisher. Sections of Beecher Genealogy compiled with aid of direct descendent Dr. A.C. Beecher in Philadelphia, Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records: Abstracts of Early Wills, Deeds and Marriages from Court Houses and records of Old Bibles, Churches, Grave Yards, and Cemeteries. Copied by American War Mothers. (Keystone Printery, Lexington, KY. 1929.), Page 314.

9 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43076294.

10 "The Kentuckian-Citizen (Paris, KY)," 17 Nov 1880, page 2.


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