Stephen Cook Sr.
(Abt 1767-)
Mary Ayers
(Abt 1768-)
John Beecher Sr.
(1760-1819)
Mary Ann Albrecht
(1762-1834)
Stephen Beecher Cook
(1797-1874)
Lydia Beecher
(1805-1885)
Mary Lucetta Cook
(1829-1879)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mathias Swonger

Mary Lucetta Cook 1 2

  • Born: 1 May 1829, Forge Springs, Lancaster, PA 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Mathias Swonger on 6 Jan 1847 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA
  • Died: 7 Jul 1879, Tiffin, Seneca, OH at age 50 1 2
  • Buried: Tiffin: Greenlawn Cemetery, Seneca, OH 2

   FamilySearch ID: LH61-QY5.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1830 in Codorus Twp., York, PA. 3 The 1830 U.S. Census recorded Stephen Cook with this household in Codorus Township:
Males (born)
5-9 (1821-1825) = 1 son (Cyrus)
15-19 (1811-1815) = 1 son (?)
30-39 (1791-1800) = 1 father (Stephen)
Females (born)
Under 5 (1826-1830) = 1 daughter (Mary)
20-29 (1801-1810) = 1 wife (Lydia)
.

2. Census in 1840 in South Middleton Twp., Cumberland, PA. 4 The 1840 census recorded in South Middleton Township in Cumberland County Steven Cook's household:
1840 U.S. Census household
Males (born)
Under 5 (1836-1840) = 1 son (William)
5-9 (1831-1835) = 1 son (James)
15-19 (1821-1825) = 1 son (Cyrus)
40-49 (1791-1800) = 1 father (Stephen)
Females (born)
Under 5 (1836-1840) = 1 daughter (Annie Eliza)
5-9 (1831-1835) = 1 daughter (Kate Ann)
10-14 (1826-1830) = 1 daughter (Mary)
30-39 (1801-1810) = 1 mother (Lydia)
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2.

3. Census in 1850 in Dickinson, Cumberland, PA. 5 The 1850 census recorded Mathias Swanger, farmer, 28, living with wife Mary, 21; James, 3; and Theodore, 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1870 in Springfield Township, Clark, OH. 6 The 1870 census recorded Mathias Swonger, farmer, 49, living with wife Mary L., 41; James F., join carpenter, 22; Charles M., laborer, 19; Mary A., 17; Anna L, 15; Elizabeth I., 14; Frances V., 11; Martha H., 10; Abbie A., 7; Malinda E., 5; and Florence A., 1. The 5 youngest children were born in Ohio, everyone else in Pennsylvania. The post office was Springfield, OH. Mathias' real estate was valued at $2,500 and personal estate $300.
.


Mary married Mathias Swonger on 6 Jan 1847 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. (Mathias Swonger was born on 25 Jul 1822 in Dickinson, Cumberland, PA,7 died on 26 Jul 1892 in , Sandusky, OH 7 and was buried in Highland Hills, Cuyahoga, OH, United States 7.)


Sources


1 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.

2 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69026548.

3 1830 United States Census, Stephen Cook Codorus Township, York Co PA.

4 1840 United States Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: South Middleton, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: 455; Page: 150; Image: 309; Family History Library Film: 0020543.

5 1850 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4H4-JT4.

6 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6KX-DNB.

7 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92618333.



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