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)
Josephine Elizabeth Cook
(1845-1912)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Jacob Albert Wolford

Josephine Elizabeth Cook 1 2

  • Born: 9 Jun 1845, , Cumberland, PA 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Jacob Albert Wolford on 14 Nov 1867 in , Harrison, KY
  • Died: 9 Dec 1912, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA at age 67 1 2 3 4
  • Buried: 11 Dec 1912, Cynthiana: Battle Grove Cemetery, Harrison, KY 1 4

   FamilySearch ID: K8YP-LTF.

  Birth Notes:

She was born "near Newville."

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Moved: 1847, , Clarke, VA. 5

2. Census in 1850 in , Clarke, VA. 6 The 1850 census recorded Stephen B. Cook, 53, living with wife Lydia, 45; Cyrus B., 27; James A., 19; William, 15; Ann E., 11; Lewis P., 9; Martha, 7; and Elizabeth, 4. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. They were living in the 12th District in Clarke county.

3. Census in 1860 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. 7 The 1860 census recorded Stephen B. Cook, 63, living with wife Lydia, 55; Ann, 22; Martha, 17; and Elizabeth, 15. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1870 in Cynthiana, Harrison, KY. 8 The 1870 census recorded Jacob Wolford, liquor dealer, 27, living with wife Josephine, 24; and daughter Mary D., 1. The parents were born in Pennsylvania and Mary in Kentucky.
Also in their home is Josephine's sister, Martha (Cook) Norris, 27, born in Pennsylvania, with her husband Thos. Norris, painter, 32, and their son Frank, 6, both born in Kentucky.

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domestic servant, John Berry, 8, born in Kentucky.
Thos. Norris, painter, 32,

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5. Obituary: Philadelphia Inquirer on 10 Dec 1912 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 9 JOSEPHINE E. widow of Jacob Wolford and mother of Mrs E. Webster Stringfield, at their residence, The Kenmar, 10th and Pine, 9th inst. Interment in Kentucky.

6. Residence: 1001 Pine Street in Philadelphia on 11 Dec 1912 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.


Josephine married Jacob Albert Wolford, son of Peter Wolford and Mary Ann Carl, on 14 Nov 1867 in , Harrison, KY. (Jacob Albert Wolford was born on 3 Dec 1841 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA,10 11 died on 19 Jun 1906 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States 11 12 and was buried on 22 Jun 1906 in Cynthiana: Battle Grove Cemetery, Harrison, KY 11 12.)

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 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 118448 Josephine E. Walford b. 9 Jun 1845 PA d. 9 Dec 1912 Philadelphia PA father Stephen B. Book born PA, mother Lydia Beecher born PA.

3 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 (From originals housed at the Philadelphia City Archives. "Death Records."), https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDRH-DH5 death of Josephine Elizabeth Cook Wolford, 1912.

4 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137533637.

5 Perrin, William Henry, editor, History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky (O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.), Page 619, biography of James A. Cook b. 1830 York Co. PA.

6 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M88Y-26Q Stephen B Cook, Clarke county, Clarke, Virginia, United States; citing family 486, NARA microfilm publication M432.

7 1860 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXPC-HQ1 Stephen B Cook, Carlisle West Ward, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 15, household ID 93.

8 1870 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXW4-MCS.

9 Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), 10 Dec 1912, page 16. Obituary of Mrs. Josphine E. Wolford.

10 Perrin, William Henry, editor, History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky (O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.), Page 684.

11 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137532478.

12 FamilySearch.org, New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949 (New York, New York), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:271S-CCK.


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