Samuel Wiles Cook

1812 - 1896  (83 years)

• Name	Samuel Wiles Cook  [1]
  Birth	27 Dec 1812	South Carolina   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Feb 1896	Conecuh, Alabama   [1]
  Death	6 Feb 1896	Conecuh, Alabama   [1]
  Notes	(Medical):Wiles was a son of Edith "Edy" Cook. His father's name was either James or William Cook. Wiles Cook's siblings were James R. Cook and Marranda Cook Etheridge. According to his pension record, Samuel Wiles Cook volunteered about June 1, 1836 at Pine Orchard, Monroe County, Alabama as a Private in Capt. William Jones Company in the Creek Indian War of 1836. He also states that "we stood gard and hunted the indeans" in the course of his service and that he was discharged at Irvington (now Eufaula, Alabama) about August 1, 1836. When he was discharged, both he and his brother James were suffering from measles which was supposedly the source of later medical problems and thus were entitled to pensions. He was partially lame and bedridden in later years. The last affidavit found for Samuel W. Cook in his pension file, 1894, where he is 81 years old and asks for an increase in his pension to $12 per month. He states that "he is wholly disabled for manual labor by reason of old age and paralysis of the lower limbs rendering him totally helpless and that he is in such destitute circumstances that $8 per month is insufficient". He was still able to sign his name. His sister, Marranda Cook Etheridge, stated in her deposition that Samuel W. Cook also had diabetes.
  Person ID	I23518	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2011

  
  

  Family	Martha Jane Whitehead,   b. 11 Nov 1825, Claiborne, Monroe, Alabama d. 20 Jul 1886, Mixonville, Conecuh, Alabama (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	4 Jul 1814	Monroe, Alabama   [1]
  Children	1. Emily Louisa Cook,   b. 7 Nov 1859, Conecuh, Alabama d. 24 Mar 1905, Conecuh, Alabama (Age 45 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F09946	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2011

  
  

• Sources

  [S006057] FindAGrave.com.