Beyond Wolf Mountain

Marion Monroe Cook

Marion Monroe Cook (March 20, 1856 to September 8, 1913) Click here for a larger JPG file.

Ann Bone Cook (March 1, 1861 to August 31, 1905) Click here for a larger JPG file.

Marion was the 2nd child of Solomon and Martha Cook and was born March 20, 1856. Grandson of Hence Marvin Cook.

Marion grew up fatherless from the age of 6 since Solomon had joined the NC Infantry in 1862 and died in Camp Douglas POW camp 2 years later.

Marion lived with his mother, 3 brothers and one sister on the family farm near East Laport, Jackson Co., NC.

After the Civil War, with money hard to come by, Marion left the family farm around 1873 when he was 17 looking for work around Atlanta that was in a rebuilding phase. As we have all heard, Sherman and his men had burned a good many homes on his march to the sea. Each time Marion would travel to the Atlanta area he would take of load of mountain shrubs and bushes to help landscape Altanta. He would always stop by a certain resturant run by William and Catherine Bone of Dallas, Ga. to eat. Their daughter, Ann, was only 12 when Marion first started traveling to Atlanta and he didn't pay much attention to her as she served him his food. But as time went by and Ann turned into a young beautiful lady, she caught Marion's eye and they began to court.

Marion and Ann (March 1, 1861 - August 31, 1905) were married around 1879 when she was 18 and he was 23. After their first child, Mamie, was born, they moved back to Wolf Mountain, NC in the Canada Township of Jackson County. When Ann died at age 44, she left behind 7 children at home including 4 girls aged 6 to 15. Her oldest daughter Mamie (age 23) may have helped her father Marion raise the other children.

In 1901, M. M. Cook bought a tract of land from T. C. Galloway et ux. This is recorded in deed book 28 page 570.

Marion Monroe Cook lived at Wolf mountain till he died September 8, 1913. Marion and Ann are buried at Wolf Creek Cementery beside Marion's brother Thomas.

Marion Monroe Cook Homeplace 1933
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Children of Marion Monroe Cook and Ann Bone:

Mamie or Mayme Catharine Cook, b.Aug 8, 1882 Dallas, Paulding Co. Georgia d.May 30, 1974 Pickens Co., SC

m. Albert Victory Owens b. 30 Mar 1880, d. 07 Mar, 1954, Pickens Co., SC 7 Children: Ernest, Oscar, Cecil, Lecile, Cleo, Styles, Paul

Walter Raleigh Cook b. 8 AUG 1884 Dallas, Paulding Co. Georgia, d. 28 APR 1953

Claud Lee Cook b. 7 JUL 1887 Jackson Co., N.C., d. 22 NOV 1974 Pickens Co., NC

m. 15 APR 1905 Minnie Rebecca Garrett b.28 APR 1887 d. 23 APR 1972 11 Children: Roy Clyde, Julia Irene, Mildred, Lillian, Leland Augustus, Lula Lucille, Kathleen Selina, Heyward Houston, Wallace Garrett, Claude Thomas "Junior", John Marion

Hattie or Mattie Cook b. ABT 1889 Jackson Co., NC, d. ABT 1891 Sols Creek, NC, buried at Sols Creek Church Cem.

Bessie Lou Cook b. March 22, 1890 d. July 30, 1965 Oconee Co., SC

Married Walter W. James b. 22 May 1888, d. 1 Mar 1978 1 child: Beatrice James

Stella Mae Cook b. 6 JUN 1892 Jackson County, NC d. 18 DEC 1987 Pickens Co., SC

Married James Fredrick "Fred" Garrett, Sr. b. 6 Mar 1892, d. 28 Jul 1979 8 Children: Frances Alberta, James Fredrick "Fred Jr.", Helen F., Frank Marion, Vernon W., Vera W., Charles W., George

Ida Viola COOK b. 23 JAN 1897 d. 11 JAN 1975 Greenville, SC

Married Jeptha Oscar Smith b. 25 Aug 1891, Oconee Co. SC, d. 24 Aug 1973, Greenville, SC 7 children: Mary Wilma, Mary Elizabeth, Martha Frances, Hazel Ann, Joseph Oscar, Gary Leo, Una Nell

Bertha Nora COOK b. 28 Apr 1899, Wolf Creek Community, Jackson Co., NC d. 23 Oct 1988, Central, Pickens Co., SC

Married Earl Hunter Sr. on 9 July 1916 in Pickens Co., SC b. 22 Nov 1891 Oconee Co., SC d. 10 Dec 1979 Greenville Co., SC 9 children: Edgar Theodare "Ted", Earl Jr., Nathaniel, Elgin Eugene, Elmer "Micheal", Eloise, Christalee "Chris", Horace Hampton "Hamp", Olin Dewitt

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