Seek ancestors/descendents of JOSIAH H. COOK b. 1818 Mechlenberg Co., NC, parents and siblings unknown. Married June 21, 1838 in Henderson Co., TN to SARAH BUCK (b. 1816 in Concord, Cabarras Co., NC the daughter of George Henry Buck and Martha Susannah (Neisler) Cook). Josiah and Sarah's children were all born in Henderson Co., TN near the Shady Hill Community south of Lexington except the last (Lydia was born in Sebastian Co., ARK) and they and their spouses were as follows: 1. George Henry Cook b. July 17 1938, m. Lovina TEAGUE; 2. Mary Ann Cook b. 1842, married William AKE; 3. John W. Cook b. 1843 believed killed in Civil War serving with the Union; 4. Margaret Susannah Cook b. Feb 26, 1844, m. William BUSH; 5. Elizabeth J. Cook b. 1847, spouse unknown; 6. James Harvey Cook b. Jan 18 1849, m. Mary Isabelle GANN; 7. Sarah Emily Cenith Cook b. July 19 1851, m. Thomas BERRY; 8. Lydia Catherine Cook, b. Mar 18 1855 in Sebastian Co., ARK. Josiah H. Cook served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and died in the US Army Regimental Hospital in Huntersville/Huntsville?? ARK June 19 1864, burial site unknown. (#1 from above) George Henry Cook married Lovina TEAGUE Mar 16 1860 in ARK, and their children were all believed to have been born in Sebastian Co., ARK as follows: 1. Nancy Elizabeth Cook b. 22 Apr. 1861 married William WARREN; 2. William Henry Cook b. 18 Feb 1863 married Maybelle PADDOCK in ARK in 1883, and following her death married Myrtie Louisa EARP in TX in 1904; 3. Sarah Jane Cook b. 8 Dec 1866 married Clate WILLIAMS; 4. John Terry Cook b. 8 Mar 1869 m. Maude ROBERTS; 5. Mary Eveline Cook b. 2 April 1871 m. Steve GARVIN in TX; 6. Josiah Harvey Cook b. 14 Oct 1874, m. Minnie MCDANIEL; 7. Ernest Fagan Cook b. 7 May 1878, m. Eva MALONE. George Henry Cook served in the Army of the Confederacy Co. D, King's Regiment, Arkansas Infantry and was wounded at the Battle of Prairie Grove ARK Dec 7, 1862. George Henry Cook and his wife Lovina Teague Cook, their children and several of his siblings moved from Arkansas to Texas in the mid-1880s and settled in northwest Brown County. George Henry Cook died Oct 8 1890 and is buried in the Lost Creek Cemetery, Brown Co., TX. (#2 from above) Margaret Susannah Cook married William Monroe BUSH in 1862. William M. Bush was born Feb 11, 1822 in Missouri and census records indicate that his father was born in TN, his mother b. in Missouri. Margaret Susannah Cook and William BUSH had the following children: 1. George Washington Bush b. Sept 4 1863, married Nancy Melvina SMITH; 2. Rachel Jo Ann Bush b. Dec 6 1864 in KN, m. Wm. A. EARNEST; 3. Ann Elizabeth Bush b. 1865, m. L. B. COGGIN, then Marlon HUTTON; 4. Margarite Bush b. 1868, m. Wm. J. TYLER; 5. James Harvey Kirkland Bush b. Mar 23 1869 in Newton Co., Missouri, married Georgia Alice EARNEST; 6. Palemon J. Bush b. 1873 in TX, married Ola R. CLARK; 7. Hannah Bush b. 1873 in TX, m. Will FRANKLIN; 8. Ada E. Bush b. 1875. (#6 from above) James Harvey Cook married Mary Isabelle GANN (b. 16 May 1852, d. Nov. 30 1926) in 1868, their children who were all born in Sebastian Co., ARK were as follows: 1. Joseph R. Cook b. 5 Oct 1869, married M. Bell ELKINS; 2. Laura G. Cook b. Oct 1871, m. Leonard L. MILHOAN; 3. Lula M. Cook b. 15 Apr 1874, m. Asberry SMITH; 4. Jess L. Cook b. 14 Aug 1877, m. Laura DURHAM; 5. Henry Chris Cook b. 2 July 1879, married Ruby MARSH; 6. William Matthew Cook b. 10 Sept. 1881; 7. Rachel Ester Cook b. 30 Nov. 1883, m. J. W. FITZJARRELL; 8. Emma G. Cook b. 1 Nov. 1885, married Skip HENRY; 9. James Leonard Cook b. 10 Jan 1888, married Ella E. PUTMAN; 10. Mary Elizabeth Cook b. 5 Mar 1890, m. Frank EVERETT; 11. George W. Cook b. 15 Oct 1892, married Martha La Francia SANDS; 12. Oda Cook b. 6 Sept. 1894 married Winnie BORDEN. (#7 from above) Sarah Emily Cenith Cook married Thomas BERRY Aug 18 1870 (Thomas Berry was born Jan 22 1846 in Sebastian Co., ARK) and their children were as follows: 1. Sarah Anne Berry b. July 7 1871 in ARK, married Wm. BOND; 2. Frank Berry b. Nov 19 1872 Sebastian Co., ARK, m. Cathern WESTFALL; 3. Mary Berry b. Nov 29 1874 Mason Co., TX married John BOTCHER; 4. Josiah Calvin Berry b. Nov 26 1876, Mason Co., TX, married Ludie Lola BOTCHER; 5. Mary J. Berry b. Oct 17 1878, Mason Co., TX, m. Lige MURPHY; 6. Lou Berry b. Sept 20 1880, Sebastian Co ARK, m. John GABBERT; 7. Lucy Berry b. Dec 19 1882, Sebastian Co., ARK, married WM. HANDCOCK; 8. John Thomas Berry b. Mar 22 1887 Mason Co., TX, married Maggie SPAULDING; 9. Delia Berry (twin) b. Jan 25 1891, Brown Co., TX, married Albert DAWSON; 10. Nelia Berry (twin) b. Jan 25 1891, Brown Co., TX, married Bob BOYETT; 11. William Riley Berry b. Jan 21, 1895 Mason, Co., TX, m. Maggie HANCOCK. Any assistance, connection or information about these "Cooks" or their ancestors would be appreciated. Thank you. Robert L. Cook Austin, TX