I am still trying to break that stone wall. Edgar H. Cook b. 5/28/1837 in KY. m. Mary Ellen Witt 1863 in Cooke Co. TX. Children: Richard Edgar Cook b. 8/8/1864 in Whitesboro (Grayson) TX. Mary E. Cook b. 1865, Whitesboro, Helen H. Cook b. 1869, Whitesboro, William E. Cook b. 1874, TX, James Wilkens Cook b. 1879, TX. Edgar may have been the son of James and S.A. Cook of KY., a farmer. Their children have unusual initials, like FKB Cook b. 1844 KY, and B Le Cook b. 1849. James stated he was born in KY. and S.A. did not know where she was born. Richard Edgar Cook m. Jennie A. Messenger in 1889 in Graham (Young) TX. He was a blacksmith and they lived in Graham, Enid, OK. and Ellsworth, KS. Any cousins out there? Barbara in CA.