I am Billy Dean Cook, great great grandson of GILBERT B. COOK who was born in PA (?) on 6/6/1846 but moved to Edgar County, IL where he married Nancy Kirby on January 14, 1869. He was a Civil War veteran and injured his leg in the War. I don't know which Regiment he served with. Gilbert and Nancy later moved to Jasper County, IL and lived in Hunt City. They had five children; Charles Gilbert, Jesse, Cora, Anne, Maggie. Other verbal sources suggest there may have been a Joe as well. Other family stories suggest that Gilbert's parents came from North Carolina (or the Carolina's). My source for the PA birthplace is a Jasper County Historical Society book, but I don't have the original source. Gilbert died in Jasper County and is buried in Hunt City, but i don't have the date. I would appreciate any information on Gilbert, known as Bert. I have considerably complete information on the descents of Charles Gilbert, his son. Thanks. Bill Cook