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    1. [ILHAMILT-L] McAllister Hooker letters - THE END

    3. Well Folks, That is the last of the surviving letters. Several of the letters from the early months of the war service of the 87th have been scattered among family members and I do not have them all. The letters were kept in a wooden box by Elizabeth Hooker (nee Cottingham). They passed to her youngest daughter Amy Hooker who inherited the house that McAllister and Elizabeth had built after the war. Amy Hooker married Chester Anderson (son of 2Lt Warner Anderson of Co A 87th) and they continued to live in the Hooker home until their deaths in the 1950's. I first saw the letters in 1973 when I visited my uncle Everett. My uncle Everett Anderson continued to live in the home until he became ill in the 1980's. My aunt Nina found the box of letters in the roll top desk on the back porch of the home and passed them to my father, knowing of the work that I was doing on the family history. About 1995 I transcribed them into my computer. The house still stands on the northeast bank of the McLeansboro city reservoir along route 14 west of town. Many of you probably still drive by it daily. It is owned by a cousin who is determined to save and restore it. Pictures of McAllister Hooker and Elizabeth Cottingham and a early picture of thieir family are on Carol's yesterday page <A HREF="http://www.carolyar.com/Illinois/HamiltonCounty.htm">The Yesterdays of Hamilton County, IL</A> Also on the page are pictures of the Hooker family house, and a scanned sample of one of the letters. Descendants of McAllister Agnew Hooker Generation No. 1 1. MCALLISTER AGNEW4 HOOKER (ROBERT3, ?2, SAMUEL1) was born January 13, 1838 in Henderson County, Kentucky, and died March 29, 1913 in East St. Louis, Illinois. He married ELIZABETH JANE COTTINGHAM January 13, 1858 in McLeansboro, Illinois, daughter of EPHRIAM COTTINGHAM and MARY ASHBY. She was born October 23, 1839 in Henderson County, Kentucky, and died January 09, 1922 in Hamilton County, Illinois. Children of MCALLISTER HOOKER and ELIZABETH COTTINGHAM are: i. GEORGE LEE5 HOOKER, b. December 16, 1858, Henderson County, Kentucky; d. June 23, 1888, Hamilton County, Illinois; m. HESTER MANGIS, March 07, 1883, Hamilton County, Illinois; b. December 29, 1858, Hamilton County, Illinois; d. May 27, 1941, Hamilton County, Illinois. ii. CHARLIE HOOKER, b. Abt. 1860. iii. SARAH ALICE HOOKER, b. June 19, 1862, Hamilton County, Illinois; d. August 31, 1934, Hamilton County, Illinois; m. JOSEPH WILLIAM LESLIE, November 17, 1880, Hamilton County, Illinois; b. February 27, 1857; d. March 02, 1934, Hamilton County, Illinois. iv. ELLA HOOKER, b. Abt. 1864. v. EUDORAH E. HOOKER, b. August 01, 1866, Hamilton County, Illinois; d. Aft. 1921, Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois. vi. OSCAR SUMNER HOOKER, b. November 22, 1868, Hamilton County, Illinois; d. December 24, 1946; m. ALTA GARRISON, April 11, 1889, Hamilton County, Illinois; b. April 1870, Hamilton County, Illinois; d. December 21, 1942, Hamilton County, Illinois. vii. ROBERT B. HOOKER, b. June 21, 1871, Hamilton County, Illinois; d. January 05, 1937; m. CARRIE BUTLER, September 09, 1894, Hamilton County, Illinois; b. 1875, Saline County, Illinois. viii. NELLIE M. HOOKER, b. February 01, 1875; d. 1941, McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois; m. (1) WALTER M. ANDERSON1, August 26, 1894, Hamilton County, Illinois; b. July 21, 1871, Hamilton County, Illinois; d. March 26, 1898, Hamilton County, Illinois; m. (2) CHARLES L. BORDER, October 24, 1906, Hamilton County, Illinois; b. 1871; m. (3) OSCAR PRICE HARPER, Aft. 1908; b. August 08, 1877; d. June 14, 1951, McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois. ix. WILLIAM HOOKER, b. February 01, 1875, Hamilton County, Illinois; d. October 25, 1888, Hamilton County, Illinois. x. AMY GERTRUDE HOOKER, b. October 07, 1879, Hamilton County, Illinois; d. April 01, 1957, Dixon, Illinois; m. CHESTER CLAYBORN ANDERSON2, November 25, 1899, Hamilton County, Illinois; b. August 07, 1875, Hamilton County, Illinois; d. August 13, 1955, Anna, Illinois. Endnotes 1. Wallace Julian Anderson, Letter from Wallace Julian Anderson, (Louisville, Kentucky; 17 April 1993). 2. Edmund Anderson, etal, Bible of Edmund Anderson, (Given to the McLeansboro, Illinois Historical Museum). Patrick J. Anderson http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=patanderson 9654 Baltimore Avenue, Laurel, Maryland 20723

    05/07/2002 12:34:41
    1. Re: [ILHAMILT-L] McAllister Hooker letters - THE END
    2. Kate Dobbs Ariail

    3. Thank you for posting all those letters and the accompanying information. It was wonderful reading, and gave me some idea what the war might have been like for some of my kinfolks. Kate ----- Original Message ----- From: <PatAnder73@aol.com> To: <ILHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 6:34 PM Subject: [ILHAMILT-L] McAllister Hooker letters - THE END > Well Folks, > > That is the last of the surviving letters. Several of the letters from the > early months of the war service of the 87th have been scattered among family > members and I do not have them all. > > The letters were kept in a wooden box by Elizabeth Hooker (nee Cottingham). > They passed to her youngest daughter Amy Hooker who inherited the house that > McAllister and Elizabeth had built after the war. Amy Hooker married Chester > Anderson (son of 2Lt Warner Anderson of Co A 87th) and they continued to live > in the Hooker home until their deaths in the 1950's. I first saw the letters > in 1973 when I visited my uncle Everett. My uncle Everett Anderson continued > to live in the home until he became ill in the 1980's. My aunt Nina found > the box of letters in the roll top desk on the back porch of the home and > passed them to my father, knowing of the work that I was doing on the family > history. About 1995 I transcribed them into my computer. The house still > stands on the northeast bank of the McLeansboro city reservoir along route 14 > west of town. Many of you probably still drive by it daily. It is owned by a > cousin who is determined to save and restore it. > > Pictures of McAllister Hooker and Elizabeth Cottingham and a early picture of > thieir family are on Carol's yesterday page <A HREF="http://www.carolyar.com/Illinois/HamiltonCounty.htm">The Yesterdays of Hamilton > County, IL</A> Also on the page are pictures of the Hooker family house, and a > scanned sample of one of the letters. > > Descendants of McAllister Agnew Hooker > > Generation No. 1 > > 1. MCALLISTER AGNEW4 HOOKER (ROBERT3, ?2, SAMUEL1) was born January 13, > 1838 in Henderson County, Kentucky, and died March 29, 1913 in East St. > Louis, Illinois. He married ELIZABETH JANE COTTINGHAM January 13, 1858 in > McLeansboro, Illinois, daughter of EPHRIAM COTTINGHAM and MARY ASHBY. She > was born October 23, 1839 in Henderson County, Kentucky, and died January 09, > 1922 in Hamilton County, Illinois. > > Children of MCALLISTER HOOKER and ELIZABETH COTTINGHAM are: > i. GEORGE LEE5 HOOKER, b. December 16, 1858, Henderson County, Kentucky; > d. June 23, 1888, Hamilton County, Illinois; m. HESTER MANGIS, March 07, > 1883, Hamilton County, Illinois; b. December 29, 1858, Hamilton County, > Illinois; d. May 27, 1941, Hamilton County, Illinois. > ii. CHARLIE HOOKER, b. Abt. 1860. > iii. SARAH ALICE HOOKER, b. June 19, 1862, Hamilton County, Illinois; > d. August 31, 1934, Hamilton County, Illinois; m. JOSEPH WILLIAM LESLIE, > November 17, 1880, Hamilton County, Illinois; b. February 27, 1857; d. March > 02, 1934, Hamilton County, Illinois. > iv. ELLA HOOKER, b. Abt. 1864. > v. EUDORAH E. HOOKER, b. August 01, 1866, Hamilton County, Illinois; d. > Aft. 1921, Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois. > vi. OSCAR SUMNER HOOKER, b. November 22, 1868, Hamilton County, Illinois; > d. December 24, 1946; m. ALTA GARRISON, April 11, 1889, Hamilton County, > Illinois; b. April 1870, Hamilton County, Illinois; d. December 21, 1942, > Hamilton County, Illinois. > vii. ROBERT B. HOOKER, b. June 21, 1871, Hamilton County, Illinois; d. > January 05, 1937; m. CARRIE BUTLER, September 09, 1894, Hamilton County, > Illinois; b. 1875, Saline County, Illinois. > viii. NELLIE M. HOOKER, b. February 01, 1875; d. 1941, McLeansboro, > Hamilton County, Illinois; m. (1) WALTER M. ANDERSON1, August 26, 1894, > Hamilton County, Illinois; b. July 21, 1871, Hamilton County, Illinois; d. > March 26, 1898, Hamilton County, Illinois; m. (2) CHARLES L. BORDER, October > 24, 1906, Hamilton County, Illinois; b. 1871; m. (3) OSCAR PRICE HARPER, Aft. > 1908; b. August 08, 1877; d. June 14, 1951, McLeansboro, Hamilton County, > Illinois. > ix. WILLIAM HOOKER, b. February 01, 1875, Hamilton County, Illinois; d. > October 25, 1888, Hamilton County, Illinois. > x. AMY GERTRUDE HOOKER, b. October 07, 1879, Hamilton County, Illinois; > d. April 01, 1957, Dixon, Illinois; m. CHESTER CLAYBORN ANDERSON2, November > 25, 1899, Hamilton County, Illinois; b. August 07, 1875, Hamilton County, > Illinois; d. August 13, 1955, Anna, Illinois. > > > > Endnotes > > 1. Wallace Julian Anderson, Letter from Wallace Julian Anderson, > (Louisville, Kentucky; 17 April 1993). > 2. Edmund Anderson, etal, Bible of Edmund Anderson, (Given to the > McLeansboro, Illinois Historical Museum). > > > > Patrick J. Anderson > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=patanderson > 9654 Baltimore Avenue, Laurel, Maryland 20723 > > > ==== ILHAMILT Mailing List ==== > Listowner, Michael L. Hebert mailto:mhebert.usgw@charter.net > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Visit Misty Flannigan's Hamilton County, Illinois Genealogy Resource Page at: > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/5807/ >

    05/07/2002 02:46:34