E. H. COOK, b. 1837 (+)(-) enlisted in Confederate army in 1862 at Witts Mill, Dallas Co. TX. Married Mary Ellen Witt in 1863 in Cooke Co. TX. They moved to Whitesboro, TX. where son Richard Edgar b. 1864, Mary E. b.1865 and Helen H. b. 1869 were born. Other children were William E. b. 1874, James Wilkens b. 1879 and Bessie B. b. 1886. Richard E. m. Jennie Messenger in 1889 in Graham, Young Co. TX. He was a blacksmith & moved from Graham to Enid to Ellsworth, KS. (probably following the cow trails for work.) His siblings were John Wilkens, Mary Ruth, Henry Clarence, and twins Velma and Thelma. Any connection out there?