One of James (Jimmie) Cookes's earliest memories occurred while his father was away serving in the Confederate Army. A detachment of Union soldiers, passing through town, used the Cooke family chickens roosting on the fence for their target practice.
Shortly after the end of the war, the family emigrated in covered wagons to Cooke County, Texas.
Jimmie, 23 years old, at the Baptist church, saw a beautiful 16-year-old girl being baptized, and vowed to marry her -- but promised himself to wait until she was 20 years old, and he did! Lula Mae Clapp became his bride on February 16, 1887.
Jimmie and Lula Mae had 5 children, born in the little community of Hood in Cooke County.
After a few years in Haskill county, they returned to Cooke county and settled a few miles north of Muenster. Jimmie Cooke was known for his sense of responsibility to the community, and wherever he settled, he built a school, hired the teacher, built a church, and brought in visiting preachers until the church was established well enough to hire a pastor.
James Cooke died in 1948, his wife in 1955 and they are buried together in the Fairview Cemetery in Gainesville, Texas.
James and John are reversed in the Cooke County book.
Source: History of Cooke County as published by the Cooke County
Historical Society. F148,Page 206
Shortly after the end of the war, the family emigrated in covered wagons to Cooke County, Texas.
Jimmie, 23 years old, at the Baptist church, saw a beautiful 16-year-old girl being baptized, and vowed to marry her -- but promised himself to wait until she was 20 years old, and he did! Lula Mae Clapp became his bride on February 16, 1887.
Jimmie and Lula Mae had 5 children, born in the little community of Hood in Cooke County.
After a few years in Haskill county, they returned to Cooke county and settled a few miles north of Muenster. Jimmie Cooke was known for his sense of responsibility to the community, and wherever he settled, he built a school, hired the teacher, built a church, and brought in visiting preachers until the church was established well enough to hire a pastor.
James Cooke died in 1948, his wife in 1955 and they are buried together in the Fairview Cemetery in Gainesville, Texas.
James and John are reversed in the Cooke County book.
Source: History of Cooke County as published by the Cooke County
Historical Society. F148,Page 206
One of James (Jimmie) Cookes's earliest memories occurred while his father was away serving in the Confederate Army. A detachment of Union soldiers, passing through town, used the Cooke family chickens roosting on the fence for their target practice.
Shortly after the end of the war, the family emigrated in covered wagons to Cooke County, Texas.
Jimmie, 23 years old, at the Baptist church, saw a beautiful 16-year-old girl being baptized, and vowed to marry her -- but promised himself to wait until she was 20 years old, and he did! Lula Mae Clapp became his bride on February 16, 1887.
Jimmie and Lula Mae had 5 children, born in the little community of Hood in Cooke County.
After a few years in Haskill county, they returned to Cooke county and settled a few miles north of Muenster. Jimmie Cooke was known for his sense of responsibility to the community, and wherever he settled, he built a school, hired the teacher, built a church, and brought in visiting preachers until the church was established well enough to hire a pastor.
James Cooke died in 1948, his wife in 1955 and they are buried together in the Fairview Cemetery in Gainesville, Texas.
James and John are reversed in the Cooke County book.
Source: History of Cooke County as published by the Cooke County
Historical Society. F148,Page 206
Shortly after the end of the war, the family emigrated in covered wagons to Cooke County, Texas.
Jimmie, 23 years old, at the Baptist church, saw a beautiful 16-year-old girl being baptized, and vowed to marry her -- but promised himself to wait until she was 20 years old, and he did! Lula Mae Clapp became his bride on February 16, 1887.
Jimmie and Lula Mae had 5 children, born in the little community of Hood in Cooke County.
After a few years in Haskill county, they returned to Cooke county and settled a few miles north of Muenster. Jimmie Cooke was known for his sense of responsibility to the community, and wherever he settled, he built a school, hired the teacher, built a church, and brought in visiting preachers until the church was established well enough to hire a pastor.
James Cooke died in 1948, his wife in 1955 and they are buried together in the Fairview Cemetery in Gainesville, Texas.
James and John are reversed in the Cooke County book.
Source: History of Cooke County as published by the Cooke County
Historical Society. F148,Page 206
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