The Second Marriage of Daniel Cook, Jr.

Daniel Cook, Jr. was born 14 February 1795 in Anson County, North Carolina. He was the son of Daniel Cook, Sr. and his wife Ruth Moultrie. he was the third oldest of eleven children.

Daniel’s first wife was Martha Warren Norwood, daughter of James Norwood of Darlington County., South Carolina. His son, Samuel Calvin Cook,  says in an affidavit that they were married in 1816.
Martha Warren Norwood Cook died  17 June 1840 in Wilcox County, Alabama.

On 19 September 1843, Daniel Cook, Jr. and Caroline McMillian, the widow of Rev. Murdock Murphy, were married in Clarke County, Alabama by Minister H. Creighton. 

To this union was borne five known children. Daniel Cook, Jr. died 16 January 1878. His 2nd wife, Caroline,  died 19 June 1896. Both are buried in the Cook Cemetery, Wilcox County, Alabama.

Daniel Cook, Jr. is my 1st Cousin 6 times removed.










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[1] Clarke County, Alabama, marriage (19 September 1843), Daniel Cook Marriage to Caroline Murphy; Montgomery, Alabama, USA, State of Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Record Services Division.