Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887,
Mercer County.

WILLIAM GRANT COOKE was born May 23, 1848, in Fayette County, Ky.,
removed in childhood with his parents to Mercer Counting, locating near
Bergen [sic], where he grew to manhood; in 1864 he went to Chicago, Ill.,
where he remained one year, when he returned to Mercer County and located
northeast of Harrodsburg, where he has since resided.  His father, William
A. Cooke, a native of Surry County, N. C., was born December 12, 1821,
removed with his parents to Tennessee, and in 1831 to Mercer County, Ky.;
in 1843 to Fayette County, and in 1848 to Mercer.  He was an active and
public-spirited man, and prominent in public improvements.  He was largely
interested in breeding fine stock, and made a specialty of shorthorn
cattle.  He was an old line Whig in politics.  His death occurred in
Florida, March, 1873.  He married Sarah, a daughter of Squire and Nancy
L. (Mosby) Grant, of Fayette County (born in 1823, died in 1860), and of
their nine children two only are now living, viz: Nannie (Bowman) and
William G.  October 1, 1872, William G. was married to Miss Anna, daughter
of Warren O. and Rebecca E. (McConnell) Parker, of Fayette County, and to
them have been born Rebecca, Grant, Anna L., Nellie and William H. D.
Mr. Cooke's great-grandmother was a sister to Daniel Boone.

Cooke Mosby Grant McConnell Parker Boone
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Fayette-KY Surry-NC TN FL IL

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