William Hook Genealogy

William Hook (son of James Grant Hook and Sarah Hook), b. Aug. 24, 1832; d. Dec. 23, 1905; m. 1st, May 8, 1853, Amy Clark in Vinton Co., Ohio. She was b. Feb. 28, 1833; d. June, 1870. M. 2d, Saphrome Barnett, who was born in Ky. in 1837 and d. in Taylor Co., Iowa, 11912. Family moved in covered wagon from Vinton Co., Ohio, to Wapello Co., Iowa, in 18J5, where they lived for fourteen years. In 1869, they moved to St. Clair Co., Mo., where they lived until 1884, when they moved to Nodaway Co., Mo. They lived here until 1892, when they moved to Taylor Co., Iowa. The family were staunch Methodists and did much for that church in the different vicinities where they lived.

Children of William Hook and his first wife, Amy Clark.

(1) Infant son, b. 1854, d. immediately.

(2) Cynthia Ann Hook, b. 1855; m. Oct., 1873, Benjamin H. Woodbury, b. 1846. Family living at Lawrence, Kans. Issue, eight:

(1) Mary Belle Woodbury, b. 1874; m. 1907, Noel Coleman. Living near Hartsville, Tenn.
(2) William Hook Woodbury, b. 1876; m 1908, Della M. Hamilton. Living, Duluth, Minn. No issue.
(3) Charles Levi Woodbury, b. 1877; d. 1907. Unm.
(4) Amy Sophronie Woodbury, b. 1879. Unm.
(5) Ethel Grace Woodbury, b. 1881; d. 1881.
(6) Emma Blanch Woodbury, b. 1883. Unm.
(7) Richard Lincoln Woodbury, b. 1885; m. 1911, Olive Lenig.
(8) Bessie Douglas Woodbury, b. 1887; d. 1896.

(3) Nancy Hook, b. 1857; d. 1909; m. 1875, Charles Taylor, b. 1885; d. 1921. Family lived at Clearfield, Iowa. Issue, five:

(1) Leslie Taylor, b. 1876; d. 1877
(2) Ralph Taylor, b. 1879; m. 1906, Lizzie Pyle. No issue.
(3) Emma Taylor, b. 1880; d. 1905; m. 1904, Frank Webb, b. 1878.
(4) Blanch Taylor, b. 1882; m. Fred Wertz, b. 1880.
(5) William Taylor, b. 1880; m. Bertha Lowden, b. 1890.

(4) Sarah Hook, b. 1859; d. 1859.

(5) Linkoln Hook, b. 1860; d. 1901; m. Mollie McVicker, b. 1860. No issue. Widow living at Maryville, Mo.

(6) Emma Hook, b. 1862; m. 1889, Colonel Eisiminger, b. in Andrew Co., Mo., Jan. 10, 1862. Family living, Des Moines, Iowa. Issue:

(1) Armide, b. in Andrew Co., Mo., Nov. 13, 1893, who m., 1920, S. V. Schauweker, b. Oct. 30, 1892. Living, Des Moines, Iowa.

(7) James Hook, b. 1864; m. Alice Pertle, b. 1867. Family lives near St. Joseph, Mo. Issue, two, as follows:

(1) Zulu Hook, b. 1888. Unm.
(2) Edgar Leighton Hook, b. 1881. Unm.

(8) Eva Jane Hook, b. 1866; d. 1912; m. Byron Eiginoire, b. 1867, d. 1910. Family lived in Des Moines, Iowa. Issue, one son:

(1) Forest Vincent Eiginoire, b. 1902.

Children of William Hook and his second wife, Sophronie Barnett:

(1) George William Hook, b. 1871; m. 1st, 1900, Jessie Boyd, b. 1878; d. 1910. M. 2d, 1917, Edna Eckler Walker. Family living, Bedford, Iowa. Issue by 1st marriage, five, as follows:

(1) Ruth Hook, b. 1901; m. 1922, Homer Carson.
(2) John Hook, b. 1903; d. 1907.
(3) Mary Hook, b. 1905.
(4) Infant, b. 1908; d. immediately.
(5) Jessie Boyd Hook, b. 1910.

Issue by 2d marriage, three, as follows:

(1) George William Hook, b. 1918.
(2) Bettie Jane Hook, b. 1920.
(3) Imogene Hook, b. 1923.

(2) Martha (Mattie) Hook, b. 1874; m. Dr. F. P. Carey, b. 1850. Family living in Minneapolis, Minn. Issue, two, as follows:

(1) Mildred Carey, b. 1898; m. Jack Harden.
(2) Wilma Pauline Carey, b. 1906.

(3) Walter Hook, b. 1875; d. 1875.