Cook family

Family

Staff Only

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Pennsylvania and West Virginia Genealogies

Collection

Collection Number: A&M 1788

Overview

Genealogy, family line forms, index, and a family chart of the Bear-Baer and allied families. Compiled by Earle E. Baer, Pittsburgh, PA. Several pages on the Swisher-Bush, and Smith Townsend families were compiled by L. Bush Swisher, Morgantown, and Townsend J. Smith, Tucson, AZ. Also includes the family lines of Bear-Baer, Boreman, Bush, Cook, Edwards, Jackson, Keller, Kurtz-Kurz, Newman, Pursglove, Sellers, Smith, Spencer, Stalnaker-Stelnaker, Steinaker, Watson, and Young-Jung.

Dates: 1944-1947, 1963

Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material

Collection

Collection Number: A&M 0858

Overview Papers of the Tavenner family of western Virginia, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, maps, and other material. Much of the material in this collection regards the Civil War. The Tavenner family was sympathetic to the Confederate cause. One member of the family, William Cabell Tavenner, served in the Confederate army; his letters are part of the collection. This collection also contains material related to families allied to the Tavenner family by marriage, particularly the...

Dates: 1778-1953; Majority of material found within 1819-1884