Sturkie Family 2018B - Person Sheet
Sturkie Family 2018B - Person Sheet
NameCOOK, Mary Elizabeth 
Birth1828, Georgia
Death18 Jul 1913, Comanche CO, TX
BurialBurial place Unknown - assume an unmarked grave in Procter Cemetery
FatherCOOK, Rev Isaac Newton (1774-1856)
MotherGRAHAM, Rachael (ca1776-ca1855)
Spouses
Marriage26 Dec 1844, Thomas CO, GA
Marriage1 Feb 1858, Jefferson, FL
Birth9 May 1850, St. Mary, Birmingham, Warwick, England
Death4 Nov 1929, Proctor, Comanche CO, TX
BurialProctor Cemetery, Comanche Co, TX
FatherCATTLES, Charles
MotherRABONE, Sarah
Marriage1874 - 1878
Census notes for Mary Elizabeth COOK
1860 US Census, Leon CO, Fla
Albert G. Adams, 52
Mary E. Adams, 32
1870 US Census, Escambia, Fla
Albert G. Adams, 63
Mary E. Adams, 39
1880 US Census, Coryell, TX
John Cattle, 32
Mary Cattle, 38
1900 US Census, Comanche CO, TX
John Cattle, 53
Mary Cattle, 53
1910 US Census, Comanche CO, TX
John Cattle, 67
Mary Cattle, 70
Albert G. Adams, 52
Mary E. Adams, 32
1870 US Census, Escambia, Fla
Albert G. Adams, 63
Mary E. Adams, 39
1880 US Census, Coryell, TX
John Cattle, 32
Mary Cattle, 38
1900 US Census, Comanche CO, TX
John Cattle, 53
Mary Cattle, 53
1910 US Census, Comanche CO, TX
John Cattle, 67
Mary Cattle, 70
Obituary/DC notes for Mary Elizabeth COOK
Comanche Chief and Hasse Headlight
“Mrs. Cattles was over 90 years of age.”
“Mrs. Cattles was over 90 years of age.”
Notes for John (Spouse 3)
1920 US Census, Pct 4, Proctor, TX
John Cattles, age 60, bn England, immigrated 1870,
Gennie, age 34
Kathleen, age 8
Jno C., age 4
George T., age 3
John Cattles, age 60, bn England, immigrated 1870,
Gennie, age 34
Kathleen, age 8
Jno C., age 4
George T., age 3
Bio notes for John (Spouse 3)
{One of my earliest memories is listening to my father speculate about his father’s family in England. When I was a child, the family didn’t even know how old John Cattle was when he died. He would tell the children he was “as old as his tongue, and a little older than his teeth.” We knew he was born in Birmingham, England because we had the family picture album with the pictures of John’s younger brothers and sisters and we knew the name in England was Cattell. In 1972, I found John’s naturalization application for citizenship, filed in 1898 at the Comanche Court House, showing that he was born about 1848-1850. According to John's naturalization papers, he had arrived Charlestown, SC in 1869. Later research in England has proven that he was born 9 May 1850 at St. Mary, Birmingham, Warwick, England to Charles and Sarah Rabone Cattell. Contact with the English family has been made and George and Nadine Cattles visited cousins in Worcester and Birmingham England during the 1990’s.
Little is known of his life during his first ten years in America, except that he married Mary Cook, who was much older than he and had been married twice before. Later research has proven that Mary Elizabeth Cook was born about 1828 at Georgia, probable daughter of Isaac Newton Cook and Rachel Graham. She married Michael P. Cooper 26 Dec 1844 at Thomas County, Georgia and Albert G. Adams 1 Feb 1858 at Jefferson County, Florida. She married John (Cattell) Cattle between 1874 and 1878. There was no doubt Mary was at least twenty years older than John at the time.
By 1880, they were in Coryell County, Texas where they first purchased a farm before selling it and by 1886 purchasing a farm at Proctor, Comanche County, which the family still owns today. They had been married about 30 years when Mary died childless in 1913. About 1914 John married Tennessee Missouri Haney Torrence ("Tennie"), a young woman from Nacogdoches, Texas with a three year old daughter, Kathleen Torrence.
We know that Mary was called "Aunt" by the children of the John Benjamin Franklin Cook and Sturkie families who lived at Proctor. It appears that John B.F. Cook's parents were Isaac Newton Cook and Rachel Graham of Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia and that Rachel's parents were Alexander and Ann Graham. Sturkie, Cook and Graham families who also settled at Proctor were kin to Mary Cook and that was probably how John Cattle came to settle there. About 1886 Dempsey Graham bought the farm next to John Cattle. John died 4 November 1929 and was buried at Proctor Cemetery, Proctor, Texas.
This story was told by George Cattles, son of John. Sometime after John settled at Proctor, one day when the train pulled into Proctor for a short stop, an Englishman disembarked to stretch his legs. When the locals heard him speak, they immediately told him about John Cattle, another Englishman.
Edwin Treasurer decided at that point to stop a while and visit. He never left. He and John Cattle became fast friends and he eventually bought property next to the Cattle farm. He never built a house, spending most of his time at the Cattle farm. He did dig caves and sometimes stayed in them as he became older. My father, George, recalls coming in after school and Mr. Treasurer would be asleep on the couch.
The 1910 census lists him as 54 years old, single, English. He could read and write and the records of the Proctor Baptist Church show that he at times taught Sunday School classes there. He had been a world traveler and had served in the army in Africa and India.
Eventually, the caves did him in. He died of pneumonia in 1925. John Cattle buried him in the corner of Proctor Cemetery and four years later followed him, lying today by Ed's side, with wife Tennie on the other side, and son John by her side. Apparently, Ed's family was contacted as someone, a brother, perhaps, eventually showed up to sell the property.
Children of John and Tennesee Missouri Haney Torrence Cattle were:
1. John Charles Cattles born 23 Jan 1915 at Proctor, Comanche County, Texas married Florence Lavinia Hansen, daughter of Ernest Hanson and Florence Lavinia Garner, 9 Aug 1938 at Comanche County, Texas. He died 26 April 1995 at Fredricksburg, Texas and was buried Proctor Cemetery, Proctor, Texas.
2. George Tom Cattles born on 7 Jun 1917 at Proctor, Comanche County, Texas married Nadine Laverne Childress born 28 January 1923, daughter of Clarence Elmer Childress and Fay May Roberts, 26 Jul 1937 at De Leon, Texas. He died 15 Jun 1999 and was buried at Proctor Cemetery, Proctor, Texas. Nadine Childress Cattles died 17 October 2005 and was buried at Proctor Cemetery, Proctor, Texas.
Child of Cullus Torrence and Tennessee Missouri Haney Torrence:
Kathleen Virginia Torrence born 29 Jun 1911 came to Proctor when her mother Tennie married John Cattle. She married Martin Eads 8 Apr 1934. She died on 30 Apr 1999 at Comanche, Comanche County, Texas and was buried at Proctor Cemetery, Proctor, Texas.
Kathleen Torrence Eads was an RN graduating from St. Joseph School of Nursing in Fort Worth in the 1930’s. She worked as the Comanche school nurse for over thirty five years. She was honored as one of the first ten inductees to the Comanche High School Hall of Fame. The award was accepted for her family by her niece Ruth Cattles Cottrell.
Submitted by
Ruth Cattles Cottrell
Irving, Texas
Little is known of his life during his first ten years in America, except that he married Mary Cook, who was much older than he and had been married twice before. Later research has proven that Mary Elizabeth Cook was born about 1828 at Georgia, probable daughter of Isaac Newton Cook and Rachel Graham. She married Michael P. Cooper 26 Dec 1844 at Thomas County, Georgia and Albert G. Adams 1 Feb 1858 at Jefferson County, Florida. She married John (Cattell) Cattle between 1874 and 1878. There was no doubt Mary was at least twenty years older than John at the time.
By 1880, they were in Coryell County, Texas where they first purchased a farm before selling it and by 1886 purchasing a farm at Proctor, Comanche County, which the family still owns today. They had been married about 30 years when Mary died childless in 1913. About 1914 John married Tennessee Missouri Haney Torrence ("Tennie"), a young woman from Nacogdoches, Texas with a three year old daughter, Kathleen Torrence.
We know that Mary was called "Aunt" by the children of the John Benjamin Franklin Cook and Sturkie families who lived at Proctor. It appears that John B.F. Cook's parents were Isaac Newton Cook and Rachel Graham of Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia and that Rachel's parents were Alexander and Ann Graham. Sturkie, Cook and Graham families who also settled at Proctor were kin to Mary Cook and that was probably how John Cattle came to settle there. About 1886 Dempsey Graham bought the farm next to John Cattle. John died 4 November 1929 and was buried at Proctor Cemetery, Proctor, Texas.
This story was told by George Cattles, son of John. Sometime after John settled at Proctor, one day when the train pulled into Proctor for a short stop, an Englishman disembarked to stretch his legs. When the locals heard him speak, they immediately told him about John Cattle, another Englishman.
Edwin Treasurer decided at that point to stop a while and visit. He never left. He and John Cattle became fast friends and he eventually bought property next to the Cattle farm. He never built a house, spending most of his time at the Cattle farm. He did dig caves and sometimes stayed in them as he became older. My father, George, recalls coming in after school and Mr. Treasurer would be asleep on the couch.
The 1910 census lists him as 54 years old, single, English. He could read and write and the records of the Proctor Baptist Church show that he at times taught Sunday School classes there. He had been a world traveler and had served in the army in Africa and India.
Eventually, the caves did him in. He died of pneumonia in 1925. John Cattle buried him in the corner of Proctor Cemetery and four years later followed him, lying today by Ed's side, with wife Tennie on the other side, and son John by her side. Apparently, Ed's family was contacted as someone, a brother, perhaps, eventually showed up to sell the property.
Children of John and Tennesee Missouri Haney Torrence Cattle were:
1. John Charles Cattles born 23 Jan 1915 at Proctor, Comanche County, Texas married Florence Lavinia Hansen, daughter of Ernest Hanson and Florence Lavinia Garner, 9 Aug 1938 at Comanche County, Texas. He died 26 April 1995 at Fredricksburg, Texas and was buried Proctor Cemetery, Proctor, Texas.
2. George Tom Cattles born on 7 Jun 1917 at Proctor, Comanche County, Texas married Nadine Laverne Childress born 28 January 1923, daughter of Clarence Elmer Childress and Fay May Roberts, 26 Jul 1937 at De Leon, Texas. He died 15 Jun 1999 and was buried at Proctor Cemetery, Proctor, Texas. Nadine Childress Cattles died 17 October 2005 and was buried at Proctor Cemetery, Proctor, Texas.
Child of Cullus Torrence and Tennessee Missouri Haney Torrence:
Kathleen Virginia Torrence born 29 Jun 1911 came to Proctor when her mother Tennie married John Cattle. She married Martin Eads 8 Apr 1934. She died on 30 Apr 1999 at Comanche, Comanche County, Texas and was buried at Proctor Cemetery, Proctor, Texas.
Kathleen Torrence Eads was an RN graduating from St. Joseph School of Nursing in Fort Worth in the 1930’s. She worked as the Comanche school nurse for over thirty five years. She was honored as one of the first ten inductees to the Comanche High School Hall of Fame. The award was accepted for her family by her niece Ruth Cattles Cottrell.
Submitted by
Ruth Cattles Cottrell
Irving, Texas