Tombstone Tuesday - Georgeanna Cook

Georgeanna

Daughter of

E. & M. Cook

Born March 31, 1844

Died Jan. 29, 1858

 

 

Buried Smithland Cemetery, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 19 September 2012.

 

Elbert Cook obtained a bond to marry Malinda Smith 22 October 1832 in Livingston County. The family was enumerated on the 1850 census in that county. Elbert Cook was listed as a flatboat pilot.

 

This is just one of the many stones marking the burial place of a child. Very likely there are as many unmarked graves of children as there are with tombstones.

Published 2 July 2013, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/