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Family Group Sheet


Husband:   Ephraim H Hook

Born:   01 Sep 1836 in:   Bartholomew Co., IN
Died:   02 Feb 1917 in:   Alexandria, Madison Co., IN
Father:   Thomas Hook (1799-1878)
Mother:   Sarah Davis (1812-1896)

1st Wife:   Eliza Jane Dill

Married:   09 Jun 1860 in:   Hope, Bartholomew Co., IN
Born:   Abt 1836 in:   OH
Died:   Sep 1898 in:   Elwood, Madison Co., IN
Father:   James Dill (c1807-)
Mother:   Esther Dill (c1809-)

CHILDREN

1   F       Name:   Sarah Elizabeth "Katie" Hook
Born:   Dec 1862 in:   Madison Co., IN
Died:   16 Mar 1919 in:   Madison Co., IN
Married:   Mar 1877 in:   Madison Co., IN
Spouse:   Jacob McPhearson
Born:   22 Feb 1854 in:   Rush Co., IN
Died:   14 May 1940 in:   Madison Co., IN
Children:   Hallie E McPhearson (1880-1954) m. Nathaniel Sorrell (1871-1954)
Emma A McPhearson (1884-1945) m. Jesse M Davis (1879-)
Maud M McPhearson (1886-1973) m. James Mort Hutchinson (1882-)
Arthur Elliott McPhearson (1890-1963) m. Etta M Butler (1892-)

2   M       Name:   Clarence Edward Hook (1868-1950)
Spouse:   Faye Sosbe (1885-1971)

3   M       Name:   Sylvanus Bert Hook
Born:   10 Apr 1871 in:   Bartholomew Co., IN
Died:   29 Dec 1946 in:   Elwood, Madison Co., IN
Married:   25 May 1893 in:   Madison Co., IN
Spouse:   Dora Alice Johnson
Born:   21 Feb 1876 in:   Alexandria, Madison Co., IN
Died:   28 Mar 1957 in:   Pontiac, Oakland Co., MI
Children:   Leon Hook (1897-1982)
Gertrude Hook (1901-)
Ilene Hook (1906-) m. Tucker
Emma Hook (1907-)
Howard Hook (1909-)
Earl Hook (1911-1986) m. Ethel Ruth Heddrick (1922-1969)
Floyd Hook (1917-)
Mrs. Gale Todd

4   M       Name:   Adam G Hook
Born:   9 Aug 1873 in:   Bartholomew Co., IN
Died:   25 Feb 1947 in:   Madison Co., IN
Married:   7 Jan 1893 in:   Madison Co., IN
Spouse:   Gertrude Matilda Sosbe
Born:   18 May 1876 in:   Shelby Co., IN
Died:   9 Dec 1961 in:   Elwood, Madison Co., IN
Children:   Leona Ellen Hook (1893-1983) m. Leslie Harrison Carroll (1888-1974)
Blanche Jane Hook (1895-1975) m. John Vanhorn (1894-1954) m. Earnest Shigley (1895-1966) m. Roscoe Fletcher (1906-1975)
Charles Adam Hook (1898-1970) m. Deloris May Billman (1904-1978)
Maude Helen Hook (1903-1954) m. Otto E Parker (1893-1941) m. Oliver Elonzo McClellan (1879-1954)
Roy C Hook (1905-1962) m. Helen L Burris (1909-1992)
Edith Nancy Hook (1907-2005) m. Walter T Balser (1906-1953) m. Earl R Breeze (1908-1993)
Forrest W Hook (1911-1975) m. Marjorie M Wells (1918-2003)
Ruth Hook (1914-2007) m. Leroy F Wells (1912-1978)
Clarence Hook

2nd Wife:   Susan M Dawson Hamlin

Married:   11 Jan 1900 in:   Elwood, Madison Co., IN
Born:   05 Apr 1865 in:   Danville, Vermilion Co., IL
Died:   11 Jan 1929 in:   Metropolis, Massac Co., IL
Father:  
Mother:  
Other Spouses:   Finley Hamlin (-1896)

CHILDREN

1   F       Name:   Lizzie Hook
Born:   5 Mar 1901 in:   IN
Died:   in:  
Married:   in:  
Spouse:   Palmer and/or Hilton (lived in Tropic, IL)
Born:   in:  
Died:   in:  
Children:  

Eliza's 1st Husband:   ? Meredith

Married:   in:  
Born:   in:  
Died:   in:  

CHILDREN

1   F       Name:   Caroline Meredith
Born:   Abt 1857 in:   OH
Died:   in:  
Married:   Bef 1880 in:  
Spouse:   Perkins
Born:   in:  
Died:   in:  
Children:   Martha "Mattie" E Perkins (c1881-) m. Lester Louis Whetstine (1874-1949)

Biography and Timeline


Timeline:

  Date:   Place:   Event:
  1836   IN   Birth: Ephraim
  1836   OH   Birth: Eliza
  1850   IN, Bartholomew Co.   Census: Ephram (age 14) living with Thomas and Sarah Hook
  1850   OH, Butler Co.   Census: Eliza J (age 14) living with James and Hester Dill
  1860   IN, Bartholomew Co.   Census: Ephram (age 24) and Eliza Jane Dill (age 20) living with Thomas and Sarah Hook
  1860   IN, Bartholomew Co., Hope   Marriage: Ephraim and Eliza
  1865   IN   Military: Ephraim enlisted in army
  1870   IN, Bartholomew Co.   Census: Ephraim (age 34) farmer, Eliza (age 31)
  1880   IN, Madison Co.   Census: Ephraim (age 43) laborer, Eliza (age 44)
  1883   IN, Madison Co.   Military: Ephraim applied for Civil War pension
  1897   IN, Madison Co., Elwood   Death: Eliza
  1900   IN, Madison Co., Elwood   Marriage: Ephraim and Susan
  1900   IN, Madison Co., Elwood   Census: Ephram (age 63) farm laborer, Susan (age 31)
  1910   IN, Madison Co., Alexandria   Census: Ephram (age 73) widowed, living with son
  1917   IN, Madison Co., Alexandria   Death: Ephraim
  1921   IN, Madison Co.   Military: Susan Hook applied for widow's pension

Family Photos


Ephraim Hook's grandchildren, children of Adam Hook
grandkids

Ephraim Hook's daughter-in-law, wife of S. Bert Hook
Dora Hook


Ephraim Hook's grandson Roy (son of Adam) on the drums:
Roy Hook Band

Birth Records


 

 

Marriage Records


Ephraim HOOK and Jane DILL marriage licence issued June 9, 1860, Bartholomew County, IN (book 6, page 447). No marriage date filled in, but filed on June 30, 1860:

marriage


Ephraim Hook and Susie M. Hamlin marriage license issued Jan. 8, 1900 and married on Jan. 11, 1900, Madison Co., IN:

marriage

Death Records


Ephraim Hook (1836-1917) and Jane Hook (1898) are buried at Waymire Cemetery in Madison Co., IN:

headstone


Ephraim Hook obituary, Alexandria Times Tribune, Friday, Feb. 2, 1917::

Ephraim Hook obituary, The Anderson Herald, Saturday, Feb. 3, 1917::

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Ephraim Hook funeral notice, Alexandria Times Tribune, Saturday, Feb. 3, 1917::

Ephraim Hook Civil War pension dropped on Feb. 23, 1917, due to death on Feb. 2, 1917:

obit pension


Headstone

Jacob and Sarah (Hook) McPhearson
Elwood City Cemetery


S. Bert Hook obituary, Elwood Call-Leader, Monday, December 30, 1946:

S. Bert Hook, 75, of Rural Route 3, Alexandria, died at the Mercy hospital at 5:20 o'clock Sunday evening. Born April 10, 1871 in Bartholomew County, the son of Ephriam and Jane Dill Hook, he was married to Dora Alice Johnson on May 25, 1893. Mr. Hook was a farmer and a member of the United Christian Church at Orestes and the Loyal Order of Moose. He had resided in this community for the past seventy-three years. Surviving include the wife, Dora, two daughters, Mrs. Gale Todd of Pontiac, and Ilene Hook of Elwood, and four sons, Floyd, Earl, and Leon Hook, all of Pontiac, Michigan, and Howard Hook of Elwood; two brothers, Edward and Adam Hook, both of Elwood; fifteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The body was removed to the York Memorial Home. Funeral services are Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the York Memorial Home. Rev. Ed Smith, pastor of the Orestes United Christian church will be in charge.


Dora Hook (wife of S. Bert Hook) obituary, Elwood Call-Leader, Friday, March 29, 1957:

Mrs. Dora Hook (wife of S. Bert Hook), 81, Pontiac, Mich., died Thursday in the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in that city. She had been ill five years. Born Feb. 21, 1876 in Alexandria, she was the daughter of Aaron and Nancy Etchison Johnson. Her husband is deceased. Survivors include six children, Leon, Howard, and Earl Hook of Drayton Plains, Mich. Mrs. Gale Todd also of Drayton Plains, Mich. Floyd of Pontiac and Mrs. Lelene Tucker of Pontiac. 19 grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. one brother Harry Johnson and a sister, Mrs. Stella Walsh of Alexandria. The body will arrive some time Saturday in Elwood and will be taken to the York-Wright Memorial home. Friends may call after 7 o'clock Saturday evening. Funeral rites will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be made in the Waymire cemetery. Short services will be held this evening at 3 o'clock at the Persley funeral home in Pontiac


headstone

Elwood Cemetery, Madison Co., IN

Adam G. Hook obituary, Elwood Call-Leader, Thursday, February 25, 1947:

Adam G. Hook, 72, died at 5:25 o'clock this morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Leroy Wells, 1322 South J. street. Born August 9, 1873 in Bartholomew county, he was the son of Ephriam and Jane Hook. He was married to Gertie Sosbe in December of 1902. He had resided in Elwood for the past 27 years. Survivors include eight children, Mrs. Leslie Carroll of Piqua, Ohio; Mrs. Ernest Shigley of Kokomo; Charles Hook of Fountaintown; Mrs. O. E. McClellan of Pendleton; Roy Hook, Mrs. Earl Breeze and Forrest Hook all of Tipton and Mrs. Leroy Wells at whose home he died, a brother Ed Hook of Elwood, and a half sister, Mrs. Lizzie Hilton of Tropic, Illinois. There were 17 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The body was removed to the York Memorial Home on Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev V. Hayes Miller will be in charge. Burial will be made in the City cemetery


Gertrude Sosbe obituary, Anderson Daily Bulletin, 1961 Dec 9:

Gertrude Newton Dies at Elwood. Elwood - Mrs Gertrude Newton, 85, 1335 South I Street, died at Mercy Hospital this morning at 5:30 after a few days illness. She was born May 18, 1876, in Shelbyville, the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Sosbe. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs Leslie Carroll, Covington, Ohio; Mrs Ernest Schigley, Florida; Mrs Earl Breeze, Tipton, and Mrs Leroy Wells, Elwood; three sons, Charles Hook, Shelbyville, Roy Hook, Wabash; Forrest Hook, Tipton; three stepsons, Roy and Ralph Newton, both of Anderson and Glenn Newton, Alexandria; a sister, Mrs Harry Fore, Poneta; a brother, Thurman Sosbem Rochester; 22 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren. The body was taken to the Copher and Fesler Funeral Home where friends will be received after noon Sunday and where services will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m.. Burial will be in the Brookside Cemetary in Windfall.

Census Records


1850 Census, Indiana, Bartholomew County, Clifty Township, District No 3:

  Ephram Hook living with Thomas Hook and Sarah, age 14, male, born in IN


1850 Census, Ohio, Butler County, Milford Township:

  Eliza J Dill living with James Dill and Hester, age 14, male, born in OH, attended school


1860 Census, Indiana, Bartholomew County, Clifty Township:

  Ephraim Hook living with Thomas Hook and Sarah, age 24, male, farm hand, born in IN
  Eliza Jane Dill living with Thomas Hook and Sarah, age 20, female, born in OH


1870 Census, Indiana, Bartholomew County, Clifty Township:

  Ephraim Hook age 34, male, farmer, $300 personal estate, born in IN
  Eliza J Hook age 31, female, keeping house, born in OH, cannot write
  Caroline Hook age 14, female, at home, born in OH, attended school
  Sarah C Hook age 8, female, born in IN, attended school
  Edward C Hook age 4, male, born in IN
  Syvolus Hook age 1, male, born in IN


1880 Census, Indiana, Madison County, Boone Township:

  Ephraim Hook male, age 43, married, laborer, born in IN, parents born in IN
 Eliza Jane Hook female, age 44, wife, married, keeping house, born in IN, parents born in IN
  Clarence E Hook male, age 13, son, single, at home, born in IN, parents born in IN
  Sylvanus B Hook male, age 11, son, single, at school, born in IN, parents born in IN
  Adam G Hook male, age 8, son, single, born in IN, parents born in IN
  Caroline Perkins female, age 23, daughter, widowed or divorced, born in IN, parents born in IN


1900 Census, Indiana, Madison County, Pipecreek Township, Elwood:

  Ephram Hook head, male, born Sept 1836, age 63, married less than 1 year, born in IN, father born in MD, mother born in SC, farm laborer, unemployed 4 months, can read and write, own house with mortgage
  Susan A Hook wife, female, born April 1879, age 31, married less than 1 year, born in IL, father born in KY, mother born in IN
  Bertha Hamlin step daughter, female, born Feb 1891, age 9, single, born in IN, parents born in IN, at school 8 months


1910 Census, Indiana, Madison County, Monroe Township, Alexandria:

  Ephraim Hook living with son Bert and his family, father, male, age 73, widowed, born in US, parents born in US, farm laborer, can read and write

Notes and Other Records


To do:

  • Look for obit for Eliza Jane
  • Write biography

Proof of lineage notes:

  • 1860 marriage record shows Ephraim Hook and Jane Dill married.
  • 1880 census shows Ephraim and Eliza Hook as parents of Clarence E Hook.
  • 1917 obituary for Ephraim Hook states that he is his father of Clarence E, Sylvanus B, Adam G, Kate, and Elizabeth.
  • 1950 obituary for Clarence Edward Hook states that Ephraim H Hook is his father.

Ephraim Hook Civil War pension application:

pension

pension


Susie Hook Civil War widow's pension application:

pension


1863 Civil War draft registration record:

Indiana, Bartholomew Co., Clifty Township, Ephraim Hook, age 26, white, farmer, married, born in Indiana
Indiana, Bartholomew Co., Clifty Township, McRemmey Hook, age 32, white, farmer, married, born in Indiana
Indiana, Bartholomew Co., Clifty Township, Mathius Hook, age 33, white, farmer, married, born in Indiana
Civil War Draft Registration

Sources and Credits


  • Ephraim Hook and Jane Dill marriage license, Bartholomew Co., IN, book 6, p.447.
  • Ephraim Hook and Susie M. Hamlin marriage license, Madison Co., IN.
  • Ephraim Hook Civil War pension file No. 375-240.
  • 1850 Census, Indiana, Bartholomew County, Clifty Township, District No 3.
  • 1850 Census, Ohio, Butler County, Milford Township.
  • 1860 Census, Indiana, Bartholomew County, Clifty Township.
  • 1870 Census, Indiana, Bartholomew County, Clifty Township.
  • 1880 Census, Indiana, Madison County, Boone Township.
  • 1900 Census, Indiana, Madison County, Pipecreek Township, Elwood.
  • 1910 Census, Indiana, Madison County, Monroe Township, Alexandria.
  • Ephraim Hook obituary, Alexandria Times Tribune, Friday, Feb. 2, 1917.
  • Ephraim Hook obituary, The Anderson Herald, Saturday, Feb. 3, 1917.
  • Ephraim Hook funeral notice, Alexandria Times Tribune, Saturday, Feb. 3, 1917.
  • Ephraim and Jane Hook headstone photo, Waymire Cemetery, Madison Co., IN.
  • Clarence Edward Hook obituary, Anderson Bulletin, Friday, March 31, 1950, p. 10.
  • Data received from Janet Franklin in 1998 and 1999.
  • Photo received from Janet Franklin in 2008.
  • Received Hook obituaries from Janet McColley Franklin, January 2009.
  • FindAGrave.com contributions by Janet McColley Franklin.
  • 1863 Civil War draft registration record.
  • Data and photos from FindAGrave.com.
  • Data from family trees at Ancestry.com.