Mary Ann COOK
1827 - 1901 (74 years)-
Name Mary Ann COOK Birth 12 May 1827 Surry County, North Carolina 
Gender Female Death 29 Nov 1901 Bonham, Fannin County, Texas Person ID I2768 Marshall and Allied Families Last Modified 4 Feb 2012
Father John COOK Mother Edith JESSUP Family ID F1145 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Henry SPARGER, b. 25 Feb 1826, White Plains, Surry County, North Carolina d. 6 Dec 1905, Bonham, Fannin County, Texas (Age 79 years) Marriage 2 Dec 1846 Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina Children + 1. Allen Jefferson SPARGER, b. 26 Nov 1848, Surry County, North Carolina d. 9 Jan 1928, Durant, Angelina County, Texas (Age 79 years)2. Martha Jane SPARGER, b. 15 Feb 1851, Surry County, North Carolina d. Jun 1932 (Age 81 years)+ 3. Minerva Ann (Nancy) SPARGER, b. 14 Mar 1853, Surry County, North Carolina d. 19 Feb 1943, Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina (Age 89 years)+ 4. John Caruthers SPARGER, b. 10 May 1855, Surry County, North Carolina d. 12 Sep 1938, Bonham, Fannin County, Texas (Age 83 years)5. Eli Franklin SPARGER, b. 1857, Surry County, North Carolina d. 7 Feb 1858 (Age 1 year)+ 6. Annice Malissa SPARGER, b. 25 Aug 1859, Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina d. 7 Nov 1932, Pueblo, Colorado (Age 73 years)7. Mary Elizabeth SPARGER, b. 26 Nov 1867, Surry County, North Carolina d. 19 Feb 1870, Surry County, North Carolina (Age 2 years)Family ID F1146 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sparger, Henry and Mary Cook
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Notes - !Marshall 0017, Pg. 191; Sparger 0001, Pg. 44 - She was the sister of Bethania
Cook who married Henry's brother, Murlin Sparger.
!Her birth & death date along with their marriage information comes from "The
Journal of the Surry County Genealogical Association", November, 1993, page 8. Her death date was not actually given but the "Mt. Airy News" article was
dated December 19, 1901 (Thursday) and said that she died Friday night. That
would have been December 13, 1901.
!Marshall 0146, p. 5 - She is buried with her husband in the Willow Wild Cemetery.
!Marshall 0303, p. 1 - This source gives her death date as 11/29/1901.
!The following source was posted in the Surry Co. NC Obituaries Post (5/8/2001)(http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/NC/SurryObits)
Mrs. Henry Sparger nee Cook
Posted by P.J. Overturf
Surname: Sparger, Cook, Newman, Lowry
Abstracted from 6 Dec 1901 Fannin Co., Tx. "Bonham News"
Mrs. Mary A. Sparger, wife of Henry Sparger, d. last Friday at home on N. Center St.; Services at Methodist church by Rev. J. R. Wages of Decatur, bur. Willow Wild cem.; Methodist for 52 years; Maiden name: Mary Ann Cook; b. Surry County, N.C. 12 May 1827; Then lived in Surry Co. until 1876, to Bonham that year; Survivors: husband & 5 of 7 children, Jeff, John, Miss Mattie Sparger, Mrs. NEWMAN and Mrs. LOWRY of N.C.
- !Marshall 0017, Pg. 191; Sparger 0001, Pg. 44 - She was the sister of Bethania