Eighth Generation

3682. Lewis Skillman Cook was born on 19 May 1864 in South Bound Brook, NJ. In 1900 he was a lumber merchant in Bridgewater, Somerset, NJ. He died on 31 December 1905 at the age of 41 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ. Lewis was buried on 31 December 1905 at Bound Brook Cemetery in Bound Brook, Somerset, NJ. Buried in Lot 25, Section E, grave 5.

Lewis Skillman Cook and Helen Craven were married on 11 September 1894 in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA. They appeared in the census in 1900 at High St. in Bridgewater, Somerset, NJ. In the 1900 Census, two black females were living with them as servants. Helen Craven, daughter of Robert Craven and Cora Cochran, was born on 29 December 1870 in Pennsylvania. She died on 16 February 1971 at the age of 100 at at her daughter's house in Beverly Hills, CA.

Lewis Skillman Cook-12236 and Helen Craven-12246 had the following children:

6156	i.	Lewis Daniel Cook was born on 8 December 1895 in Asheville, Buncombe, NC. He received a B.Sc in Architecture degree in 1919 at Univ. of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. In 1920 he was a building architect in Bound Brook, Somerset, NJ. His publications include The American Genealogist published by in 1971. Lewis died on 9 February 1981 at the age of 85 in Newport Beach, Orange, CA. He was buried on 16 February 1981 at Bound Brook Cemetery in Bound Brook, Somerset, NJ. Buried in Lot 25, Section E, grave 6. He had Social Security Number 137-12-4293 (NJ). He was a "most valued" Fellow of the Genealogical Society of PA.... "A Life Member of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, he was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists in 1949 and in 1950 was one of the first four Fellows elected by the Gen. Soc. of Pa. He served as editor of the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine from 1949 to 1958. A prolific genealogical writer, many of his studies were published in this magazine:..." From "In Memoriam" in PA Genealogical Mag. (vol. 32, no. 1)
6157	ii.	Robert Craven Cook was born on 11 June 1897 in New Jersey. In 1920 he was a file clerk in an insurance company in Bound Brook, Somerset, NJ. He was buried on 18 June 1969 at Bound Brook Cemetery in Bound Brook, Somerset, NJ. Buried in Lot 25, Section E, grave 4 (extra deep).
+6158	iii.	Helen Craven LaTourette Cook-12249.