Mary Celestial Whitaker
1867 - 1941 (73 years)-
Name Mary Celestial Whitaker [1, 2, 3] Birth 11 Sep 1867 Douglas, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Family Search ID LWJC-PVF Burial 1941 Alto, Cherokee, Texas, USA [2, 3] Death 27 May 1941 Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, USA [1, 2, 3] Person ID I19481 Woodworth Ancestry Last Modified 7 Jul 2025
Father Valentine Columbus Whitaker, b. 17 Dec 1829, Mulberry, Lincoln, Tennessee, USA d. 7 Jun 1881, Douglas, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA (Age 51 years) Relationship natural Mother Lucinda Ann Finley, b. 14 Feb 1841, Morgan County, Georgia, USA d. 6 Dec 1878, Douglas, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA (Age 37 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1866 Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA [4] Family ID F10624 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Frank Sexton Rook, Sr, b. 19 Jan 1865, Douglas, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA d. 10 Aug 1932, Alto, Cherokee, Texas, USA (Age 67 years) Children > 1. Myrtle May Rook, b. 10 Dec 1887, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA d. 20 Jun 1965, Smith County, Texas, USA (Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 2. Constance Lessell Rook, b. 17 Nov 1889, Douglas, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA d. 17 Sep 1966, Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, USA (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 3. Lillian Elizabeth Rook, b. 7 Apr 1891, Douglas, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA d. 25 Jan 1924 (Age 32 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 4. Lucille Ella Rook, b. 2 Mar 1893, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA d. 9 Jul 1965, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. Joseph Henry Rook, Sr, b. 12 Jul 1895, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA d. 8 Apr 1931 (Age 35 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 6. Winifred Davis Rook, b. 7 May 1897, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA d. 15 Mar 1985, Anderson County, Texas, USA (Age 87 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. Frank Sexton Rook, Jr, b. 25 Feb 1899, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA d. 2 Jan 1977 (Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]8. Charles Richard Rook, b. 8 Sep 1900, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA d. 16 Sep 1972, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]9. Fredrieck Charles Rook, b. 7 Feb 1906, Alto, Cherokee, Texas, USA d. 29 Oct 1967, Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, USA (Age 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F10625 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Jul 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - 11 Sep 1867 - Douglas, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA 
Burial - 1941 - Alto, Cherokee, Texas, USA 
Death - 27 May 1941 - Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S401] Ancestry.com, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA.
Record for Mary Celestial Rook
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2272&h=23118335&indiv=try - [S198] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Mary Celestial Rook
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=91764062&indiv=try - [S198] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Constance Lessell Summers
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=86169963&indiv=try - [S970] Ancestry.com, Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1977, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
Record for Valentine C. Whitaker
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60183&h=2265675&indiv=try
- [S401] Ancestry.com, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA.