Cpl Woodrow Lewis Cook
1912 - 1958 (45 years)-
Name Woodrow Lewis Cook [1, 2, 3, 4] Title Cpl Birth 18 Nov 1912 [1, 3, 4] Gender Male Birth 1913 Illinois, USA 
[2] Industry Farm [4] Family Search ID KZRX-YST Residence Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois [3] Residence 1930 Newmansville, Newmansville, Cass, Illinois, USA [4] Age: 17; Can Speak English: Yes; Attended School: No; CanReadWrite: Yes; ClassofWorker: Wage or salary worker; Enumeration District: 0015; IsEmployed: Yes; RegistrationDistrict: 0015; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son; Occupation: Laborer Residence 1935 Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA [2] Residence 1940 Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, USA [2] StreetAddress: Lake Street; Age: 27; Occupation: Compressor-Operator; Attended School: No; CityWard: 5; ClassofWorker: Wage or salary worker in private work; EmploymentCode: 1; EmploymentDetails: No; EmploymentHistory: No; Enumeration District: 90-43; GradeCompleted: High School, 1st year; House Owned or Rented: Rented; HoursWorked: 40; Income: 1500; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: Yes; Farm or House: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: No; SeekingWork: No; ValueOfHome: 16; WeeksWorked: 52; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head Residence 1950 Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, USA [3] StreetAddress: S. Diamond; Age: 37; Occupation: Bartender; ApartmentNumber: Aond; Attended School: 30 or over; ClassofWorker: Private; Enumeration District: 69-31; GradeCompleted: Yes; HoursWorked: 48; Income: 5125; IncomeOtherSources: none; Industry: Club Houses; LiveOnFarm: No; OccupationCategory: Working; SchoolYearsCompleted: S1; ServedInWWI: No; ServedInWWII: Yes; ThreeOrMoreAcres: No; Veteran: No; WeeksWorked: 20; SameHouse: Yes; Relation to Head of House: Head; Marital Status: Married Death 15 Oct 1958 [1] Burial Chandlerville, Cass, Illinois, USA [1] Person ID I53431 MontyHistNotes_II Last Modified 24 May 2026
Father Clifford James Cook, Sr, b. 2 Feb 1892, Chandlerville, Cass, Illinois, USA d. 14 Jan 1974, Monmouth, Warren, Illinois, USA (Age 81 years) Relationship natural Mother Matilda Ann Williams, b. 30 Jul 1891 d. Nov 1979 (Age 88 years) Relationship natural Family ID F36764 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Helen Cecelia Sears, b. 22 Mar 1919, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, USA d. 13 Mar 2003 (Age 83 years) Marriage Abt 1935 Children + 1. Living Family ID F36763 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 May 2026
Family 2 Gladys Anita Gerdes, b. 15 Aug 1921, Illinois, USA d. 29 Jan 2000 (Age 78 years) Marriage Abt 1946 Children > 1. Living Family ID F36765 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 May 2026
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Birth - 1913 - Illinois, USA 
Residence - 1935 - Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA 
Residence - StreetAddress: Lake Street; Age: 27; Occupation: Compressor-Operator; Attended School: No; CityWard: 5; ClassofWorker: Wage or salary worker in private work; EmploymentCode: 1; EmploymentDetails: No; EmploymentHistory: No; Enumeration District: 90-43; GradeCompleted: High School, 1st year; House Owned or Rented: Rented; HoursWorked: 40; Income: 1500; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: Yes; Farm or House: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: No; SeekingWork: No; ValueOfHome: 16; WeeksWorked: 52; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1940 - Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, USA 
Residence - StreetAddress: S. Diamond; Age: 37; Occupation: Bartender; ApartmentNumber: Aond; Attended School: 30 or over; ClassofWorker: Private; Enumeration District: 69-31; GradeCompleted: Yes; HoursWorked: 48; Income: 5125; IncomeOtherSources: none; Industry: Club Houses; LiveOnFarm: No; OccupationCategory: Working; SchoolYearsCompleted: S1; ServedInWWI: No; ServedInWWII: Yes; ThreeOrMoreAcres: No; Veteran: No; WeeksWorked: 20; SameHouse: Yes; Relation to Head of House: Head; Marital Status: Married - 1950 - Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S2745] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Cpl Woodrow Lewis Cook
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=43496101&indiv=try - [S613] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00895; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 90-43.
Record for Woodrow Cook
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=142000079&indiv=try - [S3831] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois; Roll: 1703; Page: 81; Enumeration District: 69-31.
Record for Woodrow L Cook
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62308&h=219802852&indiv=try - [S159] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Newmansville, Cass, Illinois; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0015; FHL microfilm: 2340144.
Record for Woodrow Cook
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6224&h=83334064&indiv=try
- [S2745] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
