Emma Dorsey COOKE^[1]

1852 - 1942  (90 years)

• Name	Emma Dorsey COOKE
  Birth	14 Feb 1852	Lexington, Fayette Co, KY   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	11 Jul 1942	Memphis, Shelby Co, TN   [1]
  	Emma died at her Hobart Street home in Memphis, Tennessee on 11 July 1942. She was 90 years old at the time of her death. Cause of death was noted as "Senility".
  Burial	17 Jul 1942	Memphis, Shelby Co, TN   [1]
  	Her body was interred at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee on 17 July 1942.
  Person ID	I59609	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Dr. Stephen COOKE,   b. c.1818, Virginia d. prior to Jun 1870
  Mother	Sally Newsum CARY,   b. 2 Aug 1821, Virginia d. 1 Aug 1909, Memphis, Shelby Co, TN (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	1841  [2]
  Notes	According to the 1900 census, the couple had twelve children; of whom, five survived to adulthood.
  Family ID	F5922	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	John C. ZEHRING,   b. c.1840, Ohio d. 9 Sep 1903, Memphis, Shelby Co, TN
  Marriage	20 Jul 1870	Shelby Co, TN   [3]
  	The couple was married later that same day by Rev. John Miller Schwrar, an Episcopal minister.
  Notes	They may have had daughters who died in 1872 & 1878; both buried a Elmwood.
  Children	1. Annie Moore ZEHRING,   b. 20 Nov 1874, Arkansas d. 28 Jun 1959, Memphis, Shelby Co, TN (Age 84 years)   2. Sallie H. ZEHRING,   b. 19 May 1876, Memphis, Shelby Co, TN d. 11 Oct 1902, Memphis, Shelby Co, TN (Age 26 years)
  Family ID	F7130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Charles Ambrose STOCKLEY,   b. c.1862, Tennessee d. 3 Feb 1923, Memphis, Shelby Co, TN
  Marriage	19 Aug 1891	Shelby Co, TN   [4]
  	The couple was married later that same day by Rev. George Patterson rector of Grace Episcopal Church.
  Children	1. Henry Walker STOCKLEY, Sr.,   b. 24 Jun 1892, Memphis, Shelby Co, TN d. 13 Apr 1971, Shelby Co, TN (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F7131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1900 US Census / Stockley, Charles A. [All of the birth dates noted for this family's are incorrect] Centennial Island, Tipton County, Tennessee.
  		1910 US Census / Stockley, Charles A. East Coward Place, Memphis, Tennessee.
  		1920 US Census / Stockley, Charles East Coward Place, Memphis, Tennessee.
  		1930 US Census / Stockley, Emma C. East Coward Place, Memphis, Tennessee.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1180] Emma Cook Stockley Tennessee death certificate no. 2148 (1942). . [S953] Wilson Miles Cary, compiler, Cary, "Ancestral Lineage of Hunsdon Cary of Richmond, VA", Accession No. 27382. [S2495] John C. Zehring - Emma D. Cooke, Shelby Co, TN marriage bond, license & minister's return (1870). [S2496] C.A. Stockley - E.D. Zehring, Shelby Co, TN marriage bond, license & minister's return (1891).