Elizabeth Speard COOKE^[1]

1861 - 1926  (64 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Speard COOKE
  Nickname	Lizzie
  Birth	17 Oct 1861	Kentucky   [1]
  Gender	Female
  never married	Lizzie never married.
  Occupation	1880, 1900, 1910	Memphis, Shelby Co, TN   [2]
  	The 1880 census notes that Lizzie was working as a seamstress. By June 1900 she was employed as a stenographer, and in April 1910 she was working in that capacity for a Memphis lawyer.
  Death	11 Feb 1926	Memphis, Shelby Co, TN   [1]
  	Lizzie died at 11:00am on 11 February 1926 at her East Coward Place home in Memphis, Tennessee. She was 64 years old at the time of her death. Cause of death was noted as "Leukemia".
  Burial	13 Feb 1926	Memphis, Shelby Co, TN   [1]
  	Her body was interred at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee on 13 February 1926.
  Person ID	I59611	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  [3]
  Notes	According to the 1900 census, the couple had twelve children; of whom, five survived to adulthood.
  Family ID	F5922	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		1910 US Census / Stockley, Charles A. East Coward Place, Memphis, Tennessee.
  		1920 US Census / Stockley, Charles East Coward Place, Memphis, Tennessee.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2492] Elizabeth S. Cook, Tennessee death certificate no. 455 (1926). [S2494] 1880 US Census / Zehring, Jno. C. [S953] Wilson Miles Cary, compiler, Cary, "Ancestral Lineage of Hunsdon Cary of Richmond, VA", Accession No. 27382.