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Katherine Harriet Shepard and John C. Cook [68-74]

Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families (1923), page 960 · PDF page 1070

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[68-74] KATHERINE HARRIET SHEPARD, 6b Nov. 5, 1873; dau Henry W. S. and Mary M. (Steiner) Shepard [68-39]; m Dec. 23, 1892, JOHN C. COOK, b Feb., 1865; s Isaac A. S. and Esther Rosena (Carnell) Cook. Produce commission merchant; res. (1920), 261 W. 1lith St., New York City.

Children (4):

1. Henry Shepard, b Aug. 17, 1893. [See below for biography.]

2. Esther Rosena, b Mar. 25, 1895; d Dec. 20, 1899.

3. Wiliam H. S., b June 20, 1901.

4. Jesse S., b Oct. 28, 1904; d Nov. 20, 1906.

Henry S. Cook enlisted in the New York National Guard, 7th Regiment, June 16, 1917, and was mustered into the 107th Infantry, 27th Division, on Aug. 15, 1917. He went to Spartansburg, S. C., Camp Wadsworth, and was made Corporal on landing in France by Gen. Fisk.

Corporal Cook was wounded Sept. 29, 1918, while going over the ‘“Hindenburg Line. a3 A machine . gun bullet lodged in the lower right abdomen and eleven pieces of shell fragments in right forearm, and he suffered from mustard gas burns as well. His wrist-watch was shot off his left wrist. He was discharged Apr. 2, 1919. Mr. Cook is employed by W. F. Murray, Fruit and Produce, Commission Merchant, New York City. (1920.)

Parents’ family: [68-39] Henry Wagner Schultz Shepard and Mary M. Steiner

Family members: Katharine H. Shepard also has a page in the members’ section, with more recent family information (sign-in required).

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