Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Name: Charles Cleaborn Cook 
Father: Charles Comer Cook (1859-1939)
Mother: Mary Jane Wild (1860-1956)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: Social Security Death Index45, Charley Cook, born 1895
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Prospect Cemetery, Chamblee, DeKalb, GA1, Charles C. Cook, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78610507
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Charles Cleaborn Cook, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/K2W5-KLV
!BIRTH-DEATH: Cook Descendants, Charles Cleaborn Cook, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/CookDescendants.txt...es%20Cleaborn%20Cook
!BIRTH-DEATH: Blackwell Descendants, Charles Cleaborn Cook, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BlackwellDescendant...es%20Cleaborn%20Cook
!NOTE: There is some dispute as to Charles Cleaborn Cook's birth year. Mary Elizabeth Cook had 1895, Mary Gib New had 1896, T. A. White document has 1896541. Mary Gib New said 1895 might exist in some places because she thought Charles Cleaborn Cook said he was older than he really was to join the Navy.
!NOTE: Cleaborn had dark brown eyes. Carol Beiter Radford said that Robert "Bo" Beiter Jr. was the first grandchild of Cleaborn Cook and Daisy Mae Blackwell Cook to have brown eyes. Jimmy Cook confirmed that Jennifer Cook has one blue eye and one brown eye.
!NOTE: Mary Gib New said the spelling of Charles Cleaborn Cook's middle name is "Cleborn".
!CENSUS: 20-Jun-1900 District 1015, Cherokee, GA, SD 36, ED 15, page 16A, 282/283, Charley C., born Apr-1895
!CENSUS: 26-Apr-1910 Crossville, Milton, GA472, 1175/45B, SD 43, ED 120, page 15B, 146/147, Cleburn, Note that this census record lends weight to the theory that Cleburn was born 1896 instead of 1895 because all other ages in the census for the family are correct for the birthdates.
!REFERENCE: Picture of a young Charles Cleaborn Cook, The Charles Comer Cook Family Web Site58
!CENSUS: 18-Apr-1930 Shallowford Road, Cross Keys, DeKalb, GA60, 399/430, Charlie C. Cook
!OCCUPATION: 1930 Dairy laborer60
!REFERENCE: 15-Aug-1930 Cook/Wild 50th wedding anniversary / 1st Cook reunion61
!RESIDENCE: 01-Apr-1935 DeKalb, GA, Charles Cook
!REFERENCE: 1937 T. A. White family record541
!CENSUS: 10-Apr-1940 Minnenhall Road, Cross Keys, DeKalb, GA, 97, Charles Cook
!CENSUS: 195043 Chamblee, DeKalb, GA
!REFERENCE: 07-Apr-1952 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Fulton, GA obituary59, page 18, for daughter Miss Betty Jean Cook, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cook of Chamblee, DeKalb, GA
!REFERENCE: 01-Jun-1957 Atlanta Constitution obituary for brother Ed A. Cook, page 18, C. C. Cook
!REFERENCE: 07-Aug-1964 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Fulton, GA obituary473, for sister Bonnie Cook Turner, Cleburn Cook
!DEATH: 2968 DeKalb, GA deaths, Charles Cleaborn Cook, born 1895
!REFERENCE: 01-Jul-1968 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA, page 21, obituary for Charles Cleaborn Cook
!REFERENCE: 09-Dec-1969 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Fulton, GA obituary542, page 8-B, for brother Jess B. Cook Sr., Clebern Cook of Chamblee, DeKalb, GA
!REFERENCE: 2001 WILDE by Larry Fobes314, page 23, The data on the family of Charles Cleaborn Cook and Daisy Mae Blackwell was contributed by Don Braffitt.
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Prospect Cemetery, Chamblee, DeKalb, GA1, Charles C. Cook, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78610507
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Charles Cleaborn Cook, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/K2W5-KLV
!BIRTH-DEATH: Cook Descendants, Charles Cleaborn Cook, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/CookDescendants.txt...es%20Cleaborn%20Cook
!BIRTH-DEATH: Blackwell Descendants, Charles Cleaborn Cook, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BlackwellDescendant...es%20Cleaborn%20Cook
!NOTE: There is some dispute as to Charles Cleaborn Cook's birth year. Mary Elizabeth Cook had 1895, Mary Gib New had 1896, T. A. White document has 1896541. Mary Gib New said 1895 might exist in some places because she thought Charles Cleaborn Cook said he was older than he really was to join the Navy.
!NOTE: Cleaborn had dark brown eyes. Carol Beiter Radford said that Robert "Bo" Beiter Jr. was the first grandchild of Cleaborn Cook and Daisy Mae Blackwell Cook to have brown eyes. Jimmy Cook confirmed that Jennifer Cook has one blue eye and one brown eye.
!NOTE: Mary Gib New said the spelling of Charles Cleaborn Cook's middle name is "Cleborn".
!CENSUS: 20-Jun-1900 District 1015, Cherokee, GA, SD 36, ED 15, page 16A, 282/283, Charley C., born Apr-1895
!CENSUS: 26-Apr-1910 Crossville, Milton, GA472, 1175/45B, SD 43, ED 120, page 15B, 146/147, Cleburn, Note that this census record lends weight to the theory that Cleburn was born 1896 instead of 1895 because all other ages in the census for the family are correct for the birthdates.
!REFERENCE: Picture of a young Charles Cleaborn Cook, The Charles Comer Cook Family Web Site58
!CENSUS: 18-Apr-1930 Shallowford Road, Cross Keys, DeKalb, GA60, 399/430, Charlie C. Cook
!OCCUPATION: 1930 Dairy laborer60
!REFERENCE: 15-Aug-1930 Cook/Wild 50th wedding anniversary / 1st Cook reunion61
!RESIDENCE: 01-Apr-1935 DeKalb, GA, Charles Cook
!REFERENCE: 1937 T. A. White family record541
!CENSUS: 10-Apr-1940 Minnenhall Road, Cross Keys, DeKalb, GA, 97, Charles Cook
!CENSUS: 195043 Chamblee, DeKalb, GA
!REFERENCE: 07-Apr-1952 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Fulton, GA obituary59, page 18, for daughter Miss Betty Jean Cook, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cook of Chamblee, DeKalb, GA
!REFERENCE: 01-Jun-1957 Atlanta Constitution obituary for brother Ed A. Cook, page 18, C. C. Cook
!REFERENCE: 07-Aug-1964 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Fulton, GA obituary473, for sister Bonnie Cook Turner, Cleburn Cook
!DEATH: 2968 DeKalb, GA deaths, Charles Cleaborn Cook, born 1895
!REFERENCE: 01-Jul-1968 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA, page 21, obituary for Charles Cleaborn Cook
!REFERENCE: 09-Dec-1969 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Fulton, GA obituary542, page 8-B, for brother Jess B. Cook Sr., Clebern Cook of Chamblee, DeKalb, GA
!REFERENCE: 2001 WILDE by Larry Fobes314, page 23, The data on the family of Charles Cleaborn Cook and Daisy Mae Blackwell was contributed by Don Braffitt.
Spouses
Father: John Alonzo Blackwell (1877-1960)
Mother: Emma Elizabeth Bell (1881-1978)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Prospect Cemetery, Chamblee, DeKalb, GA1, Daisy M. Cook, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78610733
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Daisy Mae Blackwell, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/K23T-911
!BIRTH-DEATH: Blackwell Descendants, Daisy Mae Blackwell, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BlackwellDescendant...sy%20Mae%20Blackwell
!BIRTH-DEATH: Cook Descendants, Daisy Mae Blackwell, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/CookDescendants.txt...sy%20Mae%20Blackwell
!NOTE: Daisy Mae Blackwell Cook was known to her grandchildren and children as Mother Cook. She said her middle name was spelled "Mae".
!REFERENCE: 1903 Bell/Blackwell picture468
!CENSUS: 02-May-1910 16 Rekbridge St, Lithonia, DeKalb, GA, 16/16, Daisy M. Blackwell
!MARRIAGE: 03-Jun-1917 Marietta, Cobb, GA marriages304, G. E. Coker and Daisey Mae Blackwell, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FW3D-Z4M
!CENSUS: 10-Jan-1920 Roswell, Cobb, GA, 155/17079, Daisy Coker
!OCCUPATION: 1920 Seamstress in pants factory79, Daisy Coker
!CENSUS: 18-Apr-1930 Shallowford Road, Cross Keys, DeKalb, GA60, 399/430, Daisy M. Cook
!REFERENCE: 15-Aug-1930 Cook/Wild 50th wedding anniversary / 1st Cook reunion61
!RESIDENCE: 01-Apr-1935 DeKalb, GA, Daisy Cook
!REFERENCE: 1937 T. A. White family record541
!CENSUS: 10-Apr-1940 Minnenhall Road, Cross Keys, DeKalb, GA, 97, Daisy Cook
!CENSUS: 195043 Chamblee, DeKalb, GA
!REFERENCE: 07-Apr-1952 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Fulton, GA obituary59, page 18, for daughter Miss Betty Jean Cook, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cook of Chamblee, DeKalb, GA
!REFERENCE: 01-Jun-1957 Atlanta Constitution obituary for brother-in-law Ed A. Cook, page 18, Mrs. C. C. Cook
!DEATH: DeKalb, GA deaths78, 000235, Daisy M. Cook
!DEATH: Cause - Cardiac arrest 3 weeks after broken hip; Obituary for Daisy Blackwell Cook in 13-Jan-1987 Atlanta Journal; # of grandchildren listed as 16 - should be 17; # of great-grandchildren listed as 14 - should be 16
!REFERENCE: 31-Dec-1988 descendants reunion, house of Patti and Joe Sitz in Gwinnett, GA, 27 people
!REFERENCE: 2003 pictures (late 1800s and early 1900s) from Martha Bell Jones to Don Braffitt, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/bell/
!REFERENCE: 2023 Mother Cook's bible was possibly in the possession of Julie Braffitt Bowen at one time, but in 2023, Julie confirmed to Don Braffitt that she does not remember having the bible which possibly was in the possession of Dorothy Cook Braffitt at one time. The bible included dates for both of Mother Cook's marriages and place for Cleaborn marriage, death dates for both husbands and Betty, and birth places and dates for all children. There is another item in the possession of Don Braffitt with the birth dates of the children (starting with Charles) of Daisy and Cleaborn.
!NOTE: James Mathew Cook Sr. had Mother Cook's birth certificate and other papers.
!REFERENCE: FamilyTreeDNA, mtDNA H1aq1 for grandson Donald James Braffitt, https://www.phylotree.org/tree/R0.htm
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Daisy Mae Blackwell, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/K23T-911
!BIRTH-DEATH: Blackwell Descendants, Daisy Mae Blackwell, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BlackwellDescendant...sy%20Mae%20Blackwell
!BIRTH-DEATH: Cook Descendants, Daisy Mae Blackwell, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/CookDescendants.txt...sy%20Mae%20Blackwell
!NOTE: Daisy Mae Blackwell Cook was known to her grandchildren and children as Mother Cook. She said her middle name was spelled "Mae".
!REFERENCE: 1903 Bell/Blackwell picture468
!CENSUS: 02-May-1910 16 Rekbridge St, Lithonia, DeKalb, GA, 16/16, Daisy M. Blackwell
!MARRIAGE: 03-Jun-1917 Marietta, Cobb, GA marriages304, G. E. Coker and Daisey Mae Blackwell, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FW3D-Z4M
!CENSUS: 10-Jan-1920 Roswell, Cobb, GA, 155/17079, Daisy Coker
!OCCUPATION: 1920 Seamstress in pants factory79, Daisy Coker
!CENSUS: 18-Apr-1930 Shallowford Road, Cross Keys, DeKalb, GA60, 399/430, Daisy M. Cook
!REFERENCE: 15-Aug-1930 Cook/Wild 50th wedding anniversary / 1st Cook reunion61
!RESIDENCE: 01-Apr-1935 DeKalb, GA, Daisy Cook
!REFERENCE: 1937 T. A. White family record541
!CENSUS: 10-Apr-1940 Minnenhall Road, Cross Keys, DeKalb, GA, 97, Daisy Cook
!CENSUS: 195043 Chamblee, DeKalb, GA
!REFERENCE: 07-Apr-1952 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Fulton, GA obituary59, page 18, for daughter Miss Betty Jean Cook, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cook of Chamblee, DeKalb, GA
!REFERENCE: 01-Jun-1957 Atlanta Constitution obituary for brother-in-law Ed A. Cook, page 18, Mrs. C. C. Cook
!DEATH: DeKalb, GA deaths78, 000235, Daisy M. Cook
!DEATH: Cause - Cardiac arrest 3 weeks after broken hip; Obituary for Daisy Blackwell Cook in 13-Jan-1987 Atlanta Journal; # of grandchildren listed as 16 - should be 17; # of great-grandchildren listed as 14 - should be 16
!REFERENCE: 31-Dec-1988 descendants reunion, house of Patti and Joe Sitz in Gwinnett, GA, 27 people
!REFERENCE: 2003 pictures (late 1800s and early 1900s) from Martha Bell Jones to Don Braffitt, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/bell/
!REFERENCE: 2023 Mother Cook's bible was possibly in the possession of Julie Braffitt Bowen at one time, but in 2023, Julie confirmed to Don Braffitt that she does not remember having the bible which possibly was in the possession of Dorothy Cook Braffitt at one time. The bible included dates for both of Mother Cook's marriages and place for Cleaborn marriage, death dates for both husbands and Betty, and birth places and dates for all children. There is another item in the possession of Don Braffitt with the birth dates of the children (starting with Charles) of Daisy and Cleaborn.
!NOTE: James Mathew Cook Sr. had Mother Cook's birth certificate and other papers.
!REFERENCE: FamilyTreeDNA, mtDNA H1aq1 for grandson Donald James Braffitt, https://www.phylotree.org/tree/R0.htm
Marriage: 19 Dec 1920, Cobb, GA304
Children: Charles Willard (1922-1990)
Dorothy Nadine (1924-2000)
Thomas M. Bell (1926-1986)
Loy Earl (1929-2012)
Betty Jean (1931-1952)
Barbara Ann (1933-2017)
James Mathew (1937-2016)