County:  Warren
Title:  HF Cook, TH Selby Bibles
Submitter:  Delores Sanders
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Note: In 1803, Foster Cook s/o William Cook and Elizabeth Rives ,and
native of Va., arrived by keel boat on Coles Creek, Jefferson Co., Ms.  In this
party with him were kinsmen Edwin, John and Alexander Cook ,his aunt, Mrs.
Newit Vick ,Mr. Vick and his three brothers.  Foster had married early Elizabeth
White and at this time they were the parents of a baby girl.  He had taught school
before coming to the Natchez Country; now he was to become a surveyor.
      He made his settlement on the south fork of Coles Creek, within a few
miles of the Newit Vicks.  Life on the frontier was rugged - we cannot imagine
their hardships, anxieties, or day-to-day existence.  But those hardy souls
were made of sterner stuff than are today's breed.  After a short stay in Ms.,
during which time another daughter was born, his wife died; he returned to
Greensville Co., Va. and married Martha Wych Sills and brought her back to his
wilderness home in Ms.  Alexander Cook ,his nephew, likewise went back to
Greensville Co. for his bride, in 1811.
      Up to this time, the settlements in the extreme northern section of the
Old Natchez District had been mostly south and southeast of the Walnut
Hills (Later named Vicksburg).  This was because the northern portion bordered, on
the east and north, the great Indian Wilderness.  In 1814, the Cooks - Foster,
Edwin, John and Alexander - located and claimed a tract of land seven miles
northeast of the Walnut Hills.  Cane and undergrowth had been burned off by the
Indians, and appropriately called "the Open Woods".  This same year the Cooks
and Vicks moved their families from Jefferson Co. to settle this tract.

See Talbot Henry Selby Bible Record

Births
Foster Cook was b. Greensville Co., Va. 13 May, 1781
Martha Wyche Sills w/o Foster Cook was b. Greensville Co., Va. 16 Feb, 1795
John Lawson Irwin was b. Ga. 23 Feb, 1793
Martha Elizabeth Mitchell w/o John L. Irwin was b. in Adams Co., Ms. 13 Mar,   1793
Henry Felix s/o Foster & Martha W. Cook b. in Warren Co., Ms. 14 Jan, 1819
Elizabeth Burrus Irwin d/o John L. & Martha E. Irwin b. Jefferson Co., Ms. 29  Nov, 1829
Alice Irwin Cook d/o Henry F. & Elizabeth B. Cook b. Vicksburg, Ms. 7 Nov 1854
Martha Sills Cook d/o Henry F. & Elizabeth B. Cook b. Vicksburg 3 Aug, 1856
Henry Wyche Cook s/o HF & EB Cook b. Vicksburg 24 Feb, 1858
Lawson Irwin Cook s/o HF & EB Cook b. Vicksburg 14 Mar, 1860
Fanny Cook d/o HF & EB Cook b. Vicksburg 29 Jan, 1862
Janey Cook d/o HF & EB Cook b. at Bolton's Depot SSR 15 Sept, 1865
Bessie Cook was b. 22 June, 1868
Lucy Watkins (Butterfly) was b. 28 Sept, 1870
Henry Cook Selby was b. in Vicksburg at the old Cook home 3 June, 1890
Katherine Selby was b. at her grandmother's home 20 Dec, 1892
Robert Selby Jr. b. at the parsonage in Hazlehurst, Ms. 22 Sept, 1898
Elizabeth Irwin Selby b. Brandon parsonage 20 Ap, 1901
John Irwin (Jack) Selby b. Crystal Springs 6 Ap, 1904 ; d. in Hattiesburg, Ms. 11 Nov, 1906
Jean Talbot Selby b. Natchez, Ms. 13 Nov, 1910
Katherine Foote, d/o Katherine Selby & Ashby Minor Foote b. at New Hebron, Ms.
  5 Sept, 1919
Ashby Minor Foote Jr. b. in Vicksburg at the Methodist parsonage home of his grandfather on 26 Sept, 1924
Marjory Selby d/o Cook & Corinne Blount Selby was b. in Indianapolis, Ind. 28 Nov, 1921
Barbara Selby d/o H. C. & Corinne Blount Selby b. Goldboro, N.C. 28 Feb, 1924
Henry B lount s/o H. C. & Corrinne B. Selby b. Goldsboro, N.C. 21 Aug, 1925
Talbot Rayle s/o H. C. & Corrinne B. Selby b. Goldsboro, N.C. 1 Ap, 1927
Robert Cook s/o H. C. & Corrinne B. Selby b. Goldsboro, N.C. Sept, 1928
Oldest s/o Robert Selby Jr. and wife died at birth 28 Sept, 1924
Robert Harralson Selby b. Vicksburg 18 Ap, 1927
Jacqueline Bette Selby b. Vicksburg 24 June, 1929
Alice Archer Allein b. 24 Aug, 1927 to T. H. & Alice Bull Allein Jr. at   Vicksburg, Ms.
Audrey Nell Allein b. 27 Sept, 1927 to F. C. & Audrey Nell Allein, Memphis, Tn.
Frances Cook Allein b. 8 Mar, 1930 to T. H. Jr. & Alice Bull Allein, Vicksburg

On another page of births:
Thomas Hendren Allein was b. 21 Aug, 1892 in Vicksburg
Henry Cook Allein was b. 10 June, 1896 at his grandmother's house in Vicksburg
Francis Allein was b. 25 Sept, 1898 at his grandmother's house in Vicksburg
William Weems Allein was b. in Vicksburg 22 Dec, 1900
Irwin Busch Allein b. at Vicksburg on Harrison St. 16 Nov, 1903
Jane Elizabeth Selby d/o Jean Talbot Selby & Ella Beth Rhodes b. 30 June, 1945 in Vicksburg, Ms.

Marriages
Henry F. Cook & Elizabeth B. Irwin m. in Vicksburg 21 Nov, 1853
Rev. Robert Selby & Janie 4th d/o Henry F. & Elizabeth B. Cook m. in Vicksburg  25 June, 1889
Thomas H. Allein & Fannie Cook 3rd d/o EB & HF Cook m. at home in Vicksburg 18 Nov, 1891 by Rev. Robert Selby
John F. Miller & Bessie Cook d/o HF & EB Cook were m. at home on Harrison St.  23 Aug, 1905
Thomas Hendren Allein Jr. & Alice Archer Bull m. in Greenville, Ms. 8 Nov, 1924
Francis Cook Allein & Audrey Nell Robinson m. in Memphis, Tn. 24 Nov, 1925
Henry Cook Selby & Corrine Blount m. 8 June, 1918 Little Rock, Ark.
Katherine Selby & Ashby Minor Foote m. in Brookhaven, Ms. 12 Jan, 1916
Robert Selby Jr. & Jacqueline Harralson m. in Vicksburg, Ms. 13 Oct, 1923
Jean Talbot Selby & Ella Beth Rhodes m. 27 Dec, 1943

Deaths
Alice Irwin Cook d. 2 June, 1856
Henry Wyche Cook d. 23 Sept, 1878 /age 20y
Lucy Watkins Cook d. 26 Sept, 1878 /age 8y
Judge Henry F. Cook d. 27 Aug, 1887 /age 68y
Martha Sills d. 26 Oct, 1903 /age 47y
Eliza B. w/o Judge H. F. Cook d. 30 May, 1905
Lawson Irwin Cook d. at home in Vicksburg, Ms. 31 Jan, 1922
Rev. Robert Selby d. at his post on Sunday morning 6 May, 1928 ;buried in Vicksburg
Bessie Cook Miller d. 9 Mar, 1933
Thomas Hendren Allein d. 20 June, 1932 in Vicksburg, Ms.
Fannie Cook Allein d. in the old Cook home in Vicksburg 20 Jan, 1939 /age 77
Robert Selby Jr. d. Christmas morning 25 Dec, 1945
Lt. Henry Cook Allein was killed in combat at Clermont, France 27 Oct, 1918
William Weems Allein killed in action near Exemont, France 7 Oct, 1918
Jean Talbot Selby d. 8 Feb, 1959
Henry Cook Selby d. in Goldsboro, N.C. 19 Mar, 1956
Ashby Minor Foote d. 23 Jan, 1959

Talbot Henry & Kate Massey Selby Bible Record - Newton, Newton Co., Ms.

Note: see Henry Felix Cook Bible Record

T. H. Selby, Newton, Ms. & Kate Massey ,Fayette, N.C. 24 Sept, 1861 at Decatur
  Ms. by Rev. J.F.N. Huddleston of the Protestant Methodist Church
S. E. Selby & Lucy E. Simmons m. in Sumpter Co., Ala. Dec, 1837
Thomas Howard Massey & Mary Elliot were m. ___
Rev. R. Selby & Janie Cook m. in Vicksburg, Ms. 25 June, 1889
V. U. Scanlon & kate Selby m. 6 Jan, 1897 in the Meth. Church in Newton, Ms.
Dr. Henry Selby & Bessie Earbee m. in Forest, Ms. by Rev. R. Selby 14 Nov, 1901

Births
Seth Ethridge Selby was b. in Hide Co., N.C. 18 Ap, 1809
Lucy Simmons was b. in Baldwin Co., Ga. 18 Ap, 1811
Thomas Howard Massey was b. in N.C. 24 Dec, 1793
Mary Elliott was b. in S.C. 25 Sept, 1797
T. H. Selby was b. in Sumpter Co., Ala. 15 Jan, 1841
Kate Massey was b. in Fayetteville, N.C. 11 Aug, 1838
W. G. s/o TH & K Selby was b. in Jasper Co., Ms. 19 Jy, 1862
Robert s/o TH & K Selby was b. in Newton, Ms. 13 Ap, 1866
Minnie d/o TH & K Selby was b. in Newton, Ms. 5 Oct, 1867
Eunice 2nd d/o TH & Kate Selby was b. in Newton 29 May, 1869
The twins were b. in 1871
Kate 3rd d/o TH & Kate Selby was b. in Newton, Ms. 24 Nov, 1872
Henry 3rd s/o TH & Kate Selby b. in Newton, Ms. 12 Oct, 1874
Henry Cook Selby s/o Robert & Janie Selby was b. in Vicksburg, Ms. 3 June, 1890
Katherine d/o Robert & Janie Selby was b. in Vicksburg 20 Dec, 1892

Robert Selby Jr. s/o Robert & Janie Selby b. at Hazlehurst, Ms. 22 Sept, 1898
Elizabeth d/o Robert & Janie Selby b. at Brandon, Ms. 20 Ap, 1901
John Irwin s/o Robert & Janie Selby b. at Crystal Springs, Ms. 6 Ap, 1904
Jeanne Talbot Selby s/o Robert & Janie Selby b. at Natchez, Ms. 13 Nov, 1910

Deaths
S. E. Selby d. in Newton, Ms. 25 Jan, 1885
T. H. Massey d. Fayetteville, N.C. 17 Feb, 1875 /age 82y
Mary Elliott w/o T. H. Massey d. in Fayetteville, N.C. 20 June, 1878 /age
81
The twins died two days apart, three days after birth
W. G. s/o TH & K Selby d. in Newton, Ms. 22 Sept, 1879 /17y 2m 2d
Minnie d/o TH & Kate Selby d. 24 Jan, 1888
Lucy E. Selby d. at the home of her son T. H. Selby in Newton, Ms. 19 Jan, 1897  in the 86th year of her age
Eunice fourth ch/o TH & Kate Selby d. 19 Ap, 1897
Katherine Massey Selby w/o T. H. Selby d. in Newton, Ms. 14 Nov, 1902
John Irwin Selby s/o Robert & Janie Selby d. at Hattiesburg, Ms. 14 Nov, 1908
T. H. Selby d. 4 Dec, 1913 at Newton, Ms.

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