William Frank CROOK

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Vernon County Death Index: V21, P203

Notes:

Frank’s father was born in England and his mother in Ohio according to the 1900 and 1910 censuses.

Living in Franklin Twp in the 1900 census.

Although Frank is shown in the 1910 census as having only been married to Prudence (“M1”), there is a gravestone in the Brookville Cemetery for a Lillian Crook “27 y 2 m 12 d wife of W.F. Crook.” Lillian’s maiden name is indicated in the church records as Aikens. Buried with this Lillian is Eula May Crook, 19 Mar 1895 - 8 Sep 1907. This Eula May is shown as living with her grandparents, Charles and Isabelle Aikins, in Readstown, Vernon County, at the time of the 1900 census. Not too far away from the Aikinses (on the same census page) is the William Crook family (with wife Catharine, 45, and daughter Pora, 16, along with Minnie and Edward Potter and Harold and Fred Crook). William and Catharine had been married for 30 years and are the parents of William Frank Crook. In the 1880 census, the William and Katherine Crook family farm is only a few farms away from the Clouse Bowe farm. Neither Eula nor Lillian are listed in the index of Vernon County deaths.

Either this William Crook, or, possibly his father if he was also William, helped to build the Readstown United Methodist Church in 1900.

Family/Spouse: Lillian AIKENS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Eula May CROOK was born on 19 Mar 1895 in Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin; died on 8 Sep 1907.

William married Prudence Mabel (Mable) REYNOLDS on 21 May 1899 in Crawford County, Wisconsin. Prudence was born in 1881; died on 3 Mar 1943; was buried in North Kickapoo Lutheran Church Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Otto Raymond CROOK was born on 29 May 1900 in Wisconsin; died on 16 Sep 1977 in Yakima County, Washington.
2. Millie Marie CROOK was born on 29 Sep 1902 in Wisconsin; died on 26 Jan 1983 in Vernon County, Wisconsin; was buried in North Kickapoo Lutheran Church Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin.
3. Mearl Margaret CROOK was born on 7 May 1905 in Brookville, Franklin Township, Vernon County, Wisconsin; died on 6 Nov 1960 in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin; was buried on 9 Nov 1960 in North Kickapoo Lutheran Church Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin.
4. Alta L CROOK was born on 14 Apr 1909 in Wisconsin; died on 17 Aug 1995 in Vernon County, Wisconsin; was buried in Viroqua Cemetery, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin.
5. Clair V CROOK was born on 25 Jun 1914 in Wisconsin; died on 13 Apr 2000 in Vernon County, Wisconsin; was buried in Viola Cemetery, Viola, Richland County, Wisconsin.
6. Floyd L CROOK was born on 13 Sep 1917 in Wisconsin; died on 11 Sep 1978 in Vernon County, Wisconsin; was buried in Readstown Cemetery, Kickapoo Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin.
7. Faye F CROOK was born on 18 Dec 1919 in Wisconsin; died on 20 May 1978 in Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin; was buried in Viroqua Cemetery, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin.

William married Cathryn. Cathryn was born about 1856 in Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]