Name/Title
William H. Cook and Elizabeth H. (Rinehart) Cook tombstoneEntry/Object ID
2019.4.25Description
William H. Cook and Elizabeth H. (Rinehart) Cook tombstone, South Tenmile Baptist Church Cemetery, Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania.
The fence seen in the image surrounded the Harvey-Cook lot.
**To the immediate right of the Cook stone is the small tombstone for the couple's infant son.
**Behind it a tall pillar is the tombstone for William Harvey Cook's maternal aunt, Maria Harvey.
**At the far right is another pillar that may have marked the grave of William Harvey Cook's mother, Margaret (Harvey) Cook.
When the graves were visited in 2013 by Candice Buchanan, this last stone was completely unreadable.
The tombstones that can be read are as follows:
"William H. Cook / May 7, 1817 - Aug. 10, 1906 // Elizabeth H. Cook / Nov. 24, 1825 - May 16, 1865 // Infant, Son Of / Wm. H. & E. H. Cook"
"Infant, / Son of W. H. & / Elizabeth H. Cook"
"Maria A. Harvey / Died / March 20, 1884. / Aged 91 Years 6 Mo. / & 22 Days"
Original, candid.Collection
Samuel Harvey CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
Cemeteries--Tombstones, Center (Greene County, Pa. : Township)--Cemeteries--South Tenmile Cemetery, Cook family, Harvey family, Rinehart familyRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Cook, William Harvey [1817-1906]Person or Organization
Harvey, Maria A. [1792-1884]Person or Organization
Rinehart, Elizabeth H. [1825-1865]Related Places
Place
* Untyped Place
Pennsylvania / Greene County / Center Township / South Tenmile Baptist Church CemeteryProvenance
Provenance Detail
Harvey Series - Samuel Harvey CollectionAcquisition Method
DigitalNotes
The Samuel H. Harvey Collection photographs were passed from Samuel Harvey [1820-1908] and his wife, Sarah Inghram Throckmorton [1829-1902], to their son Charles Tilton Harvey [1859-1926] and his wife, Deressa Hawkins [1860-1938], to their son Samuel Hawkins Harvey [1884-1931] and his wife, Irene Dunn Carter [1885-1987], to their son, Samuel H. Harvey, who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2003. Each generation added to the collection with photographs from their own family and in-laws.
Source Citation: William H. Cook and Elizabeth H. (Rinehart) Cook tombstone, item no. HARV0025, Samuel Harvey Collection, shared by Samuel H. Harvey, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).