Jonathan Stanford Rook
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: in , , North Carolina
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Death: 1844 - , Henry, Iowa
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Parents
Father: Stephen Rook ( - )
Mother:
Spouses and Children
1. *Amy Holden (Abt 1798 - 1889)
Marriage:
Children:
1. Melinda Rook (Abt 1825- )
2. Thomas G. Rook (1831-1909)
Notes
General:
1830 Census Shelby Co., IL. lists Aaron Rook and Jonathan S. Rook.
The Combined Histories of Shelby and Moultrie Counties, IL 1881 by Shelby Co., Historical & Genealogical Society: " Early Physicians-The first physician to settle here was Dr. Rooks, who came in the spring of 1830. He was an old style herb doctor, and was quite successful in baffling the then prevalent diseases, chills and fever, if he did gather his herbs after dark and in certain signs of the moon, as some of the old settlers relate."
He was married in Georgia and after living there for some time removed to Illinois, driving across the country in a wagon in 1825. His destination was Shelby Co., where he resided until 1837. when he drove to Salem, Iowa.