VAN HOOK ROBERT NEWTON

1856 - 1931  (74 years)

• Name	VAN HOOK ROBERT NEWTON  [1]
  Born	15 Apr 1856	Pulaski County, Kentucky   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1931	Pulaski County, Kentucky   [1]
  Buried	1931	Grade, Pulaski County, Kentucky   [1]
  Person ID	I25784	Gynzer's Genealogy Database
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2005

  
  

  Father	VAN HOOK BENJAMINE FRANKLIN,   b. 24 Jan 1830, KentuckY ,   d. 26 Feb 1910, KentuckY  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	REYNOLDS LIDDIA JANE,   b. 25 Jul 1829, Rockcastle County, Kentucky ,   d. 12 Aug 1897, Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, kentucky  (Age 68 years)
  Married	27 Aug 1851	Rockcastle County, Kentucky   [1]
  Family ID	F09026	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	PING TYRANDA D.,   b. Pulaski County, Kentucky
  Married	28 Jan 1885	Rockcastle County, Kentucky   [1]
  Family ID	F09290	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	PING NANCY JANE,   b. 1861, Pulaski County, Kentucky ,   d. 1951, Pulaski County, Kentucky  (Age 90 years)
  Married	25 Mar 1886	Rockcastle County, Kentucky   [1]
  Children	+ 1. VAN HOOK WILLIAM HARDIN + 2. VAN HOOK GEORGE PERKINS + 3. VAN HOOK JOE SIAH,   b. 4 Nov 1889, Walnut Grove, Pulaski County, Kentucky ,   d. 10 Jan 1959, Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky  (Age 69 years) + 4. VAN HOOK CHARLES FRED,   b. 18 Mar 1892, Dykes, Pulaski County, Kentucky ,   d. 17 Jul 1992, Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky  (Age 100 years) + 5. Living
  Family ID	F08937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Per Larry Herrin: !BIRTH: Rockcastle Co. KY Vital Statistics 1856 Apr 16th R. N. Vanhook male white Rockcastle Benjamin Vanhook white Jane Reynolds !CENSUS: a) The Pulaski Co., Kentucky 1900 Census shows his birth as APR 1857, and his tombstone 1856. b) 1920 Pulaski County Kentucky Census Dwelling 39 Family 41 Sht. 2B living on Old London Rd. Grundy Precinct #24. !MARRIAGE: Rockcastle County, KY Minister's Returns page 205. .......................................................................... This is to certify, that on the 25 day of March 1886 the Rites of Matrimony were legally solemnized by me between R.N. Vanhook and Nancy J. Ping at Henry Todds in the County of Rockcastle in the presence of John Owens and Eliza Todd. Signed, C. D. Burnett, M.Y. .......................................................................... !RESIDENCE: Pulaski and Rockcastle Counties, KY !CHURCH: Member #62 of Friendship Church of Christ in Rockcastle Co. KY on October 30, 1875. Membership commenced on Sep. 4, 1875. Member #58 on list of June 9, 1877. !BURIAL: Pulaski Co., KY Cemetery Records and photo of tombstone (on file with L. Herrin) Buried in White Lily Cemetery in Grade, KY beside his wife Nancy Jane Ping. NOTES: Per Johnny B. Bullock on 1-26-90, the woods behind his house is called Newt's Woods after Robert "Newt" Van Hook. There is a spring there called Newt's Spring. Johnny told me that Van Hook, Kentucky was named after Newt Van Hook. Larry Herrin 3-8-90. Herb Van Hook told me in 1992 that Van Hook, KY was named after Samuel Monroe Van Hook.

  
  

• Sources

  [S096727] Larry Herrin/penengr2/@/aol.com.