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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Orrie Lillian Van Hook: Birth: BET 1870 AND 1900.

  2. Riley Carlos Van Hook: Birth: 22 MAR 1871 in Lebanon, Wilson Co., TN. Death: 28 JAN 1941 in Norene, TN

  3. Houston Van Hook: Birth: 25 DEC 1880 in Tennessee. Death: 02 MAR 1896 in Wilson Co., TN

  4. Howard Roscoe Van Hook: Birth: 13 MAR 1884 in Wilson Co., TN. Death: 1964

  5. Living Van Hook

  6. Living Van Hook


Sources
1. Title:   Van Hook Family
Author:   Fred M. Van Hook
Publication:   Name: Lebanon, TN: Creative Graphics, 1982;
2. Title:   1860 Census of Wilson County, TN
3. Title:   Will of Joel Newman Van Hook
Page:   74
Author:   Thomas E. Partlow, comp., Wilson County, TN, Deeds, Marriages, and Wills 1800-1902
Publication:   Name: Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1987;
4. Title:   1870 Census of Wilson County, TN
5. Title:   The Van Hooks and Allied Families
Page:   195
Author:   Bernice Keister
Publication:   Name: New York: American Historical Company, 1957;
6. Title:   Baird Correspondance
Publication:   Name: John C. Baird (Johncbaird@aol.com);
7. Title:   Goodspeed History of Wilson County, Tennessee
Publication:   Name: 1886;
8. Title:   TNGenWeb
Publication:   Name: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/wilson/cemeteries/vanhook.txt;

Notes
a. Note:   Was a magistrate and in 1911 was elected as a Direct Representative to the State Legislature. Operated a county farm for the poor for 40 years. 1870 Census lists him as 21.
  B. J. VANHOOK, superintendent of county poor of Wilson County, was born in 1849 in Wilson County,Tenn. He is the son of Joel N. and Mary T. (Hickman) Vanhook. The father was of German lineage, born in 1822, on the line between North Carolina and Virginia, and was a farmer by occupation. He came to Tennessee with his mother, and at the time of his marriage, which occurred in 1841, was living in Wilson County. He bought land in Barton's Creek, in the Twenty-first District, where he lived for forty years. In 1885 he moved to the Twenty-second District, where he now resides. He is the father of six children, all of whom are living. The mother was born about 1824, in Wilson County, Tenn., and is also living. Our subject received his education in the county schools. December 31, 1869, he wedded Virginia Ligon, a native of Wilson County, born March 31, 1850, and the daughter of Richard L. and Roseline Ligon. To Mr. and Mrs. Vanhook were born six children: Riley C., Orrie, Bettie V., Carrie, Huston and Howard. Our subject settled on Barton Creek, and in 1877 he was elected to the position he now occupies. The county farm contains 220 acres and is located five miles west of Lebanon. The average number of poor is about thirty, and they are properly fed, clothed and cared for by Mr. and Mrs. Vanhook. In politics Mr. Vanhook is a Democrat. In 1882 he was nominated and elected as magistrate of District No. 22, and is at present holding the office. In the same year he bought 130 acres in the Twenty-second District. Mrs. Vanhook is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
  Buried south of I-40, south side of Leeville Rd. near Franklin Rd; A Katherine W. (1900-1919) and Corinne C. (1903-1904) are also buried there.


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