Robert Benjamin VanHook

Male 1842 - 1924


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  • Born  30 Jan 1842  Pulaski, KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  4 Sep 1924  Carthage, Jasper, MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Sedalia, Pettis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Father  Benjamin VanHook,   b. 23 Dec 1801, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1880, Pulaski, KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Esther Gaston,   b. 1 Feb 1805, Pulaski, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1859, Pulaski, KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family  Mary E. Downs,   b. 11 Dec 1853, Pettis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Sep 1913, Sedalia, Pettis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  10 Dec 1868  Pettis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    Married:
    • "Missouri, Marriages, 1750-1920," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2DS-99P : accessed 29 Nov 2013), Robert Van Hook and Mary E. Downs, 1868.

      Name: Robert Van Hook
      Spouse's Name: Mary E. Downs
      Event Date: 10 Dec 1868
      Event Place: Pettis,Missouri
      Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51558-1
      System Origin: Missouri-ODM
      GS Film number: 947352

      Mary E. Downs VanHook is listed as one of the original members of the Christian Church at Houstonia, MO.

      1880 US Census - Hughesville, Pettis Co., MO

      1900 US Census - Houstonia, Pettis Co., MO
      (note: name in census index listed as "Van Cork")

      1910 US Census - Sedalia, Pettis Co., MO

      1920 United States Federal Census - Lexington Ward 3, Lafayette, Missouri
      A C Van Hook 29
      Ruth Van Hook 24
      Arthur C Van Hook 7
      Robert Van Hook 5
      John A Van Hook 3
      Robert Van Hook 76
    Children 
     1. Anna M. VanHook,   b. Abt 1870, Pettis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Emmet C. VanHook,   b. Abt 1871, Pettis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. James Benjamin VanHook,   b. 23 Dec 1873, Houstonia, Pettis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1939, Sedalia, Pettis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. William VanHook,   b. Abt 1875, Pettis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Adah E. VanHook,   b. 17 Sep 1882, Pettis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1945, Kansas City, Jackson, MO Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Robert Downs VanHook,   b. 15 May 1886, Houstonia, Pettis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1972, San Mateo, CA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Arthur Clay VanHook,   b. 10 Sep 1889, Houstonia, Pettis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1957, Carthage, Jasper, MO Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  20 Apr 2015 
    Family ID  F3006  Group Sheet