Andrew Bryson JONES

                   Hartley and Melvina were probably born to Martha during her first marriage, to Thomas William Cook, who died about 1848.Notes for MARTHA JANE LINGO:. MARTHA JANE3 LINGO (JAMES2, JAMES1) was born December 06, 1825 in Madison County, Illinois, and died February 02, 1900 in northwestern Jackson County, Illinois. She married (1) THOMAS WILLIAM ? COOK. He was born in Illinois, and died abt. 1848. She married (2) ANDREW BRICEN JONES February 22, 1848 in Jackson County, Illinois, son of ANDREW JONES. He was born July 17, 1783 in near Charleston, Charleston Co., South Carolina, and died November 11, 1862 in Illinois. She married (3) JACOB B. YOUNGMAN Aft. 1862 in probably Jackson County, Illinois, son of ADAM YOUNGMAN and UNKNOWN. He was born July 10, 1820, and died July 11, 1892 in probably Jackson Co., Illinois.Martha was widowed three times. She is buried at the Jones Family Cemetery on Dry Hill, near Ava, Jackson County, Illinois. It is a tiny fenced cemetery at the top of a hill, in the middle of a farm field, overgrown by day lilies. Her stone is inscribed, "Sleep on dear mother, And get thy rest, God called thee home, He thought it best."There is confusion over her first marriage and the two Cook children, Hartly and Melvina. July 25, 1842, Martha J. Lingo signed with her mark (an "X") a document in Bond County along with her brothers Tyre and Hartly, stating that they were the minor heirs over age 14 of James Lingo, deceased, and that they wished their mother Jane Lingo to be appointed their guardian. However, if Martha is the mother of Hartly Cook, one might assume she would already be married and out of her mother's home, as he was born in July of 1841. Perhaps his birth date is incorrect, or perhaps Martha is his mother, but was not married at the time, although it seems unlikely in this scenario that she would still have legal status as a minor and no mention is made of the child in the household of Jane Lingo. Some of his descendants believe Hartly and Malvina Cook were the children of Mr. Cook's first wife. This seems unlikely to me for two reasons. First, they appear to be named for Martha Jane's siblings; and secondly, after their father died, she kept these children with her in her second marriage.