His death certificate records William Cook, age 28 years 4 months, born 8 April 1892 in Fleming Co., single, father W. W. Cook, born in Rowan Co., mother’s maiden name Sally Hall, born in Fleming Co., cause of death gunshot wound, informant Mrs. W. H. Tinsley, Colfax, Ky, burial in Fairview Cemetery.

The census records are more consistent with a birthdate in 1894. (Since Rowan Co. was not formed until 1856, his father cannot have been born there.)