The Cook family was very wealthy and influential; Miss Ann Cook and her sister were noted belles.  They traveled in elegant style with their servants and a team of four horses
and out-riders that were educated and fascinating and known as gamblers. They were leaders in the society of  "four hundred" and were frequent visitors to Frankfort, never failing
to visit the city during legislative session. In 1824 Jereboam O. Beauchamp became of age; was admitted to the bar and shortly after married Miss Cook. In his vindication
of his brother, Dr. Leander J. Sharp's description of Miss Ann Cook was not very complimentary to her and does not accord in any way with the traditions concerning the
Cook's.  He says, "Ann Cook was in (1820) according to the most accurate information I can obtain, thirty-three or thirty-four years of age. She was small in stature, probably
not exceeding ninety pounds in weight. She had dark hair, eyes and dark skin and was inclined to be sallow. With a large forehead, slender nose, large mouth, large chin, face
tapering downward and lost fore teeth, she was stoop-shouldered and in no way a handsome or desirable women."

Ann Cook and Jereboam Beachamp are buried in Maple Grove Cemetery at Bloomfield, Kentucky.  Their tombstone is engraved with a poem written by Ann.

Sources:
History of Franklin County, Kentucky, by L. F. Johnson

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