Jhineas ~olrott Qtook FAMILY ORGANIZATION NlEW§ lLlElllllER
Number 8 July, 1975
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Dear Family Members:
.Jls we near the time of a family reunion, set by the by- laws to be held the second Saturday of each August , it is appropriate to review the progress and goals of our organization . The Board of Directors have met quarterly throughout the year and have set goals for the organization through the year of ]978 . They have directed the officers to complete the staffing of fifteen separate com mittees, each under the direction of a chairman, each to accomplish specifically as~igned tasks . Fully staffed this requires eight board members , five officers, fifteen committee chairr.ian, and at least thirty four members of the various committees . This adds up t o a number in excess of sixty people. It is my pleasure at this time ·~ ~Pnort that all positions on the board and that all corporation off~~~- - Some of the committees are fully staffed and functioning, some are run ctioning under acting chairman, and some committees need more people to help . You will find a letter enclosed with this newsletter from the chairman of the Recruiting Committee asking you to volunteer your help . Also , you will find a letter from the finance committee soliciting your assistance.
In behalf of the organization, I wish to express our deepest sympathy to the family of Rex D. Cook, who passed away in December of 1974 . Rex was our vice president in charge of genealogy . We will miss his dilig ent efforts and contribution to our work. I would like to thank Mabel C. Rex for being willing to complete his unexpi red term of office.
We would also like to express appreciation to Vera Hunsaker for her many years of excellent work in the preparation of many newsletters for our ~ra Ta~ Benson has called The Autobiography of Melvin A. Cook , organization. Vera is now working in the genealogical research area . Volume I - Reflections on Ancestry and Early Life, the finest publica LaWana D. Osborne is the present Newsletter Committee Chairman and has tion of its kind he has ever seen. The book has been so artistically the assistance of seven committee members, including reporters from arranged and bound that it won the Sweepstakes Award and two other each of the four families . First Place Awards in Utah Printing Week Competition of 1974 . Some time ago a suggestion was made that we consider regional reunions , Volume I - Reflections on Ancestry and Early Life, is a 670 page '...ook possibly one on the West Coast and one on the East Coast . For a large with over 350 pages devoted to photographs , maps and sketches of our number of our family members , the reunions held in Utah are hundreds ancestors which span four generations . Seventy- six pages concern of miles from their homes and difficult to attend. McKay Phippen, Phineas Wolcott Cook including many early pictures of Salt Lake City Chairman of the Reunion Committee , is presently evaluating the regional illustrating certain periods in his life is now available at a price reunion feasibility . of $50.00. I wish to thank the board and the officers for their support and I wish This is a limited edition and should be of great interest to members of to congratulate them on their accomplishments this year . I ask their the family. Dr . Cook has made it available in such a way as to support continued efforts toward the accomplishment of the many goals set by the financial base of the family organization. All proceeds received the board including a greatly increased effort in the area of geneal from this purchase remain in the Phineas Wolcott Cook Family Organizat ogical research in the coming year. ion for use in genealogical r esearch and other worthy endeavors benef icial to the objectives of the organization. Sincerely, A collection of the poems of Maude O. Cook , have also been given to the family organization. Copies of this volume entitled, You Le~ us With a Smile, are also available at $7 .50 each. All proceeds for this book also remain in the Phineas Wolcott Cook Family Organization. This is a hard bound ~2 0 page volume including over a hundred poems pre- vi blished in church publications and national poetry magazines .
a great fin.ancial boost to our family organization. Alton D. Cook We urge you to take advantage of this gift quickly as there are a l:ilnited number of books. .. -... 1 RECRUITING COMMITTEE LETTER .. -.. May 17, 1975 Trie annual PHINEAS WOLCOTT COOK FAMILY REUNION will be held th s year Dear Family Members: at tne T.agoon Resort in Farnllngton, lJtah, on 3aturday August 9, 1975. Reservations have been made there in the Turquoise Plaza fran 10 . A~ M. You belong to a family organization of over four thousand members for the entire day. Lunch is planned for 2:30 P.M. and will be "Pot scattered throughout the United states. Luck." Bring your favorite picnic dish, enough to serve 10 to 15 people, and together we will have a real "spread." The reunion ccmn we have been working to effect an organization that will include all ittee will furnish punch and desert. members of this great Phineas Wolcott Cook Family. The first few years have been devoted to organizing, staffing and determining the A~er lunch there will be a special program which will interest all scope of the work to be accanplished. family members . We will have a short business and genealogical meeting for interested members later in'the day. We now have a skeleton organization canpleted, thanks to a number of people who have given unstintingly of their time and talents. Now we A special price has been obtained for "Full Day Pass" which will entitle need to canplete the full organization. the holder to any number or kinds of rides, swirrrning, etc. available at the resort for the entire day. This pass is $5.50 for adults, and $2 .50 This letter is being sent to each member now listed in hopes .that we for children. will be able to find the necessary help to carry on this great work now and 1fl the future. - The reunion carrnittee would like to help you with reservations for camp ers, trailers, motels, or to stay with relatives while you are here. We need Chairmen, or Chairwanen, for sane of the following carrnittees Write to Mrs. Maurine P. Dunford at 1752 Browning Ave., Salt Lake City, and people to' staff them: Utah 84108, or · pho~e her at 581-1024 area code 801. Write or call early enough for her to make the arrangements and get the information .iack to you . Desending Pedigree Ascend1ng Pedigree We are looking forward to having the biggest and best reunion since the Genealogical Research founding of our organization. Special contacts will be made where poss Data Verification ible to make sure of this, so plan to be with·us. Reserve the date, Family Records & .Al'c.h.1 ves · 9 August, and mark your calendars. Historian Reunions Finance Newsletter Publications Book of Anectedotes Recruiting Public Relations FINANCE COMMITTEE LETTER Mailing Republish the Phineas W. COQll: Diary May 17. 1975
Dear Family Members: MworJa who can type, work programs for ccmputers, do research of any kind, proofread, do printing, or use talents in any other reeded way This letter pertains to finance in relation to our gr-eat family and are willing to contribute to the advancement of the organization. organization. WIIL YOU PIEASE, UPON RECEIPI' OF 'lliIS IEI'I'ER, TAKE 'IHE TIME TO SIT DONN AND WRI'm A SROffi' N
S. Bryson Cook, Chairman Recruiting Carrnittee JOSEPH WOLCOTT COOK During the six or seven years the Cook family had been in Swan Creek, they had established a farm, built a comfortable log house, a grist mill, a saw mill, and a shingle mill. Phineas was a hard worker and (1855-1931) taught all his boys the value of hard work. In the fall of 1875 with the consent and blessing of his father, Wook went to work for himself. At first he worked f or his father and acc'.IDlulated forty acres in Meadowville. He decided to leave, but he ~e year of 1855 was harsh as far as the still owed his father $75.00. The next September he went to Evanston crops in the Utah Territory were conce and worked in a saw mill where he made enough money to buy some clothes rned. It was a very dry year and betw and other necessities, but not enough to pay his debt to his father, een the drought and the grasshoppers, t1ho impressed upon him the importance of paying his bills . He was the settler' s crops yielded only half 1ble to pay his father after working in Blacksmith Fork getting out ties a harvest. On April 21 of that year for the Uni on Pacific Railroad. Joseph Wolcott Cook (Wook for short) was born in Salt Lake City. His father 3oon after,he heard that Russell had left his mother's children in was Phineas Wolcott 'Cook, his mother various places. After talking it over with his father, he decided Catherine McCleve, his father's third to go see how the children were getting along. A year later he re wife. turned with his brother and sisters, and for a while they made their home with his father's family. Later he and t he children went to live The Cook family lived in Salt Lake until in Garden City with his Aunt Eliza Hall in the home he had built for 1857 when they moved south ahead of her. Within a year the girls went to live with other families where they had homes until they were married. Joseph Wolcott Cook Johnson's Anny. Catherine and her son stayed in Payson. While there she was granted a church divorce from her husband. She stayed with her family, About the year 1882, Alonzo Cook acquired a ranch in the Pegram, working wherever she could find employment. Later she moved back to Idaho area. He told Wook that if he would help him get the water out Salt Lake City and Wook went to live for a few months with his father. of the river for irrigation, he could file on a Desert Entry of 640 In 1862 when she married David Dudley Russell she was able to have her acres • Wook borrowed the money and made the entry. But things were young son with her again. not easy. As soon as they started the ditch, the railroad stopped them. It was several months before they could continue the project. It was Because the winter of 1864-65 was so severe, in the early spring the a lot of hard work. Besides digging the canal , making a dam and head Russells, with some other families, started South to settle i n Salina. gates, they had t o work their places and build houses and corrals. It On this trip Wook got his first experience at driving oxen. The gnoup was a big help when their brothers Will and Henry joined them. got as far as Moroni when the Black Hawk War erupted. Delayed by In the meantime there had occurred two events that had a great heavy snow, the small band of settlers didn't arrive in Salina until effect on his life. He courted and married El izabeth Neiber in June. The Indians were still on the war path. Their raids on surrou 1884. She came to the ranch and in the most primitive conditions, nding t owns resulted in a few deaths and the loss of all the live stock. cooked f or men as they worked on the headgate, ditch and dam. She returned to her· parent's home in Paris in the winter while Wook The next spring as the men were busy building a fort and sowing crops, worked in Raymond canyon getting out logs for their home. The the Black Hawks raided Salina. They struck early in the morning as the other event was t hat he was approached by a member of the Stake herders were taking the stock out to graze. The sheepherder and one Presidency about going on a mission. boy responsible for the cattle were killed. The second boy was left for dead as the Indians drove off all the stock. Some of the men went In the spring of 1884 the river was very high. It flooded all the in pursuit but nothing was recovered. The settlers were helpless with- flat covered by their ditch. As a result they raised a good crop. ou"· 'r oxen so some teams were sent in to move the people north. By July Wook had a fair house built so they could move into it. That winter Elizabeth went to Paris to stay for the birth of her 11 of 1868 Russell settled in Heneferville where he was able baby. In January she gave birth to a baby boy, but nine days l ater to 'i'l ort his family by farming in the surrrner and making railroad ties she died of blood poisoning. In the early part of May, the baby for the Union Pacific in the winter. also died. The loss of his family was a terrible blow to Wook and he had a hard time fighting off despair. The next November Catherine became ill with high fever and delirium. When she did not improve, Russell made a bed in the back of his wagon That surrrner he received a call to the Southern States Mission. and started south with the family . They made their way as far south Although ·he was given six months to prepare, it seemed that every as Payson where Catherine died at the home of her sister. She left thing went wrong and Wolcott was unable to pay his debts, let alone four children --Wol cott and three by Russell, the youngest being six get the money saved for his mission. He even had' to borrow money teen months old. to get to his field of labor. But after he left, the tide turned and his brothers sold out to John W. Taylor, an apostle and brother The following March, Russell married a young, sixteen year old orphan of President Taylor. When Wook returned from his mission he went to girl. Wook and the girl did not get along, so it was agreed that he work for the Taylors. They had decided to build a canal out of should leave. He started to walk t o his Grandmother McCleve's home in Thomas Fork up by Geneva and water the ground where the Raymond town Dixie, two hundred miles away. It was in the winter just after Christ sit e was to be. Wook contracteO. to build it. The Taylors had to get mas. He had no money and was poorly dressed. It was a grueling t welve water on every forty before a certain time. The weather turned cold, days before he reached Leeds, but the loving welcome from his relatives the ground was dry, and the water low, so they got permission to use there made it worth while. They helped him find a job hiring out for Raymond Creek which worked fine; They watched until the water was a year. nearly on every forty and could· see no reason why it could not flow the rest of the way and fulfill the contract. As the time was short, Before the year was up, Apostle Erastus Snow received a letter from Wook and Bishop Larsen hurried ~o Paris and swore that the water was Phineas Cook requesting that his son cane to live with him in Bear on the land. It would have been, but' as soon as they were out of Lake. The Apostle found Wolcott and advised his to do as his father sight, someone turned the water off before it got to the last forties . requested. At first the boy was undecided; then he received what he consi dered a direct answer to prayer. His only asset was a cow for Wook and the Bishop were both arrested, but were let out of jail on which he could find no buyer. He had no money or clothes for the trip. bonds . They immediately went to Salt Lake to see the Taylors who furn He prayed, asking if it be the will of the Lord that he should go to ished money for witnesses and trial, but who could not appear in court his father that he would be able to sell his cow. Inmediately a buyer because the marshall's were after them also. Wook and Bishop Larsen came along. were acquitted, but were again arrested on the same charge. After a long delay, they had a trial in Boise, where the case was thrown out of That fall he went north as far as Hol den where his sister, Harriet. court and the title was issued for the land. Teeples lived. He stayed there that winter and went to school. Also working with Harriet's husband in his blacksmith shop, he gained In the meantime, Wook had hired his sister Jenny and her husband, Challnc: valuable experience. As soon as the snow had melted enough for t r avel Dustin, to help him. They hired Will's sister-in-law, Eliza Bryson, to through the mountains, Teeples took him to Salt Lake. Right after help them board the hay men . This lovely young girl and Wook were April Conference he and his brother Alonzo took the train for Evanston, married September 30, 1891 in the Logan Temple. W From there they made their way to Bear Lake driving a regis- 11 for Apostle Charles C. Rich. Before the railroad was built, t here had been a road along the route which the railroad followed and bordered on the Cook brother's claim. father's home in Swan Creek he received a warm we lcome . His All the settlers along the river used this road to get to town. In 1890 father ' s two wives , Ann Eliza and Amanda treated him as one of the the railroad fenced t heir right of way and left no road. Wook led an family. His father had not seen Wook' since he was a small boy , so he eight year fight to make the railroad company provide a place for the took special interest in him, teaching him how to farm as well· as road. The road is still used today . giving him lessons in gospel doctrine . (continued on page 12) 3 They moved to Twin Falls, Idaho where their fifth child, Mont R. was REX DUDLEY COOK born in 1955. During their stay there, Rex was Superintendent of the YMMIA. (1920-1974) In 1956, during the Christmas holidays, they moved to Arrmon, Idaho by his sister, Mabel Rex, where Rex worked for Watkins Products. By mid January he began working as a night clerk at the Idaho Hotel in Idaho Falls, holding do jobs. Later he went to work for Phillips Petroleum Co. at the site at Arco, Idaho. He kept his job as night clerk alsci. changed to a better job at the atomic site and was on shift wo ~ex Dudley Cook was born at Garden City, after. Rich County, Utah on the 11th day of February, 1920 at 5:00 P.M., the eldest In July of 1958, Rex went full time as Field Representative in Public son of Lashbrook Laker and Florence Relations for Farm Journal Magazine. After several years, he quit this Irene Dudley Cook. He was a strong baby job for a short time and moved the family to Logan to take care of Grand- and grew fast. ma Rasmussm while Grandpa was in Hawaii for six mcnths · _, Just before he was a year old, he had Then in 1959, they moved to Hyrum and bought a home. Rex went back to pneumonia and was very, very low. For his old job with the Farm Journal, but by now had quite a system worked two weeks or more, he lay unconscious out. He had a large territory to cover so he selected a man from each without making a sound. The day he ~ district to work under him. In this way he was on the road only two I was a year old, he almost died. Aunt weeks each month and was hane two weeks with his family. Rex Dudley Cook Vie .Booth, who helped us through this sickness as though Rex were one of her Rex served as second counselor in the Superintendency of the Sunday own, told us to give him an alcohol toddy to stimulate his heart. That School, teacher in the Seventie's Quorum and Sunday School teacher. helped him through this crisis. At one time Bishop Charles W. Pope knelt down by the little bed with us They built a lovely, big home with accanodations to take care of Grand while he administered to the baby. He pleaded with the Lord to spare father Rasmusson and Aunt Anna, Brother Rasmusson's siste.ir:' . Here the older the child's life for he said he believed he would grow to be of great children grew to maturity. usefulness and power in doing the Lord's work. He said, "With the parents he had, I believe he will be an unusual help in performing thy Kerstin was married her senior year in college to Carlos Byrdell Roundy. work here upon the earth." Warren and Vaughn becaITE Eagle Scouts. Warren lacked just hours of For ten days I had not slept a wink; under ordinary circumstances I graduation fran college when he was drafted to serve two years in the would have been in bed with sick headaches, but I was made equal to the anny at Viet Nam. Both boys filled missions, Warren in South America burden. One night I had lain down and slept ten or twenty minutes. and Vaughn in New Zealand. Vaughn returned hane and married Catharine Aunt Vie Booth and Stella P. Rich were sitting with him when he made a Carlson. Vaughn holds a Realtor's and broker's license. :warren is sound. Fran this time he was better. going to USU at the present time and is getting married in June . Because of his birthday caning in February, he was not six but five and Merylin is within a short time of getting her Masters Degree in speech. a half years old when his playmates started to school in the fall •. He At present she is working in Denver, Colorado. started a year later. He caught up with them in a short time anyway. He was always a good reader and speller. When he was in the 7th grade Mont, Val and Julie Anna have yet to prove their destiny. he was second best speller in the county. He always liked history and music. Rex truly loved Eleanor. There was a great mutual respect, love and understanding between them and he dearly loved his children. • He was baptized when he was eight years old in the Logan Temple by Henry E. Bowman and confirrood the saITE day by Harvey Sessions. The last few years, Rex worked in a real estate business along ls other job. He was a natural born salesman. He was ordained a Deacon by his father on February 11, 1932. He was ordained a Teacher by Julius Wright on February 17, 1935, and a Priest In June, 1963, he was asked to teach the special lessons in the invest by his father on April 18, 1937. igators class in Sunday School. Later he was set apart as Sunday School teacher in the teacher trainer department when the new Teacher Develop He started High School in 1934 and went one year to North Rich and then ment Program was started. He also served on the High Council in the went three years to Fielding High School at Paris, Idaho. He played in Hyrum Stake. the High School band four years and was president of his class his senior year. He was a good mixer. Rex has spent many years as a Sunday Schcol teacher during his life. He has been an Instructor and Era representative. He was a High He attended the utah State University during the years of 1938 and 1940. Priest group leader from 1967 to 1969 . He was first counselor to While at the University he met Eleanor Rasmusson, daughter of Niles Bishop Garth L. Lee. He was released fran this position to become Gunnar and Lydia Leona West Rasmusson. She was also a student at USU. Bishop of Hyrum First Ward. He held this position to within a few weeks of his death. At the time of his death, Rex was Troop On January 20, 1941 Rex left for the Southern States mission. At his Canmitteeman of the Ventures and President of the Phineas Wolcott Cook farewell before he left, Bishop Spence in his talk, said Rex would Genealogical Cormrl.ttee realize his responsibility by the spirit of revelation~ his eyes would be opened. "He is clean, capable and humble and his heart will be fill Within the confines of the gospel Rex found great joy and strength. ed with peace. I have no doubt of his ability. He knows the fundamental Two of his great loves were Genealogy and Scouting; in both he became principles of the gospel. I wish him Godspeed." praninent. He was optimistic, patient and had a great sense of humor. He showed deep compassion and wisdan beyond his years. He was an ordi When Elder John A. Widsoe set Rex apart at the Mission Hane on January nate counselor to young people. 29, 1941, he $aid that he would travel in safety and that he would have health and strength. That he would have strength and power to do things I have never known Rex to lose his temper. How many times he has doub that might seem almost superhuman or could be considered great for one led his talents in helping others. To know him is to love him; he was as young as he. He would have the opportunity to talk to large crowds a wonderful person to be with. Rex always did the job right ~he first and if he would banish fear he would have the chance to explain the tr time around. uth to many honest souls. If he would live up to the teachings of his youth he would be safe and all would be well with him and his . I'm sure if he could speak to you today he would say, "'Ille Gospel is true, attach yourself to it. Be diligent in your genealogical wurk." Rex and Eleanor were married January 22, 1943 in the Logan Temple by How many times have we heard him say, "If you are not going to do it, President Joseph Quinney, Jr. They made their first home at Swan who do you think will?" Creek at the old Cook homestead, property that had been in the family since the spring of 1865 when his second great grandfather, Phineas Sunday, December 15, 1974 after about ten days of terrible pain, his Wolcott and his wife Ann Eliza settled there. tender and compassionate heart finally gave away. "He was taken away to his greatest hane." • They were members of the Garden City Ward and Rex was appointed Scout Master. He was already an Eagle Scout . During the years he worked in Death is only a part of this abundant life. God sent his chil this position he earned the bronze palm in scouting. here to be tried and tested, to see if they would keep his co ments. Rex surely did this. He leaves a legacy of love to his family While they were at Swan Creek their first four children were born: and to you his many friends. Kerstin, Merilyn, Rex Warren and Vaughn Rasmusson 4 GRANT OSMOND COOK MARY ANN (1910-1975) McELPRANG COOK (1882-1974)
~ary Ann M. Cook Allred of Huntington, Utah died 23 July, 197 4 at the age of ninety-two and one half years. She was the wife of the l ate William Alonzo Cook, son of Phineas H. Cook of Fish Haven, Bear Lake Co, who diect 14, December, 1942 She was born 8 March, 1882 in Bluff, San Juan, Utah to S. William and Adelia Terry McElprang. Her parents were called with the original company of Pioneers to settle Bluff "Hole in the Rock." After an honorable release her family Mazy Ann McElprang Cook with others moved and settled in Hmting- ton, F't!ery County, 11talo Her father n. Grant Osmond Cook, 65, of Northridge died when she was just seven years of age, ieaving her mother with ten California passed awey on 16 May, 197?. children. Mary Ann attended school to the "8th reader" and graduated. He was born at Bloanington, Idaho to At the young age of thirteen she was employed as a clerk in the Hunting Alonzo Laker Cook and Maude Osmond Cook, ton Co-op Store. For the next five years she not only enjoyed the work, both now deceased. but was happy knowing that she was helping to lighten the financial load of her widowed mother. He married Hazel Hartvigsen, daughter of J. F. Hartvigsen and Ell en Amelia On the 17 October, 1900, at the age of eighteen years, Mary Ann married Eilertsen then of Downy, Idaho, in the William Alonzo Cook in the Manti Temple. His parents, Phineas H. Cook Logan Temple 15 June, 1939. They are and £lizabeth Hill had moved fran Bear Lake to Huntington in 1884. the parents of six children. This couple had been reared in good Latter Dey Saint families and had a Grant Osmond Cook good foundation in gospel teachings, the love of which they carried with As a young man Grant served on an L.D.S. them throughout their lives. Mission in the Eastern States. During this time he was the piano accompanist Mary Ann was alweys active in church service. She served in the Stake for a missionary make quartet known as the "Fireside Four" in a series Primary Presidency for eight years, five of which she served a presid of radio broadcasts. He was also one of the four trumpet pleyers in the ent. She was actively engaged in Genealogical and Temple work, and 1 Cumorah Pagent . served two years as a missionary in the Manti Temple. She was also an active member of the Daughters of Pioneers in Emery County and was He d his B.A. Degree fran the Utah Agricultural College, now Utah a responsible and interested civic worker. Stao. versity, in 1944, and his Ph. D. fran Columbia University in New York. He was a teacher in Box Elder, Davis, and Weber Counties and On May 10, 1950 she married Isaac Allred in the Manti Temple. He died at Weber L.D.S. Seminary. For the last twenty-eight years he has taught December 5, 1958. in the colleges in California. He taught at· Fullerton College, was chainnan of the music department at Los Angeles State College for five Mary. Ann was able to keep her home until she was eighty-seven years of years, and was Professor of Music at the California State College at age, when due to ill health she went to the Ferron Nursing Horne where Northridge at the time of his death. she remained the last five years of her life.
For many years Grant taught private music lessons along with his busy She is the mother of seven children, three of whan preceded her in death: schedule. He taught and supervised the musical training of his own six Verna Eliz.abeth, William Gus, and Phineas c. Cook. She is survived by children and all of them are skilled soloists. One daughter, Mrs.David the following son and daughters: Oner A. Cook of Orem, Utah. Adelia Jorgensen (Laurel) pleyed the flute with the Utah Symphony Orchestra for Ann C. Ungennan, and Zora Pearl C. Day of Salt Lake City and Dixie Cook five years • Sharon, a second daughter, was a member of the B. Y. U. Symp Olsen of Einery, Utah. She also has twenty-two living grandchildren, hony and other special llUlSic groups. Mrs. Gerald Pond (Darlene) pleyed sixty-seven great grandchildren, and three great great grandchi ldren. the vic::lin with the B.Y.U. Symphony and with a yiolin ensemble group. Margaret, his 4th daughter, also pleyed the violin. She is also an accomplished artist and returned from an L.D.S. Mission in Australia just three weeks before her father's death. Mrs. Alberto Bori (Deborah) pleyed the flute with the B.Y.U. Orchestra, sane chamber groups and a ANN AURELIA SHIMER popular performing group there. Grant 0. Cook Jr. with the French Horn, his father the flute, his mother the piano, and the girls with their instruments gave many hours of service in the L.D.S. Wards in their locality, for llEll1Y civic functions, and as a family they performed in a Just a short tribute to a very talented little lady. She was about Regional Music Festival. They also played as a group in the Saturdey 4 1 10 11 and weighed 80 lbs . Her violin (which was so precious to her) Evening Concert Series in the Los Angeles area. was almost as big as she. Many of us knew her as "Aunt Lillie" or just 11),,illie" . However, she was the daughter of Henry Howland and Grant was an example of great fatherhood. His love and devotion to his Gennett Calder Cook, which made her the grandaughter of Phineas Wolcott family is an inspiration to all and his pride in their accomplishment Cook. She died without children and because of this we were afraid she was a great incentive to his children. He was greatly interested in the would soon be forgotten and because of her great talent we feel she scientific accomplishments of his son, Grant O. Jr. who is well on the should be remembered. way to an outstanding career in scientific research. She was a marvelous violinist . Those who heard her knew that she put Grant was always a student. He continued his studies while teaching her heart and soul into that mus ic. No one could play like "Aunt and earned credits equivalent to a degree in Mathematics and electronics. Lillie." She played for K.S.L. radio for many years and at Z.C.M .I. He was a diligent student of the scriptures and performed many respons Tea Roan. She taught at the McCune School of Music and was responsible ibilities in the church. Among other positions he was a Bishop's coun- in the early days of the school for many new students because of all sel•·' Priest group leader, Organist, Chorister, Sundey School Sup- the concerts she gave all over the valley . When the school was closed eri ( t, and at the time of his death he was High Priest historical she had taught there for over 50 years. She has students that play clL he Northridge 2nd ward. with orchestras all over the country . She played sacrament music for years with her brother Veraun , "Bish", and in her earl y years was lnlJressive funeral services were held in the Chatsworth Stake Tabernacle. accompanied by her sister, Phoebe Irene, on the piano . She played at California and at the Roger's Mortuary in Tremonton. Interment was in · funerals and weddings all over the valley and her violin and sheet the Bothwell Cemetery where a ·brother, Glenn, and his father and mother music were her constant companions. We loved her dearly and so today are buried. we pay tribute to Ann Aurelia Cook Shimer. 5 "LASH" L. COOK FAMILY THE PHIPPEN FAMILY ACTNITIES
RANDY COOK REX son of Mabel and Don Rex of Georgetown , Idaho ~as nani DEVRO SEALY, son of Milton and Shirley Phippen of Salt Lake City, left nated and chos~n as "Outstanding Young Man of America" for 1974 . His on March 8 for the language training school at the Brigham Young name appears in the 1974 yearbook. He and his wife, Shirley Anderson University and is now serving in the South Argentine Mission. Rex , also had a 2nd da•igbter, Sandy Lou , born 21 January, 1975 . Randy cousin, KEVIN ANDREWS , son of Blaine and Donna Phippen Andrews is a great grandSon of Alonzo Howland Cook . left 25 March, 1975 for the language training school He is se in the North Argentine Mission, A son was born to KIRSTEN COOK ROUNDY and CARLOS ROUNDY in January, 1975 . Kirsten is the daughter of Eleanor Cook . McKAY and JOYCE PHIPPEN have a new grand- A new son was born to JACKIE ANDREWS WOODS and HOWARD WOODS 30 May, AL VIRIA C. BOOTH RICH FAMILY 1975 . He is named in honor of his father and grandfather, Andrew Howard Woods . KEN!' and DENISE BCXJl'H HADIX>CK had a son born in July 1974. Denise is MARSHALL CORLAND, son of Bonnie Andrews Felts and Marshall Felts the daughter of Bryan and Darlene Booth of Fish Haven, Idaho. born 14 August, 1974 . Bonnie is the daughter of'.Blaine and Donna Andrews . IESLIE and VIRGINIA BOLTON accanpanied the Senior Citizen's group on a nice trip to Canada this last fall. Virginia is the grand daughter of 'l'Wo daughters of MELVIN and SARAH PHIPPEN have recently married. PAT Alonzo Howland Cook . PHIPPEN married Melvin Eugene Dietz, l August , 1974 in the Salt Lake 'Temple . Dietz is in private law practice in Salt Lake City. BARBARA The VAN NESS and HATl'IE BCXJl'H WALIENTINE family gives us the following PHIPPEN married Keith Howard Haines of Toole, Utah at the Mq,nti Temple interesting items: 14, June 1975. Barbara is a student at Brigham Young University, and Keith is a Political Science major doing post graduate work there. REED and his wife, EDITH O'OONNELL WALLENI'INE, welcaned their first son, Robert Ness Wallentine, on the 21 of April, 1974 . COIBY JANE DUNFORD is the new daughter of Bradley and Wendy Dunford, born 31 August, 1974 in California. Bradley is the son of Maurine and Another son, MAX and his wife, GAY, had a son, Jared, their 9th child, Burns Dunford. born 21 April, 1974 . JENNIFER, daughter of Vicki Sealy Clayton and Richard Clayton of Their eldest grand- BLAIN ANDREWS was released as bishop of the Holladay 17th Ward J MARY is the new daughter born to Garfield and Margo Taylor Cook , 26 ordained to the High Council of the Olympus Stake. September, 1974 . McKAY PHIPPEN who is serving on the Aaronic Priesthood Gener al Carrnittee JOSHUA BENJAMIN, son of Kreh! Osmond and Mary Gay Newton Cook, born of the Church of Latter Day Saints, attended t he Aaronic Priesthood and 16 December 1974 . Young Wanen's Regional Conference in Peru, South America. BARBARA ANN,. daughter ofMerrill A. and Camille Sarders Cook, born 12 LONI SEALY , just twelve years old has taken praninent parts in two February 1975. rrrusical productions at the Brigham Young University recently. She perforrred with solo parts in "Saturday' s Warrior" and in "Music Man". MERI KAYE SANDERS, daughter of Dr. Gill 0 . and V1rg1nia Cook Sanders, Loni is the daughter of Milton and Shirley Phippen Sealy of American born 5 June, 1975 . Fork, utah. VIRGINIA, GARFIELD, .KREHL and MERRILL are daughter and sons of Dr. and Mrs. Melvin A. Cook and'all live in Salt Lake City. LYNN COOK WINl'ERI'ON, son of Maurine C. Winterton of Sa.lt Lake City, left in January for the language training school in Hawaii and fran there to the Taiwan Mission. Soon after his arrival there he miraculously escaped injury when a small truck struck his bicycle and passed over his body. PHINEAS H. COOK FAMILY PHILLIP COOK, son of .. Vernon G. and Ila Clyde Cook, left in June for the CHRIS'roPHER JOHN AVER)'., son of John Orval and Betty Rae Bird Avery, born language training school in Hawaii where he will prepare for an L.D.S . 4 July, 1974 . Betty Rae is a great great grandaughter of Phineas H. Mission to Japan. Cook and her parents are Alvin and Shirley Byrd Bird. S:I'EPHEN ROBINSON and SUSAN WINl'ERTON ROBINSON have a new daughter, MACHELLE ANN BIRD, daughter of Kim B. and Cynthia Haderlie Bird, born Rebekah, born 26 December, 1974 . Susan is the daughter of Maurine 26 June, 1974. Kim is a son of Alvin and Shirley Bird. c. Winterton. BRANDON CLARK, son of Clark and Evelyn Cook, born 25, February 1975 . VIVIENNE SMITH who has been serving in the Texas Mission returned hane Clark is the son of Qner A and Eva Otterstrcr.i Cook of Orem, Utah . in October, 1974 . On 25 January 1975, she was married to Crismon S. Lewis in the Logan Temple. 'l'Wo of Vivienne's sisters, Mrs . Nornian KRISI'EN KIM, daughter of Don W. and Sue Cook, born 25 February 1975 . Ashton (Meredith) fran Guam, and Kathy Phinney fran New Hampshire, Don is another son of Qner and Eva Cook of Orem, Utah. were able to attend the wedding. The couple are making hane in Las Vegas where Crismon is a news writer with a newspaper firm there, GEOFFREY WILLIAM, son of William Keith and Sue Ann Cook, born-1 Vivienne is Vie daughter of Grant Gill and Phyllis Cook Smith of 1975 . William K. is the son of William Preston and Myrtle Cal Logan, Utah &.nd Crismon is the son of Mr . and Mrs. Malin W. Lewis of Phoenix, Arizona. BOYD J . NIELSON, son of John and Marjory Ungerman Nielson, and Ellen Brockbank were married 26 April, 1975 in the Manti Temple . yd JILL, the second daughter of Richard C. and Kirstin Schoenhals is a great, great grandson of Phineas H. and Elizabeth Hill Cook. Winterton was bo:'l'l 26 January, 1975. The Wintertons live in Ithica, New York, where HJ.chard is .doing research work in chemistry. He is MICHAEL WAYNE, son of Wayne and Earlene Olsen Swasey , born 10 April the son of Maurine c ; Winterton. 1975 . Earlene is the daughter of Earl R. and Dixie Lois Cook Olsen. 6 HARRIET BETSY COOK TEEPLES FAMILY HENRY HOWLAND COOK FAMILY Kevin Clain Barker was born to Janet and Pablo Barker, May 15, 1974. He was 11 months old when his father was taken suddenly with a heart attack on the 18th of April, 1975. Janet Erekson Barker has been left widowed at age 31. She has one other child, Heidi Lee Barker, age 2~1/2 and ME.~ - Y OWENS , son of Marian William and Edith May Comish Owens passed years old. Janet is the daughter of Clain C. Vernetta M. Erekson. a· · 1 6, 1974. He was sixty-two years old. Vernetta is a grand- Tye Carter Tingey, son of Grant Cook and Lois Tingey, graduated fran high school May 30, 1975. Susan Tingey married Seth R. Winterton in DARRELL RICHARD STACEY and Loretta Rowley were married in the Manti the Salt Lake Temple and they have a son, Cody Tingey Winterton, born temple August 15, 1974. Darrell is. the son of William C. and Velma September 1974. Susan is the daughter of Grant and Lois Tingey and Dickson Stacey. Grant is the grandson of Henry Howland Cook . YVONNE STACEY, daughter of William C. and Velma Dickson Stacey received Evan Lee Perry and Kyle K. Perry, grandsons of Dora Longhurst and a mission call to the Germany-Frankfort mission. She left May 10, 1975. Chester Perry, have recently been made Eagle Scouts. Dora is still another granddaughter of Henry Howland Cook. AMY PCRTER, daughter of Stanley J. and Sheila Sims Porter was born Aug ust 17, 1974. Kenneth and Mari1yn Perry were.married :Ir. Provo after he converted her to the church during his mission in the Pacific Southwest . 'Ihey have DARRELL RICHARD STACEY, son of Wi l liam C. and Ve lma Dickson Stacey will three children. Ken is the son of Dora Longhurst and Chester Perry. e his Bachel or of Science Degree from BYU this spring. Brian JOhn Tingey was oorn the first part of December, 1974 to Blaine Y, daughter of William C. and Velma Dickson Stacey will graduate Comia and Barbara Tingey. Blaine is the son of Williard Cook Tingey, m High School this spring. who is a grandson of Henry Howland Cook . MICHEAL CRAWLEY AND LINDA GAY NELSON CRAWLEY were blessed with the arr Robert Tingey Bruckner, son of Gennett and Al Bruckner, is going to ival of a baby boy April 14, 1975. Linda Gay is the daughter of Robert dental school in Washington D.C. While he is there he is a guard at the and Maxine Di ckson Nelson. L.D.S. Temple. 7 HUSBAND_~s~amue'.:::::=1~tt~a~'1llND::..:::::... ______-r.c~~~:~:'="~o~~':'."""":'.~1"~~ ------1-1_0_4___ __::: _·-_ 00 ~~:~ _2_0_ Feb- -l 7;0;4::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::= ::::: ::::;Dart:Irou;:;::;::;; ;th:;::;:, :::B:;:r;is;:;:;to;::1;:;::, :;:M;::a;:;s;::sa:::ch~:;;us:;;:;:e~tts';;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~j.:w'.::,",,'-~I~• ~. ~~~~~~~~:::::::::::::::~icl ~;;:,i'.:w;;;'.-.'"~;;_:;;.,;;~-;;~;-;~.,~;;;""';;;t"'";;;~;;;;;;.,"-••"k"' p""'~"· -.-l-y_Or_g-. Mw 28 Nov 1723 ""' Dart:Irouth Bristol Massachusetts "'m'""'fr 66 South Masoo Lane ·-· ---- 01ed ______Pl ace ______,~~=~fo~r North Salt Lake , Utah 8'11J51f -~-~~~=~=-...- ~ Bur Place~------,,R,.,us"6 FOU R GOIER,f, Tl()N SliEETS FO R FILING ONLY WIFE _c(l'J)___,S~ar'=-ah~~SO:'..'ULE=------·------YES D NOD ~ ~: ~ --"~'-~"':=..;~;;;,;~.;:c~----- :::::::::::DarbOO;:;:;:;::;:;:u:;:th:;::;:.:::B:;:r:-:i;:;s:::t=o=l ,_, -'~=las=s=ach=us=ec.=t.::ts=------1 OATE SUBl,llTlEO TO G!'.N E... lOGICAL SOC IETY Died Place------1------,.L::D::S-;D:;R:;:D::;IN:;':A:;N;:C:;E~D;;-A;::;T;:A----- B ----~~~==,,--- Place------~----~-~~~------+------=T"-='"::::-":':==-'Tm.,..;;;;.c...o=;;;;;- ~w~~~~E~· s"...C'.FA~TH~E~R-W~1=l=l~1~am:::..:SOUU:::::.::=:------Ug~~ R~H~annah~~~B~REl:':'.:.'.'ISTE~~Ro.______-+~~~:;~:.~:'='E~O -LG~' ~~":__' +-=•"~o~OW~E~O--ro_"'~' -+--"'w'~"~\0~'~~~~·~~~LU· r.• • ~~~~"0,j~'" ------j 1 Oct 1889 19 June 1919 5 June 1928 1 ~ Nicholas HONLl\ND 1 Jan 1724/ 5 Darboouth !Bristol Mass ~.~';ls{~ --J'------t 1 30 Sep 189 ~·-=F--1--E:::l:::i::z=abe=th:::..Ha'lll\ND===------t-2_~...o...r_l7_4_1_-+_Darboou__._ th ____ --j_ Br_i_s_to_l t-M_.s_s-1'1T~.~~~~·o~-~s~~~.?~ll_~---~l~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~>---'l=9~Mar=~--~~y__!_895 1 5 June 1928 ------Jl'------t " ------Jl'------;1 ------~!~~-~~~, SOURCES OF INFORMATION OTHER MARRIAGES .NECESSA?Y f)Cf'l.ANATIONS (A) Dartmooth Vital Records - GS 974. 485/0l-V2n Vol. 1 Pl20-133Birt!IS 2 Baptisms 30 Sep 1890 are not frund en (B) Dart:Irouth Vital Jecords - GS 974.485/0l-V2n Vol. 2 Pg 253-263 m # Sar.uel nrl (2) Esther Pl\UolER the Logan Tanple and Salt Lake Tanple (C) Ha.land Fam. of l\merica, by Franklyn Ha.land GS #929.273- H843h: -pl8 records • TlB recmds give this date. (D) Tm and GS #178098 Lg. Sealings (Bapt and End. Film nurbers 'Ibey are being resul:roi tted in case of write to Fam. Org. - too nmerous to list) error. (E) Research by Donald L. Jaccbus, A.L. COok, Pearl Day, and others HUSBANO _ _ _Sairue __l _HCMJ\ND ______. -f c:~:;:;~::::-:·-·-d ..,~°'amu"fu"e'k""'"~"'CM.LANDr.. ------· ------1_7Q_~-- - - "°'"------Place ___ __~-~~~--~------+:=-+:=:..::==----..,.,,======----·-- --• . 1 ch ; r, ...... E' .lOOl>E!;f, or P[RSQ! WIFE 1?1 ~·~" 1111.VEL Born ______Ptace Of Rochester, Plyroouth, .Massachusetts YES D NOD c"'. _ 14 Mar 1719/20 Place Darb'oouth. Bristol. Massachusetts -·------Died ______Place ______l------,-LD=-s=-=o::R:::D::-1N"A°'N=c-=e-=o:-:Ac::TA.,.------Bur. Ptace------~~~--~~~==------0 ._w'--•'--FEo.c'S'--'-'FA'--TH--'E'--R--=J:::er=atu.=·a,,l~m,_,VEL=,______Mgf~ER __S~ar=ah ~lJ=.L~El=I~---- · ------="~'~P'~"-•-o~LG~,~ ENooweo 10.1ei I ii/_ !~~~ ·, ~ ·~-~.ffi= ~0"se~~Ncg~eA ------1 Oct 1889 19 June 19~19 5 June 1923 1-~----C~H~IL~D~R~E~N------.------~------~------,---,,W~H.~~-"~.,o~" ..~- ..~ - ,.-, -lf=-= - -~ ------··" 7im' T!1"'1· ·~. r;~ 1----"w"'H"'Nc...:.• o"'"~N~-+------~w~H·=""'•"'•~o,"~N--~~~+O~E-O ~-'" ~'-M~A~C.~ _ _1~--~ """~· · -·--·~-~., LG rm 11, ..... !L i-.:.+_,;,"'· ~"';~"'·~"';~"'·;"";·_·~-~ ~_· ·"'s~"'~"'·~ A"'· :;-,,,,~"·_· ·---+------1-----"-----+---+~~·~•~~~~: +------.------+=2""1_se='Po....:1"'9"'2 "-3 +- s Jl.U1e 1928 ~~l:f:~7.. ~;;:;-~ · ------Jl ______-1! < l-!':LM"----=~'";,,-""--.l.1'..'~.,.,.w·,.=~"------l-----"--"RA"''"""'-"-.1.l..17,.,4q2-1-1""'n'~Ll.!!-"""'"tl"-1------l'h'"ri'"·s.,·~...,.~1...i....,,,.,,,"'S --+---- l ~ -~- - !2~4 28 Oct 1954 5 June 1928 l~ _~i; 1·""7"'1_"'"3 _-_-..,1------1~ r------F Eunice HaVLANIJ 4 Jun 1751 Dart:Irouth Sristol .4'5s John Tl\llOR 22 Oct 1895 i 11 Oct 1923 5 June 1928 1-,"-f--===:....::===------+----=-'-'------+- '----'------+---1==-+'29 _s_en J.Z71i __ 1 ----r- --· --·------M Reuben Ha1Ll\ND 18 Nov 1754 Darboouth ~r istol sihell Bro~ 3~ Seo 189()__(_ _l_!l<>Y. _ l,_9? ~ .2.ciune 1928 >-'-'M-+---~Daru.-""'=·e~l'---H~a_VLAND~'------+--3_F_eb_ _ l_7_57--+ _ _Darboouth ~ristol ~~i~ ~~~~~ . 3) <<>P J?J0, 11_ 11ay ... ~9 2 ~ _ ?_June 1928 'M Wesson (Weston) HOONID 23 Mar 1759 Darboouth ~ristol 111:iss r);,5ii-e ruiDEI:L JO se.P.JJl9.0 ~ 4 J:laY ~~n l_ _s _ ~unc 1928 ------t----t----r=_=_-_=__- _ =_=_~_=_~,--1 ------;r=~~~ I ' ~-----~--~----~-~~-~~-~=-~-==-~ ------j------t~ -- l-"---f------1-----l------+------+---+-~~- ~-= -~ =-== =_: ____ -,,- =: l ·.,~ -- -~~-~==- r = ______.=-r- ~~--~---! I SOURCES OF INF ORMATION OTHER MARRIAGES NECESSAPY [>· "'> 1 ". ~JITIO"IS 1 (A) Dartmouth Vital Rec. -G.S #9 74.485/Dl- V2n Vol. 1 Pg 120-133 D. The baptism dates "30 Sep 1890" are (B) DarbOOuth Vital Rec. -G.5 #974 . 485/0l-V2n Vol 2 Pg 253- 263 Mg . 1 not foun Ci972 The G~nea l o si e11 1 Sode ty of The Church of J c; us C hri ~ t of Laner·n Samuel Howland (1 704 - ) Family Group Record Page l HUSBAND Samuel HOWLAND Tr . Husband Samuel HOWLAND Tr . 1727 Wife Born 12 Mar 1727 Place Dartmouth Bristol Massaclmsetts Esther BROWNELL NA!.'€ & AOORESS Of' 1'£RSON SUBMITTING SHEET Ch• Place WMd h. Ex.amil'l&rs:j _ Marr. 27 Qct 1748 Place Da r t•n"'nth Bristol Ma.s.sach 1.sett.s 2 Phineas Wolcott Cook Fam. 0r2'anization Died 22 Mar 1813 Place Dartmouth Bristol Massachusetts Stake or Box 266 Mission Bur. Place North Salt Lake Utah 84054 HUSBAND'S HUSBAND'S FATHER Samuel HOWLAND MOTHER Sarah SOUI.i> REt..\TION OF ABOVE TO HUSBAND RELATION OF A60VE TO Wll'E OTHER °WIVES (2) Esther PALMER I WIFE _____i_!l__!l_sther BROWNELL FOUR GENERATION Sl-IEETS FOR FILING ONLY YES 0 NO 0 Born 23 Aug 1732 Pla ce Little Comgton 1 Ne\YQOrt1 Rhode Island DATE SUBMITTED TO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Cnr. Pl ace I Died Place Bur. Place LOS ORDI NAN CE DATA I WIFE 'S FATHER Jeremiah BROWNELL ;Jg'~~~R Deborah BURGESS BAPTIZED (0•1•) ENDOWED (0•1•) -- ~;~;; ~~ '~.':"~ ... ~r) HUS811NO W!Fe·s OTHER LG LG LG HUSBANDS 30 Seo 1890 7 Dec 1927 24 Feb 1951 WHEN DI D WIFE CHILDRE N WHEN BORN WHERE BORN OllTEOl'FlflST!,11\RRlllGE I M , T" , I'//////////, l ...... ~ ...... ng0<0..01 .. ...-o1 ...... ------.... "' ;>oc;Al.Eu{u~- ...,,.,..) !.IONTH COUN TY TOWliOM '" 11 Jun 1901 30 Jan 1925 ~ Given Names SURNAME '" .... c<:i'~,~ rHILOAE"I TO PllA~NTS , x ·- _____ }_ 7_6'}_/}U 16 lun 1826 M Edward HOWLAND Abt 1749 Duchess Du chess N.Y. Susanna KNOWLTON 21 Tun 1887 22 Tun 1887 24 Feb 1951 . 2 ------I 10 '~ "' lR~C',. M • Georne HOWLAND Abt 1751 Duchess Du chess N. Y. Marv WARNER 18 Jun 1901 26 Feb 1926 24 Feb 1951 3 I F Freelove HOWLAND Abt 1753 Duchess Duchess N . Y. -Re~~ HUSTED llJun 1901 6 Feb 1925 24 Feb 1951 ' I F Elev HOWLAND Abt 1755 Duchess Duchess N.Y, -Peter F'Is!=C - 11 Tun 1901 11 Feb 1925 24 Feb 1951 5 I F Cvnthia HOWLAND Abt 1757 Duchess Duchess N.Y . -Tose;;!l MERRITT 11 Jun 1901 11 Feb 1925 24 Feb 1951 6 I Sarah HOWLAND Abt 1759 Duche ss Duchess N. Y. ------OSBORN 11 Jun 1901 11 Feb 1925 24 Feb 1951 7 " I M Jeremiah HOWLAND Abt 1761 Du chess Duchess N.Y. ------22 Jun 1886 26 Feb 1926 24 Feb 1951 8 ------I 16 Dec 1812 M TimMhv HOWLANn Abt 1763 Duchess Duchess NY. 22 Jun 1886 29 Sep 1926 24 F eb 1951 9 ------I ,.M Char les HOWLAND • twin 8 Auer 1765 Duchess Duches.s N.Y. 18 Jun 190 1 30 Seo 1926 24 Feb 1951 ------I 16 Nov 1812 M Solomon HOWLAND - twin 8 Au~ 1765 Duchess Duchess N.Y. "----· wnrn .RV 18 Jun 1901 20 Nov 1890 24 Feb 1951 ------I "M Asahel HOWLAND Abt 1767 Duchess Duchess N.Y. 20 Nov 1948 26 Nov 1948 24 Feb 1951 SOUR CES OF INFORMATION (A) Research by Donald Lines JACOBUS. (B) Howland OTHER MARRIAGES NECESSARY EXPLANATIONS Some early ordinance dates lack Family Temple Record pp. 33, 72. (C) Marriages for~uchess Co. GS #794 . 5 - V2a Vol. 4, p.35. (D) Temple ordinance film and TIB (write organ sufficient identification. zation for source). (E) Dartmouth, Ma ss. Mg. Chr. Bur. GS #974.5 -V.2a Ve 1.4 (F) Rhode Island GS #974.485/Dl vol. 1 and 2. (G) Rese'J,~~~N,:·}~d<;,~g~~~ . Ci972 The G~ o1 e al-0g1 :: al Society of The Church of Jesu s. Christ •Jf L11\ter·d1y Saints. Inc. Y 2 HUSBAND Samuel HOWLAND Jr. Page continued ""'"""d Samue l HOWLAND Tr. 1727 • som -~1"'2_,M=a~r_,1~7=2~7 ____ p 111ce _ _,D"'a"'rt=m=o"u"'th"'-=Br~1~·s~to~l"-'M=a=ss,,,a,..,c00h,,,u=s=ett=s ______+w"-"ue'--,--"'E"'s.,,th,,e"'r-'B"'R""O"'W=N,,,E""L""L""'======~------chr. --,-_-,,.--,,,,.-.,~----Plac:e_..,,,----,-=---,----,------;ward Ir''-· ------1 """"e' "OORESSOf" PERsattsue"''nlNGShEET Ma11 27 Oct 1748 Prace Dartmouth Bristol Massachusetts E11.aminars=12. Died 22 Mar 18 13 Place Dartmouth Bristol Massachusetts Stake or MissiOn 1 ~ii~iiirSs;;i•;;i";;.o-·._s--'--,.;;;,~""''-";:~~;;s':'a-.,,m~-u;:e""l_""_H;;o;:.w;;_,,L~"'A,. 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AeLArK>NOFAsovero11useANO 111eLAr10NoF 11eove row!fe WIFE (1) Esther BROWNELL FOUAGENERATION;Ee~r(JA F 1L1NGONLv NOD Sorn 23 Aug 1732 Piace Little Compto~v.m=·o~r~t .._,R..,h~o,,,d~e_,I,.,s..,l a,_.n.,,d..______-ll-::,.o:,.o:,"-,~"'•"'n'°'":-:',,-'G°''"'""'""''G'°""'"""'°°="'"''------chr. ---·------Plec:9 ------;I Died Place ______-!l------..,-,,.,,-===------ !~~E '-S-f-AT·H·-,R--~·1 e_r_e _m~ia~h~B~R=oWNE~L~L--·------"t;~i5~'TH~.,,--R ===~D~e;;:bo:;::;:r:;:ah:::~B':;U';'R;;G~E~s~s=:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~:::::::;:BAPTIZED::::::::::::~ L~D~S:;:ENDOWEDO~R~D~I N~A~ N~C~E~~DA~T==>~~:~~~~~A~;;;::;;;.:~~~= ... :"~~'._ ~~te;!~;~EA~------~·------1 30 Seo 1890 7 Dec 1927 24 Feb 1951 l//1111//////, 11 Jun 1901 30 Jan 1925 C:HilMe';;-';.~a;:"!,R · ~~1 IDuch ess N. V 18 Tun 1901 28 Tan 1927 24 Feb 1951 ------I Duchess N.Y. 22 Tun 1886 3 Mav 1928 24 Feb 1951 ------I Duchess N.Y. 18 Tun 1901 18 Tan 1928 24 F eb 1951 ~ 15 Provider e ------I i M 1> T 22 Tun 1886 23 Tun 1887 24 Feb 1951 & 5 ------I ~ . ~.--1------+------+------+----l---+------~------11------+------+------I ;, ~' ~ . ~,--!------+------+· ------+----+---+------~,------+------Ir------+------. ' ------~------! < ' 1--t------+------+------+----t---+------~------+-----_,1------+------: i e ------~!------~' : ~ f7--t------+------+------t----t---+------~,------+-----·r-r------+------~ i r::-l------+------+------+----1---+----_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_,~,::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~------+------+-----~ ~ ------~------! SOURCES OF INFORMATION OTHER MARR IAGES NECESSARY EXPLANATIONS a.a:~ =>o Ou a:w ""' Cl972 The Genealogical Snr.ie ly.of The Church of JP. Su s Chros1 ~ r LH t1 U·day S11 int s. Inc l Samuel Howland, Jr. (1727-1813) Family Group Record HUSBAND Knowlton HOWLANn ""'"'"" Knowlton HOWLAND 1772 l Aug 1772 Ptace _-2S~c~i'o!tu!!'a'."te2.__::Pr'-'o~v~i~de'O'n'."c"'e'-'-, ~R~h'."o~d'°e'..£Is~l ~an._,.d"------+w:.::;::::1''---~-'-'A-"nn"'a"-"P"'o-"w-"'e!!ll~--ir;;;;;;7N0<;;;;;;Q;-;;;;™"';wn;"°';;rn------~:rr.------::::: ------l~xa;~iners:/~;~·------"INA~;;:R~::F: E~~~;:T~~-s~~ -"-'------Died -~2~6~A~u~g~l~85~3~ ____ Place ______----'N"-e"- w"--'Y,.,o,.,rcek~------lstake or ~~~~~~·i,A~N-~o-·~s-~F-,~-T~H-.~-R~~~~E~~~d~w-;-a~r--:;,d~~~H~O~~w~~~L~~~!aN~'D;;-;======~======"~~'i}~~~~NITT~~·s===Js~u~s~ailnn~a~K~N~O~W!Y.bL~T~O&N'!______-l ~,,,-,"'"'""""""""""""""'-""'""°"°'7,;;;""""',,-~~-...~ . ,_- 'hrHe~Wi~es (l) Sarah WRIGHT - RElAT10N OFAsovero>-1usa.o.No IRHA.noN oFAsoverow1Fe I 3 gg dau J i WIFE~~ ·~~<~2b)!!A-"nn..,a,,__.P~o~w~E~L~L'---.-;cc::::;:-::c:-:::;-:-ru:o::;:-rc<;::;-;;""':-""";:;--;"-OCx------'' ,~'~a"~'~G,~"~"~"~o"~~~;~~,~o~m~,,~"~"G~a~"~' ---"-o-D--~\..._ .: ~ Born _~l~8~I~ul~l~77~5~ _____ Place Northcastle West Chester New York oAresueM1rreoroGENEALoa1cALsoc1ET~ l ~:~ ======::: :::::======','r------.,.,,,-::-:===c::-::-:-:c:----- Bur. ------=P!ace LOS ORDINANCE OA_TA~===~ 1-W:.::•:,:FE:.:'S:__F:.:A:.:;THc;:•;_:R_ _ __,,G,,il,,b,,e"'r."-t-"PO-"'-'W'-'E=L=L~ ______MbT~~R ------+~"'-P~Tl_ZE_O~L~G.--+-·N_o_ow__ [;D (~~ Sc~~~r~o;· ~~~ rb· ' ~~~~~;;ER ------11 22Tun 1886 24Tun 1886 24Jun 1887 CHILDREN I/!/////////I /1 uo1HCnC11 SOURCES OF INFORMATION (A) Diary of Phineas Wolcott Cook OTHER MARRIAGES NECESSARY EXPLANATIONS (B) Research by Alonzo Laker Cook in New York State #6 Alonzo md (2) Sarah SA WYER (C) TIB records (D) Census Records GS #58084 pt. 8 (E) Bapt. Rec . GS #177844, 177845, 177903, 177904 (f;}97ff},\l ~ e Ji~~cal~i!l z~~~ Jh1urJ7o~9e!~s1 Ch~~72~~f e r· ~~4~~?s~ 1n!?7 986 HUSBAND Knowlton HOWLAND 0 1 Scituate. Providence, Rhode _____ Born 1 Aug 1772 I ~l~a~n~d~------• '::,~"~i :eb~'~""~~~a~nr~-.w~h~i~ ~O~~L_A_N_D ____.______Place ______,ward l>'·-·------NO.~· ~ .l O.OO!'lfC SU~P~r.:~GN':>U il>.!tTTINGS··f(l Marr. ______Pisco Exammers.\2 ______._ V~e.~r~a~C~o~okc~·H_,cl1..~~~~KE13 ___,___ ·-·----- o~o 26 Aug 1853 Place ___·------~ N~e~w~Y~o=r=k~------l st a ke or WIFE (1) Sarah WRIGHT Born Abt 1774/5 Place Scituate. Providence. Rhode Island YES D NOD 1X " SOURCES OF INFORMATION OTHER MARRIAGES I NECESSARY EXPLANATIONS (A) Research by A.L. Cook - in possession of dau Vera C. Hunsaker Proved family for 2nd wife , Anna Po (B) TIB records can be obtained by writing the Phineas (C) Ordinance dates from temple records - listed on back of sheet. Wolcott Cook Family Organization (D) Howland Family in America, by Franklin Howland (16~97~2,t ~e ~!1£arcaPs~ ci!1 ~ ~? ~tf~ur~hlS 0J e2~ c~Js7Z19L~7i e·r·day Saints. Inc . Knowlton Howland (1772-1853) Family Group Record HUSBAND Edward HOWLAND H"5band Edward HOWLAND 1747 1747 Pla c e _~Du""'-t'-'c'"h"'e"ss"--'C"'o"'u"'nt'l'v'-'--'N'-'-"-ew"--'Y'-'o"'r'-'k~------+:'w;;;i le'-....,..--""'S'u;:.sa.,,n;,n,,,a'°'K""'N""-'O'WLL"-T.!.!;O"'NL,-~======------1 chr. :::::::::::::::;:17=6;;9'.;:/';'7~0::::::::::::::= P ! ace::::::s~c;;i:;:tu;;a;:;t:;:e-:_~Pr'.::o:;:v::;i;:;d:;:en;:;c;;:e;:::::;:R:;;h;;:od;;:e;::;;:1 s;;1:;;a ;;:nd;;:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~+-~xa_;~_'"-'_'5 :_'.;': :;::. ;::;::;::;::;::;::;::;::;::;::_~;::;::;::'+-1 "_,_~.,,",,i ~,.,::.:::,-":'_~:.:_'.=.:1",:"'~-"~'--"'c.=••"-:0"'N:"-'-'-;-'-:r~m~.'---'-O-'-rn=·---- Died 16 J110 1826 Half "--- Sarato~a Ne w York s • 66 So . Mason Lane Place ---"""1!..fill.8&..._,,...""'~cw=-"--''-"'"'------IM~!sfo~' North Salt Lake Utah 84054 ""' ------~~~ Place HO SBAND·S E =·-nnrcc'""..--.---.------'------+----'--'"-'-'"'---'='----=="--'---==----"-='-'------' ·"o;u;,s;;;•Ar.;N;;,D':o-S --'-F"-AT"'H"'ER'------'S"a'-'-m'-'u"'e'"l---'H'-"O"W=L"'AN=D~------MOTHER __= s"t"h"-er~B-=-R:.::O'--W"-N=E'-=L'-'L=------~f======~~======-- ri,V<>C"l~IJ <> RELATION OF ABOVE TO ~USBAND !RELATION OF io.BOVE TO WIFE 'C "'TH"'R WIVES £ ~ WIFE Susanna KNOWLTON FooAGENE R AT 1 0N ;EE~rsDF011F1uNuoNLY N O O ~ Born 17 July 1754 Place __S.,,, c"'i"'tu,.,a'-'t"-eL--'.Pr-"-o"-v!!i"'d"°e"'nc"e'--'-----"R"'h"'od,.,e"---"Is.,l"'a-"nd"------ ~ ~ 6 ------~1------;1 ~~ 1 ~,-l------+-~------l------+---l---+------~1 ------11------1------+------~~ ; l---l------l-~----+------1----1---+---- _-_-_-_-_-_-_-~:::::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l--l -----I------+------~~ ~ 8 ------~1------~ I ffi~ ~· 1---1------l9 ------l------+----l---+---______---_ _ -_ __,1~ ______------ll----;1 ------1------+------ i 10 ------~1------; 1 ------~I ______"' SOURCES OF INFORMATION OTHER MARRIAGES NECESSARY EXPLANATIONS (A) Howland Family Temple Record pp. 72-73. (B) 1850 Census Dutchess #2 married (2) Anna POWELL Edward's will was written 3 Apr 1826 Co.N. Y. obtained from Mrs. Vanderwerker. (C) Death date of #3 from Tombstone Record. (D) Temple Ordinances, sources can be obtained frofu Organization. (E) Rhode Island B. Chr. Mg. GS #974 , 485/Dl. Vol. 1 and 2. (F) Howland Family GS #929. 273-H843hf. (G) Research of Alonzo LakEjr 01972 The Ge nea1<>1ical Society of Th• Churc:h of Jesus Christ (If Latttr-dey Seinh. Inc:. Cook, Pearl Day antl others. (H) Will Edward Howland (1747-1826) Family Group Record JOSEPH WOLCOTT COOK FAMH.Y J\NNE ~ . daughter of Helen Cock Mc:Callisterr not•n I £xaa the Milan Jtiasicn in Italy Januazy, l!J75, BRYSCN CXXI{, - of JOEJeih W. com went to the New ~ 1'llsBirn in January 1974. 8l:yscn is a grandscn af.s. !lfysal Code of I£gan, utab. FAMILY MEMBER: Please complete the form below. cut out, enclose Florence Shirley, wife of Elden W. Cook of Montpelier, Idaho passed aJlley in an evelope with your remittance and mail at your very earliest 24 October, 1974 of a .heart attack. ('Ille publications cCJJll1ittee regrets convenience. that we learned of this death too late to include proper treatment of this item. It will be included in the next newsletter.) Twin boys were born to Mr. and Mrs . Robert Thanas March 1, 1974. Mrs . Thanas (Bonnie) is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs . F.dward C. Cook of Black Phineas Wolcott Cook Family Organization foot, Idaho, 66 Mason Lane North Salt Lake, Utah 84054 A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bryan J. Evans of Falls Church, Virg.1nia 8 March, 1974. Bryan is the son of Zelda Cook Evans and a grandson of Gentlemen: Elden W. Cook. Eric Charles Evans, son of Zelda C. Evans returned fran the Japanese D I am enclosing $5.00 for Organization dues Mission in August of 1974. D I elm enclosing $2.50 for publications Kerry Lawrence, sen of Weston and Lila Stucki Lai'lrence, left for an L.D.S. Mission in the English, Leeds Mission November, 1974 . Li,la is the dau D I wi 11 be ,M>le to do some research ghter of Ezra S. and Enna Cook Stucki of Rexburg, Idaho. D I can do some typing Lai'lrence, daughter of Weston and Lila Stucki Lawrence, married ck in the Salt lake Temple June 1974. D I will help on a committee tucki was chosen by the Ricks College Faculty to give the Honors Lecture in March, 1975. Elizabeth "Libby" Cook Hayward of Provo was chosen as the Mother of the Year fran Utah County for 1975. 11 l WEBER FAMILY JOSEPH WOLCOTT COOK (Continued) MONDELL and BETH CANNON WEBER, are accompanying the "Young Ambassador's" In 1892 , Wook was made superintendent of the Raymond Ward Sunday from the Brigham Young University on a fifty-one day tour of the east School. Raymond was about ten miles from his home. In the winter ern seaboard. This group is performing from QueQec to Tampa , Florida. they often had to break roads through the snow. When the river was One stop was a special program at the Washington L.D .S. Temple. Mondell high , he would ride to the river on a saddle horse , cross the is driving their bus. in a boat , swimming the horse behind, saddle up on the other and ride on to Raymond . He continued in this position until MONDELL ' s son , RICHARD , is a practicing dentist in Rock Springs , Wyoming when he was called to preside over the Cokevi lle Branch. The to Cokeville was even worse because it had to be made in the evening. ANNALESA, is the new daughter of Karl and Suzanne Erickson Weber , born A~er the meeting he would have to come home in the dark. Of course, 11 September, 1974 in Salt Lake City. Karl is another son of Mondell he had no lights and several times he ran off the road, but he always and Beth Weber . escaped having a serious accident . The EUGENE C. and DELCIA TUELLER WEBER family are enjoying their At first a school was held at the ranch in Border, but in 1904 Wook fourteen lovely grandchildren. They spent part of the month of January moved his wife and family to Raymond to be near a school. Eliza was in Arizona and are now looking forward to the coming marriage on August too lonesome there , so the next year they moved to Paris. In 1906 30th of their grandson, Gregg Huffaker, who will graduate from the they purchased a lot and built a home in Paris where they spent their University of California at Santa Barbara in California. winters from then on. In 1907 Wook was called to serve in the Central States Mission. He leased his ranch to his brother Kib and le~ right ~UGENE continues to work hard at his lurriber and hardware business in a~er New Years in 1908. Eliza had five children at this time. Midvale although his son , Eldon, has taken__ over the management . This son , Eldon and his wife, Alice McFarland weber , have welcomed their During his absence she took in boarders to help the family budget , but fifth child, Justin. He was born 27 June, 1974. most of the money came from the ranch. He returned Christmas Eve, 1909 , after being gone two years. DELCIA says , "Our daughters are happily married. Ranae is the wife of Leonard Hayes who is the city engineer for Oxnard, California. Marva Soon a~er his return he began talking about a telephone line to Mont is the wife of Terry Cressman. She lives in California where her hus pelier. After unsuccessfully trying to get Cokeville to join with the band is field manager for the Baskin and Robbins Company . Patricia ranchers in the project, he and seven others built a line from G. H. is the wife. of John Alter, an electrical engineer for the telephone Hall's ranch through Raymond and Pegram to Montpelier . They incorpor company in Helena, Montana . We thank our Heavenly Father for his ated under the name of Raymond Telephone Company. It was organized in rich blessings to us and for our wonderful heritage ." 1910 and lasted until 1960 when it was taken over by the Bell Telephone Company. BRYAN and RUBY WALL WEBER family news: Also after he returned home he invested in cattle until he was running MICHELLE RAE BEVAN is the new daughter of Kim and Sheri Lynn Puhl about three hundred head . He acquired a permit to run them on the Bevan , born 7 May 1975 . Sheri Lynn is the daughter of Kay Puhl Caribou National Forest. When the Elk Valley Association was organized, of Tacoma, Washington and the grand daughter of Bryan and Ruby Weber he was elected president and held that position for many years . He was of M?.gna , Utah . Michelle Rae is their first great grandchild. always working to improve living conditions and agriculture in the valle He never lost his interest in roads and was one of the first to advocate JUANETA PUHL and CRAIG CANNON were married 13 December, 19711 . Juaneta hard surfaced roads in the county . Keeping up his study of road impro is the daughter of Kay Puhl and grand- daughter of Bryan and Ruby Weber. vements and needs , he helped Pegram get a road. They are making their home in Washington. In 1926 he leased his ranch to his brother Kib , and he retir- his LUCAS DONALDSON born 12 September is the sone of LuWana Weber and Paul home in Paris where he helped his son- in- law Ezra Stucki wit attle Donaldson and a grandson of Br;an and Ruby . Paul received his Ph . D. and ranch. from the School of Mines at Golden, Colorado . In Paris, he was called to the High Council of the Bear Lake Stake where he served for many years. He supported his three sons on missions, Eldo and Bryson ih Australia and Merril in the German- Austrian Mission. Wook continued his active life until February, 1931 , when he became ill with pneumonia . He died in Paris , February 25, 1931. His funeral was held in the Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle and he was buried in the Paris Cemetery. Joseph Wolcott Cook and Eliza Snow Bryson Cook were the parents of Eldon Wolcott , Errna , Alvin Bryson , Samuel Bryson, Zelda, Elizabeth, Merrill Eugene., and Helen. 13hinras •otroll Qtook NON-PROFIT r--;~MIL Y NEWS ITEMS REQUESTE~ -1 FAMILY ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE 66 South Mason Lane PAID No. Salt Lake. Utah 84054 North Salt Lake If your family is not represented in the NEWSLETTER, Utah 84054 Permit No. 14 you have not sent us the details of your activities. We are interested in achievements, appointments, awards, marri· .ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED ages, births, deaths, missions, service and all other i1j!ms that should be recorded for our posterity. 12