When Anice Strong was born on 8 December 1865, in Indian Township, Payne, Oklahoma, United States, her father, Noah Barnum Strong, was 39 and her mother, Sarah E Jones, was 20. She married Hiram Madison Cook on 25 December 1882, in California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Strathmore, Tulare, California, United States in 1920 and Escondido, San Diego, California, United States in 1930. She died on 22 August 1945, in San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Valley Center Cemetery, Valley Center, San Diego, California, United States.