Daniel Dean Cook Sr.

Brief Life History of Daniel Dean

When Daniel Dean Cook Sr. was born on 13 February 1829, in Kingsbury, Washington, New York, United States, his father, Henry Lyman Cook, was 25 and his mother, Nancy P. Bingham, was 21. He married Sariah Bigelow in August 1853. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 19 February 1908, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Dean Cook Sr.
1829–1908
Sariah Bigelow
1838–1877
Marriage: August 1853
Daniel Dean Cook Jr
1854–1871
William Fitch Cook
1855–1860
Mary Sariah Cook
1856–1859
Alpheus Bingham Cook
1859–1925
Marvin Lyman Cook
1861–1943
Zina Lovina Cook
1863–1863

Sources (24)

  • Daniel Cook, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Daniel Dean Cook, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Daniel Dean Cook in entry for Marvin Lyman Cook, "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

1850 · Tornado Finishes off the Temple

On May 27, 1850, a tornado came through Nauvoo and took the remaining outer walls of the temple. It was the most frightful thing the city had witnessed. Not just a tornado but also lightening, thunder, wind, hail and rain assailed the spot. Over time what was not destroyed by the storm crumbled until only a small amount was left.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a cook, a seller of cooked meats, or a keeper of an eating house, from Middle English cok, coke, cook, couk, cuk(e) (Old English cōc) ‘cook’ or ‘seller of cooked foods’. See also Kew .

Irish and Scottish: usually identical in origin with the English name (see 1 above), but in some cases a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cúg ‘son of Hugo’ (see McCook ).

Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘cook’, such as German and Jewish Koch , Dutch Kook , Polish Kucharz and Kucharczyk , Slovenian and Croatian Kuhar , North German Kuk .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Life Story of Daniel Dean Cook

(Note: This story was compiled by Laura Rigby Copeland from family stories and records.) Daniel Dean Cook was born on February 14, 1829, in Kingsburg, Washington County, New York. His father was He …

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