James Henry Cook

Brief Life History of James Henry

When James Henry Cook was born on 14 January 1840, in Comstock, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, his father, Henry Freeman Cook, was 25 and his mother, Sophronia Strobridge, was 26. He married Malinda Wilcox on 11 May 1867, in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1880 and Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1901. He died on 6 May 1906, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 66, and was buried in Cardston Cemetery, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.

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Family Time Line

James Henry Cook
1840–1906
Malinda Wilcox
1838–1888
Marriage: 11 May 1867
Aseneth Cook
1868–1868
James Orran Cook
1870–1870
Sophronia Cook
1871–1951
Henry Freeman Cook
1874–1949
Samuel Cook
1876–1876
Martha Jeannette Cook
1877–1932
Phoebe Edna Cook
1880–1962

Sources (38)

  • James Cook in household of Frances Cook, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: James Henry Cook - Church record: Society membership: birth: 14 January 1840; Comstock, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
  • Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1993

World Events (8)

1841 · The Nauvoo Legion

In 1841, the Nauvoo Legion was organized. It was a group of men formed to protect the people of Nauvoo but also fought in different wars. Joseph Smith was the Lieutenant General of this group. Other leaders included Brigham Young, John C. Bennett, and others. They were part of the Illinois Mormon War (1844-1846), Mexican-American War (March of California, Capture of Tucson), Indian Wars (Battle Creek Massacre, Battle of Fort Utah, Walker War, Ute Black Hawk War, Mountain Meadows Massacre), American Civil War, and Morrisite War. The Legion was disbanded in 1887.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1858 · A House Divided

Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.

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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Henry Freeman Cook (12 January 1815 - 14 April 1882)

HENRY FREEMAN COOK BORN:12 Jan 1815Homer, Cortland, New York DIED:14 Apr 1882Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah FATHER:William Cook6 Sep 1780 - 4 Nov 1840 MOTHER:Lucy Chapman5 May 1787 - 16 Oct 1857 …

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