Joseph Wolcott Cook, 1855–1931 (aged 75 years)

Name
Joseph Wolcott Cook
Given names
Joseph Wolcott
Surname
Cook
Birth April 21, 1855 35 18
Birth of a half-sisterAnn Eliza Cook
September 29, 1855 (aged 5 months)
Birth of a half-brotherAlonzo Howland Cook
September 29, 1855 (aged 5 months)
Death of a grandfatherJohn McCleve
September 24, 1856 (aged 1 year)
Burial of a grandfatherJohn McCleve
September 24, 1856 (aged 1 year)
Death of a half-sisterAnn Eliza Cook
February 3, 1857 (aged 1 year)
Birth of a half-sisterMary Cook
December 31, 1857 (aged 2 years)
Death of a half-sisterMary Cook
December 31, 1857 (aged 2 years)
Birth of a half-brotherDavid Savage Cook
January 13, 1858 (aged 2 years)
Birth of a half-brotherHenry Howland Cook
February 28, 1859 (aged 3 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMartha Cook
April 24, 1861 (aged 6 years)
Death of a half-sisterMartha Cook
April 24, 1861 (aged 6 years)
Marriage of a parentDavid Dudley Russell — Catherine McCleve — View this family
November 11, 1861 (aged 6 years)

Birth of a half-brotherWilliam Cook
May 19, 1862 (aged 7 years)
Birth of a half-sisterHannah Jane Russell
October 19, 1862 (aged 7 years)
LDS baptism September 3, 1863 (aged 8 years)

Birth of a half-sisterRozalia Cook
November 12, 1863 (aged 8 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMary Rozaliz Cook
November 12, 1863 (aged 8 years)
Death of a half-sisterRozalia Cook
December 13, 1863 (aged 8 years)

Birth of a half-sisterAurelia Cook
March 10, 1864 (aged 8 years)
Death of a half-sisterAurelia Cook
March 10, 1864 (aged 8 years)
Birth of a half-brotherDavid Riley Russell
December 1, 1864 (aged 9 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJoseph S. Cook
May 4, 1866 (aged 11 years)
Birth of a half-brotherHyrum Howland Cook
May 6, 1866 (aged 11 years)
Death of a half-brotherJoseph S. Cook
August 31, 1866 (aged 11 years)

Birth of a half-sisterSarah Catherine Russell
March 3, 1867 (aged 11 years)
Death of a half-sisterAugusta Precindia Cook
September 26, 1867 (aged 12 years)
Death of a half-sisterSarah Catherine Russell
October 25, 1867 (aged 12 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMargaret Celinda Russell
August 23, 1868 (aged 13 years)
Burial of a motherCatherine McCleve
December 1869 (aged 14 years)
Death of a motherCatherine McCleve
December 19, 1869 (aged 14 years)
Death of a grandmotherIrene Churchill
January 3, 1870 (aged 14 years)
Birth of a half-sisterTekla Cornelia Jonson
March 2, 1870 (aged 14 years)
Note: Letter written by Gordon Whiting. It is not dated, but probably written in the 1980s. It is entitl…
Birth of a half-sisterHilma Josefina Jonson
April 15, 1871 (aged 15 years)
Birth of a half-sisterAlma Elvira Jonson
November 25, 1872 (aged 17 years)
Note:      Letter written by Gordon Whiting, not dated, but  probably written in the 1980s. It is entitled…
Death of a half-sisterTekla Cornelia Jonson
February 26, 1873 (aged 17 years)
Death of a half-brotherPhineas Henry Cook
October 5, 1876 (aged 21 years)
Marriage of a parentPhineas Wolcott Cook — Johanna Christina Palsson or Pahlson — View this family
September 13, 1878 (aged 23 years)
Note: "The family agreed to sponsor Johanna Polson as a plural wife, and sent money so she could immi…
Death of a grandmotherNancy Jane McFerrin
April 24, 1879 (aged 24 years)
Burial of a grandmotherNancy Jane McFerrin
April 25, 1879 (aged 24 years)
Birth of a half-brotherCarl Cook
September 25, 1879 (aged 24 years)
Marriage of a parentPhineas Wolcott Cook — Johana Ulrika Lundgren — View this family
July 8, 1880 (aged 25 years)
Note: IGI International Genealogical Index
Birth of a half-brotherMoses Cook
November 20, 1880 (aged 25 years)
Birth of a half-brotherKib Phineas Cook
July 4, 1882 (aged 27 years)
LDS endowment October 4, 1883 (aged 28 years)

MarriageELizabeth Neibaur — View this family
November 4, 1883 (aged 28 years)
LDS spouse sealingELizabeth Neibaur — View this family
November 4, 1883 (aged 28 years)

LDS temple: Endowment House

Birth of a half-brotherJay Emerson Cook
August 18, 1884 (aged 29 years)
Birth of a half-brotherOmer Cook
August 18, 1884 (aged 29 years)
Birth of a sonJoseph Wolcott Cook
January 22, 1885 (aged 29 years)
Death of a wifeELizabeth Neibaur
January 31, 1885 (aged 29 years)
Death of a half-brotherOmer Cook
February 11, 1885 (aged 29 years)
Birth of a half-brotherParley Abraham Cook
March 23, 1886 (aged 30 years)
Birth of a half-brotherAdelbert L. Kinfort Cook
July 20, 1889 (aged 34 years)
Note: Obituary printed in the Star Valley, Wyoming obituaries: "Delbert L. Cook died 15 October 1960 at Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born 20 July 1889 at Logan, Utah. He was taken to Afton, Wyoming after his birth until his marriage to Mildred Zumbrunnin in Kemmerer, Wyoming." ("Wyoming, Star Valley Independent Obituaries, 1901-2015," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WJ-Y1NM : accessed 13 July 2019), Delbert R Cook, ; citing Lincoln, Wyoming, United States, Star Valley Historical Society, Afton; FHL microfilm 101,903,571.)
Birth of a half-sisterIdalia Johanna Cook
September 4, 1889 (aged 34 years)
Death of a half-sisterMargaret Celinda Russell
September 12, 1891 (aged 36 years)

MarriageELizabeth Snow Bryson — View this family
September 30, 1891 (aged 36 years)

Birth of a sonEldon Wolcott Cook
September 15, 1892 (aged 37 years)
Birth of a daughterErma Cook
January 3, 1894 (aged 38 years)
Death of a half-sisterHilma Josefina Jonson
March 25, 1894 (aged 38 years)
Birth of a sonAlvin Bryson Cook
September 26, 1896 (aged 41 years)
Birth of a sonBryson S. Cook
April 1899 (aged 43 years)
Birth of a sonSamuel Bryson Cook
April 15, 1899 (aged 43 years)
Death of a fatherPhineas Wolcott Cook
July 24, 1900 (aged 45 years)
Burial of a fatherPhineas Wolcott Cook
July 27, 1900 (aged 45 years)
Birth of a daughterZelda Cook
September 29, 1901 (aged 46 years)
Birth of a daughterElizabeth Cook
1904 (aged 48 years)

Birth of a sonMerrill Eugene Cook
February 11, 1907 (aged 51 years)
Death of a half-sisterPhebe Irene Cook
April 18, 1914 (aged 58 years)

Death of a half-sisterAlma Elvira Jonson
April 10, 1918 (aged 62 years)

Death of a half-brotherHyrum Howland Cook
December 26, 1918 (aged 63 years)

Death of a half-brotherDavid Savage Cook
February 27, 1924 (aged 68 years)
Death of a half-sisterHannah Jane Russell
November 15, 1926 (aged 71 years)
Burial of a half-sisterHannah Jane Russell
November 18, 1926 (aged 71 years)
Death February 25, 1931 (aged 75 years)
Burial
LDS child sealing

Status: Born in the covenant

Unique identifier
85BE5A4762A74A44B32F80F26CD8BDD2A225

Last change May 31, 2019

Family with parents
father
1819–1900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
mother
1836–1869
Birth: September 17, 1836 29 21 — Belfast, Down, Ireland
Death: December 19, 1869 — Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, USA
Marriage
Marriage: December 18, 1853 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Divorce
Divorce: —
16 months
himself
1855–1931
Birth: April 21, 1855 35 18 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: February 25, 1931 — Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Father’s family with Ann Eliza Howland
father
1819–1900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
step-mother
1823–1896
Birth: June 18, 1823 29 32 — Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA
Death: May 17, 1896 — Garden City, Rich, Utah, USA
Marriage
Marriage: January 1, 1840 — Ross, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
12 months
half-sister
1841–1847
Birth: January 7, 1841 21 17 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Death: November 23, 1847 — Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
21 months
half-brother
1842–1844
Birth: October 5, 1842 23 19 — Ross, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Death: September 14, 1844 — Ross, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
2 years
half-sister
1844–1933
Birth: October 28, 1844 25 21 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Death: October 31, 1933 — Sun River, Cascade, Montana, USA
2 years
half-sister
1846–1847
Birth: October 9, 1846 27 23 — Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
Death: May 12, 1847 — Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
17 months
half-sister
1848–1867
Birth: March 9, 1848 28 24 — Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
Death: September 26, 1867 — Fish Haven, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
23 months
half-brother
1850–1876
Birth: January 28, 1850 30 26 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: October 5, 1876 — St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
2 years
half-sister
1852–1914
Birth: January 19, 1852 32 28 — Manti, Sanpete, Utah, USA
Death: April 18, 1914
2 years
half-brother
1854–1854
Birth: January 23, 1854 34 30 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: October 27, 1854 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
20 months
half-sister
1855–1857
Birth: September 29, 1855 36 32 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: February 3, 1857 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
0 months
half-brother
1855–1933
Birth: September 29, 1855 36 32 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: June 7, 1933 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
2 years
half-sister
1857–1857
Birth: December 31, 1857 38 34 — Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: December 31, 1857 — Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
14 months
half-brother
1859–1933
Birth: February 28, 1859 39 35 — Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: March 29, 1933 — Woodruff, Rich, Utah, USA
2 years
half-sister
1861–1861
Birth: April 24, 1861 41 37 — Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: April 24, 1861 — Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
13 months
half-brother
1862–1933
Birth: May 19, 1862 42 38 — Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: October 31, 1933 — Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
22 months
half-sister
1864–1864
Birth: March 10, 1864 44 40 — Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Death: March 10, 1864 — Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
2 years
half-brother
1866–1918
Birth: May 6, 1866 46 42 — Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: December 26, 1918
Father’s family with Amanda Polly Savage
father
1819–1900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
step-mother
1836–1915
Birth: August 23, 1836 24 21 — Leeds, Ontario, Canada
Death: July 15, 1915 — Garden City, Rich, Utah, USA
Marriage
Marriage: December 18, 1853 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
4 years
half-brother
1858–1924
Birth: January 13, 1858 38 21 — Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: February 27, 1924 — Garden City, Rich, Utah, USA
6 years
half-sister
1863–1863
Birth: November 12, 1863 44 27 — Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: December 13, 1863
0 months
half-sister
1863–1945
Birth: November 12, 1863 44 27 — Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: May 29, 1945 — Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
3 years
half-brother
1866–1866
Birth: May 4, 1866 46 29 — Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: August 31, 1866
Father’s family with Johanna Christina Palsson or Pahlson
father
1819–1900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
step-mother
1845–1929
Birth: August 8, 1845 25 38 — Malmo, Malmohus, Sweden
Death: February 13, 1929 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
Marriage
Marriage: September 13, 1878 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
-9 years
half-sister
1870–1873
Birth: March 2, 1870 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
Death: February 26, 1873 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
14 months
half-sister
1871–1894
Birth: April 15, 1871 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
Death: March 25, 1894 — Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States
20 months
half-sister
1872–1918
Birth: November 25, 1872 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
Death: April 10, 1918
7 years
half-brother
1879–1970
Birth: September 25, 1879 60 34 — Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: December 24, 1970 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
14 months
half-brother
1880–1970
Birth: November 20, 1880 61 35 — Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: February 17, 1970
20 months
half-brother
1882–1934
Birth: July 4, 1882 62 36 — Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: October 12, 1934
2 years
half-brother
1884–1949
Birth: August 18, 1884 64 39 — Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
Death: May 24, 1949 — Tigard, Washington, Oregon, United States
0 months
half-brother
1884–1885
Birth: August 18, 1884 64 39 — Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
Death: February 11, 1885 — Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
19 months
half-brother
1886–1960
Birth: March 23, 1886 66 40 — Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
Death: May 19, 1960 — San Bernardino, California, United States
3 years
half-brother
1889–1960
Birth: July 20, 1889 — Logan, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
Death: October 15, 1960 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 months
half-sister
1889–1985
Birth: September 4, 1889 70 44 — Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
Death: June 3, 1985 — Los Angeles, California, United States
Father’s family with Johana Ulrika Lundgren
father
1819–1900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
step-mother
1807–1883
Birth: March 13, 1807 — Vor Frue Sogn, København, København, Denmark
Death: November 9, 1883 — Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
Marriage
Marriage: July 8, 1880 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Mother’s family with David Dudley Russell
step-father
1835–1904
Birth: July 23, 1835 41 36 — LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
Death: December 29, 1904 — Richfield, Sevier, Utah, USA
mother
1836–1869
Birth: September 17, 1836 29 21 — Belfast, Down, Ireland
Death: December 19, 1869 — Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, USA
Marriage
Marriage: November 11, 1861 —
11 months
half-sister
1862–1926
Birth: October 19, 1862 27 26 — Payson, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: November 15, 1926 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
2 years
half-brother
1864–1938
Birth: December 1, 1864 29 28 — Salem, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: September 27, 1938
2 years
half-sister
1867–1867
Birth: March 3, 1867 31 30 — Salem, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: October 25, 1867 — Salem, Utah, Utah, USA
18 months
half-sister
1868–1891
Birth: August 23, 1868 33 31 — Payson, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: September 12, 1891
Family with ELizabeth Neibaur
himself
1855–1931
Birth: April 21, 1855 35 18 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: February 25, 1931 — Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
wife
1859–1885
Birth: January 9, 1859 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: January 31, 1885 — Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Marriage
Marriage: November 4, 1883 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
15 months
son
1885–1885
Birth: January 22, 1885 29 26 — Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Death: April 28, 1885 — Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Family with ELizabeth Snow Bryson
himself
1855–1931
Birth: April 21, 1855 35 18 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: February 25, 1931 — Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
wife
1872–1955
Birth: April 17, 1872 27 25 — Woodruff, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: October 31, 1955 — Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Marriage
Marriage: September 30, 1891 —
12 months
son
1892–
Birth: September 15, 1892 37 20 — St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Death:
16 months
daughter
1894–1982
Birth: January 3, 1894 38 21 — Border, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Death: October 26, 1982 — Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, USA
3 years
son
1896–1900
Birth: September 26, 1896 41 24 — Border, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Death: April 15, 1900
3 years
son
0 months
son
1899–
Birth: April 15, 1899 43 26 — Border, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Death:
3 years
daughter
1901–1905
Birth: September 29, 1901 46 29 — Border, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Death: May 20, 1905
3 years
daughter
3 years
son
1907–1948
Birth: February 11, 1907 51 34 — Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Death: April 6, 1948 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
daughter
Note

BIRTH and DEATH Joseph Wolcott Cook, born 21 April 1855 at Salt Lake City, died 25 Feb. 1931 at Paris, Idaho. His parents and both wives are named in the record. (FHL 982,442, Paris Idaho Stake cemeteries (burials), 1863-1970). Five of his children, their birth and burial are in this record. Found in Garden City Ward Records: "J W. Cook, son Phineas W. Cook and Catherine McCleve b. 21 Apr 1855 at SL City, UT. Baptized 4 Sept. 1863 by Wm. Whitehead. Confirmed 4 Sept 1863 by Elias Gardener. Ordained an Elder in Dec. 1879 by R. Calder. Ordained a Seventy May 1884 by M. Booth. Rebaptized 1876 by Hyrum Rich and re-confirmed Sept. 1876 by Robert Pope. Received in Ward 11 May 1879. Married Nov. 4 1883 by J. F. Smith." (Garden City Ward Record of Members 1889-1894, Manuscript, Original record book Church History Library, LR 3095 7, p. 64.)

BORDER, WYOMING Joseph Wolcott and his brother William Cook went into business together in Border, Wyoming, just across the border from the northern tip of Bear Lake not far from Garden City, where most of their family lived. Several brothers from Garden City joined with them in proposing a ditch, submitting an affidavit to Uinta County, Wyoming, first on 28 July 1883 for “a dam to be hereafter constructed across said Bear River” in order to provide water for irrigation; and second on 23 September 1886 for a permit to dig a ditch twenty feet wide and four miles long, flowing westerly from the Bear River. (Uinta County, Wyoming, Mixed Records, FHL 973,813, affidavit 29791, Book 28, pp. 67-68 and FHL 973,814, item 2, pp. 2, 442-444.) Alonzo, David S. and Henry H. Cook of Garden City also signed the affidavit. "Joseph Wolcott Cook settled in the area of Border, Wyoming, on a hay ranch. He ran cattle on something like 2,000 acres of land. Carl Cook and his brother Emerson, worked for him first in haying and in 1900 built a big barn for him. Of him, Carl in his diary reports, "J. W. or "Wolk" as we commonly spoke of him, was a real brother to me and my brothers. He was a kind hearted man with good "Common Sense" judgment and wide experience....He was devoted to the Church, had filled two regular missions, and was always a leader and valiant supporter of any public cause or improvement. His family also have been and are kind, friendly and devoted to the welfare and progress of their communities and the Church." (by Helen McAllister, reprinted in <i>The Life and History of Phineas Wolcott Cook,</i>) found at  http://www.cookfamily.org/journal/toc.htm, printed journal p. B 4.)

GARDEN CITY: (Garden City Ward, Paris Idaho Stake, General Minutes beginning 1879, Church History Library, LR 3095 11.) Teacher’s Meeting held Oct. 24, 1879: Bro. J. W. Cook was appointed to act as Teacher in our ward. Bro. H. Allred was appointed Sunday School Supt. With C. T. Longhurst first asst. and A. C. Rich second. Roll 2, p. 41 June 19, 1881, Bros. J. W. Cook and Rich did not visit their dist. The reason was neglect. p. 20, J. W. Cook visited the south district and found all well. Dated Oct. 23, 1881. C. T. (or J) Longhurst resigned so J.W. Cook assigned the north district. p. 21, Meeting Nov. 20, 1881: J. W. Cook said opening prayer. He then reported on the north district and said they visited only four houses. Two of the four houses did not attend to their prayers. J.W. Cook appointed to visit the north district. p. 24, Teacher’s meeting Feb. 8, 1882: Jo. W. Cook and B. H. Allred visited the North Dist. They visited nearly all of the saints those they visited was feeling well in their religion. They found no difficulties. p. 25, Feb. 26, 1882, J.W. Cook, opening prayer. J. W. Cook agreed it would be advisable to hold fast meetings once every month. March 2, 1882 J. w. Cook reported the 2nd district. He and D. S. Cook visited and W. Spencer helped to finish. p. 28, May 21, 1882, J.W. Cook opening prayer. Bro. B. H.l Allred said he believed there was a great deal of party feeling among us as a ward. He said he had felt the Spirit of Opposition. Bishop Calder advised the quorum to exercise all the influence they could in their visits among the saints. p. 29, July 2, 1882: J W Cook said opening prayer. He rported on 2nd dist. No complaints only one male member who did not believe all the principles taught by the Elders. p. 30, Sept 22, 1882, JW Cook south Dist. Found some slothful in the dutys. Majority feeling well no trouble reported. p. 31, Oct. 22, 1882 C. T. Longhurst notified to appear before the Bishop’s court at the school house Oct. 28, 1882 to answer to a charge of Joseph W. Cook for drunkenness and profanity. p. 32, Oct. 28, 1882 Bishops court. Longhurst left the meeting house. Alonzo cook said he should have been glad to have done away with the Bishop’s court-providing C. T. Longhurst should have restitution. B. H. Allred asked permission to say a few words in behalf of Joe and George Longhurst who was present. He told them it was the duty of the bishop and teacher never to sustain such proceedings. Jos. W. Cook said it was his mind and will exactly. p. 34, Nov. 19, 1882, J.W. Cook did not visit Middle Dist on account of Bro. Cook agreeing to call on him, and did not. May 18, 1884, J.W. Cook opening prayer. Br. Joseph Cook spoke upon the counsels given at the late Priesthood Meeting. He showed the responsibilities devolving upon the Saints. p. 68 June 28, 1884, J.W. Cook, 2nd Dist. With D. S. Cook. J. W. Cook dismissed the meeting. p. 69, Sept 14, 1884, Opening prayer, J.W. Cook p. 71, October 26, 1884, J.W. Cook reported 3rd dist. and reported no complaints. Found some neglectful to their prayers.

1900 CENSUS: Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho. Joseph is 45, born about 1855 and his wife Eliza S is 28; married 9 years. She claims to be the mother of four children, three of whom are living. Both were born in Utah. His father born in Connecticut and her father in Ireland. His mother was born in Ireland and hers in New York. Children, all born in Idaho, are Eldon W. born Sept. 1892, Erma born Jan. 1894, and Bryson S. born April 1899.

1920 CENSUS: Bear Lake, Idaho. Joseph W., Eliza S. and four children: Samuel B., Elizabeth, Merrill E. and Helen.

DEATH: Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937, State File # 74090, Film 1530888. Joseph Wolcott Cook died 25 Feb 1931 at Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho where he resided. Buried 1 March, 1931. He was a farmer. Wife was Eliza S. Bryson. He was born at Salt Lake City 21 April 1855, son of Phineas Wolcott Cook who was born in Wallingford, CT and Catherine Mcleave who was born in Belf, Ireland. He was 75 years old.

Note

(Garden City Ward Record of Members 1889-1894, Manuscript, Original record book Church History Library, LR 3095 7, p. 32.) The marriage was performed by J. F. Smith.

Note

From the Autobiography of Joseph Wolcott Cook, p. 30: "During this summer, Chauncy Dustin and his wife lived with me and boarded the hands in haying. They hired Eliza Snow Bryson to help Jenny with the housework. While she was there, I persuaded her to marry me. On September 30, 1891, we were married in the Logan Temple. Chauncy Dustin made a filing on some land close to mine and moved to it. Lile, this is the pet name we had given my wife, and I began to make a home in earnest. Happiness was my lot once more after nearly seven years of loneliness."

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