Joseph Wolcott Cook, 18551931 (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 RussellCatherine McCleveView 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 CookJohanna Christina Palsson or PahlsonView 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 CookJohana Ulrika LundgrenView 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 NeibaurView this family
November 4, 1883 (aged 28 years)
LDS spouse sealingELizabeth NeibaurView 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 BrysonView 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
18191900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
mother
18361869
Birth: September 17, 1836 29 21Belfast, Down, Ireland
Death: December 19, 1869Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, USA
Marriage
Marriage: December 18, 1853Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Divorce
Divorce:
16 months
himself
18551931
Birth: April 21, 1855 35 18Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: February 25, 1931Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Father’s family with Ann Eliza Howland
father
18191900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
step-mother
18231896
Birth: June 18, 1823 29 32Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA
Death: May 17, 1896Garden City, Rich, Utah, USA
Marriage
Marriage: January 1, 1840Ross, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
12 months
half-sister
18411847
Birth: January 7, 1841 21 17Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Death: November 23, 1847Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
21 months
half-brother
18421844
Birth: October 5, 1842 23 19Ross, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Death: September 14, 1844Ross, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
2 years
half-sister
18441933
Birth: October 28, 1844 25 21Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Death: October 31, 1933Sun River, Cascade, Montana, USA
2 years
half-sister
18461847
Birth: October 9, 1846 27 23Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
Death: May 12, 1847Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
17 months
half-sister
18481867
Birth: March 9, 1848 28 24Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
Death: September 26, 1867Fish Haven, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
23 months
half-brother
18501876
Birth: January 28, 1850 30 26Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: October 5, 1876St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
2 years
half-sister
18521914
Birth: January 19, 1852 32 28Manti, Sanpete, Utah, USA
Death: April 18, 1914
2 years
half-brother
18541854
Birth: January 23, 1854 34 30Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: October 27, 1854Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
20 months
half-sister
18551857
Birth: September 29, 1855 36 32Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: February 3, 1857Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
0 months
half-brother
18551933
Birth: September 29, 1855 36 32Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: June 7, 1933Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
2 years
half-sister
18571857
Birth: December 31, 1857 38 34Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: December 31, 1857Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
14 months
half-brother
18591933
Birth: February 28, 1859 39 35Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: March 29, 1933Woodruff, Rich, Utah, USA
2 years
half-sister
18611861
Birth: April 24, 1861 41 37Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: April 24, 1861Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
13 months
half-brother
18621933
Birth: May 19, 1862 42 38Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: October 31, 1933Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
22 months
half-sister
18641864
Birth: March 10, 1864 44 40Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Death: March 10, 1864Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
2 years
half-brother
18661918
Birth: May 6, 1866 46 42Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: December 26, 1918
Father’s family with Amanda Polly Savage
father
18191900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
step-mother
18361915
Birth: August 23, 1836 24 21Leeds, Ontario, Canada
Death: July 15, 1915Garden City, Rich, Utah, USA
Marriage
Marriage: December 18, 1853Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
4 years
half-brother
18581924
Birth: January 13, 1858 38 21Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: February 27, 1924Garden City, Rich, Utah, USA
6 years
half-sister
18631863
Birth: November 12, 1863 44 27Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: December 13, 1863
0 months
half-sister
18631945
Birth: November 12, 1863 44 27Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: May 29, 1945Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
3 years
half-brother
18661866
Birth: May 4, 1866 46 29Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: August 31, 1866
Father’s family with Johanna Christina Palsson or Pahlson
father
18191900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
step-mother
18451929
Birth: August 8, 1845 25 38Malmo, Malmohus, Sweden
Death: February 13, 1929Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
Marriage
Marriage: September 13, 1878Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
-9 years
half-sister
18701873
Birth: March 2, 1870Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
Death: February 26, 1873Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
14 months
half-sister
18711894
Birth: April 15, 1871Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
Death: March 25, 1894Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States
20 months
half-sister
18721918
Birth: November 25, 1872Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden
Death: April 10, 1918
7 years
half-brother
18791970
Birth: September 25, 1879 60 34Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: December 24, 1970Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
14 months
half-brother
18801970
Birth: November 20, 1880 61 35Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: February 17, 1970
20 months
half-brother
18821934
Birth: July 4, 1882 62 36Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: October 12, 1934
2 years
half-brother
18841949
Birth: August 18, 1884 64 39Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
Death: May 24, 1949Tigard, Washington, Oregon, United States
0 months
half-brother
18841885
Birth: August 18, 1884 64 39Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
Death: February 11, 1885Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
19 months
half-brother
18861960
Birth: March 23, 1886 66 40Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
Death: May 19, 1960San Bernardino, California, United States
3 years
half-brother
18891960
Birth: July 20, 1889Logan, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
Death: October 15, 1960Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 months
half-sister
18891985
Birth: September 4, 1889 70 44Logan, Cache, Utah, USA
Death: June 3, 1985Los Angeles, California, United States
Father’s family with Johana Ulrika Lundgren
father
18191900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
step-mother
18071883
Birth: March 13, 1807Vor Frue Sogn, København, København, Denmark
Death: November 9, 1883Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
Marriage
Marriage: July 8, 1880Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Mother’s family with David Dudley Russell
step-father
18351904
Birth: July 23, 1835 41 36LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
Death: December 29, 1904Richfield, Sevier, Utah, USA
mother
18361869
Birth: September 17, 1836 29 21Belfast, Down, Ireland
Death: December 19, 1869Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, USA
Marriage
Marriage: November 11, 1861
11 months
half-sister
18621926
Birth: October 19, 1862 27 26Payson, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: November 15, 1926Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
2 years
half-brother
18641938
Birth: December 1, 1864 29 28Salem, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: September 27, 1938
2 years
half-sister
18671867
Birth: March 3, 1867 31 30Salem, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: October 25, 1867Salem, Utah, Utah, USA
18 months
half-sister
18681891
Birth: August 23, 1868 33 31Payson, Utah, Utah, USA
Death: September 12, 1891
Family with ELizabeth Neibaur
himself
18551931
Birth: April 21, 1855 35 18Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: February 25, 1931Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
wife
18591885
Birth: January 9, 1859Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: January 31, 1885Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Marriage
Marriage: November 4, 1883Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
15 months
son
18851885
Birth: January 22, 1885 29 26Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Death: April 28, 1885Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Family with ELizabeth Snow Bryson
himself
18551931
Birth: April 21, 1855 35 18Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Death: February 25, 1931Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
wife
18721955
Birth: April 17, 1872 27 25Woodruff, Rich, Utah, USA
Death: October 31, 1955Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Marriage
Marriage: September 30, 1891
12 months
son
1892
Birth: September 15, 1892 37 20St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Death:
16 months
daughter
18941982
Birth: January 3, 1894 38 21Border, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Death: October 26, 1982Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, USA
3 years
son
18961900
Birth: September 26, 1896 41 24Border, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Death: April 15, 1900
3 years
son
0 months
son
1899
Birth: April 15, 1899 43 26Border, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Death:
3 years
daughter
19011905
Birth: September 29, 1901 46 29Border, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Death: May 20, 1905
3 years
daughter
3 years
son
19071948
Birth: February 11, 1907 51 34Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
Death: April 6, 1948Salt 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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