Hi, Searching for Birth and Death details of William Cook, Merchant Seaman, Rigger. Married Agnes Milliken at Greenock, circa Feb 1821. Details on 1841 Census show him living with his wife Agnes and their children, Ann, William and Maria at Greenock. He is not on the 1851 Census for Greenock. It appears like William has died, and, that Agnes has re-married, to a man named Richards, and, been widowed again. It's all very confusing to me, could do with some serious help, possibly Psychiatric. Any help/details would be much appreciated. Best regards, Alex Brown.

Where is Greenock?

>From Amos Cook Files in Yamhill Co., OR (No date) Official notification has been received from the Director of the National Park Service that the Amos Cook house just south of Lafayette was entered into the National Register of Historic Places on December 31, 1974. The house has been on the Historic American Buildings Survey since the 1930s. At that time eight Yamhill County structures were included in the survey. Of the eight, four are still standing. A recent check with the State Highway Department showed that the Cook house is, at presence, the first and only entry from Yamhill County on the National Register. However, at least two of the other structures on the Historic Building Survey from Yamhill County are likely candidates and may have been added by now. The house was build by Amos Cook in 1853 for his bride, Mary Frances Scott, whom he married in August of that year. It is now one of the oldest structures still in existence in the county. But the age of the house is not the only reason it has been entered in the National Register. The historic impact of the lives of the people who lived in it is also a significant factor. Amos Cook was a member of the famous Peoria Party – the first group of men to come overland to the Pacific Northwest with the express purpose of becoming settlers in the Oregon Country. Those who had gone before had gone as fur hunters and traders or with mission groups. Born in Maine in 1816, Cook left home when a young man and started westward, settling for a short time in Peoria, Illinois. In the fall of 1838, he heard Jason Lee speak in one of the local churches. Lee, who had gone to Oregon as a missionary in 1834, was on his first trip back to the East and was on his way to New York, hoping to raise more funds and recruits for his Oregon Mission. With Lee were two Calapooya Indian boys and the three metis sons of Thomas McKay, a renowned Hudson Bay man and the step-son of Dr. McLoughlin. Lee and his boys created quite a stir as they came onto the platform single file with Lee at their head. While Jason Lee was in Peoria, one of the Indian boys became ill and had to be left behind. As it turned out, the boy was a one man Chamber of Commerce for the Oregon Country. The young men of the town often gathered at one of the wagon shops, and after Indian Tom had recovered from his illness, he frequently gathered at the shop with the rest. Although his English was limited, he managed to get across to his new friends the size and abundance of salmon and of other resources in the Northwest. When spring came, the Indian boy moved on to meet Jason Lee in New York and the young men of the wagon shop crowd moved on to Oregon. Fifteen young men left the courthouse steps of Peoria on May 1, 1839, calling themselves the Oregon Dragoons, carrying a flag on which was the motto, "Oregon or the Grave," and vowing never to desert each other. Included in the group were three future citizens of Yamhill County – Amos Cook, Francis Fletcher and Sidney Smith. By the time the group left Missouri, three more men had been added to the Dragoons. Dissension hit their ranks almost immediately, and from then on they forgot the vow they had so solemnly made on the courthouse steps. Several men returned to Peoria, some turned off to Santa Fe, and the rest split into two groups. Part of those who continued on to Oregon arrived there in the fall of 1839; the rest wintered in the Rockies. Amos Cook and his friend, Francis Fletcher, were in the group who spent the winter at Fort Davy Crockett (also known as Fort Misery by the local fur trade) in Brown’s Hole in the extreme northeastern corner of Colorado. Fort Davy Crockett was owned by three mountain men, one of whom, Phillip Thompson, would eventually settle in Yamhill County. The group left Brown’s Hole late in February, accompanied by at least four of the trappers – Robert Newell, William Doughty, Jack Larrison, and Joseph Meek. William Doughty and Jack Larrison would also find their way to Yamhill Country, settling here in the early 1840s. It usually took about twelve days to make the trip from Brown’s Hole to Fort Hall, but late snows hindered them so much that it took almost two months to reach the fort. Their supplies ran out and the only thing that saved them from complete starvation was Madam Newell’s dog. >From Fort Hall, the last remnant of the Peoria Party found its way to The Dalles and on June 1, 1840, arrived at Ft. Vancouver – the same day that the ship Lausanne docked at the fort, bringing Jason Lee back to Oregon. Of the eighteen men who had left Missouri in the spring of 1839, nine arrived in Oregon and only six of these became permanent settlers. Of the six, three settled in Yamhill County. The homes that these three built are still standing, seemingly as enduring as was their perseverance in the face of almost insurmountable obstacles. After a short stay at Ft. Vancouver, Cook and Fletcher traveled down the Willamette Valley going by way of the Tualatin Plains and the Yamhill Falls, until they reached the farm of David Leslie and James O’Neil on the west bank of the Willamette River, opposite the Lee Mission (Wheatland). Here they camped for the summer, working for James O’Neil and spending their spare time looking over the valley for a place to settle. At that time there were only seven or eight farms on the west side of the whole Willamette Valley, and all of these were owned by men who had been in the fur trade. By fall, they had chosen the spot on which they wanted to settle. It was on the south side of the Yamhill Falls and on the Great Overland Trail of the Indians and fur trappers which extended from Sauvies Island to the California border. Six years later, the town of Lafayette would be laid off on the north side of the Falls, across the Yamhill River from the Cook-Fletcher claim. Their first cabin was built on the site of the present old Fletcher house, about a mile south of Lafayette on the Lafayette-Hopewell Road. Apparently the original cabin was incorporated into the present building which was built in the latter 1850s. The Fletcher house was also on the American Historic Buildings Survey and is now owned and lived in by the John Albertsons. Cook and Fletcher farmed in partnership for several years. Both took an active part in the founding of the Provisional Government at Champoeg. In July 1843, Amos was elected the first constable of the Yamhill district. On January 1, 1847, Fletcher and Cook discontinued their farm partnership, and for a time, Amos left the farm. He worked in Oregon City and then went into business at Lafayette, which was rapidly becoming a boom town because of the gold rush and the town’s position on the Overland Trail. He owned a store and built a hotel which he named The Temperance House. When the Donation Land Law was passed in 1850, Amos made a deal with Fletcher to buy back part of their original claim. Amos got the 320 acres just across the river from the village of Lafayette. In the fall of 1852, Cook hired a newly-arrived emigrant family by the name of Scott to run The Temperance House for him. John Tucker Scott had lost his wife on the way to Oregon and had been left with a family of eight children, mostly girls, ranging in age from six to nineteen years. Less than a year later, Amos married the eldest daughter, Mary Frances, known to her family as Fannie. Sometime that year the house on the farm was built. A biography of Amos Cook that appeared in Gaston’s PORTLAND, ITS HISTORY & BUILDERS, published in 1912, says about the house, "He (Amos) accordingly built on his place one of the best homes in the state at that time, much of the lumber being shipped around the Horn." Actually, most of the lumber must have come from nearby sawmills, but the windows, hardware and possibly some of the finishing lumber probably came around the Horn. When Amos Cook married Fannie Scott, he married into a family which was to be come one of the most influential in Oregon. The old house stands as a monument to Fannie and her family, as well as to Amos and his enterprise. John Tucker Scott left Lafayette in 1854. Fannie kept her youngest sister, Sarah, and raised her along with her own family. While the family was still in Lafayette, Fannie’s sister, Abigail Jane, married Benjamin Duniway. Mrs. Duniway pioneered the field of woman suffrage and became the most outstanding woman that Oregon has produced. Fannie’s brother, Harvey W. Scott, spent the summer in 1856 working for Amos on the farm, so that he might have enough money to attend Pacific University at Forest Grove. Harvey Scott became the editor of the Portland Oregonian and was one of the best known and influential newspaper editors of his day. Two of the other girls were also active in newspaper work in Portland. Catharine edited the Portland Daily Bee in 1878 and 79. In 1879, she became the editor of the Portland Evening Telegram, and, after seven years in that position, she joined the editorial staff of the Oregonian, where she remained for many years. The sister, Sarah, did special writing for the Oregonian in her later years. Amos Cook died in the old house in 1895. However, the farm was not sold until about ten years later. Fannie died in Portland in 1930 at the age of 97. The house is now over 120 years old and is still being lived in. It is on the property of Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Stoller and has been owned by them for 25 years. When the Stollers purchased the property, they were not told that the house was part of the Historic American Buildings Survey, and it has only been in the last seven or eight years that they have been aware of the age and history of the house. Since then no structural changes have been made, and hopefully, some day it can be restored to its original imposing state. There is a real need in Yamhill County to point out the remaining old houses and to be sure that these houses are designated in some way so that present and future owners will be aware of what they have. A study of this kind should be incorporated into the findings of the County Planning Board. (end of article) [email protected] or [email protected] ><> God bless America! <><

Posted FYI: "Know all me by these presents that we Amos Cook principal and Francis Fletcher security all of the Yamhill District and Territory of Oregon are held & firmly bound into the Clerk of the Court of the Territory of Oregon for the use of whom it may concern in the penal sum of Five hundred Dollars for the payment of which will and truly to be made we bind ourselves and each of us our heirs executors and administrators (illegible) by these presents. The indenture of the above bonds is such that if the above bound Amos Cook shall faithfully and truly perform all the duties required by Law to be performed by him as Constable of said District and Territory then the above Bond to be void. Otherwise to remain in full force. Signed with our hands and sealed with our seals and dated at Yamhill District 19th of July 1843 in presence of A. Beers. /s/ Amos Cook (his seal) Francis Fletcher (his seal). (end) Be well & God bless, Kate Beaugrand Cook Minnesota List. Adm. (For [email protected]) [email protected] or [email protected] ><> God bless America! <><

This is a trascribed letter written by Mary Frances Scott, wife of Amos Cook, to her daughters regarding the ancestry of their father, his birthplace and date, and the circumstances of his migration from his father's home to Oregon. It was part of the information I received in a large packet of information about Amos Scott. Posted FYI. Transcription of a letter from Mary Frances Scott Cook Portland, Ore., Sept. 8, 1907 For my dear daughters, It has been on my mind for sometime that you all will appreciate finding some written statement of your father’s parentage, his birth place, the year he was born, etc. Of his parentage I know only that they were descendants of Puritanical ancestry. His father’s name (I believe Thomas) Thomas Cook and his mother’s maiden name was Lucy Pease. They were married in 1815 in Somerset County, Maine, and to them were born 3 sons and 3 daughters. Your father, Amos Cook was the eldest son and he was born, in the above county and state near the town of Norridgewock, 30 miles from the city of Augusta. His birth was on the 8th of January 1817, AD. When he was 20 years of age, he concluded to leave the parental home and try what he could for himself as far west as the state of Illinois. After a rather uneventful trip, he arrived at the Peoria, Ill., where he soon found employment though the same was not very lucrative. (In the meantime, he met a young man who was 2 yr. his senior, his name being Francis Fletcher. They found a lasting friendship that remained unbroken till death claimed the friend in Oct. 1871. After remaining in Peoria 1 years, your father in company with 6 other young men concluded (this was the spring of 1839) to form a company and come with pack animals to Ore. They made their plans and started April 1st of 1839. They encountered many hardships on their journey but being young, sturdy and strong they were fully equal to cope with any trouble that lurked from the then unfrequented road. They met many tribes of Indians, some of whom were hostile, though the majority were friendly and the travelers escaped without having any sever trouble with any of them. Great herds of buffalo were often seen and many times the party subsisted for days on the flesh of them. Friendly Indians taught our young men the art of jerking the meat so it would keep and be packed on their animals and many times it served as a very potable and nourishing lunch when other food was not attainable. Mountain sheep, sage hens and other game were often in evidence and the travelers would for a change in diet sample one or the other as occasion offered. Time sped on and at last they reached Green River. It was then late in the autumn, heavy snow had fallen and the weather was intensely cold. Their animals were jaded and their sack of provisions almost exhausted. The men concluded that it was unwise (under existing conditions) to then proceed on their journey so they called a "halt" and decided to try to make preparations for the long cold winter. They found a place, a small valley in the mountains just named, that was called Brown’s Hole, an old mountaineer told them the name. The party then made their plans for their winter quarters, plenty of small timber abounded not far from camp and the decided that they could manage to keep warm and comfortable. Buffalo meat was then their entire food. They would often dip a slice of the steak in gall (of the animal in question) to give it a "relish" and would then roast it on sticks in a hot blaze, then they’d serve it when it was well heated through and (as they explained it) "just when the red juice would follow the knife." Salt was not in evidence, though they learned to not think of that being lacking. Their pack animas fared quite well on the various kinds of herbage with which the locality abounded. The party remained in the little retreat for many months till they felt sure the snow in the mountains would not interfere with their journey. Then they proceeded westward without any unusual hindrance. They were in good health and in fine spirits, though nothing of special note interfered with their journey and they found themselves at the Dalles Fort Dalles as it was then called. After camping there for a few days they again packed their mules and started across the Cascade mountains. Oregon City was their goal (Portland being at that time a dense forest), reaching their destination on April 1840 AD. They were in Oregon City but a short time. Though while there, they met Dr. John McLoughlin. He told them that he would furnish them with seed wheat just as soon as they could get ready to sow the same. And also would wait till after harvest for payment. So the two friends went up to Yamhill Co. and took up land and went to farming on a small scale. They concluded as they’d have to wait till Autumn be fore they could get any returns from their land, one of them had to hire out and in that way could do more in helping make the living than if he remained at home. Mr. Fletcher declared the he would much rather go away to work than to remain at home along. Your father decided that he could stay so the friend went out to Marion Co. and succeeded in hiring out to a Frenchman. He would come home on horseback at intervals throughout the summer and stay over Sunday. Aside from these little visits your father saw but two white men for a period of months. His diet for that time consisted of boiled wheat (borrowed from Dr. McLoughlin) and now and then some wild game. Friendly Indians often came to his abode and he would divide his food with them. In the late autumn the friend came home. They then hired the use of a flat boat and went to Fort Vancouver (the nearest trading post) for their winter provisions. They started on the Yamhill river (from near the old town of Lafayette). The H. Bay Co. kept large supplies of staples in payment for which they would exchange pork, wheat and potatoes. There was but very little money then and of course our pioneers were very careful in their expenditures. I’ve often heard them speak of one particular trip they made to Fort Vancouver in the late autumn when they traded for a large barrel of molasses. The two men ate every vestige of the same before the next spring. A land law was passed (I’m not quite sure of the year, though it was near 1850) in which a married couple could "Take up and hold" 600 & 409 acres. They were required to live on and cultivate the same continually for 4 years. The two men had, before that time, lived together on a large tract of land. Though in the meantime Mr. Fletcher married. Then he and his wife could hold a whole section and seemed to be essential that the land be divided. As your father was unmarried, he was entitled to only one half section. He then offered Mr. Fletcher $1500 for choice of his port of the land. The offer was accepted. My dear children all know that the old house where you all were born was their father’s share; it being the home where your mother went as a bride, Aug. 16th the year of 1853. MFC (end of letter) Be well & God bless, Kate Beaugrand Cook Minnesota List Adm. (for [email protected]) [email protected] or [email protected] ><> God bless America! <><

From: an unidentified newspaper article about the home of Amos Cook, Lafayette, Yamhill Co., OR; posted FYI: OLD HOME EYES CHANGING SCENE STATELY LAFAYETTE RESIDENCE SEES SLEEK NEIGHBORS Lafayette, Aug. 23 (Special) Contrasting the old and the new, a stately early Oregon home at the edge of Lafayette is watching the development, on adjacent acres, of the ultra-modern in Oregon agriculture -- resettlement farming. Built in the late 1850s on a donation land claim taken in 1840 by Amos Cook, the broad veranda at the front commands a view of resettlement farms 36 and 37 in the "Yamhill farms" project. In contrast to Amos Cook, who settled here after a trip by ox team over the plains of Missouri, future occupants of the sleek, glistening resettlement buildings will represent a new generation from the dry and dusty midwest. Venerable Lands Divided The old Cook home, looking tolerantly down on the parading decades, now sees on the north a peaceful picture of the winding Yamhill, while just across a steel bridge lies Lafayette, old-time county seat of Yamhill. To the west, and around a bend in the river, extend the more than 700 acres of the old St. Joseph orchards tract, recently purchased by the resettlement administration and being divided into some 20 farming units. Mrs. Amos Cook, known more familiarly here as Fannie Cook, was a maternal aunt of the present editor of The Oregonian, Paul R. Kelty of Lafayette, and a sister of Harvey W. Scott, for many years a trenchant editor of The Oregonian. Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway, too, was a sister of Mrs. Cook, and was renowned, even in those early days, as an ardent advocate of women's suffrage. Folklore hereabouts yet recalls stormy events at a meeting, called by Mrs. Duniway to further the votes-for-women movement, in which the principals were Mrs. Duniway and Jim Olds, father of P. P. Olds, now justice of the peace at McMinnville. Home Has Ten Rooms Both Harvey W. Scott and Abigail Scott spent many hours beneath the Cook rooftree, and romped over its spreading acres, on their almost daily visits from their home, near the present Lafayette postoffice site. The sturdy Cook home has ten rooms, while the original massive fireplace, capacious chimney, handhewn timbers, wide two-inch flooring, matched wainscotting throughout, and several cupboards and closets still are in place. While some remodeling has been done over the years, the building still stands as a faithful monument to its builder. A. P. Adams of Portland, present owner of the remaining 205 acres, is understood to be planning an extensive restoration, or replacement with a more modern farm home. Sentiment expressed here is that plans may encompass the saving of the landmark structure. (end of article.) Be well & God bless, Kate Beaugrand Cook Minnesota List Adm. (for [email protected]) [email protected] or [email protected] ><> God bless America! <><

Hi, I have a Cook - Pease marriage I'm researching. >From information taken from "The City of Portland," by Joseph Gaston (no date/page no.) Amos Cook (b. 1/8/1816) was born about 30 miles from Augusta, ME on the Kennebec River. His parents were Thomas Cook & Lucy Pease. Amos Cook migrated from ME as a young man and was in Peoria, IL in the fall of 1838. The following spring (1839) he set out with a number of other men for Oregon. He arrived at Oregon City spring (1840) and lived the remainder of his life in Yamhill Co., OR, as the 1st white settler in that county. Amos died 2/3/1895 in Lafayette, Yamhill Co., OR. He married Mary Frances Scott, d/o John Thomas Scott & Ann Roelofson. I have significant documentation for this part of the family, but little on Amos Cook's line. Can anyone help me with information about his parents, Thomas Cook & Lucy Pease? Did he have siblings? Thanks in advance. Be well & God bless, Kate Beaugrand Cook Minnesota [email protected] or [email protected] ><> God bless America! <><

Posted FYI: From: The Oregonian (2/5/1895) Amos Cook Amos Cook, one of Oregon's earliest pioneers, who had lived in Yamhill County since 1840, died at his home near Lafayette on Sunday night, February 3, at eleven-thirty o'clock. He was born in Washington County, Maine, January 8, 1816. Like so many other young men of New England, he pushed out for the west, and in 1838, was at Peoria, Illinois. In the early winter of that year, the Reverend Jason Lee, who had just returned across the plains from Oregon, delivered a lecture on Oregon at Peoria. The lecture attracted the attention of a number of young men who, having no ties, and without other means or resources than their own adventurous spirits, resolved to go to Oregon. They were able to get together but a very slender outfit and were late in starting, but finally got off in May, 1838, and proceeded to Independence, on the Missouri River. Before starting, they proceeded to the door of the courthouse at Peoria, and having pledged themselves, never to desert each other, they unfurled a flag on which was inscribed, "Oregon or the Grave," and declared their intention, upon reaching the Columbia river, to take possession of the most eligible points and make settlements. Of this party, Amos Cook has been the last survivor. The party, however, did not hold together. At some distance out on the plains, there was a separation. Sidney Smith, while drawing his rifle out from under a pile of packsaddles, accidentally discharged it, wounding himself badly, and this occasioned delay. The part with which Cook remained got no farther than Green River, in Wyoming, that year. It passed the winter at the place known as Brown's Hold, on that stream, and lived on buffalo meat. Buffalo were plenty throughout the winter, and the gall bladder of the animal furnished a piquant sauce for the meat. Early in the following spring the party came on and, passing down the Columbia River, reached Vancouver in May, 1840. Just as they reached Vancouver, the vessel bearing the Reverend Josiah L. Parrish and his family arrived from the Atlantic via Honolulu; and thus an overland party and a sea party of Americans met in this remote country, fifty-fife years ago. Amos Cook and Francis Fletcher were close friends a! nd remained together. Cook, at this time was a youth of twenty-four; Fletcher was slightly older. Together they went to Yamhill and settled down as farmers. They were men of thrift and energy, and became prosperous. Each mined his own affairs, never seeking political place. Sidney Smith, another of the party, also settled in Yamhill County. After some years, Cook went into mercantile business at Lafayette, erected some important buildings, and became known as an active and enterprising man. Subsequently he returned to his farm, and in 1853, married Mary Frances Scott, who with four daughters, survives him. There were no American settlers in Yamhill before Cook and Fletcher went there. We now recall but two persons surviving in Oregon who came before them, namely the widow of the Reverent Elkanah Walker, of Washington County, who came in 1838, and the Reverent J. S. Griffin, also of Washington County, who came in 1839. Amos Cook was a substantial and worthy man, a typical pioneer, a man of great energy and steadfastness, strictly honorable, of calculating industry and always thrifty and prosperous. HE was one of the earnest, though unobtrusive men, to whom Oregon owed much at the beginning. He came with the earliest migration, with that "first low wash of waves," to the country, where now rolls this ever-increasing human sea. He did all his work well, as he saw it or knew it, and though he made no parade of it, yet, in its results, it will abide as a permanent force in the life of Oregon. His body will be buried to-day in the Scott burial ground, near Forest Grove. (end) Be well & God bless, Kate Beaugrand Cook Minnesota List Adm. (for [email protected]) [email protected] or [email protected] ><> God bless America! <><

I received the following in a packet of information I sent for regarding the family of Amos Cook. The following is one of 2 articles printed in the Oregon Daily Journal (3/21 & 3/22/1925). I am posting them in 2 separate emails FYI: Impressions and Observations of the Journal Man, by Fred Lockley (3/22/25) As sequel to the story of Mrs. Cook, told yesterday, Mr. Lockley today tells the story of the Peoria part, with acknowledgment to Mrs. Cook, whose husband was a member of that remarkable band of young men who were first of all to resolve to go to Oregon to become actual settlers upon the soil. Mrs. Mary Frances Scott Cook was born May 19, 1833, in Tazewell county, Illinois, nine miles from Peoria. I visited her recently at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. P. Young, at No. 329 East Sixth street north. Mrs. Cook's husband, Amos Cook, was the first permanent white settler in Yamhill county. He died at his home in Lafayette, February 3, 1895. Amos Cook was born in Washington county, Maine, January 8, 1816. As a young man he struck out for what was then the Far West, but is now termed the Middle West. He happened to be at Peoria, Ill., in the fall and winter of 1838 and there heard a lecture by Rev. Jason Lee on what he and his fellow missionaries were doing and planning in far-off Oregon, at that time considered a foreign mission field. Lee told of his trip overland to Oregon and of his return trip from the Willamette valley. His description of Oregon fired the enthusiasm of a number of young men, who decided to cross the plains to Oregon. Several meetings were held and finally 19 pledged themselves. They met at the door of the courthouse early in May, 1839, to bid farewell to their friends and acquaintances. They pledged themselves to be true comrades and never to desert one another. On their flag was the motto, "Oregon or the Grave." This was the first part of actual settlers to start for Oregon. Othe! rs who had preceded them went as traders, trappers, explorers or missionaries. These came with the avowed intention of taking possession of good sites along the Columbia river, to engage in farming, stockraising and catching, curing and shipping salmon. Differences of opinion arose on the way westward, so the part split into smaller parties. Owen Garrett, Tom Pickett and Moore turned back at the Osage river and returned to Peoria. J. Q. Jordan, Chauncey Wood and Prichet turned back at Bent's Fort on the Arkansas river, and instead of returning to Peoria went to New Mexico. Obadiah A. Oakley and Joe Wood went as far as Fort St. Vrain, on the South Platte, and decided to go back to Illinois. Charley Yates pulled out from the same point for New Mexico. Robert Moore and James Trask decided to go back to Peoria. At Bent's Fort, T. J. Farnham, Sidney Smith and William Blair decided to go ahead of the others. This left eight of the original Peoria party to proceed together from Brent's Fort, but they, again, split into two parties. The "Peoria party" had started from Peoria with a team and wagon, to carry their supplies and with some loose horses. They planned to travel afoot. At Independence, Mo., they had sold their team and wagon and had bought pack saddles and pack horses. They had lived on the tongues of buffalo calves, for the most part, as the plains were dark with buffalo herds. The original party was reduced to five men -- Amos Cook, Francis Fletcher, Joseph Holman, Ralph L. Kilbourne, and Robert Shortess. Shortess decided to press on to Fort Hall with Joe Meek, so that the part was now reduced to four. These four decided to winter at Brown's Hole, a park-like rendezvous for trappers and mountain men on the western border of Colorado. They reached Brown's Hole in September, finding there a number of trappers and a large number of Shoshone Indians. They built a cabin to winter in. Going back to Bear river, they killed a number of buffaloes and jerked the meat for a winter provision. They put in the winter mending broken guns for the Indians and making saddles to trade for beaver skins and supplies. In February 1840, they decided to press on to Fort Hall. They were advised to take supplies for two or three weeks, which they did, as they expected to make good time. They started with Robert Newell, later prominent in Oregon affairs but at that time a mountain man and trapper. Instead of two or three weeks, they were two months on the way on account of heavy snow in the mountains and constant storms. Their horses had to live on the bark and limbs of cottonwood trees. They themselves ate what they could. Their provisions gone, they ate a dog, then for three days fasted. They then ran across an old buffalo bull, which they killed. When they reached Fort Hall they filled up on dried salmon and parched corn and thought it luxurious fare. They went out some distance from Fort Hall and camped a few weeks to let their horses recuperate on the young grass on the creeks. They went to Fort Boise with some fur traders and from there to Fort Walla Walla, and thence by the north side of the trail to a point on the Columbia river opposite the Dalles. Crossing the Columbia, they took the Indian trail on the Oregon side for Fort Vancouver. They recrossed to Fort Vancouver just as the Lausanne was discharging the "Great Reinforcement" of missionaries for Jason Lee's Methodist mission in the Willamette valley. Dr. McLoughlin hospitably took the Peoria in and exchanged suits of English make for their beaver pelts. Robert Shortess was the first member of the Peoria party to reach Oregon. Shortess was born in Ohio and was well educated. He served as judge of Clatsop county under the provisional government. He died near Astoria, May 4, 1878. Robert Newell, who had served as guide to the four Peoria men from Brown's Hole to Fort Hall, has the honor of bringing the first wagons from Fort Hall to Fort Walla Walla. He and Joe Meek and Caleb Wilkins took the wagons as far as Fort Walla Walla and the next year Robert Newell took them down the Columbia by boat to the Willamette valley. He was a member of the legislature of the provisional government and a director of the Oregon Printing association, which published the Oregon Spectator at Oregon City, the first newspaper published west of the Rocky mountains. He was born in Ohio, March 30, 1807 and died at Lewiston, Idaho in the fall of 1869. Joseph Holman settled at Salem and did much to advance the religious, educational and commercial interests of that community. Sidney Smith settled in Yamhill county and worked at first for Ewing Young. Of the 19 men who started from Peoria, the following reached Oregon: Thomas J. Farnham, Robert Shortess, Sidney Smith, William Blair, Francis Fletcher, Joseph Holman, Ralph L. Kilbourne, and Amos Cook. Kilbourne was one of the party that build the Star of Oregon. He went on to California where he died. Francis Fletcher and Amos Cook took adjoining donation land claims in Yamhill county. Amos Cook was the last survivor of the Peoria party. He and Mary Frances Scott were married August 16, 1853. They had six children -- Edith, their firstborn; Lillian, who married W. P. Olds; Agnes, who married Judge Bradshaw of The Dalles; Lewis Lincoln Scott, who died in childhood; Maud, who married F. P. Young; and Pearl. Mrs. Cook was one of 15 children, one of whom, her brother Harvey, was the first graduate of Tualatin academy at Forest Grove and some years later became the editor of the Oregonian. (end of article) Be well & God bless, Kate Beaugrand Cook Minnesota List Adm. (for [email protected]) [email protected] or [email protected] ><> God bless America! <><

Further FYI: 1880 Lafayette, Yamhill, Oregon, FHL Film 1255084 National Archives Film T9-1084 Page 423A, Amos COOK Self M M W 64 ME Occ: Farmer Fa: ME Mo: ME Mary F. COOK Wife F M W 47 IL Occ: Housewife Fa: KY Mo: KY Agnes Boct COOK Dau F S W 20 OR Occ: At Home Teacher Fa: ME Mo: IL Maud COOK Dau F S W 14 OR Occ: At Home Fa: ME Mo: IL Pearl COOK Dau F S W 6 OR Occ: At Home Fa: ME Mo: IL. At 08:43 AM 3/27/2002 -0600, K. B. Cook wrote: >Posted FYI: > >From: The Oregonian (2/5/1895) Amos Cook > Amos Cook, one of Oregon's earliest pioneers, who had lived in > Yamhill County since 1840, died at his home near Lafayette on Sunday > night, February 3, at eleven-thirty o'clock. He was born in Washington > County, Maine, January 8, 1816. Like so many other young men of New > England, he pushed out for the west, and in 1838, was at Peoria, > Illinois. In the early winter of that year, the Reverend Jason Lee, who > had just returned across the plains from Oregon, delivered a lecture on > Oregon at Peoria. The lecture attracted the attention of a number of > young men who, having no ties, and without other means or resources than > their own adventurous spirits, resolved to go to Oregon. They were able > to get together but a very slender outfit and were late in starting, but > finally got off in May, 1838, and proceeded to Independence, on the > Missouri River. > Before starting, they proceeded to the door of the courthouse at > Peoria, and having pledged themselves, never to desert each other, they > unfurled a flag on which was inscribed, "Oregon or the Grave," and > declared their intention, upon reaching the Columbia river, to take > possession of the most eligible points and make settlements. Of this > party, Amos Cook has been the last survivor. > The party, however, did not hold together. At some distance out on > the plains, there was a separation. Sidney Smith, while drawing his rifle > out from under a pile of packsaddles, accidentally discharged it, > wounding himself badly, and this occasioned delay. The part with which > Cook remained got no farther than Green River, in Wyoming, that year. It > passed the winter at the place known as Brown's Hold, on that stream, and > lived on buffalo meat. Buffalo were plenty throughout the winter, and > the gall bladder of the animal furnished a piquant sauce for the > meat. Early in the following spring the party came on and, passing down > the Columbia River, reached Vancouver in May, 1840. Just as they reached > Vancouver, the vessel bearing the Reverend Josiah L. Parrish and his > family arrived from the Atlantic via Honolulu; and thus an overland party > and a sea party of Americans met in this remote country, fifty-fife years > ago. Amos Cook and Francis Fletcher were close friends a! >nd remained together. Cook, at this time was a youth of twenty-four; >Fletcher was slightly older. Together they went to Yamhill and settled >down as farmers. They were men of thrift and energy, and became >prosperous. Each mined his own affairs, never seeking political >place. Sidney Smith, another of the party, also settled in Yamhill County. > After some years, Cook went into mercantile business at Lafayette, > erected some important buildings, and became known as an active and > enterprising man. Subsequently he returned to his farm, and in 1853, > married Mary Frances Scott, who with four daughters, survives him. There > were no American settlers in Yamhill before Cook and Fletcher went > there. We now recall but two persons surviving in Oregon who came before > them, namely the widow of the Reverent Elkanah Walker, of Washington > County, who came in 1838, and the Reverent J. S. Griffin, also of > Washington County, who came in 1839. > Amos Cook was a substantial and worthy man, a typical pioneer, a man > of great energy and steadfastness, strictly honorable, of calculating > industry and always thrifty and prosperous. HE was one of the earnest, > though unobtrusive men, to whom Oregon owed much at the beginning. He > came with the earliest migration, with that "first low wash of waves," to > the country, where now rolls this ever-increasing human sea. He did all > his work well, as he saw it or knew it, and though he made no parade of > it, yet, in its results, it will abide as a permanent force in the life > of Oregon. His body will be buried to-day in the Scott burial ground, > near Forest Grove. (end) > >Be well & God bless, >Kate Beaugrand Cook >Minnesota >List Adm. (for [email protected]) >[email protected] >or >[email protected] > ><> God bless America! <>< > > >==== COOK Mailing List ==== >This is our Cook Cooke Koch archives at Rootsweb. >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I received the following in a packet of information I sent for regarding the family of Amos Cook. The following is one of 2 articles printed in the Oregon Daily Journal (3/21 & 3/22/1925). I am posting them in 2 separate emails FYI: Impressions & Observations of the Journal Man, by Fred Lockley (2/31/25) The story of the migration of the Scott family, destined to attain great distinction and honor in Oregon, is here recorded by Mr. Lockley as told him by a member of the family who recalls vividly the pains and perils of the long journey in 1852. The story will be concluded in this space tomorrow. "We came to Oregon in 1852," said Mrs. Mary Frances Scott Cook, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. G. Young. "My father, John Tucker Scott, was born February 18, 1809, 18 miles from where Abraham Lincoln was born and six days prior to his birth. When father was 15 he went with his parents to Illinois. He was 43 when we started to Oregon, in 1852. My Mothers's maiden name was Ann Roelofson. I was born May 19, 1833, not far from Peoria, in Tazewell county, Illinois. I was the second child and the eldest daughter in a family of 15. "My father was captain of our train of 27 wagons. My mother died of cholera on June 20, about two days' travel, by ox-team, this side of Fort Laramie, or about 30 miles. We buried her wrapped in a blanket in a shallow grave by the side of the road. Father and the others heaped stones over the grave so that the coyotes and other animals might not disturb it. My brother Willie died in the Blue mountains in what is now called Baker county. "We came by way of the Barlow road. That statement means a good deal to a pioneer of Oregon, for he know what a rough and difficult road it was. After the death of my mother, I had to serve as the mother of the family. We settled at Lafayette. Father ran a hotel there, owned by Amos Cook, called the Temperance house. Among our boarders I remember best Judge M. P. Deady, Judge Bolse and David Logan. Lafayette was the county seat, and these men came there on legal business. Father ran the hotel till his girls married. Not being able then to get good help, he went out of the hotel business. My sister Jennie was the first married. We always called her Jennie, though her name was Abigail Jane Scott. She married Mr. Duniway, August 1, 1853. I was married two weeks later to Amos Cook, who came to Oregon in 1840. We were married August 16, 1853, by Rev. Neely Johnson. I moved to my husband's farm, which he had taken up in 1841, and lived there 35 years. "My husband came to Oregon in the part with Francis Fletcher. They arrived in the spring of 1840. They procured seed wheat of Dr. McLoughlin; also a barrel of molasses. They used boiled wheat in place of bread, and ate molasses on it. In those days you did not have to leave your place to kill a deer, game was so abundant. My husband put in six months or so working at the Methodist Mission, near Wheatland, while his partner ran both of the places. "They had a pretty hard trip across the plains. We also experienced some hardships crossing. At Fort Hall my shoes had become completely worn out, so I went barefoot. Our cattle were worn and thin. There was a large family of us, so we older children walked. My feet became cracked. It was impossible to walk without occasionally stepping on the spines of the prickly pear, and when they broke off in your feet they had to fester out. By the time we came to Laurel hill our food was exhausted. For two days all any of us had to eat was salal berries. You will find if you try it that salal berries are not very strengthening to walk on or to work on. After our two days' diet of salal berries, we met a man who had some moldy flour. He let us have some of it and we camped right there and baked bread. Some relatives came out from French Prairie to meet us with two yoke of oxen and plenty of flour and meat. I don't have to tell you how glad we were to see them. I carried m! y sister, who was 5 years old, through the Grand Ronde valley. "We had left our home, at Groveland, Ill., early in April, 1852. In our immediate party were my father, John Tucker Scott; my mother, myself, my sisters, Abigail Jane, and Margaret Ann, my brother Harvey, my sisters, Catherine Amanda and Harriet Louise, my brother, John Henry, my sister Sarah Maria and my brother, William Niell." It will be interesting to take a look at the Scott party as they left their home. They started with five wagons. The provision was drawn by five yoke of Oxen. John and Robert Dickson were the drives. The camp equipage wagon was drawn by three yoke of oxen. Levi Caffee and Robert King were the drivers. What was called the family wagon also had three yoke of oxen, with Mitchell and Burns as drivers. What was known as "Mother's Wagon" was drawn by two yoke of oxen. John Tucker Scott, Harvey Scott and John Henry Scott took turns driving it. What was know as the miscellaneous wagon had three yoke of oxen, John Goudy and Fisk serving as drivers. They started from Illinois with 42 oxen, three cows, two horses and one pony. The three cows died on the plains, one of the horses was drowned in Snake river, another wandered off in the Cascades. Only seven of the 42 oxen with which they started survived the trip. Several additional yoke were bough on the way and two yoke wer! e sent by Neill Johnson to Tygh valley to help bring the Scott family through. The distance the Scott family traveled from their Illinois home to French Prairie was 2790 miles. They started from Illinois with abundant stores of bacon, flour, cornmeal, rice, hardtack, coffee and brown sugar. Within a few months they were reduced to eating salal berries and bread made of moldy flour. Let me quote from the diary kept by Abigail Scott (Duniway) while crossing the plains. On Friday, September 24, 1852 she writes: "The road ascends toward the main ridge of the Cascade mountains and is extremely rough and difficult." That day they passed the Big Deadening, Hungry Hollow, the Little Deadening and Devil's Half Acre. They traveled up Barlow creek, the going being very rough. On the next day, Saturday, September 25, they crossed the summit of the Cascades, going down Laurel hill to Zigzag river, where they camped. Laurel hill was two miles in length, nearly perpendicular. They descended by felling heavy trees and tying behind their wagons. The next day,! they made but four miles, as some of their oxen escaped and had to be hunted for, one wagon's kingbolt broke and had to be replaced and a wagon tongue broke and had to be mended. On Thursday, September 30, they traveled eight miles, reaching Oregon City. In her diary, Abigail Scott Duniway says of Oregon City: " We found it to be a long, narrow town, situated in a canyon on the Willamette river. It is half as large as Pekin, Ill, but is a hard-locking place." On Friday, October 1, they finished their long and toilsome journey, reaching the home of Neill Johnson on French Prairie. (end of article, part 1) Be well & God bless, Kate Beaugrand Cook Minnesota List Adm. (for [email protected]) [email protected] or [email protected] ><> God bless America! <><

Does anyone have anything on this family, which contains Mary "Polly" Cook? My husband is a descendant of Lucinda and William. Father: John Elgin Father: Joseph Liggett Mother: Sallie Wood Mother: Mary "Polly" Cook Lucinda Elgin married William Liggett on August 6, 1839 in Howard Co., MO Born: circa 1815 Patrick Co., VA Born: circa 1817 Wyeth Co.(?), VA Died: Died: March 26, 1852

I am researching Cook's from New Jersey. Theodore F. Cook is my great-grandfather. He married Amelia Milburn May 25, 1872. He was from Walnut Grove N.J. and she was from Succasunna N.J. Children. Children of Theodore and Amelia were Charles Walter, Margaret, Edith and Arthur. Edith and Margaret lived in Dover. Charles lived in Boonton and married Clara Belle Hiler. Seeking information on the Cook family. I have been unable to locate anyone before Theodore and Amelia. Thanks, Edith

Angela, There is a book written on the Dudderar /Duttera family . I have a copy but can't find it right now. Contact Ronda Blair at [email protected] She is on the Dotterer list and has a copy I think. I remember someone else on one of those lists looking for a Dudderar who was in Mo. and Iowa. Sharon Dodrer

sorry i dont have any thing them .are grandfather came from sc his name was augustus leroy cook . ----- Original Message ----- From: Bird Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 7:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [COOK-L] Re: COOKS in Va.,N.C., Ga. With the talk about surname Cook in NC. I am looking for a Male Cook possibly in or around Chesterfield SC or ANSON Co NC area I am looking for a man with a daughter Nancy Cook and I have no parents for her, no birth date either. This Nancy would have been married to Stephen Jackson in 1771. He was from Chesterfield Co. SC and later they lived in Anson Co. NC. She died in Humphreys Co. TN. Mary Harkey Russell [email protected] http://www.scrtc.com/~bird ==== COOK Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

thanks a lot will be a lot help . ----- Original Message ----- From: Hollis Cook Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 6:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [COOK-L] Re: COOKS in Va.,N.C., Ga. Dear Cook searchers, 1. Gpa Richard Cook, b. in 1557, Gloucester, England & was married to Catherine Rawley. 2.Gpa Phillip Cooke, b.1589 in Gloucester, England & was married to Elizabeth ( last name unknown ). 3. Gpa William Cooke,Sr., b. 1613 in in England and d. in Surry, Va. & was married to Mary Blackborne on June 4, 1632. They came to Va. in 1633. 4. Gpa William Cook, Jr. was born at Sea in1633 and d. 1698 in Isle of Wight, Va. He married Joane Roper at Surry, Va. She was the daughter of Hugh Roper. 5. Gpa Thomas Cook, Sr. b, 1680 in the Isle of Wight, Va. and d. 1735 in Surry, Va. & he married Mary Jones in 1702 in Isle of Wight, Va. She was the daughter of Arthur Jones and Susannah king. 6. Gpa Jones Cook, b. 1706 in Isle of Wight, Va. and d. in Wayne Co., N.C. He married Martha Daniel in 1750 in Isle of Wight, Va. 7. Gpa Benjamin Cook, b.1756 in N.C. d. in Hancock Co., Ga. 8. Gpa Nathan Cook, b. 1885 - 90 in N.C. and d. in Terrel Co. Ga. in 1884. He married Sarah ( Sally ) Alletha Adkinson, daughter of Abner Adkinson, in Hancock co., Ga. in 1810 and raised their 12 children in Randolph Co. Ga. The part of Randolph, where they lived, became Terrell co.,Ga on the 16th. of Feb.,1856. 9. Gpa Jesse Cook, b. 1821 in Randolph Co. & d. Nov. 20, 1864 in a Union prison in Elmira, N.Y. He married Elizabeth A. Brunson, Nov. 28,1844 in Randolph Co.,Ga. Gma Elizabeth was b. in1827 in S.C. They had 7 children. 10. Gpa John Thomas Cook, b. 3 - 6 - 1849 in Terrell Co.,Ga. and d. 3 - 14 - 1923 in Arley, Winston Co., Al. He married Alice Eudora ( sometimes spelled Udora & Dora ) Hillman on May 1st., 1881 in Dawson, Ga. They had 9 children & the youngest is my Father. 11. Willie Samuel Cook, b. 1896 in Winston Co., Al. & d. 1 - 2 - 1978 in that Co. On Jan. 28, 1919 he married Alma Elsie Lane in Walker Co.,Al. but lived & raised their 12 children On Rt.# 2 in Arley, Winston Co,Al. 12. Cook ( living ) 13. Cook ( living ) 14. Cook ( living ) ==== COOK Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the Digest list send an email with the subject and message unsubscribe to [email protected] ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

With the talk about surname Cook in NC. I am looking for a Male Cook possibly in or around Chesterfield SC or ANSON Co NC area I am looking for a man with a daughter Nancy Cook and I have no parents for her, no birth date either. This Nancy would have been married to Stephen Jackson in 1771. He was from Chesterfield Co. SC and later they lived in Anson Co. NC. She died in Humphreys Co. TN. Mary Harkey Russell [email protected] http://www.scrtc.com/~bird

Dear Cook searchers, 1. Gpa Richard Cook, b. in 1557, Gloucester, England & was married to Catherine Rawley. 2.Gpa Phillip Cooke, b.1589 in Gloucester, England & was married to Elizabeth ( last name unknown ). 3. Gpa William Cooke,Sr., b. 1613 in in England and d. in Surry, Va. & was married to Mary Blackborne on June 4, 1632. They came to Va. in 1633. 4. Gpa William Cook, Jr. was born at Sea in1633 and d. 1698 in Isle of Wight, Va. He married Joane Roper at Surry, Va. She was the daughter of Hugh Roper. 5. Gpa Thomas Cook, Sr. b, 1680 in the Isle of Wight, Va. and d. 1735 in Surry, Va. & he married Mary Jones in 1702 in Isle of Wight, Va. She was the daughter of Arthur Jones and Susannah king. 6. Gpa Jones Cook, b. 1706 in Isle of Wight, Va. and d. in Wayne Co., N.C. He married Martha Daniel in 1750 in Isle of Wight, Va. 7. Gpa Benjamin Cook, b.1756 in N.C. d. in Hancock Co., Ga. 8. Gpa Nathan Cook, b. 1885 - 90 in N.C. and d. in Terrel Co. Ga. in 1884. He married Sarah ( Sally ) Alletha Adkinson, daughter of Abner Adkinson, in Hancock co., Ga. in 1810 and raised their 12 children in Randolph Co. Ga. The part of Randolph, where they lived, became Terrell co.,Ga on the 16th. of Feb.,1856. 9. Gpa Jesse Cook, b. 1821 in Randolph Co. & d. Nov. 20, 1864 in a Union prison in Elmira, N.Y. He married Elizabeth A. Brunson, Nov. 28,1844 in Randolph Co.,Ga. Gma Elizabeth was b. in1827 in S.C. They had 7 children. 10. Gpa John Thomas Cook, b. 3 - 6 - 1849 in Terrell Co.,Ga. and d. 3 - 14 - 1923 in Arley, Winston Co., Al. He married Alice Eudora ( sometimes spelled Udora & Dora ) Hillman on May 1st., 1881 in Dawson, Ga. They had 9 children & the youngest is my Father. 11. Willie Samuel Cook, b. 1896 in Winston Co., Al. & d. 1 - 2 - 1978 in that Co. On Jan. 28, 1919 he married Alma Elsie Lane in Walker Co.,Al. but lived & raised their 12 children On Rt.# 2 in Arley, Winston Co,Al. 12. Cook ( living ) 13. Cook ( living ) 14. Cook ( living )

That's the problem: I don't know much about my line. My only known Cook ancestor is my 4th great grandfather, Maj. George Cook. George Cook and wife Jane Ashley had four daughters, one of whom is my ancestor. He had one son who died as an infant. "Pioneers of Wiregrass etc." wrongly assigns a daughter named Margaret born in NC in 1804. She is proven NOT to be a daughter, however, this info proliferates on the web (WFT & Genealogy.com as well as on LDS Ancestral CD#29). George Cook's mother was Rebecca Rosetta Downey. I have a good deal of information on Rebecca and her 3rd marriage to William Pengree; a bit of info on her 2nd marriage to John Kean by whom she had one daughter, Eliza. However, after years of trying I have been unable to learn the first name of Rebecca's 1st husband, George Cook's father. A published footnote says George was born in NC (ca 1765). The Cathedral records of St. Augustine say that Eliza was born in East FL (1772). Rebecca and John Kean fled to East Fl during the upheaval leading up to the American Revolution. John Kean was originally from Pennsylvania (again, Cathedral records of St. A). The same records show Rebecca was born in Yorkshire, England (ca 1745) but she has not been located in the IGI so I do not know her parents' names. There were Cooks, Keans, and Downeys (or Downings) living in close proximity in Rowan Co. I hope this may account for Rebecca's first two marriages. (Pengree was living in East FL, a wealthy land-owner on the St. John's River.) Any help most happily received! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [COOK-L] COOKs in Rowan Co., NC > any nathans in your line? >

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