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Uriah Cook

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Uriah Cook

Birth
Newberry County, South Carolina, USA
Death
9 Feb 1864 (aged 62)
Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA
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Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Mr Cook was a sheriff in Missouri and a sheriff, and Justice of the Peace of Pottawatomie County. Scores of cattle thieves and other outlaws were tried in his home which also served as a trading post. Because of his religious faith, he became a friend to the Indians and although many massacres took place in his neighborhood, his family was never molested. During the civil war, when Missouri border ruffians were praying on Kansas settlers, Mr.Cook took a large part in law enforcement. His section of the county was never raided. Mr. Cook was a Birthright Quaker by faith and Politically a Democrat. He married out of church and for this reason was dropped from the rolls of Quaker faith. Having been kicked out of one church, as he stated it, he never joined another, but retained his Quaker ways and always lived a devout Christian life. He read the Bible daily and was very strict. religiously with his children. His wife was a a active worker in the ME Church South, which was the first church started in her neighborhood. Mr. Cook was the father of 14 children, four by his first wife, and ten by the second. His children are now all dead but Mrs. G.T. VanDusen of Westmoreland and Mrs. Frank M. Cochrun of Havensville, bore the following names: Israel, Mrs.Annie Avery/Isbell, Elizabeth Lantz-Berry, Mrs. Martha Fleming, William, Edward, Maria, Jane, John, James, Benjamin F., Mrs. Rebecca VanDusen, and Mrs. Frances Cochrun. One child died in infancy. Mr. Cook died February 9, 1864. His second wife, Mary, whom he married in 1830, died March, 1886, at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. A.C. Buffington.
Printed in the Westmoreland Recorder in 1906
Mr Cook was a sheriff in Missouri and a sheriff, and Justice of the Peace of Pottawatomie County. Scores of cattle thieves and other outlaws were tried in his home which also served as a trading post. Because of his religious faith, he became a friend to the Indians and although many massacres took place in his neighborhood, his family was never molested. During the civil war, when Missouri border ruffians were praying on Kansas settlers, Mr.Cook took a large part in law enforcement. His section of the county was never raided. Mr. Cook was a Birthright Quaker by faith and Politically a Democrat. He married out of church and for this reason was dropped from the rolls of Quaker faith. Having been kicked out of one church, as he stated it, he never joined another, but retained his Quaker ways and always lived a devout Christian life. He read the Bible daily and was very strict. religiously with his children. His wife was a a active worker in the ME Church South, which was the first church started in her neighborhood. Mr. Cook was the father of 14 children, four by his first wife, and ten by the second. His children are now all dead but Mrs. G.T. VanDusen of Westmoreland and Mrs. Frank M. Cochrun of Havensville, bore the following names: Israel, Mrs.Annie Avery/Isbell, Elizabeth Lantz-Berry, Mrs. Martha Fleming, William, Edward, Maria, Jane, John, James, Benjamin F., Mrs. Rebecca VanDusen, and Mrs. Frances Cochrun. One child died in infancy. Mr. Cook died February 9, 1864. His second wife, Mary, whom he married in 1830, died March, 1886, at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. A.C. Buffington.
Printed in the Westmoreland Recorder in 1906

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  • Maintained by: Memories
  • Originally Created by: Lucas Brooks
  • Added: May 29, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27187710/uriah-cook: accessed ), memorial page for Uriah Cook (7 May 1801–9 Feb 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 27187710, citing Old Westmoreland Cemetery, Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Memories (contributor 46889112).