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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Flora Cook ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Cook, Flora
LAST NAME: Cook FIRST NAME: Flora MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Mann AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: F TITLE: 
BORN: 4 May 1867 DIED: 23 Aug 1908 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Boone Co, Illinois
DEATH PLACE: Polk Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

  Marriage of Parents - James Mann & Agnes McCorkindale md 19 Aug 1853, Southend, Argyll, Scotland

1880 IA CENSUS - Flora Mann (11y, b Illinois) enumerated with parents James (49y, b Scot, occupation farmer) and Agnes (48y, b Scot) and 7 siblings, John (22y, b Scot), Robert (18y, b Ill), Ann (15y, b Ill), Mary (13y, b Ill), Jennett (9y, b Ill), Maggie (7y, b Ill) and Benjamin (5y, b Ill)

MARRIAGE - W.L. Cook (23y, of Rockwell, Iowa; b Dodge Co, Wisc, son of John Cook & Elizabeth Van Houten) and Flora Mann (23y, of Swaledale, Iowa; b Boone co, Ill, daughter of James Mann & Agnes McCarkindale) md 1 Jan 1890, Cerro Gordo Co, Iowa

1900 WA CENSUS - Flora Cook (b May 1867, Illinois, mother of 6 children, all living) enumerated with husband William L. (b Sept 1869, Wisconsin, married 10 years, occupation stock raiser) and 6 children, John (b Sept 1891, Iowa), Elizabeth (b Mar 1893, Washington), Maggie M. (b Oct 1894, Washington), Flossie F. (b Aug 1896, Washington), Benjamin (b Jan 1898, Washington) and Willis (b Dec 1899, Washington) 

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (Polk County 1908) #8708 - Flora Cook, female, housewife, married, b. Mar [May] 1867 in Illinois, d. 23 Aug 1908 (9 miles NW of Salem) at the age of 41 yrs 5 mos, name of father Mann (b. Scotland), name of mother not given (b. Scotland), interment Zena; informant W.N. Crawford, Rt 1, Salem.

OBITUARY: 

The funeral of Mrs. Flora Cook of Zena, who died at 7 o'clock yesterday morning, was held at the Cook home at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The burial took place in Zena cemetery.
Daily Capital Journal 24 Aug 1908 8:2

INSCRIPTION: 

Flora Mann-Cook
May 4, 1867 - Aug. 23, 1908
Our Sweetheart

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Polk County 1908) #8708

Scotland Marriage Records (FamilySearch.org)

1880 IA CENSUS (Cerro Gordo Co, Bath, ED 47, FA#54)

Cerro Gordo Co, Iowa, Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1900 WA CENSUS (Asotin Co, Lake, ED 5, sheet 24A-B) 
DCJ 24 Aug 1908 8:2

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