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1847–1868

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Birth Date
19 June 1833
Death Date
23 September 1897
Gender
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Thomas Whitmore Cooke

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  • Thomas traveled with a company of non-Mormon Iowans who were headed toward California in 1852 . The party stopped at Salt Lake city for the winter; while here some members the Cooke family converted to the faith.

    In some sources, the family's surname is spelled "Cook."

Company Unknown (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 18

Traveled with

  • William Cooke (Age: 48)
  • Sarah Ann Cooke (Age: 43)
  • John Richards Cooke (Age: 21)
  • Eve Anna Cooke (Age: 10)
  • Edward Newburg Cooke (Age: 6)
  • Richard Wellfoot Cooke (Age: 4)

Sources

  • 1850 Iowa Census
  • 1856 Utah Census.
  • Cooke, Lucy Rutledge, Crossing the Plains in 1852, 1987, 28-30.
  • Covered Wagon Women, vol. 4, p. 209, 243.
  • Rebaptisms in Great Salt Lake Valley: 1847-1854, 1858-1863 [Index].