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- Name: Samuel Fowler Cook
Given Name: Samuel Fowler
Surname: Cook
Sex: M
Note:
Born and baptized in Pawlet in 1795, he left there in 1814 for Williamson, Ontario Co., NY with the rest of his family. He left there for Sheriden, NY in 1819 to marry Anna Baldwin. They evidently lived on property that his father-in-law had purchased from the Holland Land Company. The homestead was in Portland, Chautauqua Co.,NY with James Conner's family. The leading crop of the area was the Concord grape as well as apples, peaches, etc, and they must have been involved in this agriculture. He was a member of the Universalist Society of Portland formed Sept. 21, 1821 by fourteen persons at the house of his brother-in-law Simon Burton. Have not found his religious affiliation in NW Pennsylvania.
By 1857 he had left Portland to live in Pennsylvania. The 1860 census enumeratess him with his son Daniel, his wife Corneila (Todd),grandsons Alpha, Ira, Orville, and another son Joseph.
Samuel F. Cook is listed in the 1859-60 Erie County Directory as a resident of Greene Township. According to records, by this time he owned property in both Crawford Co., and Erie Co., although it is not clear where he had a permanent residence.
The Conner family moved to Athens Township, Crawford Co., PA also and according to the census were neighbors of Samuel Fowler Cook by 1856.
Birth: 16 JUN 1795 in Pawlet, Rutland Co., VT
Death: 12 JUN 1862 in Greene Township, Erie Co., PA
CHRA: 22 SEP 1795 Pawlet, Rutland Co., VT
Occupation: Farmer BET 1820 AND 1860
PROP: a lake-front farm in co-ownership with James Connor BET 1840 AND 1850 Portland, Chautauqua Co., NY
PROP: a farm 1859 Greene Township, Erie Co., PA
Father: Joseph Cook b: 11 NOV 1760 in Douglas, Worcester Co., MA
Mother: Sarah Beal b: ABT 1761 in Conway, Franklin Co., MA
Marriage 1 Anna Baldwin b: 19 JUN 1795 in Halifax, Windham Co., VT
Married: 3 OCT 1819 in Portland, Chautauqua Co., NY
Children
Samuel Fowler, Jr. Cook b: 6 SEP 1820 in Portland, Chautauqua Co., NY
Daniel Baldwin Cook b: 21 JUN 1824 in Portland, Chautauqua Co., NY
Joseph E. Cook b: 8 APR 1835 in Sheridan, Chautauqua Co., NY
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Name: Samuel Fowler, Jr. Cook
Given Name: Samuel Fowler, Jr.
Surname: Cook
Sex: M
Note:
Moved to Athens, Crawford County, PA in 1847 and lived with his family on the Burton Homestead.
Moved to Green, Erie County, PA in 1852.
Moved to Belle Valley in 1885.
Ran for Erie County Commissioner in 1872; but lost the election because of his association with Horace Greeley who ran for USPresident that year.
Birth: 6 SEP 1820 in Portland, Chautauqua Co., NY
Note: Relationship to parents based on secondary evidence including family bible and other records, published book on Portland, NY, and censusrecords]
Death: 25 AUG 1895 in Greene Township, Erie Co., PA
Burial: SEP 1895 Lowville, Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie Co., PA
Occupation: farmer BET 1855 AND 1890 Erie County, PA
Father: Samuel Fowler Cook b: 16 JUN 1795 in Pawlet, Rutland Co., VT
Mother: Anna Baldwin b: 19 JUN 1795 in Halifax, Windham Co., VT
Marriage 1 Elizabeth J. Cook b: 1824 in Macedon, Wayne Co., NY
Married: 1878 in Alden, Erie Co., NY
Marriage 2 Lydia Stafford Stark b: 22 SEP 1815 in Colraine, Franklin Co., MA
Married: 5 MAY 1844 in Portland, Chautauqua Co., NY
Children
Francis Marion Cook b: 11 MAR 1849 in Portland, Chautauqua Co., NY
Lydia Anna Cook b: 1845 in Portland, Chautauqua Co., NY
Harriet Maria Cook b: 23 AUG 1847 in Athens Twp, Crawford Co., PA
Mary Alice Cook b: ABT 1851 in Greene Township, Erie Co., PA
Frank Samuel Cook b: ABT 1856 in Greene Township, Erie Co., PA
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