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Nellie B <I>Spencer</I> Cook

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Nellie B Spencer Cook

Birth
Buchanan County, Missouri, USA
Death
26 Jul 1916 (aged 61)
Kansas, USA
Burial
Kickapoo, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Potter Kansan, 3 August 1916, page 4, column 3.

Death Of Mrs. Nellie Cook

Mrs. Nellie B. Cook, an old and highly esteemed resident of Kickapoo, died last Wednesday [Jul 26] following an operation for gall stones. She was 61 years of age and was born on the old Spencer homestead just east of Atchison in Buchanan county, Mo., being a daughter of Martin Spencer, a prominent pioneer of that section. She moved to the Kansas side of the river with her parents when 14 years of age.

Her husband, Robert Cook, died many years ago and she has since shown remarkable ability in managing a large farm near Kickapoo.

One of her brothers is Judge O.M. Spencer, the prominent attorney of St. Joe, and another is Drake Spencer of Leavenworth county. She also leaves one daughter and two sons, John and Robt. Cook and Mrs. Walter Scruggs, of Kickapoo. Interment was in Kickapoo cemetery Friday [Jul 28].

Potter Kansan, 3 August 1916, page 4, column 3.

Death Of Mrs. Nellie Cook

Mrs. Nellie B. Cook, an old and highly esteemed resident of Kickapoo, died last Wednesday [Jul 26] following an operation for gall stones. She was 61 years of age and was born on the old Spencer homestead just east of Atchison in Buchanan county, Mo., being a daughter of Martin Spencer, a prominent pioneer of that section. She moved to the Kansas side of the river with her parents when 14 years of age.

Her husband, Robert Cook, died many years ago and she has since shown remarkable ability in managing a large farm near Kickapoo.

One of her brothers is Judge O.M. Spencer, the prominent attorney of St. Joe, and another is Drake Spencer of Leavenworth county. She also leaves one daughter and two sons, John and Robt. Cook and Mrs. Walter Scruggs, of Kickapoo. Interment was in Kickapoo cemetery Friday [Jul 28].

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  • Maintained by: Robin Page
  • Originally Created by: Deb
  • Added: May 17, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37216774/nellie_b-cook: accessed ), memorial page for Nellie B Spencer Cook (21 Apr 1855–26 Jul 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37216774, citing Kickapoo Memorial Cemetery, Kickapoo, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Robin Page (contributor 47347883).