Lee Fred Cook

1873 - 1963  (89 years)

• Name	Lee Fred Cook  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	13 Aug 1873	Garnavillo Twp, Clayton Co, Iowa
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Abt Jan 1963	Oelwein, Fayette Co, Iowa
  Death	23 Jan 1963	Bettendorf, Scott Co, Iowa   [5]
  Person ID	I1095	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Frederick Cook,   b. 21 Mar 1846, Chillicothe, Ross Co, Ohio d. 17 Dec 1902, Elkader, Clayton Co, Iowa (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Clara Salome Cooley,   b. 3 Sep 1848, Garnavillo Twp, Clayton Co, Iowa d. 7 Mar 1941, Strawberry Point, Clayton Co, Iowa (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1869	Probably Iowa   [6]
  	There is presently (Dec 2020) no marriage information on this couple. The Dubuque county history has 1849 as the marriage year.
  Family ID	F215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Malilnda Musfeldt,   b. Abt 1879, Volga Twp, Clayton Co, Iowa d. Abt 1914, Iowa (Age ~ 35 years)
  Marriage	2 May 1900	Volga Twp, Clayton Co, Iowa   [7]
  	Fred and Melinda were divorced during the perior 1910-1920.
  Family ID	F867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Bessie Meehan,   b. Abt 1875   d. Abt 1950 (Age ~ 75 years)
  Marriage	4 Sep 1920	Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois   [8]
  Family ID	F868	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Lee F Cook and his wife Malinda M. Lee appear in the Dubuque City Directory of 1911 on p159. He was a conductor on the C.G.W. Line (Chicago, Great Western Railroad) most of his working life. His mother Clara S. (Cooley) also resided with them at 2729 Pine St. Obituary Lee F. Cook, Retired Railroad Conductor, Dies Jan 24 1963 - Lee F. Cook, 89, a resident of the Masonic Sanitarium for, the last six months and formerly of Oelwein, died in the sanitarium Wednesday evening [23 Jan 1963]. Born in Garnavillo, Iowa, he married the former Malinda Musefeldt in 1900 and she preceded him in death in 1914. In 1920, he married Bessie Meehan, who preceded him in death in 1950. Mr. Cook was a retired railroad conductor. Among his survivors are a son Fred H. Cook, of Oelwein; and a grandson, Marlin Cook, of Davenport. The body will be sent from the McGinnis Funeral Home, Bettendorf, to the Brant Funeral Home, Oelwein, for funeral .services and burial there. - The Daily Times, Davenport, Iowa; 24 Jan 1963, Thu; Page 8 [9]

  
  

• Sources

  [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1880-US-Iowa-Clayton-Garnavillo Twp; aged 7; attending school (Reliability: 3). [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1900-US-Iowa-Dubuque, Julien, Ward 5, 3160 Jackson St; Lee Cook aged 27, est birth date Aug 1872 (Reliability: 3). [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1910-US-Iowa, Dubuque Ward 5, Dubuque, 2729 Pine; occu, steam railroad conductor; est birth year 1874; Clara S Cook aged 62 living with (Reliability: 3). [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1920-US-Iowa-Fayette, Oelwein Ward 3, S Fredrick St; marital status, divorced; railroad conductor; est birth year 1874; Clara S Cook aged 71 living with (Reliability: 3). [S292] United States Government data, Social Security app, (Ancestry.com, database online, Provo UT, 2015), SSN 708103543 (Reliability: 3). [S537] County-appointed writers, Iowa counties history, pp550-51 (Reliability: 3). [S689] FamilySearch, Iowa marriages, (FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ6Y-S2T : 10 February 2018 ), Iowa State Board of Health; Return of Marriages in the Couhty of Clayton; for year ending Dec 31st 1900; 22-319 (Reliability: 3). [S761] Illinois Department of Public Health records. "Marriage Records, 1871, Ill marriages, FHL film nr 1030738 (Reliability: 3). [S510] Obituary, The Daily Times, Davenport, Iowa; 24 Jan 1963, Thu; Page 8 (Reliability: 3).