Edwin N. Cooke

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Edwin Nathaniel Cooke (born February 26, 1810 in Adams , New York , † May 6, 1879 in Salem , Oregon ) was an American businessman and politician ( Republican Party ).

Career

Edwin Nathaniel Cooke, son of Mary "Polly" Stewart (1781–1826) and Asaph Cooke (1780–1842), was born in 1810 in Jefferson County . He had at least two brothers: Asaph (1806-1869) and Charles Philip (1824-1888). His childhood was overshadowed by the British-American War . The Cooke family moved to Ohio in 1817 , where they settled with many relatives of the same surname in what is now known as Cooke's Corners in Huron County, Ohio. His family was a pioneer. Nothing is known about his youth there. Cooke then initially ran a trading company in Sandusky City, which later burned down. He then moved to Clyde and from there to Fremont . On September 5, 1835, he married in Oxford (Ohio) Miss Eliza Vendercook (1816-1900), daughter of Margery Lester and Henry S. Vandercook. The couple had a daughter named Frances Mary "Fannie" (1837–1886). The following years were overshadowed by the economic crisis of 1837 and the Mexican-American War . In 1851 he moved with his family to Oregon and settled in Salem. There he built the old headquarters building. In the following years he went into a partnership with the resident George Hosmer Jones (1822-1904) and ran a trading company with him under the name Jones, Cooke & Co. He was also one of the founders of the PT Co. and was from its inception until the steamship line was sold to Mr. Holliday, one of the directors there.

During the civil war , he became a town councilor in 1861 and mayor of Salem in 1862. The Republican State Convention nominated him in 1862 for the post of Treasurer of State of Oregon. Cooke was elected and re-elected in 1866. He held the post from September 8, 1862 to September 12, 1870.

In 1868 he visited Europe with his wife, the Hon. JS Smith and family , where they stayed for a few months.

Since arriving in Salem, he has been active in promoting everything that concerned the common good. For many years he was an active and proficient member of the Board of Trustees at Willamette University . On December 6, 1852, he founded Chemeketa Lodge No. 1, the first Odd Fellows Lodge to be established on the Northwest Pacific Coast , with the Hon. EM Barnum, Judge BF Harding, General Joel Palmer and CS Woodworth . He was a member of this lodge until his death. For many years he was a member of the Methodist Church . He helped on various occasions through his advice and generous financial contributions to support the work of the Church.

Cooke died on May 6, 1879 after illness in his Salem home and was then buried two days later in the family vault in Odd Fellows' Cemetery .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mary "Polly" Stewart Cooke in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  2. ^ Asaph Cooke Sr. in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  3. ^ Asaph Cooke junior in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  4. ^ Charles Phillip Cooke in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ Eliza Vandercook Cooke in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  6. ↑ a b David Duniway and Kenneth L. Holmes: Covered Wagon Women: 1851 , University of Nebraska Press, 1995, ISBN 9780803272873 , page 19
  7. ↑ Frances Mary "Fannie" Cooke Patton in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  8. ↑ George Hosmer Jones on the website of salempioneercemetery.org
  9. ^ Notes on the Gaiety Hill Name and Significant Families , October 25, 2012
  10. ^ Treasurers of Oregon , Oregon Blue Book
personal data
SURNAME Cooke, Edwin N.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cooke, Edwin Nathaniel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American businessman and politician (Republican Party)
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Adams , New York
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1879
Place of death Salem , Oregon