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James Perry Van Hook

Birth	:	26 Jan 1846 Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	5 Sep 1872 Audubon County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Exira Cemetery, Exira, Audubon County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.5953636, -94.8654785
Description	:	James was the son of Martin VanHook and Jane Craig. He married Loretta Cornelia Turner on 20 Oct 1870 in Marshall county, Iowa. They were the parents of Arthur. Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 20 Oct 1870 Event Place: Marshall, Iowa, United States Name: James P. Van Hook Gender: Male Spouse's Name: Loretta C. Turner Spouse's Gender: Female From Herb - American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1,400 Portraits By Frances Elizabeth Willard, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore - page 732 "Van Hook, Mrs. Loretta C., missionary and educator in... Read More	James was the son of Martin VanHook and Jane Craig. He married Loretta Cornelia Turner on 20 Oct 1870 in Marshall county, Iowa. They were the parents of Arthur. Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 20 Oct 1870 Event Place: Marshall, Iowa, United States Name: James P. Van Hook Gender: Male Spouse's Name: Loretta C. Turner Spouse's Gender: Female From Herb - American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1,400 Portraits By Frances Elizabeth Willard, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore - page 732 "Van Hook, Mrs. Loretta C., missionary and educator in Persia, born in Shopiere, Wis., 4th July, 1852. Her maiden name was Turner. Her ancestors were New Englanders and Hollanders. Her father was a millwright, a native of New York, and her mother belonged to one of the old Dutch families of the same State. From her mother Loretta inheritied a fine artistic taste and talent. She was a precocious child, and she generally led her classes. She acquired a varied education and when fourteen years old she became a teacher. As a child she was deeply religious. She became the wife of Mr. Van Hook in 1870, and they moved to western Iowa. Her husband and her only child died in 1871, and Mrs. Van Hook consecrated her life to the service of others. She went to Rockford, Ill., and took course in seminary there, graduating in 1875. She sailed for Persia in 1876. During that and the two succeeding years she spent time in missionary work and in the acquisition of the language of the country, having in view the delivery of Persian women from the degradation in which they live. She went out under the auspices of the Presbyterian Board of Missions. She settled in Tabriz, a city of 200,000 people, where women were taught to believe that they have no souls, and where no woman had been taught to read. After learning the language of the people, in 1879 Mrs. Van Hook established a school for girls in a quarter of the city where no other foreigner resided. Prejudices and suspicions met her, but she conquered them, and now her school is a flourishing seminary, with large buildings in the heart of Tabriz. She has students from Erinam, Russia, Kars, Turkey and Zenjan, Persia. Her graduates are holding influential positions from the Caspian Sea to the boards of Turkey and Kurdistan. She is assisted in her work by the bands of Kings Daughters, and her Persian, Turkish and Armenian graduates scattered over the land are changing harems into homes and doing much to dispel the utter darkness in which the women of that country for ages have been kept. She is a quiet, sad-faced, delicate woman, but her work and accomplishments are those of a mental, moral and physical giant."

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James Perry Van Hook's memorial is located at: Exira Cemetery, Exira, Audubon County, USA.
When did James Perry Van Hook death?
James Perry Van Hook death on 5 Sep 1872 in Audubon County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.5953636
Longitude: -94.8654785

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Loretta Cornelia Turner Van Hook

(1852 - 1935)

Siblings

William H. Van Hook

(1828 - 1889)

Barbara Van Hook Ball

(1842 - 1928)

Children

Arthur Perry Van Hook

(1871 - 1872)

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