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Susan Eliza Brewster Cooke

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Birth	:	7 Mar 1832 Saratoga County, New York, USA
Death	:	11 Mar 1921 Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington, USA
Burial	:	IOOF Cemetery, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, USA
Coordinate	:	47.0111008, -120.5188980
Description	:	Susan was a member of the old and historic Dutch family Van der Cooke which settled in New York on the Hudson River during the seventeenth century. She was well educated and finisheing in the Methodist University at Norwalk, Ohio. ------------------------- OBIT 1: DEATH CALLS PIONEER MATRON Mrs. Susan E. Brewster Cooke, age 89, an early pioneer of the Kittitas Valley died at her home near here on March 11. Mrs. Cooke, with an aunt and uncle, crossed the plains from Ohio to Salem, Oregon in 1851. Sixteen years later, with her husband, Charles P. Cooke, she took a claim in the... Read More	Susan was a member of the old and historic Dutch family Van der Cooke which settled in New York on the Hudson River during the seventeenth century. She was well educated and finisheing in the Methodist University at Norwalk, Ohio. ------------------------- OBIT 1: DEATH CALLS PIONEER MATRON Mrs. Susan E. Brewster Cooke, age 89, an early pioneer of the Kittitas Valley died at her home near here on March 11. Mrs. Cooke, with an aunt and uncle, crossed the plains from Ohio to Salem, Oregon in 1851. Sixteen years later, with her husband, Charles P. Cooke, she took a claim in the Moxee Valley near Yakima. In 1870 the family moved to Ellensburg. Mrs. Cooke, who was said to be a direct descendent of William Brewster, a member of the Mayflower party of Pilgrims, leaves six children. The Ellensburg Capital, March 17, 1921 -------------------------- OBIT: MRS. SUSAN E. COOKE, KITTITAS PIONEER, DIES AT AGE OF 89. WAS RESIDENT OF VALLEY SINCE 1870; CROSSED PLAINS IN 1851; FUNERAL MONDAY; DECEASED CAME FROM NOTED FAMILY; WAS DESCENDANT OF PILGRIM Following a decline suffered nearly two years ago, Mrs. Susan Eliza Brewster Cooke, one of the oldest pioneers of Kittitas Valley, died last night at the family residence, 11 miles northeast of Ellensburg [died March 11, 1921]. Last Monday Mrs. Cooke celebrated her 89th birthday, having been born in Waterford County, four miles from Troy, New York, on March 7, 1832. Mrs. Cooke was a direct descendant of William Brewster, one of the original party of Pilgrims, and was a cousin of Jay Cooke, New York financier and railroad promoter. She was left an orphan at the age of three, and spent the following nine years at the home of her maternal grandfather at Sandusky, Ohio. Displaying the ideal pioneer spirit, she at the age of 19 left her cultured surroundings and with E. N. Cooke and his wife crossed the plains by ox team, landing near Salem, Oregon. On October 29, 1851, she was married to Charles P. Cooke at Salem, the couple then moving to a homestead near Independence, in Polk County, Oregon. After 16 years residence there they moved to the Moxee Valley in Yakima County where they lived until the spring of 1870, at which time they removed to the farm on Cooke Creek where Mrs. Cooked died last night. Surviving Mrs. Cooke are six of her 11 children, Edwin N., Norman D., George B., and Rufus Cooke, and Mrs. P. H. Schnebly and Mrs. A. B. Whitson. She leaves three great, great grandchildren in addition to a large number of other descendents. Mrs. Cooke was a member of the old and historic Dutch family, Van der Cooke, who settled on the Hudson River in the 17th century. Her husband who died here in the fall of 1888 was a veteran of the Mexican War. In 1868, he was appointed auditor of Yakima County, which then included Kittitas county, holding the office until 1873 when he was elected to the legislature, serving two consecutive terms. In 1876 he served as county commissioner and later was county superintendent of schools. He was again elected to the territorial legislature in 1884 and served until 1887. He was the first county commissioner of the new county of Kittitas. Funeral services for Mrs. Cooke who was a member of the Methodist Church, will be held from the family residence on Cooke Creek on Monday forenoon at 11 o'clock. Rev. W. B. Young officiating.

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Susan Eliza Brewster Cooke death on 11 Mar 1921 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington, USA
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Latitude: 47.0111008
Longitude: -120.5188980

Family Members:

Spouse

Charles Phillip Cooke

(1824 - 1888)

Children

Clara Ethel Cooke Coleman

(1853 - 1904)

Edwin Nathan Cooke

(1855 - 1925)

Morand Deliss Cooke

(1856 - 1945)

Edward Ward Cooke

(1858 - 1917)

Eliza Frances Cooke Schnebly

(1860 - 1944)

(1864 - 1926)

(1867 - 1922)

(1871 - 1888)

(1874 - 1907)

(1879 - 1887)

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Coordinate: 47.0111008, -120.5188980

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