Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NamePrentice P. Cook
Birth17 Jun 1841, Vermont
Census29 Jun 1870, Chateaugay, Franklin Co, NY
Memoroll#937, pg 515
Death20 Feb 1924, Fort Covington, Franklin Co, NY
BurialSandy Knoll Cem, Franklin Co, NY
FatherNathan Cook (1795-1875)
MotherMinerva Hill (1798-1886)
Misc. Notes
Pvt Co.A, 96 NY Inf Civil War. He was discharged in April 1862 for mental disability and died in 1924 in Ft. Covington, NY.
He is listed in the 1870 census as Prentis (28, VT) working in a saw mill, with his wife Mathilda (28, NY) and children Minnie (6), Anson (4), Stella (3), and Kitty (2).
With first wife Matilda Aldrich he had 4 children, Minnie, Anson, Stella, and Kitty. Matilda “Minnie” Aldrich, his first wife died May 7, 1875 ae 32 yrs.
His second wife, whom he married in circa 1898 in Wisconsin, was Mrs. Inez Perry. He lived in Wisconsin for a few years before returning to Northern New York.
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