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Phineas Wolcott Cook Family Organization
Descendants of Phineas Wolcott Cook (1819-1900)
Family: it's where we've been and where we are going

04/09/2026

The Polygamy bill of 1862 was the first warning the government would ultimately demand the end of polygamy, even though the law in 1862 was never fully enforced. Phineas W. Cook had deep faith and believed in God’s power to save His Church.

04/08/2026

[1864] Phineas was about to make a third attempt to build a gristmill at Bear Lake, but he was in for another surprise. The Manuscript History states when he arrived at Swan Creek Phineas was greeted by another man who had also claimed the Swan Creek land in his absence.

04/02/2026

On Saturday May 2nd at 10:00am MST over zoom will be a meeting of the Phineas Wolcott Cook Book Club! We will be discussing pages 323-341. The zoom link will be the same one from previous meetings, if you would like the link, please directly message the social media page.

You can find a free version of the book at this link which is a part of our cookfamiliy.org website:https://cookfamily.org/histories/documents/PhineasWolcottCook_1819-1900/files/PhineasWolcottCook-LegacyOfFaith2022.pdf

Or you can purchase a hardcover version of the book at: https://www.amazon.com/Phineas-Wolcott-Cook-Legacy-Faith/dp/B09YT2HFYX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3MNXBL4PI11NY&keywords=phineas+wolcott+cook&qid=1683164240&sprefix=phineas+wolcott+coo%2Caps%2C186&sr=8-1

03/31/2026

In spite of unexpected weather, life continued to find happy moments. On Christmas Day, 1864 Ann Eliza’s second daughter Augusta married Joseph Robert Meservy.

03/26/2026

Phineas must have liked the area south of Bear Lake because he made a land claim, in spite of the fact that he knew by then he couldn’t build a mill there. These claims were settled and recorded December 11 and 12 in 1865, but he probably entered the claim much earlier, perhaps the late summer before, while he was there with his sons.

03/24/2026

Mary Rosalia Cook McCann wrote an autobiography in which she told of her birth: “I was one of twin sisters, born on November 12th, 1863. My sister died when she was one month old, and my mother was very ill all winter. She has often told me that I owed my life to the devotion and care of [Amanda’s half-sister] Aunt Mary Wilcox, who was then only a girl of fifteen years [married two years later at Paris, Idaho, John Dingman Wilcox].

03/19/2026

Brent Hale wrote in his history of Amanda: “On 12 November 1863 Amanda gave birth to a pair of twin girls. They were premature and Amanda had child bed fever. She was very ill for a long while. She was totally deaf for weeks. When her babies were a month old, the oldest one died. Amanda maintained her life was saved by the care of her family, especially her half-sister Mary.”

03/17/2026

Beginning in 1870, just seven years after establishing himself at Bear Lake, he and his wives and his sister Eliza Hall were at the Salt Lake Endowment House doing ordinance work for the names they had diligently collected through the years—hundreds of them. In the end, it was the Logan Temple which brought him there in 1882, and when conflict arose in his family, it was their determination to “save thy father’s house” that healed their hearts.

Photo credits: The Endowment House https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/endowment-house?lang=eng

03/15/2026

This summer we are planning a gathering IN and ABOUT the Cook family's time in MICHIGAN. Mark you calendars: Broadcast fireside: August 16 at 5pm MT from our YouTube channel.

A small group is planning to gather in the Richland, Michigan area to see the places that Phineas lived (no houses remain), and the cemetery where Phineas' parents, Phineas Sr. and Irene Churchill Cook are buried, as well as other historical places in the area. If you are interested in joining this group on August 14-15, please reply here or contact us: cookfamilynewsletter@gmail.com.

03/13/2026

On Saturday March 14th at 9:00am MST over zoom will be a meeting of the Phineas Wolcott Cook Book Club! We will be discussing pages 323-341. The zoom link will be the same one from previous meetings, if you would like the link, please directly message the social media page.

You can find a free version of the book at this link which is a part of our cookfamiliy.org website:https://cookfamily.org/histories/documents/PhineasWolcottCook_1819-1900/files/PhineasWolcottCook-LegacyOfFaith2022.pdf

Or you can purchase a hardcover version of the book at: https://www.amazon.com/Phineas-Wolcott-Cook-Legacy-Faith/dp/B09YT2HFYX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3MNXBL4PI11NY&keywords=phineas+wolcott+cook&qid=1683164240&sprefix=phineas+wolcott+coo%2Caps%2C186&sr=8-1

03/12/2026

Phineas was greatly moved by the promise in his blessing that he would “save his father’s house by doing a work for them.” For the rest of his life he had a great longing to provide for his ancestor families the opportunity for salvation.

03/11/2026

[1859] Some of the brethren said they did not comprehend the teachings they had heard from the president. President said, “Ask the Lord to enlighten your mind and then you will be able to comprehend. Do as you have been told by Brother Webster: Lay them up until you can understand.”

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