Phineas Wolcott Cook Family Organization

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Descendants of Phineas Wolcott Cook (1819-1900)
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In 1866 Amanda’s fourth and final child was born May 4 and Ann Eliza’s sixteenth and last child was born two days later....
05/21/2026

In 1866 Amanda’s fourth and final child was born May 4 and Ann Eliza’s sixteenth and last child was born two days later. After having lost five of the previous nine children born, Ann Eliza must have been grateful Hyrum survived.

On Saturday, June 6th at 10:00am MST over Zoom will be a meeting of the Phineas Wolcott Cook Book Club! We will be discu...
05/14/2026

On Saturday, June 6th at 10:00am MST over Zoom will be a meeting of the Phineas Wolcott Cook Book Club! We will be discussing pages 343-377. 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

05/07/2026

Words by Maud Osmond Cook, music arranged by Becca Groberg.

Some of you are descendants of Phineas' grandson, Alonzo Laker "A.L." Cook who was married to Maude Osmond Cook. Maude was a poetess and published many of her poems. Becca Groberg, a Phineas and A.L. Cook descendant, has set some of Maude's poems to music with the help of AI.

Let us know if you enjoy this rendition and we can share more of her poems-turned-to-songs with you.

The whole time in the summers of from 1865 to 1868 we were compelled to move on short notice at times as the Indians wer...
05/04/2026

The whole time in the summers of from 1865 to 1868 we were compelled to move on short notice at times as the Indians were on the war path and the people would be forced to unite in the settlements to protect their lives. We would maintain guards at all times.

Explaining the doctrine of the church, he tried to clarify the nature of God, as believed by members of the Church of Je...
04/23/2026

Explaining the doctrine of the church, he tried to clarify the nature of God, as believed by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: “The God they worship has a body like the body of a man, for man was made in his own image and likeness. He has parts, passions, and is a material God. He can speak, he can walk, he can eat, he is pleased and he is angry… He once went through a state of probation such as we are now passing through, kept his estate and received the everlasting gospel. [He] secured his exaltation on an eternal celestial inheritance such as this world will become at the end of the Millennium, even like a sea of glass mingled with fire.”

In a letter to the President of the United States he explains his belief polygamy is a sacred and humane practice, prote...
04/21/2026

In a letter to the President of the United States he explains his belief polygamy is a sacred and humane practice, protecting both women and children. In a portion of that letter, he describes his conversion and his firm belief that God is a real and loving father—a belief which was the driving force of his life.

On Saturday May 2nd at 10:00am MST over zoom will be a meeting of the Phineas Wolcott Cook Book Club! We will be discuss...
04/16/2026

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

Some of you are descendants of Phineas' grandson, Alonzo Laker "A.L." Cook who was married to Maude Osmond Cook. Maude w...
04/10/2026

Some of you are descendants of Phineas' grandson, Alonzo Laker "A.L." Cook who was married to Maude Osmond Cook. Maude was a poetess and published many of her poems. Becca Groberg, a Phineas and A.L. Cook descendant, has set some of Maude's poems to music with the help of AI.

This poem entitled "You Left Us With a Smile," is about Maude and A.L.'s son Glenn Anson Cook who died at age 12 after a knee injury turned into blood poisoning. Maude wrote, "What a void he left in our home! His father called him “Sweet boy,” and he was that and much more. We felt we could not live without him. As he was dying, the lightning flashed vividly and the thunder shook the very earth. It rained and rained from the time he died until after he was buried."

Let us know if you enjoy this rendition and we can share more of her poems-turned-to-songs with you.


The Polygamy bill of 1862 was the first warning the government would ultimately demand the end of polygamy, even though ...
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.

[1864] Phineas was about to make a third attempt to build a gristmill at Bear Lake, but he was in for another surprise. ...
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.

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