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Lester Lavinus Cook

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Lester Lavinus Cook

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
3 Oct 1938 (aged 76)
Thompsonville, Benzie County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Buckley, Wexford County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
Old North, Range 17, Lot 1, Grave 4
Memorial ID
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Lester was the son of Pleman Cook and Margaret Hower. He had 7 brothers and 2 sisters. The family moved from Trumbull Co, OH to Leighton Twp, Allegan Co, MI in the 1860s. Lester's mother died in 1874. His father remarried Alice Spears and they had six children. Sometime after 1880 Lester moved to Wexford County, MI. He married Ella Jane Brighty on 21 Apr 1886 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse, MI. They had 6 girls:
Mamie Grace (b. abt 1887, m. John Paddock on 25 Dec 1911, d. 15 June 1936);
Ella G. (b. abt 1883, m. Lester L. Cask;
Gladys V. (b. 15 Aug 1895, m. Warren L. Adams on 19 Aug 1915, d. Apr 1975;
Mildred A. (b. 1897, m. William S. March on 15 Nov 1921 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse, MI;
Florence L. (b. 28 June 1899, d. 18 Aug 1902;
Lola (b. 24 Aug 1906, m. Fern Royal Haas on 12 Nov 1923, m. 2nd Elton B. Bigger on 4 June 1932 in Grant Twp, Grand Traverse, MI, d. Feb 1969;
Ella died in 1920 and Lester died in 1938.
Lester was the son of Pleman Cook and Margaret Hower. He had 7 brothers and 2 sisters. The family moved from Trumbull Co, OH to Leighton Twp, Allegan Co, MI in the 1860s. Lester's mother died in 1874. His father remarried Alice Spears and they had six children. Sometime after 1880 Lester moved to Wexford County, MI. He married Ella Jane Brighty on 21 Apr 1886 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse, MI. They had 6 girls:
Mamie Grace (b. abt 1887, m. John Paddock on 25 Dec 1911, d. 15 June 1936);
Ella G. (b. abt 1883, m. Lester L. Cask;
Gladys V. (b. 15 Aug 1895, m. Warren L. Adams on 19 Aug 1915, d. Apr 1975;
Mildred A. (b. 1897, m. William S. March on 15 Nov 1921 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse, MI;
Florence L. (b. 28 June 1899, d. 18 Aug 1902;
Lola (b. 24 Aug 1906, m. Fern Royal Haas on 12 Nov 1923, m. 2nd Elton B. Bigger on 4 June 1932 in Grant Twp, Grand Traverse, MI, d. Feb 1969;
Ella died in 1920 and Lester died in 1938.


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