http://www.circusfireEdward Parsons Cook of 202 East Street, Southampton, Massachusetts, was born February 26, 1938 in Northampton, Massachussetts, son of Southampton native Mildred Corinthia (Parsons) and Winsted Connecticut-born Wesley Wells Cook. He was found seriously burned next to his mother at the circus grounds after the fire on July 6 and was admitted to Muncipal Hospital. Despite supportive treatment, he died the next day with his aunt Emily (Parsons) Gill by his side. He leaves his mother Mildred, 38, who would remain in a coma until August and hospitalized until late November for treatment of her injuries from the fire, and brother Donald, 9, who attended the circus but escaped relatively unscathed, and his father, Wesley, 45, who was estranged from the family. Edward's sister Eleanor, 6, was also presumed to have died, although her body was not identified at the time. In 1991 it was declared that unidentified body #1565 was Eleanor. Edward was buried at Center Cemetery in Southampton.1944.com/cook-edward.html
http://www.circusfireEdward Parsons Cook of 202 East Street, Southampton, Massachusetts, was born February 26, 1938 in Northampton, Massachussetts, son of Southampton native Mildred Corinthia (Parsons) and Winsted Connecticut-born Wesley Wells Cook. He was found seriously burned next to his mother at the circus grounds after the fire on July 6 and was admitted to Muncipal Hospital. Despite supportive treatment, he died the next day with his aunt Emily (Parsons) Gill by his side. He leaves his mother Mildred, 38, who would remain in a coma until August and hospitalized until late November for treatment of her injuries from the fire, and brother Donald, 9, who attended the circus but escaped relatively unscathed, and his father, Wesley, 45, who was estranged from the family. Edward's sister Eleanor, 6, was also presumed to have died, although her body was not identified at the time. In 1991 it was declared that unidentified body #1565 was Eleanor. Edward was buried at Center Cemetery in Southampton.1944.com/cook-edward.html
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Victim of the Hartford Connecticut Circus Fire
