Cooke, Amos Starr, 1816-1895.
Amos Starr Cooke was born in Maine on January 8, 1816. After attending a meeting at which Rev. Jason Lee was lecturing, he was inspired to emigrate to Oregon. In 1839, Cooke and a group of 19 others set out for the region. He eventually took out a land claim in Yamhill County and married Mary Francis Scott at Lafayette, Oregon. Cooke was a Methodist layman with close ties to the Methodist missions. Amos Starr Cooke died on Feburary 3, 1895.
From the description of Letters, 1840-1844. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 32812328
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| creatorOf | Cooke, Amos Starr, 1816-1895. Letters, 1840-1844. | Oregon Historical Society Research Library |
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| correspondedWith | Babcock, Ira Leonard, 1806-1888 | person |
| correspondedWith | Cooke, Mary Francis | person |
| correspondedWith | Judson, Lewis Hubbell, 1809-1880 | person |
| associatedWith | Methodist Episcopal Church | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Raymond, William W. | person |
| associatedWith | Shepard, Cyrus, 1798-1840. | person |
| correspondedWith | Waller, Alvan F., b. 1808 | person |
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