Lucy M. Cooke papers, 1945-1960 (scattered dates).

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Lucy M. Cooke papers, 1945-1960 (scattered dates).

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Letter of son Robert E. Cooke, May 4, 1945, describing the bombing of a hospital in Antwerp where he was a patient; reminiscences concerning her older son's experiences in World War I; and collected historical notes about Jesse James and George Custer.

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Cooke, Lucy M., 1870-

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Resident of Lapeer, Michigan. From the description of Lucy M. Cooke papers, 1945-1960 (scattered dates). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422354 ...

James, Jesse, 1847-1882

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Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876

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Custer's paternal ancestors, Paulus and Gertrude Küster, came to the North American English colonies around 1693 from the Rhineland in Germany, probably among thousands of Palatines whose passage was arranged by the English government to gain settlers in New York and Pennsylvania. According to family letters, Custer was named after George Armstrong, a minister, in his devout mother's hope that her son might join the clergy. Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, to Emanuel Henry Custer (1806...