Hunsaker Cemetery ~ Mary Jane Cook ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Cook, Mary Jane
LAST: Cook FIRST: Mary MID: Jane
GENDER: F MAIDEN NAME: Edgar TITLE: 
BORN: 19 Oct 1836 DIED: 26 Mar 1903 BURIED: 
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Indiana
DEATH PLACE: 
NOTES: 

Name of father Moses Edgar
Maiden name of mother Susan Markey
Spouse – Francis Marion Cook 
1850 OR TERRITORY CENSUS - Mary Edgar, age 14, b. Iowa, is enumerated with Moses Edgar, age 44, b. Virginia, and Susan, age 37, b. Virginia, along with George, age 11, b. Iowa, Leonard, age 10, b. Iowa, David, age 8, b. Iowa, Jasper, age 6, b. Iowa, Eliza, age 4, b. Iowa, Maria, age 2, b. Oregon Territory, and Elma, age 1, b. Oregon Territory.
MARRIAGE – “Marion Francis Cook & Mary Jane Edgar, m 9 Sep 1857; Thomas H. Pearne, M.G. Wit: Hugh Harrison & W.V. Smith #311 pg 90”. 
1860 OR CENSUS - M. J. Cook, age 23, b. Iowa, is enumerated with F. M., male, age 21, occupation farmer, b. Misouri, and M.E., female, age 2, b. Oregon. They are enumerated in the home of J. [I?] Cook, age 67, occupation farmer, b. Virginia, and S., female, age 60, b. N. Carolina.
1870 OR CENSUS - Mary Cook, age 33, b. Indiana, is enumerated with F. M. Cook, age 30, occupation farmer, b. Missouri, along with Martha E., age 12, b. Oregon, Isaac N., age 9, b. Oregon, Francis M., age 4,b. Oregon, and Nellie D., age 3 months, b. Oregon.
1900 OR CENSUS - Marie [Mary] J. Cook, age 63, mother of 6, b. Oct 1836 in Indiana, is enumerated with her husband of 42 years, Frank, age 61, occupation farmer, b. Mar 1839 in Missouri, along with Charles Edgar, identified as a boarder, age 9, b. Jun 1890 in Oregon.

DISCREPANCY - 1850 Census gives place of birth as Iowa, 1870 and 1900 give place of birth as Indiana.

OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 
Mary Jane
Wife of
F.M. Cook
Died
Mar. 26, 1903
Aged
66 Y’s 5 M’s 7 D’s
SOURCES: 
J. Hunsaker
Bates Survey
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1850 OR TERRITORY CENSUS (Marion Co., FA #207) 
Marion Co., Oregon Marriage Records, 1849-1871, Vol. I, pg 18 
1860 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Sublimity, FA #2959)
1870 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Lincoln, FA #1735)
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Turner, ED 141, sheet 7B)
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