By Muriel Bristol | July 14, 2024
Joseph Cook was born in Milton, in 1809, son of Jeremiah and Hannah (Wentworth) Cook. (His father signed the Rochester Division Petition, in 1802; recommended that Lt. Jotham Nute be appointed justice, in 1805; and signed the Milton Anti-Division Remonstrance, in 1820).
Jeremiah Cook headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Hannah (Wentworth) Cook], one male aged 20-29 years [Joseph Cook], one male aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, and one male aged 10-14 years. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Hiram Cook and Timo Brewster.
Joseph Cook married (1st), circa 1834, Rebecca L. Ricker. She was born in Rochester, NH, December 10, 1816, daughter of Charles and Mary (Lord) Ricker. (Her father served in the War of 1812; signed the Milton Anti-Division Remonstrance, in 1820; was one of the nine incorporators of the Milton Social Library, in 1822; and headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).
(The children of Joseph and Rebecca L. (Ricker) Cook were Frances Jane Cook (1835-1921), Mary Ann Cook (1837-1904), Martin Van Buren Cook (1838-1891), and Joseph Winslow Cook (1841-1847)).
Daughter Frances J. Cook was born in Milton, October 22, 1835.
The Milton Selectmen of 1836 were J.M. Twombly, Jas. Berry, and Jos. Cook.
Joseph Cook received an initial five-year appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, May 19, 1836.
The Milton Selectmen of 1837 were Jas. Berry, Jos. Cook, and J.H. Varney.
Daughter Mary Ann Cook was born in Milton, April 13, 1837.
Son Martin Van Buren Cook was born in Milton, November 16, 1838. He was a namesake for the eighth U.S. President, Martin Van Buren, who held that office between 1837 and 1841. Joseph Cook was presumably an admirer and likely a Democrat.
Jeremiah Cook headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 60-69 years [himself], one female aged 60-69 years [Hannah (Wentworth) Cook], one male aged 30-39 years [Joseph Cook], one female aged 20-29 years [Rebecca L. (Ricker) Cook], one male aged 10-14 years, two females aged under-5 years [Mary A. Cook and Frances J. Cook], and one male aged under-5 years [Martin V.B. Cook]. Three members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Nathaniel Burnham and Hopley Varney.
Son Joseph Winslow Cook was born in Milton, February 3, 1841.
Joseph Cook received a renewal five-year appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, May 17, 1841.
Rebecca L. (Ricker) Cook died in Milton, April 24, 1843, aged twenty-six years, five months, and fourteen days.
Joseph Cook married (2nd) in Milton, December 28, 1843, Lydia Blaisdell, both of Milton. Rev. Jacob Davis performed the ceremony. She was born in Lebanon, ME, May 1, 1807, daughter of Enoch Jr. and Olive (Nason) Blaisdell. (Her birth date has been calculated from her age at death).
Mother Hannah (Wentworth) Cook died in Milton, November 29, 1845, aged sixty-nine years.
Joseph Cook received a five-year renewal appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, May 15, 1846.
Son Joseph Winslow Cook died in Milton, August 25, 1847, aged six years, two months. He was “accidently shot dead by his uncle” (Wentworth, 1878). (His paternal uncles were William W. Cook (1798-1874), Hiram Cook (1810-1873), Elias S. Cook (1815-1868), and Ezra T. Cook (1817-1897)).
The Milton Selectmen of 1848 were Asa Jewett, Jos. Cook, and Jos. Mathes. The Milton Selectmen of 1849 were Jos. Mathes, C.C. Hayes, and Jos. Cook.
Joseph Cook, a farmer, aged forty-one years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Lydia [(Blaisdell)] Cook, aged forty-two years (b. NH), Jeremiah Cook, a farmer, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), Frances J. Cook, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Mary Cook, aged thirteen years (b. NH), and Martin V.B. Cook, aged eleven years (b. NH). Joseph Cook had real estate valued at $3,000. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Samuel W. Pinkham, a farmer, aged forty-one years (b. NH), and Hopley Varney, a farmer, aged fifty-eight years (b, NH).
Joseph Cook received a five-year renewal appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, May 17, 1851.
Father Jeremiah Cook died of heart disease in Milton, December 1, 1851, aged seventy-seven years.
Father-in-law Enoch Blaisdell, Jr., died in Lebanon, ME, September 21, 1852, aged seventy-eight years.
Joseph Cook received a five-year renewal appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, May 17, 1854. (This renewal came early, after the lapse of only three years).
Daughter Frances J. Cook married in Milton, December 15, 1858, Simon Wentworth, she of Milton, and he of Rochester, NH. She was aged twenty-three years, and he was a farmer, aged thirty-five years. Rev. James Doldt performed the ceremony. He was born in Rochester, NH, October 13, 1823, son of Beard and Sarah (Roberts) Wentworth.
In his boyhood Simon Wentworth attended the public schools of Milton, where he was well drilled in the elementary branches. Between the school sessions he obtained a practical knowledge of agriculture under the instruction of his parents. Since coming into possession of the ancestral acres, he has carried on general farming, lumbering and dairying with signal success. Having acquired more land by purchase, he is now the owner of four hundred acres lying in Rochester, Milton, and Lebanon. In 1853 he was appointed depot master at Hayes Crossing, a position which he still holds. He was also Postmaster at North Rochester for twenty years (Biographical Review, 1897).
Joseph Cook received a five-year renewal appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, June 17, 1859.
Joseph Cook was an incorporator of the First Christian Society of Milton, when the NH Legislature authorized it in June 1860. (This was the Christian Church of which Daniel B. Goodwin (1811-1888) would be the Elder).
CHAPTER 2429. AN ACT to incorporate the First Christian Society in Milton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
SECTION 1. That Ichabod H. Wentworth, Joseph Cook, Isaac C. Young, Jonathan Howe, and Joseph Goodwin, and other proprietors and pew-holders in the Union Christian Chapel in Milton, their associates, successors, and assigns, be, and are hereby incorporated and made a body politic and corporate, under the name of the First Christian Society in Milton, with all the powers and privileges necessary and proper for effecting the object of their incorporation, and are authorized to ordain and establish such by-laws and regulations not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State, as they may think proper, for the election and government of the officers and members, and the management of the property of said society.
SEC. 2. Said society may take, hold, and possess by purchase, gift, devise, or otherwise, any real and personal property to the amount of three thousand dollars, the major part whereof being now invested in the meeting-house now occupied by the First Christian Society (so called) in Milton, with the land upon which the same is situated, for the purpose of maintaining a house of public worship, and other buildings connected therewith, and for the support of public worship therein. … (NH Secretary of State, 1860).
Joseph Cook, a farmer, aged fifty-one years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Lydia [(Blaisdell)] Cook, aged fifty-three years (b. NH), M.V.B. Cook, a farmer, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), M.A. Cook, aged twenty-three years (b. NH), and Joseph Kenney, a farm laborer, aged twenty-one years (b. NH). Joseph Cook had real estate valued at $6,000 and personal estate valued at $3,000. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Henry Varney, a farmer, aged thirty years (b, NH), and Stephen Twombly, a farmer, aged fifty-seven years (b. NH).
Beard Wentworth, a farmer, aged sixty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Rochester (“Farmington P.O.”), NH, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Simon Wentworth, a farmer, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), Frances J. [(Cook)] Wentworth, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), Sarah A. Wentworth, aged eighteen years (b. NH), and Parker Lord, aged thirteen years (b. MA). Beard Wentworth had real estate valued at $3,500 and personal estate valued at $500.
The Milton Selectmen of 1861 were Jos. Plumer, M.W. Shapleigh, and Jos. Cook. The Milton Selectmen of 1862 were Jos. Cook, Geo. Lyman, and J.N. Witham.
Joseph Cook received a five-year renewal appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, July 2, 1866. (This renewal came late, after the elapse of seven years).
Justices. Milton. Charles Jones, Luther Hayes, Elbridge W. Fox, Joseph Plumer, Ebenezer Wentworth, Ezra H. Twombly, Joseph Mathes, Charles A. Cloutman, Asa Jewett, Elias S. Cook, Joseph Cook, Robert Mathes, Eli Fernald, Asa Jewett, Daniel S. Burley, Ira C. Varney, George Lyman, George W. Peavey (Briggs & Co., 1868).
Brother Elias S. Cook died of consumption in Milton, April 6, 1868. He was a married farmer.
Joseph Cook, a farmer, aged sixty-one years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Lydia Cook, keeping house, aged sixty-three years (b. ME), Mary A Cook, a teacher, aged thirty-two years (b. NH), Martin V.B. Cook, a farm laborer, aged thirty years (b. NH). Joseph Cook had real estate valued at $5,000 and personal estate valued at $1,765. Martin V.B. Cook had real estate valued at $800 and personal estate valued at $300. Their household was enumerated between those of James H. Varney, a farmer, aged forty years (b. NH) and Stephen Twombly, a farmer, aged sixty-six years (b. NH).
Simon Wentworth, a farmer, aged forty-six years (b. NH), headed a Rochester (“Gonic P.O.”), NH, household at the time of the Eighth (1870) Federal Census. his household included Frances [(Cook)] Wentworth, keeping house, aged thirty-eight years (b. NH), Elmer E. Wentworth, at home, aged nine years (b. NH), and Walter Wentworth, at home, aged seven years (b. NH). Beard Wentworth had real estate valued at $2,500 and personal estate valued at $800.
Son Martin V.B. Cook married in Wakefield, NH, December 27, 1870, Lizzie S. “Sarah” Sanborn, he of Milton and she of Acton, ME. He was a farmer, aged thirty-two years, and she was aged thirty-two years. Rev. Nathaniel Barker performed the ceremony. She was born in Acton, ME, September 11, 1838, daughter of Luther and Abigail (Berry) Sanborn.
Joseph Cook received a five-year renewal appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, July 12, 1871.
Brother Hiram Cook died of dropsy in Milton, September 16, 1873, aged sixty-three years, eleven months. He was married. Brother William W. Cook died of dropsy in Milton, July 7, 1874, aged seventy-five years, eight months. He was married.
Joseph Cook received a renewal appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, June 20, 1876.
MILTON. Justices. Luther Hayes, C.H. Looney, E.W. Fox, State; Joseph Mathes, Joseph Cook, George Lyman, G.W. Peavey, J.S. Hersey, J.N. Sims, B.B. Plummer, B.P. Roberts (Tower, 1876).
Joseph Cook received his last five-year renewal appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, April 10, 1877. (This renewal came early, after the lapse of only ten months).
Joseph Cook, a farmer, aged seventy-one years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Lydia Cook, keeping house, aged seventy-three years (b. ME), his son, Martin V.B. Cook, a farmer (b. NH), aged forty-one years, his daughter-in-law, Sarah E. [(Sanborn)] Cook, keeping house, aged forty-one years (b. ME), and his granddaughter, Bertha Cook, aged three years (b. NH). Their household was enumerated between those of James H. Varney, a farmer, aged fifty years (b. NH), and Deborah Pike, keeping house, aged seventy-nine years (b. NH).
George F. Richardson, a station agent, aged forty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Mary A. [(Donnell)] Richardson, millinery store, aged thirty-five years (b. ME), his servant, Mary A. Cook, a housekeeper, aged thirty-seven [forty-seven] years (b. NH), and his boarders, James E. Tebbetts, retail hardware, aged twenty-four years (b. ME), and Charles L. Tebbetts, retail hardware, aged twenty-one years (b. ME). They resided on Wakefield Street.
Simon Wentworth, a farmer, aged fifty-six years (b. NH), headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Frances J. [(Cook)] Wentworth, keeping house, aged forty-five years (b. NH), his sons, Elmer E. Wentworth, clerk in store, aged nineteen years (b. NH), Walter S. Wentworth, at home, aged seventeen years (b. NH), and Fred B. Wentworth, at home, aged fifteen years (b. NH), and his boarder, Joseph M. Noyes, at home, aged sixty-three years (b. MA).
Joseph Cook of Milton made his last will, September 12, 1881. He devised to his beloved wife, Lydia Cook, all his household goods, bedsteads, bedding, and other furniture. He devised $5 to his daughter, Frances J. Wentworth, wife of Simon Wentworth of Rochester, He devised $200 to his daughter, Mary Ann Cook of Milton. He devised all his lands in Milton to his son, Martin V.B. Cook of Milton, provided “he shall support, on all the said premises, my said wife, Lydia Cook, during her natural life, in a manner suitable to her condition, kindly providing for her wants in sickness and in health, this to be in lien and in full satisfaction of all her rights of dower and homestead in said premises.” He named his son, Martin V.B. Cook, as executor. Lewis R. Wiggin, George A. Eastman, and Harry C. Waldron signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 105:534).
Lydia (Blaisdell) Cook died of congestion of the lungs in Milton, October 28, 1890, aged eighty-three years, five months, and twenty-seven days. She was a married housekeeper.
DIED. In Farmington, Oct. 29, Lydia Cook, aged 83 years, 5 months and 27 days (Farmington News, October 31, 1890).
Son Martin V.B. Cook died of Bright’s Disease in Milton, December 21, 1891, aged fifty-three years, and one month. J.E. Scruton, M.D., of Union, [Wakefield,] NH, signed the death certificate.
MILTON. Joseph Cook is improving (Farmington News, January 22, 1892).
Joseph Cook of Milton of necessity made a codicil to his 1881 last will, January 22, 1892. He acknowledged the decease of his son and designated executor, Martin V.B. Cook, and redirected his share to his daughter-in-law, Sarah E. Cook, and to his granddaughter, Bertha Cook, who were the widow and daughter of Martin V.B. Cook. He named Charles C. Hayes of Milton to be replacement executor. Ira A. Cook, Moses Sanborn, and Thomas J. Horne signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 105:536).
MILTON. Mr. Joseph Cook had a granite slab taken to the Pride shop and lettered for himself and wives and it will be placed in the family burial lot (Farmington News, June 17, 1892).
Joseph Cook died of cystitis in Milton, August 13, 1892, aged eighty-three years, two months. He was a widowed farmer. John P. Elkins, M.D., signed the death certificate.
LOCALS. Joseph Cook of West Milton died last Friday at his home (Farmington News, August 19, 1892).
The last will of Joseph Cook and its codicil were proved in a Strafford County Probate Court held in Farmington, NH, August 16, 1892 (Strafford County Probate, 105:538).
Brother Ezra T. Cook died of pneumonia in Bethlehem, NH, February 9, 1897, aged seventy-nine years, eleven months. He was a married farmer. G.F. Abbott, M.D. signed the death certificate.
WEST MILTON. The M.V.B Cook place is said to have been sold to Mr. Kimball and spring work is being done there (Farmington News, May 20, 1898).
WEST MILTON. Messrs. Downing, Emery and Curtis are cutting wood on the M.V.B. Cook place (Farmington News, March 24, 1899).
Daughter Mary Ann Cook of Rochester, NH, made her last will, July 18, 1899. She devised all her worldly goods to her sister, Frances J. Wentworth of Rochester, NH, whom she also named as executor. Chas A. Buck, Eugene L. Hutchins, and John L. Copp signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 121:150).
Simon Wentworth, a farmer, aged seventy-six years (b. NH), headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of forty years), Frances [(Cook)] Wentworth, aged sixty-four years (b. NH), his son, Walter S. Wentworth, a farm laborer, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), his sister-in-law, Mary A. Cook, a servant, aged sixty-three years (b. NH), his servant, Hosea Sherry, a farm laborer, aged fifty years (b. NH), and his boarders, John Newbury, a station agent, aged twenty-four years, Huntly Spaulding, leatherboard mfg., aged thirty years (b. MA), John H. Dresser, a station agent, aged fifty-three years (b. MA), Rolland Spaulding, leatherboard mfg., aged twenty-seven years (b. MA), Fred B. Braley, a carpenter, aged thirty-one years (b. NH), Seth A. Moulton, a draughtsman, aged twenty-four years (b. MA), and Peter Virgin, a carpenter, aged forty-seven years (b. VT). Simon Wentworth owned their farm, free-and-clear. Frances Wentworth was the mother of three children, of whom three were still living.
(Two of the three Spaulding Brothers, and a draftsman from Ira W. Jones’s office, as well as the two carpenters, were all boarding in the Wentworth home at Hayes Crossing in North Rochester during the construction of the nearby third Spaulding leatherboard mill in North Rochester).
William F. Cutts, a farmer, aged sixty-nine years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his sister-in-law, Sarah E. [(Sanborn)] Cook, a housekeeper, aged sixty-one years (b. ME). William F. Cutts owned their farm, free-and-clear. Their household was enumerated between those of Lincoln Goodwin, a farmer, aged thirty-nine years (b. ME), and Arastus B. Shaw, a carpenter, aged fifty-nine years (b. NH).
MILTON. The buildings of Simon Wentworth of North Rochester, consisting of house and two barns, were destroyed by fire last Thursday night, about midnight. The fire caught from a defective chimney in the ell. The furniture was saved, also the horses, cattle and farming implements. Loss $3000; insured for $1000 (Farmington News, 1904).
Daughter Mary Ann Cook died of apoplexy, i.e., a stroke, in North Rochester, NH, September 17, 1904. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate. Her last will was proved in a Strafford County Probate court held in Dover, NH, November 1, 1904 (Strafford County Probate, 121:151).
UNION. J. Frank Farnham and wife are entertaining their son and his wife of Haverhill, Mass., also Mrs. Farnham’s brother, Charles Cutts with his two daughters, and Mrs. Lizzie Cook of Merrimac, Mass. (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), November 26, 1906).
UNION. Mrs. Lizzie Cook returned to her home in Merrimack last week (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), February 16, 1906).
UNION. Mrs. J. Frank Farnham and Mrs. Lizzie Cook were in Rochester last Friday (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), February 8, 1907).
UNION. Mrs. G. Frank Farnham, Mrs. Myra Adams and Mrs. Lizzie Cook spent a day at York beach recently (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), September 27, 1907).
Son-in-law Simon Wentworth died of acute indigestion on Wakefield Street in North Rochester, NH, December 6, 1907, aged eighty-four years, one month, and twenty-three days. He was a married farmer. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.
RECENT DEATHS. Simon Wentworth. Simon Wentworth one of the oldest citizens and for forty years, till about four years ago, station agent for the Boston & Maine at Hayes, now Rochester, N.H., died Saturday afternoon at his home there, aged 84. He was born in North Rochester and always lived there. In connection with his occupation as station agent, he was engaged in farming and did a prosperous lumber business. In 1861-62 he served as a selectman. He was a member of Humane Lodge of Masons, and a charter member of the Rochester Fair Association. He is survived by his wife and three sons, Walter, of Rochester, Fred B., of Boston, and Elmer E., of Springvale (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), December 13, 1907).
ACTON. Martin V.B. Sanborn and his sister, Mrs. Lizzie Cook, former residents of this place, were here making calls on old friends last week. Mr. Sanborn has not been here for 18 years, and finds many his neighbors have passed to the other shore (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), September 25, 1908).
MILTON MILLS. Mrs. Lizzie Cook, of Union, was a visitor to Miss Mary A. Berry’s last week (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), December 18, 1908).
MILTON MILLS. The officers of Sunrise Rebekah Lodge, I.O.O.F., were installed last Wednesday evening by P.N.G. Hattie M. Fox, assisted by Past Noble Grands Mary Sanborn, Lizzie Cook, Sadie M. Stevens, Alice S. Lewis, P.G.O.C. Titcomb and Forrest Marsh. The officers are as follows: N.G. Mildred T. Marsh; V.G. Marguerite M. Stevens; Sec. Olive A. Horne; Treas. Hattie M. Fox; War. Asenath Longley; Con. Helen G. Fox; I.G. Florence Warnock; O.G. Mary Hawksworth; Chap. Hannah R. Lowe; R.S.N.G. Mary R. Sanborn; L.S.N.G. Annette Page; R.S.V.G. Alice S. Lewis; L.S.V.G. Helen C. Small. After the installation coffee and cake were served (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), January 29, 1909).
WEST MILTON. J. Frank Farnham, wife and daughter Hazel, of Union, accompanied by Mrs. Lizzie Cook, called at the home of Annie Cook last Sunday afternoon. The latter is the widow of the late Martin V.B. Cook (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), November 26, 1909).
Walter S. Wentworth, a farmer, aged forty-six years (b. NH), headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his mother, Frances J. [(Cook)] Wentworth, aged seventy-four years (b. NH). Walter S. Wentworth owned their farm in East Rochester village, free-and-clear. Frances J. Wentworth was the mother of three children, of whom three were still living.
J. Frank Farnham, an excelsior manufacturer, aged fifty years (b. ME), headed a Wakefield (“Union Village”) household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Ora E. [(Cutts)] Farnham, aged fifty-one years (b. ME), his daughter, Hazel A. Farnham, aged sixteen years (b. NH), and his boarder, Sarah L. [(Sanborn)] Cook, a widow (own income), aged seventy years (b. NH). Ora E. Farnham was the mother of two children, of whom two were still living. Sarah L. Cook was the mother of three children, of whom none were still living.
UNION. Mrs. Lizzie Cook is visiting friends in Massachusetts (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), December 16, 1910).
Daughter-in-law Lizzie S. “Sarah” (Sanborn) Cook died of interstitial nephritis in Union, Wakefield, NH, June 4, 1914, aged seventy-five years, eight months, and twenty-three days. She had been resident there for twenty years, with her previous residence in neighboring Milton. Charles C. Rogers, M.D., of Farmington, NH, signed the death certificate.
West Milton. The old friends and neighbors of former resident Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Cook were grieved to learn of her death, which occurred at the home of her niece and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Farnum of Union last Thursday morning. Death followed a short illness at the age of 76 years. The deceased was born in Acton, Me., the daughter of Luther and Abbie (Berry) Sanborn. She was the widow of Martin V.B. Cook, whom she survived about twenty-two years. Mrs. Cook passed many years at the old Cook homestead, now owned by C.P. Grace. She was a woman of gentle and motherly kindness, possessed of a Christian character and the attributes of a high and noble purpose. Many among us have reason to remember her by these qualities. Funeral was held from the home last Sunday afternoon, with a large attendance of relatives and friends and a profusion of beautiful floral tributes (Farmington News, June 12, 1914).
Frances J. [(Cook)] Wentworth, aged eighty-three years (b. NH), headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. Her household included her housekeeper, Nellie E. Swain, a housekeeper (private family), aged fifty years (b. MA). Frances J. Wentworth owned their house in the North Rochester District, free-and-clear. Her household appeared in the enumeration next to that of Rolland H. Spaulding, a manufacturer (own mill), aged forty-six years (b. MA).
Daughter Frances J. (Cook) Wentworth died of carcinoma of the scalp (and old age) on Wakefield Street in Rochester, NH, June 7, 1921, aged eighty-five years, seven months, and twelve days. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.
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