Hope Eternal

Milton Marion Cook My great-great-grandfather, Milton Marion Cook, was a Methodist circuit rider; he was born on July 28, 1877 in Mason City, Iowa, and he grew up on a farm with his parents--James Milton Cook and Emily Cornelia Damon--and five older sisters: Martha Louise, Ella Rosina, Fannie Lucina, Florence Ellen and Hattie Ethel. Milton [...]

The Scamps

This week's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks theme is "So Far Away," and I've decided to write about the adventures and travels of my Uncle Bud, my Aunt Iva and my Aunt Blanche--also known as "The Scamps." "This will be a feeble attempt to write a partial life history of Milton Cook and Mollie Bond [...]