Amos Cook (1825 - 1905)

Born 15 Mar 1825 in Maine, United States

Died 10 Jul 1905 at age 80 in Dixmont, Penobscot, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Amos was born in 1825 in Maine. (Based on his age at the time of his death - 80 years, 3 months and 25 days - he was born about March 15, 1825.)

In 1850, he was a laborer living on the family farm in Dixmont.^[1] (His mother is listed as "insane".) Three years later he married Amanda Craig, and the 1860 census shows them living in Dixmont with their four young children.^[2] Amos was a farmer with real estate valued at $3000.

They remained in Dixmont throughout their lives. Amos died there in 1905, at the age of 80.^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V3-Q2H : 12 April 2016), Amos Cook in household of Deering Cook, Dixmont, Penobscot, Maine, United States
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDC3-R9Z : 12 December 2017), Amos Cook, 1860.
3. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ3L-1MC : 28 September 2017), Amos Cook, Death 10 Jul 1905
4. ↑ "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-TM8H : 16 March 2018), Amos Cook, 1905