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Mary Louise Cook
1842 - 1908 (66 years)-
Name Mary Louise Cook Birth 22 Mar 1842 Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York 
Gender Female Death 24 Apr 1908 North Haven, Suffolk County, New York Burial Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York Notes - Mary Louise, widow of Samuel Leek, and daughter of J. Rogers and Temperance Woodruff Cook, was born in Bridgehampton, March 22, 1842, and died of pneumonia in her home at North Haven, Friday, April 24, 1908. The funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were conducted by the pastor, Rev. M. Y. Bovard.
Mrs. Leek was converted in childhood and became an active member of the Presbyterian Church in Bridge Hampton. Upon her marriage with Samuel Leek and their making of a home at North Haven, they joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in this village, which connection was maintained until their decease.
She received a liberal education in the Academies at Southampton and Bridge Hampton; at the latter place graduating with high rank at Prof. Hallock's Institute. For several years thereafter she was an efficient and painstaking teacher in the District Schools in the town.
At the age of eighteen she was called to China by her uncle and spent two most delightful years in the society of English families in the cities of Canton and Shanghai.
Mrs. Leek was endowed with a well poised mind and a patient and lovable nature. To her cultured mind she added the gifts and graces of a spiritual inheritance in Christ, making her home and the home she entered fragrant with blessed associations.
She moved quietly, gently and without noise or display, and the unostentatious refinement of a true cultured woman impressed itself upon those who knew her, securing their respect and affection.
In the training and discipline of the large family she manifested exceptional ability and rare qualities of motherhood.
Three children and four stepchildren survive her and call her "blessed." E.W.
(Sag-Harbor express., April 30, 1908, Page 2)
Person ID I42296 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 30 Jan 2025
Father Jonathan Rogers Cook, b. Apr 1813, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York d. 16 Aug 1903, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York (Age ~ 90 years) Mother Temperance Woodruff, b. 1813, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York d. 22 Nov 1856, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York (Age 43 years) Marriage Abt 1835 Family ID F15319 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Samuel C. Leek, b. 1832, Southampton, Suffolk County, New York d. 30 Jul 1900, Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York (Age 68 years) Marriage Abt 1877 Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York Children 1. Samuel R. Leek, b. Abt 1878, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York d. 1882, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York (Age ~ 4 years)2. Margaret J. Leek, b. Abt 1881, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York d. 1882, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York (Age ~ 1 years)Family ID F15318 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jan 2025
- Mary Louise, widow of Samuel Leek, and daughter of J. Rogers and Temperance Woodruff Cook, was born in Bridgehampton, March 22, 1842, and died of pneumonia in her home at North Haven, Friday, April 24, 1908. The funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were conducted by the pastor, Rev. M. Y. Bovard.
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Birth - 22 Mar 1842 - Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York 
Marriage - Abt 1877 - Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York 
Death - 24 Apr 1908 - North Haven, Suffolk County, New York 
Burial - - Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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