Oregon Pioneer

4. The family of Beckwith Cook and
Mary Polly Pettingill Rice Cook
Source: Iowa Census Records
1850 Burr Ridge, Cedar County,

OUR GRANDCHILDREN
Nancy Rice (33) & Mansfield Cook (38)
Nancy is my daughter and Mansfield is Beckwith’s son
Chloe 1841 9
Martha 1844 6
Osmer 1847 3
Mary 1850 under 1
**Horace - 1852 Provo, Utah

Mary Rice (30) & Joel (Jeb) Cook (35)
Mary is my daughter and Jeb is Beckwith’s son
Alvira 1840 10
Lucy 1843 7
Mercy 1847 3

MY GRANDCHILDREN

My son Cyrenius Rice (27) & wife Nancy (27)
They stayed in Iowa
Jane Lane 1843 7 Nancy’s daughter
Louisa 1847 3
John 1849 1

My daughter Lucinda Rice (25) & husband Linus Bushnell (35)
Martin 1844 6
William 1846 4
Thankful 1847 3
Henry 1850 under 1
**Alva - April 30, 1852 Provo, Utah

My daughter Ruth Rice and her husband Alfred Collver
Mary 1846 (died 1849)
Henrietta 1847 3
Ansel 1850 under 1
**Adelia - Jan. 17, 1852 Provo, Utah

My Son Horace Rice (21) and his wife Eliza Bolton (20)
George 1850 under 1


BECKWITH’S GRANDCHILDREN

Beckwith’s daughter Sophia Cook (22) & husband
Henry Smith (26)
Freeman March 14, 1850 under 1 yr
**Candace: September 23, 1851, Provo, Utah

Beckwith’s daughter Harriet Cook (19) & husband
Abraham Cutlip (25)
Leonard 1950 under 1 yr


Older children on the wagon train
Alvira Cook 10 William Bushnell 4
Chloe Cook 9 Thankful Bushnell ३
Lucy Cook 7 Osmer Cook 3
Martin Bushnell 6 Mercy Cook 3
Martha Cook 6 Henrietta Collver 3

Six babies under 1 year on the wagon train
Leonard Cutlip Freeman Smith
Mary Cook Henry Bushnell
Ansel Culver George Rice

Babies born on the trail
Candace Smith
Alva Bushnell
Adelia Collver
Horace Cook