Born: December 18, 1955 at Memphis, Tennessee

Father: Benjamin Franklin Peel

Mother: Nancy Agnes Turnbull

Married: Amos Cook, 4 Jan 1875 at the Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Utah

Children:

1. Mary Ann Cook, born 1 Oct 1875 at Bountiful; died 8 Nov 1915 at Bountiful

2. Amos Cook, born 29 Jan 1877 at Bountiful

3. Martha Matilda Cook, born 10 Dec 1878 at Bountiful

4. Mark Cook, born 10 Sep 1880 at Bountiful; died 7 Dec 1909 at Layton

5. Louisa Cook, born 14 July 1882 at Bountiful; died 22 Aug 1883 at Bountiful

6. Ella Cook, born 12 Dec 1885 at Bountiful; died 8 Jan 1886 at Bountiful

7. Nellie Cook, born 13 Dec 1885 at Bountiful

8. Myrtle Artisia Cook, born 16 Dec 1887 at Bountiful

9. Clarence Leo Cook, born 29 Sep 1889 at Bountiful; died 1 Dec 1893 at Bountiful

10. Orin Theo Cook, born 9 Sep 1891 at Bountiful

11. Wilda Artulus Cook, born 12 Aug 1893 at Bountiful

12. Elmer Clyde Cook, born 27 May 1895 at Bountiful; died 7 Jun 1914 at Bountiful

13. Ethel Cook, born 18 July 1897 at Bountiful

14. Leone Cook, born 8 Jan 1903 at Bountiful

My ancestors as far back as I have any knowledge of, were all of English decent and belonged to the Church of England. My father and his people were calico printers by trade and were all very hard working people. Mi father was the only one of his family that joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He was converted by the Elders and by reading their tracts.

My mother worked in a factory weaving cloth and was converted to the gospel the same time as my father, as they did not join the church until after they were married. My parents did not attend any schools, the only education that they were able to get was around the fireside.

My parents left England in 1852 and came to America. Three years later I was born in Memphis, Tennessee, living there until I was seven years old. We then journeyed to Utah, arriving there in October 1862. While crossing the plains with ox teams, we had a very hard trip, walking part of the way.

After arriving in Utah, we settled in Bountiful, where I have resided ever since. I was educated in the public schools, going about three months out of the year. I was baptized into the Mormon Church in 1868 by Brother John Stoker and confirmed by Wm. H. Lee the same day.

The only traveling that I have ever done was a five-week visit to California and Arizona. I have always lived in Bountiful and laboring in the work of the Lord has influenced my life most and my greatest aspiration of childhood was to become a wife and mother.

I am the mother of fourteen children, five boys and nine girls, eight of which are living. I have tried to teach them the gospel and my work is now trying to do temple work for the dead.

-from the Genealogical Record of Mary Frances Peel Cook

Note: Mary Frances Peel Cook died 23 April 1937 and was buried at the Bountiful Cemetery.