About Mary Leggett Cooke
Lived 1852 – 1938 (aged 85–86). Mary Leggett Cooke was an American christian minister.
Mary Leggett Cooke (1852–1938) was an American Unitarian minister. She was a member of the Iowa Sisterhood, a group of women ministers who organized eighteen Unitarian societies in several Midwestern states in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Early life and education Mary Lydia Leggett was born in Cayuga County, New York, (Records differ on whether Cooke was born in Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York or Moravia, Cayuga County, New York.) She continued her studies while traveling to Egypt, Greece, and Italy.
Mary Leggett Cooke died in Brookline, Massachusetts, on August 17, 1938.
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American minister (1851-1938)
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Mary Leggett Cooke was born on 23 April 1852 in Sempronius.
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Mary Leggett Cooke died in 1938.
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Mary Leggett Cooke was a christian minister.
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Mary Leggett Cooke was American.
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