LaBlanche Houston and John Percival Cook
JOHN PERCIVAL COOK was born April 8, 1876 in Oscoda, Iosca, Michigan,6718, 456 and died June 30, 1962 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma.6718 He is buried in Okmulgee Cemetery, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.456, 6718
He married LABLANCHE HOUSTON on August 19, 1903 in Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma,2330, 4738 daughter of MARTHA ALICE SELECTMAN and LAWRENCE NILE HOUSTON. She was born in August, 1881 in Concordia, Cloud, Kansas,6719 and died March 12, 1966 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma.456, 6719 She is buried in Okmulgee Cemetery, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.456, 6719
Children of LABLANCHE HOUSTON and JOHN PERCIVAL COOK:
- DELOS LAWTON COOK, b. December 9, 1909, Seattle, King, Washington;8454 m. (1) BETTIE MILDRED LAW on November 25, 1938 in Central Presbyterian Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma6924, m. (2) LALIAH EVELYN COULTER; d. June 7, 2002.56
Delos
Personal Information
- John Percival Cook and LaBlanche Houston were members of the Epworth Methodist Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma. 6718
Education
- LaBlanche Houston graduated from Fairmount College, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas in 1902.4738, 12156
Work History
Clubs and Associations
John P. Cook
LaBlanche Houston
Marriage Announcements and News
Enid Daily Morning News, August 20, 19034738
COOK-HOUSTON NUPTIALS
A Very Pleasing, Brilliant and Happy Wedding at the Home of the Bride's Parents
Flower and Fern Decorations
Sixty Friends and Relatives Witness the Ceremony. The Bride and Groom off on a Wedding Tour.
The solemn ceremony that bound Mr. John P. Cook and Miss LaBlanch Houston in the bonds of matrimony occurred at the pleasant and roomy home of the bride's parents, Broadway East Hill, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 1903, at 5 p. m. the Rev M. Porter officiating in a very pleasant manner.
The ceremony was witnessed by about sixty people being many of the friends and school mates of the highly respected couple.
After a ceremony and congratulations a bountiful luncheon was served, after which nearly the entire company followed the happy pair to the Rock Island depot where they took the evening train bound for Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak and Manitou. Bushels of rice was showered on Mr. and Mrs. Cook and many old slippers flew around and nearly all the jokes played on such occasions were not neglected in the case of these loved ones. The groom was tagged as usual; the tag rad "I have just been married." Mr. and Mrs. Cook will tarry in the mountains until Sep. 15, when they will return to Enid and take up married life's burdens in their own new cosy home on the corner of West Cherokee and 13th streets.
This wedding was one of the most beautiful and pleasing, to the guests, that has ever been solemnized in this city. The Houston home was handsomely as well as ingeniously decorated with natural flowers and ferns, their colors representing pink and white as much as possible. This work was done by the many young lady friends of the charming bride under the skillful guidance of the bride and her mother.
The wedding march was headed by little Miss Viola Patrick, who carried a beautiful American Beauty rose in full bloom.
The bridesmaid was Miss Hattie Sewal, of Wichita, a college chum of the bride. She was dressed in an elegant pink silk gown and looked quite pretty, standing by the side of the bride, dressed in white silk.
The groomsman was Mr. A. A. Stratford, a close friend of the groom. Both gentlemen were in full black wedding custom dress.
The Misses Hazel Houston, sister of the bride, May Cook, Vernie Stickels and May Goltry appeared in real good form and dress as ribbon maids. Misses Minnie Holcomb and Birdie McKenzie presided at the "prapa," and the ice cold beverage they ladled out was sweet and refreshing.
The bride and groom were the recipients of hundreds of beautiful, valuable and useful presents from the guests and friends not all present.
Mr. John Cook and Miss Blanche Houston both grew to womanhood in Enid, both being children when they came here. Both of these people who have linked their lives number the friends with the breadth of the acquaintance.
Both have lived exemplary, usefull industrious and christian lives, possessing the confidence and respect of the people of Enid. By his industry and steady application to business and business principles the groom John P. Cook arose from an errand boy to the cashier of the American State Bank, in a few years, spending a year in a commercial college, from which he graduated about one year ago. Being a young man his business career has just begun. The bride Miss Houston, like her husband always had an ambition to learn something and be doing something, in other words she longed for a good education. After graduating in the public schools she became infatuated with the idea that she would love to set type. She spent nearly two years in the WAVE office where she became one of the most efficient and carefull compositors ever employed in this office. In the fall of 1899 she became a student of the Fairmont college of Wichita, Kansas, taking a four year course, graduating over a year ago. She was a teacher in the Enid public schools last winter, hence, it will be seen that Mrs. John Cook has always been an industrious girl and will no doubt be a jewel to the young husband she has espoused.
The WAVE joins the friends of Mr. and Mrs. John Cook in congratulations, wishing them many long happy, healthy and prosperous years along the pathway of lifes daily struggle.
Enid Daily Wave, August 20, 19037742
"STOCKINGS SHOWER"
Young Lady Friends of Miss Blanch Houston Give Her A Farewell Entertainment, As A Maiden
On Wednesday evening last the Misses Myrtle Corbitt and Elva McKenzie gave at the home of the latter, a "stocking shower" to Miss Blanch Houston, bride to be. The members of the Alturian Club of young ladies were present. A delicious supper, in four courses, was served and at the close of this a doll trunk was set before Miss Houston, which was found to be full of hosiery in all sizes and colors, each pair being a present from a young lady of the club. Conundrums written on paste board stockings, full of candy, afforded amusement, between courses. During the evening each guest wrote in a book her advice and best wishes to the bride and then drew her picture which was pasted opposite to the good advice. The book was then presented to Miss Houston. Pink and white, the club color was seen in the decoration and refreshments. Those present were: Misses Gertrude Corbitt, Moore, Sherrick, Craemer, Atkins, Smith and Burwell, Mesdames Cromwell, Wood, and Miss Sewall of Wichita.
Newspaper Articles
Wichita Daily Eagle, December 24, 18994739
MISS HOUSTON OF ENID.
Miss Blanche Houston is at home to spend the holidays with her parents. Miss Houston is one of Enid's most popular young ladies who has won her reputation from actual merit and worth. She is a student of Fairmount college, Wichita, and being of a determined spirit, she will graduate with high honors and be prepared for life's duties either as a commercial bookkeeper or in the line of pharmacy. She takes much interest, we are informed, in the study of Latin, Greek and French. The Wave's best wishes is with the subject of this item in all her ambitions, knowing her true worth.
Obituaries
Daily Oklahoman, July 2, 19626718
John P. Cook Dies; Rites Are Tuesday
John P. Cook, 86, who came to Oklahoma in the 1890's, died Saturday at the home, 1325 NW 19. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Guardian Funeral Home, with burial at Okmulgee.
Cook, a native of Osceda, Mich., came here with his parents, settling first in Enid. They later moved to Okmulgee, and he had been an Oklahoma City resident since 1924.
He was in the banking, oil, and later real estate businesses. Cook was a member of Epworth Methodist Church, Elks Lodge and he was a Mason.
Surviving are his wife, Blanche, and a son, Delos L., of the home, and a sister, Mrs. Almeda Iseley, Topeka, Kan.
Daily Oklahoman, March 14, 19666719
Blanche Cook, DAR Officer, Is Dead at 85
Services for Blanche H. Cook, 85, 0f 1325 NW 19, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Guardian Funeral Home, with burial in Okmulgee Cemetery. She died Saturday in an Oklahoma City nursing home. Mrs. Cook was born in Concordia, Kan., and had lived in Enid and Okmulgee before moving to Oklahoma City 1924. She was the widow of John P. Cook, an early-day banker and oilman in Okmulgee, in real estate and insurance in later years.
She was engaged in genealogical research and was active in establishing the DAR room at the Oklahoma State Historical Society. She was a past state regent of the DAR, and a past president of the 20th Century Club. She was a member of the Colonial Dames, AC chapter of PEO, and Epworth Methodist Church.
Survivors include a son, Delos L., of the home, and a brother, H. H. Houston, Tulsa.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| June 7, 19004732 | Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma |
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| April 25, 19104737 | Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma |
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| January 10, 19204111 | Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma |
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| April 18, 19301664 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma |
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| April 4, 19402729 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma |
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