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From: Carolyn Leonard <>
Subject: Re: [INDIAN-CAPTIVES] Cook, Duval, Duvall
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:50:18 -0600
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Ruth there is a wonderful book, if you have not read it you must
find a copy! It is about Mary Jemison, white woman of the Genesee.
There are several but I recommend the one by James E. Seaver, edited
by June Namias. Published by University of OK press in 1992. Seaver
interviewed Mary for three days before her death and wrote the book
back in the 1824. Namias brought the story into modern day language
so it is easy to read.


Best Wishes,
Carolyn
Remember, you have a friend in Oklahoma!
http://homepage.mac.com/carolynleonard



On Oct 31, 2006, at 10:33 PM, Ruth wrote:

> I meant to say, "Roberta." Sorry.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ruth" <>
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> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [INDIAN-CAPTIVES] Cook, Duval, Duvall
>
>
>> Thanks for sharing your story, Robert.
>>
>> Ruth
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Roberta" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:23 PM
>> Subject: [INDIAN-CAPTIVES] Cook, Duval, Duvall
>>
>>
>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>
>>> I am new to this site. I've been researching my family roots.
>>> Your site
>>> Indian-Captives caught my eye because there has been a family
>>> story about one
>>> of my great-grandparents who was said to have been captured.
>>>
>>> The Oral Family History story is that: My Great-Grandmother Mary
>>> A. Cook was
>>> born in Batavia, Genesee County, New York where the Mohawks
>>> lived. She was
>>> 100%
>>> Mohawk. She was captured as a young child by the Chippawa
>>> Indians and taken
>>> to
>>> Minnisota where the Chippawas lived. Then the story continues:
>>> She later
>>> married a man named Charles S. Duval in Deluthe, Rice County,
>>> Minnisota, who
>>> was 1/2 French and 1/2 Chippawa.
>>>
>>> It's been suggested that Mary A. Cook, most likely was adopted.
>>> Somebody had
>>> to take care of her because she was a small child and couldn't
>>> take care of
>>> herself.
>>>
>>> One senerio is that perhaps, Mary was traded for supplies by the
>>> Cheppewa on
>>> their way back to Minnisota. Indian Traders would have been along
>>> that river.
>>>
>>> Mary A. Cook and her husband are buried in Shelton, WA next to
>>> each other.
>>> The
>>> person there informed me that, "If it means anything at all, they
>>> are buried
>>> adjacent to the indian burial site" in the same cemetery. I got
>>> a copy of
>>> her
>>> death certificate. Her parents are listed as Asa Cook and Mary
>>> Ball. Could
>>> these be her adoptive parents? So far, Asa Cook and Mary Ball,
>>> have been
>>> excluded as "Native American Indians" by other decendant
>>> cousins. I'm told
>>> they have "never heard" of any Native American Indian blood.
>>>
>>> What I would like to find out is; was there an indian trader with
>>> the last
>>> name
>>> of Cook? Did these people adopt her? Was her name originally
>>> Mary Cook? How
>>> could I find an adoption record? Where could I find a birth
>>> record if any
>>> exists? All I have to go on is our Family Oral History and a
>>> wedding picture
>>> that I believe is of Charles S. Duval and Mary A. Cook.
>>>
>>> The photo comes from the belongings of a direct relative from
>>> this line who
>>> has
>>> since passed away. It fits the description, the bride is
>>> obviously of Native
>>> American Indian desent and the groom is a Duval man.
>>>
>>> One of my aunts, age 97, who is a granddaughter of Mary A. Cook,
>>> tells me that
>>> the photo is "100% a family Duval man" but couldn't identify the
>>> woman.
>>> (Note: My 97 yr old aunt was born after Mary A. Cook died so
>>> would not have
>>> known her personally. But she had seen a photo of her and wrote
>>> to me years
>>> ago,1984, that Mary sure did show the indian. I still have that
>>> letter. There
>>> are two living grandchildren who claim that Mary A. Cook was
>>> Native American
>>> Indian although the amount isn't 100% agreed upon.)
>>>
>>> The additional information I have is:
>>>
>>> Mary A. Cook b. abt. 1850 in Batavia,Genneses county, NY;
>>> (oral family
>>> history)
>>> d. 5-18-1905 Shelton, Mason county,
>>> WA (on death
>>> certificate)
>>>
>>> Death Certificate: States her birthplace as Hastings,
>>> Minn.
>>> Death Certificate: States her age as 54 years old.
>>>
>>> Married: Oct.18, 1868 Dundas, Rice county, Minnesota (from
>>> marrige
>>> certificate.)
>>> Marriage certificate: States Pennsylvania as her
>>> birthplace.
>>>
>>> So we have 3 different birth places and dates for Mary
>>> A. Cook. We
>>> have: 1850 Batavia, New York; 1851 Hastings, Minnesota; and 1852
>>> Pennslyvania.
>>>
>>> Spouse: Charles S. Duval b. February 10, 1840 NY. (on some
>>> sources it's
>>> Canada.)
>>> d. 1919 Shelton,
>>> Mason County,
>>> WA
>>> (from his death certificate)
>>>
>>> Charles and Mary lived in Minnesota until about 1910 according to
>>> some
>>> reports.
>>>
>>> Charles S. Duval's
>>> Parents:
>>> Mother's name recorded as Elizabeth. No last name given.
>>> (according to death
>>> certificate)
>>> Father's name recorded as Jacob Duval.(according to death
>>> certificate)
>>> On Jacob Duval's pension papers it's noted that he had an alias
>>> Jacob Nullet.
>>>
>>> I hope this information will help someone and maybe we can work
>>> together to
>>> get
>>> past this brick wall. I would appreciate any help I can get on
>>> this.
>>> Thank you. Roberta
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