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The following was taken from "The Glorious Masterworks of Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City, Missouri, by Randal J. Loy,Copyright 2017 Randal J. Loy and Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral." Rosalie Elvira Barlow Cook's (1838-1887), parents were the English Presbyterian missionary, Joseph Barlow (1787-1858), and his wife Phebe Howell Philips (1808-1892) a native of New Jersey. They were married on March 5, 1833, in Trenton, New Jersey. The Reverend Barlow was born in Manchester England in April of 1787, and immigrated to America in 1819. Rosalie was the third of six children, five daughters and then a son, born to Reverend and Mrs. Barlow. With his wife, Reverend Barlow founded a church in Scranton, Pennsylvania, now known as the Providence United Presbyterian Church, which he had led from 1846 until 1856. He died when his house caught fire under mysterious circumstances on May 1858, in Abington Pennsylvania near Scranton. The rest of the family escaped the inferno unharmed. Born in Salem Wayne County Pennsylvania on June 5,1838, Rosalie Barlow took the course of religious studies at the Presbyterian Academy in New Jersey in 1853, when she was fifteen years old. After graduation she remained there as a music teacher. After several years at the Academy, Rosalie took a similar position in a school established by her eldest daughter in Great Bend, Pennsylvania. Later she joined the faculty of an academy in Somerville New Jersey to teach music. After a brief period in Summerville, she returned to Scranton. In May of 1865 she met Mr. Cook in Scranton. John Cook and Rosalie Barlow were married on September 7, 1865. They moved to Missouri later that year and settled in Kingston. The couple took up residence in Kansas City in 1869 and both Mr. and Mrs. Cook were confirmed at Grace Church on May 18, 1879. While Mrs was "eminently fitted" for a social career, she shunned that in favor of "tireless ministry to the poor and the afflicted. She was admitted at Grace Church for her fervent piety and for her selfless dedication in administering mercy to the sick. It is most ironic that she suffered a long and painful illness before her own death. Rosalie Elvira Barlow Cook died on March 14, 1887. She was buried in Elmwood Cemetery. (From "The Glorious Masterworks of Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City MI 2017 by Randal J. Loy) |
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Link to Front Page & Family Members' Names, pg 00 Link to John Darwin Shepard Cook, (08) Pg 08a |