| PHOTOGRAPHS and DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE STEWART'S | |||||||||
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| Showers of Blessing church song book given to James Samuel Cook of Bates, Arkansas by his cousin W.N. Stewart that lived in Akins, Oklahoma at the time. James's mother was Susan Stewart and possibly W.N.'s father was Susan's brother James T. Stewart. W.N. Stewart could have been Winsor Stewart | This little song book was given to James O. Cook, Jr., a grandson of James S. Cook, by his Aunt Iva Cook Plummer in about 1972. When James O. Cook, Jr. and his cousin Donna Cook Freeman started trying to trace ancestors it was the writing inside the front cover that gave the clue to who and where to start on finding the Stewarts. | ||||||||
| Song Book Title Page | |||||||||
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| The Title page: | |||||||||
| Showers of Blessing; | |||||||||
| A BOOK OF NEW SONGS, SUITABLE FOR ALL RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS. THE CENTRAL MUSIC COMPANY HARTFORD, ARK. Price Per Copy, 30c; Per Doz., $3.00; Per 100, $20.00 Copyright, 1906 by The Central Music Co. |
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| Song Book Fly Page | Song Book Page 93 | ||||||||
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| Writing on Fly Page on inside front cover - James Cook Mr. James Cook, Bates Ark Written by your Cousin W.N. Stewart of Akins, Okla. 93 (page number ?) 82 (page number ?) |
Page 93 - A Christmas song entitled "Christmas Song". It seems that since the page numbers for two Christmas songs were written on this page that the book was given as a Christmas present. | ||||||||
Who or when the James Cook in purple was written is not known. It could have been written by William Stewart! |
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| Song Book Page 82 | |||||||||
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| Page 82 - Another Christmas song - | |||||||||
| Christmas-Tide Hymn | |||||||||
| Note: the composer of the lyrics for this song was a person by the name of A.J. Cook. Whether that person was any relation to James Cook is doubtful. | |||||||||
| The Central Music Companies building in Hartford, Arkansas is now The Central Music Restaurant. | |||||||||