Harry G. Cook, Deputy U. S. Marshal
Harry G. Cook, State Resident 65 Years, Dies
December 8, 1948—Harry George “Teen” Cook, 79 who first came to Oklahoma in 1883, died Tuesday morning in the home of his daughter Mrs. Leonard C. Williams, 123 NE 14, after an illness of two weeks. Cook’s home was in Pawhuska.
A resident of Oklahoma when it was Indian Territory, Cook took part in all the land openings in the state. His autobiography, “Boomer-Sooner,” was published in 1939. In it he discussed life in the new country.
Born in Yolo County, California he settled near Healdton when he first came to Oklahoma 65 years ago. In 1887 he moved to Purcell where he lived before moving to Norman. He has resided in Pawhuska 35 yeas and operated a real estate business there before his illness.
While in Norman he was a deputy U. S. Marshal. He was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge and the ‘89er club.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bertha Haydon Cook, Pawhuska; three daughters, Mrs. Williams; Mrs. Jesse J. Worten, and Mrs. Hazel Hunter, both of Pawhuska; a son, Harry G., who lives on the Phillips Petroleum Co. lease on El Reno; two sisters, Mrs. Belle Dillard, 421 N. Broadway, and Mrs. Bird Price, Childress, Texas; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Marie Nelson, Vallejo, California; Mrs. Oralane Pope, California; and Mrs. Lorena Gamble, Biloxi, Mississippi, and a step son, Donald Ballew, 2205 NE 22.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Johnson funeral home, Pawhuska, with burial in Pawhuska .cemetery
Hugh T. "Jack" Cummings, U. S. Marshalh
Veteran Peace Officer Dies; Funeral Today
March 17, 1955--The Oklahoman--Masonic services for Hugh T. "Jack" Cummings, 71 veteran peace officer and retired city constable, will be at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Smith & Kernke funeral home, with interment in Memorial Park cemetery. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage Tuesday in an Oklahoma City hospital.
Cummings held a variety of offices in state and city law enforcement agencies. In 1921 he was a U. S. Marshal for western Oklahoma, and later served on the city police force for three years. He was one-time night chief of police in Seminole, and from 1929 to 1931 worked for the Oklahoma County highway patrol.
Cummings was elected city constable here in 1932 and re-joined the police department here in 1936 for three years. Through election and appointment, he was constable here from 1939 until 1949 when he resigned to become a deputy sheriff under Newt Burns.
A native of Curdsville, KY., Cummings came to Oklahoma in 1919. He was a Spanish-American war veteran, and a past commander of Theodore Roosevelt camp No. 1 here.
A member of the United Church, he was also a 32nd degree Mason, a Shriner, and a member of the Scottish Rites lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Lena, of the home; one sister, Mrs. Allen Davis, Herrin, Illinois; and three brothers, M. L. Cummings, 407 N Walnut; Everett Cummings, Marion, Illinois; and George Cummings, Peoria, Illinois.