Family Search ID LC31-D3K

Eve Dunn was born on January 5, 1800, in New York. She had four sons and five daughters with Jacob Cook between 1821 and 1840. She died on April 15, 1872, in York, Michigan, at the age of 72, and was buried in Saline, Michigan. She is buried in Cook Cemetery in Saline, MI.

Her gravestone photo is on this website: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53998245/eve-cook

1. 1800 – Eve Dunn born
2. Early 1820s – Marries Jacob Cook.
3. 1830s – The family moves west to Michigan during the opening of settlement in Washtenaw County.
4. 1831–1842 – Participates with other pioneer Presbyterian families in organizing the church at Saline.
5. 1844 – Jacob dies at age 43.
6. 1872 – Eve dies in Michigan.

Husband: Jacob Cook (1800–1844)

Jacob Cook was an important early settler and public official:

• Supervisor of York Township, 1838–1839.
• Member of the Michigan House of Representatives in 1841.
• One of the pioneer families in the Saline area.

Biographical Sketch

Eve Dunn Cook (1800–1872) was one of the pioneer women who helped establish the Presbyterian community of Saline, Michigan. Alongside her husband, Jacob Cook, an early legislator and township supervisor, she participated in the settlement of York Township during Michigan’s territorial years. Worshiping first in homes and schools and later in the First Presbyterian Church, Eve witnessed the transformation of the frontier into a thriving village. Widowed in 1844, she spent nearly three decades preserving her family and faith in the community she had helped build.