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Name
Earl A. Cookingham   #14186
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 Sex
M
 Family Line
JO1700
Born
abt 1898
 Place
 Source
Died
22 Apr 1955
 Place
Pine Plains, Dutchess, New York
Source
     approx. age 57


Buried

Father
Charles DeWitt Cookingham 1874-1954   #14181
Mother
Mary A. Van Benschoten 1873-1958    #14180

Spouse
Mary Budai -   #14202
 Date
 Place
 Source
  1  Marion Cookingham
  2  Marie Cookingham 1932
  3  Blanche Cookingham 1933

Spouse 2
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Spouse 3
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Funeral services were conducted Sunday for Earl A. Cookingham, 57, Pine Plains resident, who died Friday of self-inflicted gun shot wounds. The services were held at the Peck and Peck Funeral home, Pine Plains at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Harlan Scott, minister of the Pine Plains Methodist church, officiated. Burial was in the Stanfordville cemetery. Mr. Cookingham had been a resident of Pine Plains for a number of years, and was emplyed by the H. J. Smith Market. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Charles Cookingham, Pine Plains two daughters, Mrs. Donald Scott and Mrs. Larry Galambos, Poughkeepsie a sister Mrs. Ida Hoffman, Pine Plains three brothers, Russell Cookingham, Long Island City, Bevin Cookingham, Amenia and Harold Cookingham, Pulvers Corners, and three grandchildren, Donna Marie and Dolores Mary Scott and Larry Joseph Galambos. Mr. Cookingham had been reported missing when he did not return to his work on Tuesday. State troopers had been notified. John L. Bosch discovered the body near the Sportmen's Club, West Church St. Friday about 1 p.m. and notifed Pine Plains Constable Simmons. Mr. Bosch had gone to the clubhouse to get a ladder belonging to him. Mr. Cookingham probably took his life Thursday night.
The Register-Herald April 28, 1955


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                                  | Platt V. Cookingham  1841       | 
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| Charles DeWitt Cookingham 1874  |
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|                                 | Antoinette Preston 1844         |
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|- Earl A. Cookingham   
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|                                                                   | William Van Benschoten  1814 
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|                                 | Arthur W. Van Benschoten  1843  |   
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|                                 |                                 | Ann Unknown 1820 
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| Mary A. Van Benschoten 1873     |
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                                  |                                 | William Henry Finger 1818 
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                                  | Emaline Finger 1849             |
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                                                                    | Susannah Johnson 1822

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