Elizabeth Ann was returning to Stockbridge, Calumet, Wisconsin from a visit with relatives in Canada, with her mother, Jane McGarvy Cook, and her brother, Jacob Cook. The family had taken passage on a propeller from Collingwood, Ontario, Canada, heading for Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Upon reaching Milwaukee in the night, it was so cloudy and dark that the captain did not think it was safe to land, so continued on to Chicago, Cook, Illinois, where he transferred them to the first boat leaving for Milwaukee. This boat was the steamer the Lady Elgin, which, after being struck by the schooner Augusta, sunk into Lake Michigan in the early hours of September 8, 1860. Elizabeth's body was recovered and is said to have been buried on the family land.
Elizabeth Ann was returning to Stockbridge, Calumet, Wisconsin from a visit with relatives in Canada, with her mother, Jane McGarvy Cook, and her brother, Jacob Cook. The family had taken passage on a propeller from Collingwood, Ontario, Canada, heading for Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Upon reaching Milwaukee in the night, it was so cloudy and dark that the captain did not think it was safe to land, so continued on to Chicago, Cook, Illinois, where he transferred them to the first boat leaving for Milwaukee. This boat was the steamer the Lady Elgin, which, after being struck by the schooner Augusta, sunk into Lake Michigan in the early hours of September 8, 1860. Elizabeth's body was recovered and is said to have been buried on the family land.
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