Jane was returning to Stockbridge, Calumet, Wisconsin from a visit with relatives in Canada, with her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Cook, and her son, 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, at his own expense, 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. Her body was never recovered.
Jane was returning to Stockbridge, Calumet, Wisconsin from a visit with relatives in Canada, with her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Cook, and her son, 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, at his own expense, 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. Her body was never recovered.
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