1900 S. 12th St. 

160 S. 15th St. 

1190 Oak 

180 S. 12th St. Apt. 6 

615 S. 12th St. 

1620 Ferry Apt. 3 

Clinton Cook was born 11 Nov 1906 in Seligman, Missouri to Marion J. and Sarah J. Cook. He was one of twelve children born into a large farming family.  

By 1920, the Cook family had moved to Walnut, Arkansas. Thirteen-year-old Clinton lived on the family farm, where his father, now 63, still worked the land. Clinton completed his education up to the eighth grade, the highest level he achieved. 

On May 21, 1927, Clint married Lena Morrison of Glade, Arkansas. He was 22 years old, and Lena was 19. By 1930, Clinton lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and worked as a laborer in a crude oil refinery while taking care of his 66-year-old mother.  

In 1935, Clint moved to Salem, Oregon, where he found employment at the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill in the weaving department. He started work on April 28, 1935.  

By 1940, Clint still worked as a weaver and lived with fellow millworkers, the Robert Seamster family at 2048 Center St. He was divorced and earned an income of $912 in 1940, having worked 36 weeks out of the past year according to census data. 

In 1942, on his WWII draft registration card Clint was described as 5’8” tall, weighed 150 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes, and a light complexion. He was 33 years old at the time. Clint enlisted in the U.S. Army on 10 Jun 1943 in Portland, OR and was discharged from Camp Abbott on 31 Dec 1943 for a medical issue. 

By 1950, Clint lived in an apartment at 180 S. 13th St. in Salem close to the woolen mill where he worked 40 hours a week. He left the mill in 1959 after it closed. He remained in Salem until 1963 according to city directories. 

Clinton Cook passed away on 10 April 1989 in Rogers, Arkansas at the age of 82. He was buried in Pratt Cemetery in Garfield, Arkansas alongside his parents. 

1936-37  Cook Clinton, weaver, TKWM Co, r 1900 S 12th 

1938-39  Cook Clinton, weaver, TKWM Co, r 2048 Center 

1940-41  Cook Clint, weaver, TKWM Co, r 2048 Center 

1942  Cook Clint, weaver, TKWM Co, r 160 S 15th 

1945  Cook Clint, weaver, TKWM Co, r 1190 Oak 

1947  Cook Clint, weaver, TKWM Co, h 180 S 12th apt 6 

1949  Cook Clint, weaver, TKWM Co, h 180 S 12th apt 6 

1951  Cook Clinton, weaver, TKWM Co, h 180 S 12th 

1953-54  Cook Clint, weaver, Thos Kay Woolen Mill, r 1190 Oak 

1955  Cook Clint, weaver, Thos Kay Woolen Mill, h 615 S 12th 

1957  Cook Clent [sic], weaver, Kay Woolen Mill, h 1620 Ferry apt 3 

1959  Cook Clint, weaver, Thos Kay Woolen Mills, h 1620 Ferry St apt 3 

1960  Cook Clint, h 1620 Ferry SE apt 7 

1962  Cook, Clint, h 1620 Ferry SE apt 7 

1920  Clint Cook. Age: 13. Birth Year: abt 1907 in Missouri. Home in 1920: Walnut, Benton, Arkansas. Single, son to HOH. Additional household members: Marion G. Cook, age 63 (father), Sarah J. Cook, age 56 (mother), Thomas O. Cook, age 22 (brother), Ray G. Cook, age 21 (brother), Bert A. Cook, age 15 (brother), Mary E. Cook, age 10 (sister). 

1930  Clint Cook. Age: 23. Birth Year: abt 1907 in Missouri. Home in 1930: 2023 S. Olympia, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Single, son to HOH. Occupation: Laborer in Producing and Refining Co. Additional household member: Sarah J. Cook, age 66 (mother). 

1940  Clint Cook. Age: 33. Birth Year: abt 1907 in Missouri. Home in 1940: 2048 Center St. Salem, Marion, OR. Divorced, lodger to HOH. Inferred residence in 1935: Salem, Marion, OR. Occupation: Weaver in Woolen Mill. Listed as lodger in the home of Robert and Anna Seamster, fellow millworkers. 

1950  Clint Cook. Age 43. Birth Date: abt 1908 in Missouri. Home in 1950: 180 S. 13th St. Apt. 8. Divorced, HOH. Occupation: Weaver in Woolen Mill industry. No additional household members. 

M3 1966-001-001     Fingerprint Records, WWII Millworkers 

M3 1992-008-0003  Photo