Nationality American Occupation Missionary | Name Sophia Cook | |
Born June 23, 1856 ( 1856-06-23 ) Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, United States of America Died November 23, 1930, Syracuse, New York, United States | ||
Sophia Elizabeth Cooks Amos Zimmerman (born July 23, 1856) was a American missionary.
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Early life
She was born in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, on June 23, 1856 to real estate magnate Christian Cook and Katherine Hey Cook. She was the eldest of five, with two younger sisters, Emma Margaret Cook and Anna Louise Cook; and two younger brothers, Charles C. Cook and George C. Cook. She married the son of her brother's business partner, Charles L. Amos, with whom she had three sons Jacob Amos (1878 - 1880, Charles Louis Amos (1880 - 1955) and John Jacob Amos (1882 - 1890). She was widowed on June 27, 1887. She married Rev. Jeremiah Zimmerman on January 21, 1890.
Career
She was the President of the Woman's Missionary Society of the First English Lutheran Church. She was a generous patron of religious and educational institutions, having given large sums to the Guntur Mission, India, the Deaconess Home in Baltimore, Maryland, the Pastor's Fund of the United Lutheran Church and also the Gettysburg Theological Seminary. She died on November 23, 1930. The terms of her will provided for the establishment of a $50,000 trust fund for the Gettysburg College Library, named the Dr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Zimmerman Fund, in 1931.
She is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse.