Background
Cookson, Walter John was born on April 17, 1876 in Pascoag, Rhode Island, United States. Son of William Henry and Susan (Chappell) Cookson.
Cookson, Walter John was born on April 17, 1876 in Pascoag, Rhode Island, United States. Son of William Henry and Susan (Chappell) Cookson.
Educated Post Business College, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1900-1901. Student Army School, Fort Riley, Kansas, 1910-1912, Army School for Officers, San Antonio, Texas, 1912.
Cookson was elected mayor after serving several years on the School Committee. Only a few months after his election, he collapsed and died of a heart attack in his Cleveland hotel room while attending the 1936 Republican National Convention. Cookson Field, an 18-acre (73,000 m2) park near Worcester"s College of the Holy Cross is named in his honor.
Member Worcester School Committee, 1907-1933 (chairman 1920-1933).
Married Susan Alice Dennison, April. Children: Russell Maynard, Dorothy Louise (Mistress Beaumont J. Kiniry).