Carrie Cook

Carrie Cook (née Knowles; 5 February 1876 – 31 May 1986) was a verified American supercentenarian. She was born as Carrie Dyer Knowles in Provincetown, Massachusetts 5 February 1876 as the daughter of George and Georgia Dyer Knowles. Her father was the owner of a whaling fleet in Provincetown, called the Knowles Wharf. One of the boats was named after Carrie. The whaler Carrie D. Knowles also became famous due to it having disappeared with crew and everything during a whaling trip in 1904.

Carrie Knowles married her husband Irving Cook in Provincetown, Massachusetts 14 June 1899. The couple would have four children together, all of which were alive at the time of Carrie's passing.

Later in life Carrie Cook would participate in several interviews regarding her father, the Knowles Wharf and the mysterious disappearance of her namesake. Carrie Cook passed away in Barnstable, Massachusetts 31 May 1986, aged 110 years and 115 days.