HOOK, Albert E. - 1914

HOOK, MORRIS, SMART, ZUCK, HENDRICKSON

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HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914

ALBERT E. HOOK.

Dr. Albert E. Hook, a successful osteopath of Cherokee, has here followed his profession continuously since 1900 and has won an enviable reputation in that connection. His birth occurred near Memphis, Missouri, on the 4th of May, 1857, his parents being James Henry and Sarah (Morris) Hook, both of whom were natives of Kentucky and were born in the years 1826 and 1830 respectively. James H. Hook followed general agricultural pursuits throughout his active business career. Both he and his wife have passed away.

Albert E. Hook, who was eighth in order of birth in a family of sixteen children, acquired his early education in the public schools of his native state and subsequently attended the State Normal School at Kirksville, Missouri. He then took up the profession of teaching and was engaged as an instructor for twentythree years, imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he had acquired. In 1898 he entered the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri, and following his graduation from that institution in 1900, located for practice at Cherokee, Iowa, which has remained the scene of his professional labors to the present time. His practice has steadily grown as he has demonstrated his skill and ability in the line of his chosen calling, and he is widely recognized as an able representative of the profession. In 1905 he pursued a postgraduate course of study in the American School of Osteopathy, and for a period of three years he also read law. He is now serving for the second term as first vice president of the Iowa State Osteopathic Association.

On the 5th of May, 1878, Dr. Hook was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary C. Smart, a daughter of William H. and Catherine (Zuck) Smart, of Green

City, Missouri. They have three children, as follows: Stella M., who is the wife

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of Dr. Glenn Hendrickson, of Prineville, Oregon; Rolla, a practicing physician

of Logan, Iowa; and Hazel, at home.

Dr. Hook gives his political allegiance to the republican party and on that ticket was elected to the office of associate examiner of teachers of Morton county, Kansas. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Christian church, in which he serves as elder, while fraternally he is identified with the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Both he and his wife are widely and favorably known throughout Cherokee, having won the unqualified confidence and regard of all with whom they have come in contact throughout the period of their residence here.