Cook, J. C.

COOK, WING

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COOK, J. C.
He is of German parentage and was born in Tiffin, OH, 26 Dec., 1846. While a boy he attended district school. When about 17 taught in the common schools around Tiffin, and attended Heidelberg College in that place. He began to read law in the office of Lee & Brewer, finishing in 1867. In the same year he settled in Newton. He probably has a larger practice than any other attorney his age at the Iowa bar. He married Miss Roxana WING 1 Jul 1869, they have one child, Mabel, aged about 4 and a half years. In 1875 he began criminal practice, defending Scott HIBLER and R. W. KING on a murder charge. Both were acquitted. He is now retained for the defense in two murder cases in Marion County. He prosecuted Brantley MCLEAN for murder, who was convicted. In 1876 he was nominated for Attorney General of the State on the Democratic ticket, which he won. Was chairman of the Democratic Convention in 1877. He is tall and commanding, and most genial in manners. ~ "Newton Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)