Cook, James

COOK

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Date: 7/5/2021 at 01:14:44

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.726

COOK, JAMES, farmer, Greenfield Township, Sec. 33; P. O. Spring Hill; born in North Carolina in 1821, and was raised there till 21 years of age; he then when to Tennessee and learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed throughout nearly all the Southern States, and was entirely unsettled as to a permanent home until he came to this county, in 1855; when he engaged in his present occupation. He married in this county, Miss E. Bishop, a native of Indiana, in 1861; they have seven children: Cyntha A., Mary a., Alexander N., Jno. W., Ollie, Jennie and James; he owns a farm of 109 acres.