HENRY COOK, miner, is a well-known resident of Carroll township, and was born February 29, 1836, and reared in "Old England." His father, George Cook, was a laborer in the old country, and was there married to Annie Humphreys, descended from an old and prominent English family. After his marriage George Cook went to Australia, his family remaining in England. He died in the latter place when about twenty-seven years of age, leaving a widow and two sons, James and Henry, the elder of whom was accidentally killed with a hay-knife. The mother is yet living in her native land, and some years ago was married to Richard Cottle, to whom she has borne several children. Henry Cook remained in England until five years of age, when, after the death of his father, the family left his birthplace and came to Wales. The mother there supported herself and children for one year by binding shoes, and Henry entered the coal mines, where he remained until nineteen years of age. He then returned to Worcestershire, England, and was married October 26, 1857, to Mary Ann, daughter of Thomas Hampton, and some years later moved to Yorkshire, finally emigrating to America in 1863. He first located at Monongahela, Penn., and then sent for his wife, who has borne him the following children: Henry W., George, Samuel (residing at Monongahela), Mary Ann (living in Illinois), Lucy (living at home), Anna, Jane, Elizabeth, Maggie, and Amelia (deceased). Mr. Cook has carefully saved his earnings, which he has invested in a tract of land at Riverview, near Monongahela, having also erected a neat little home near that city. One of his half-brothers is now living in America. In politics he is a stanch member of the Republican party, and holds an honorable place in the esteem of his neighbors, who recognize his sterling worth as a man and citizen.
Text taken from page 736 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).Transcribed January 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project.
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