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Surname: Cook, Johnson
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History of Rush County Indiana
Brant& Fuller
Chicago
1888
Page771 and 772
Surnames mentioned in this biography are: Cook, Johnson,
ROBERT B. COOK was born in Union Township, April 16, 1848. His parents
were
James and Nancy Cook, old and honored residents of Union Township. His
boyhood and
youth were spent up on his father's farm, one-half mile west of Glenwood.
He received a
good common school education, but adopted farming as his life business.
On October 17,
1871,he chose for his wife Frances D. Johnston, daughter of Atwell and
Larinda
Johnston, who were old residents of Richland Township, where Mrs. Cook
was born in
1850.To this union were born three daughters: Laura, Attic M. and Fannie
Ball, all of
whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Cook are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Politically,he is a staunch Democrat. In the spring of 1885, he was elected
to the office
of Township Trustee, which position he now holds. He has carefully managed
the affairs
of the township, and takes great interest in the schools. Mr. Cook owns
a comfortable
home near Glenwood, near where he was born and reared. He is an upright
and
industrious man.