Biographical Sketch of Frederick Cook, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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Frederick Cook, of the firm of Cook & Vogt, hardware, P. O. Concordia;
born in Osage county, Missouri, March 2, 1846.  When he was eight years 
of age he went with his father and family to Wisconsin, where he lived
for seven years, in the meantime acquiring a fair education in the public
schools.  From there he went to Freeport, Illinois, where he resided 
until after the war.  In 1863 he enlisted in Capt. Green's Company, 142nd
Illinois, but was not mustered into the service.  In 1866 he came to
Johnson county, this state, where he lived until 1876.  While residing
there he was married to Miss Stina Frerking, by whom he has three child-
ren: Dora, Frederick, Clara.  In 1876 he moved to this county and settled
in Concordia, and was engaged in general merchandise business for three
years. During the years of '79 and '80 he held the position of postmaster.
In 1881, February, he entered into a partnership with Julius Vogt, in the
hardware and agricultural implement business.  The firm is doing a flour-
ishing business, carrying a stock worth $5,000.  Mr. Cook is a man of
energy and enterprise, and since his residence in the county has contri-
buted largely toward its prosperity.

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