Biographical Sketch of Mordecai M. Cooke, 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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Mordecai M. Cooke, justice of the peace, P. O. Aullville, born in Warren
county, Kentucky, March 27, 1817.  Was bred on a farm and educated in the
common schools of Kentucky.  At the age of 17 he embarked in the dry good
business at Bowling Green, Ky.  At the age of 27 he left Kentucky and 
came to this county, where he lived for 18 months and then went to John-
son county and continued in the same occupation for a year and a half,
located at Columbus.  From there he went to Waverly and followed the same
business for two years.  In 1850 Mr. Cooke erected a building and put in
a stock of goods at a point on the stage line between Georgetown and 
Lexington, about two and one-half miles west of where Concordia now 
stands, which has since been known as Cooke's store.  In the same year a
postoffice was established there and Mr. Cooke was appointed postmaster.
After a residence of 17 years at this place, he sold out to Mr. Kane,
and went to Elmwood, Saline county, from which place he came to this 
county, locating in Aullville, where he now resides, engaged in fulfill-
ing the duties of justice of the peace for Freedom township, vice James
H. Bowers, resigned.  In 1853 he was married to Mrs. C. Davis, a native
of North Carolina, and daughter of David Mock.  One child was born to 
them; now deceased.

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