Henry A. Cook, Sr. of Fremont, NH Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915)

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Source: A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
         by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill, 1915

Page 1037

   HENRY A. COOK, Sr., a member of the firm of Cook & True,
grocers, of Fremont, N. H., was; born at Townsend, Mass., May 26,
1857, a son of George A. and Ann Maria (Spaulding) Cook. The father
is a prominent farmer of Groton, Mass. The great grandfather of our
subject, Samuel Cook, served with distinction in the Revolutionary
War, enlisting from Groton, Mass., in which state the immigrant ances-
tors of the family settled when they came to this country from England.
   Henry A. Cook, who was the only child of his parents, lost his
mother when he was only a year old. He began attending district school
at the age of five years, and as soon as he was old enough was put to
work on the farm during the summers. Later, when about sixteen, he
began an apprenticeship to the cooper's trade, at which be worked sub-
sequently until 1895, at which time he went into the grocery business
in Fremont with George W. Ball. At the end of two years be purchased
Mr. Ball's interest and conducted the store alone for a number of years.
In 1910 he was burned out, but rebuilt his store and started again, taking
his son-in-law, H. S. True, as a partner. The firm has a well stocked
store and is doing a prosperous business.
   On June 18,1878, Mr. Cook was united in marriage to Emma M. Dan-
iels, of Brookline, N. H., a daughter of Oscar S. Daniels, a well known
farmer. He and his wife are the parents of three children, as follows:
Lena E:, wife of H. S. True, who has a daughter, Dorothy C., now
thirteen years old; George H., who is married and has four children,
Maxwell W., Austin W., Mahlon A. and Janice B.; and Albert S., who
is single. Mr. Cook is a Republican in politics. He has been town
clerk for the last thirteen years, a member of the school board three
years, and was representative to the legislature in 1909-1910. He belongs
to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has held all the
chairs; also to the Grange, of which he has been steward and treasurer.
His religious affiliations are with the Universalist church.