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Author: Warner, Beers & Co.

S. H. COOK, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born Angust 8, 1845, in Wyandot County,
this State, and is the son of James B. and Hannah (Corwin) Cook, natives of
Pennsylvania, the former of English, the latter of Scotch and Irish descent. His
paternal grandparents were Soloman and Hester (Brice) Cook. The subject of this
sketch was educated in a log school house in Wyandot County, and chose farming
for his occupation. Fifteen years ago he came to this county, which he has since
made his home. He was married, October 24, 1867, to Mary N. Kneisley, born April
4, 1849, in this county, the daughter of John and Susan (McClain) Kneisley,
natives of Muskingum County, Ohio, the former a descendant of the Pennsylvania
Dutch, the latter of Irish parentage. This union resulted in seven children,
viz., William G., born April 3, 1869; Jessie K., born February 12, 1871, died
April 21, 1871; John J., born March 3, 1872; Lizzie D., born July 22, 1875, Cora
E., born May 10, 1877, died August 31, 1878; Harvey, born January 31, 1879; and
May M., born July 17, 1881. Mrs. Cook is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Mr. Cook enlisted in December 1861, in the Seventy-second Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, Company D, under Capt. Andrew Nuhfer, and Gen. Buckland, Fremont,
Ohio, and was discharged June 22, 1865. He participated in the following
battles: Shiloh, April 6 and 7, 1862; Raymond, Miss.; Jackson, Miss.; the siege
and capture of Pittsburgh; the seige and capture of Jackson. Miss.; Clinton,
Miss., and was also in numerous skirmishes. He re-enlisted in December, 1863, in
the same regiment, was captured and for nine months was a prisoner in the
Andersonville Prison, at Florence, and Wilmington, N. C., and was paroled at
Goldsboro. Mr. Cook has a relic of the war in the shape of a tin pan in which he
did his cooking during his imprisonment. Mr. Cook has filled the position of
Trustee of the township, Supervisor, President of the Board of Education, Census
Enumerator for 1880, and School Director. In politics, he is a Republican and is
one of the prominent, useful men of Dudley Township. Mr. Cook has been a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church ever since he was fourteen years of age, and
has filled all the offices of the church with honor and ability, and was elected
a lay delegate to represent Larue charge, Delaware District, in the Electoral
Conference of Laymen, held at Findlay, Ohio, September 21, 1883. He was elected
Master of the subordinate grange to which he belonged four years in succession.

Additional Comments:
Dudley Township

Excerpt from

"The History of Hardin County, Ohio"
           containing
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES,
 SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY
   RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT
         MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY;
             HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS
                  MATTERS, ETC., ETC.

              CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO.
                          1883

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