George William Cook Biography


	This biography appears on pages 754-755 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904) and was scanned, 
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	GEORGE WILLIAM COOK, who is the owner of a finely improved farm 
of one hundred and sixty acres, in Grovena township, Moody county, was 
born at Elkader, Clayton county, Iowa, on the 10th of September, 1850, 
being a son of Henry and Mary (Beckman) Cook, the father being a farmer 
by vocation. The subject received a common-school education and 
remained at the parental home until he had attained the age of twenty-
eight years, having devoted his attention to farming up to that time. 
On the 4th of March, 1878, he arrived in Moody county, whither he came 
from his native place, and here he took a homestead claim and forthwith 
began its improvement and cultivation. He has "grown up with the 
country," is a progressive farmer and stock grower and has attained 
success through his indefatigable and well directed efforts. In 
addition to his farming interests he is also identified with the Egan 
Elevator Company and the Egan Lumber Company, of Egan, Moody county, 
which is his post office address. In politics Mr. Cook is staunchly 
arrayed in support of the principles of the People's party, and he was 
elected the first treasurer of Grovena township, where he still 
resides, while he has also served as a member of the board of directors 
of the township. Fraternally, he is identified with the Modern 
Brotherhood of America, and his religious views are in harmony with the 
tenets of the Methodist Episcopal church, which he attends. Mr. Cook 
remains a bachelor, but his home is a center of genial hospitality and 
good cheer, while his friends are in number as his acquaintances.