Hugo H. Cook Biography


	This biography appears on pages 220 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				HUGO H. COOK.  

	Hugo H. Cook, a successful and enterprising young representative 
of financial interests in Turner county, has since 1911 been cashier of 
the Marion Bank, of which his twin brother, Herman H., is the 
president. His birth occurred in Cedar county, Iowa, on the 24th of 
April, 1884, his parents being Fritz and Sophie Cook, of German 
lineage. The father, who was formerly engaged in business as an 
agriculturist and hotel proprietor, is now living retired.  

	Hugo H. Cook attended the public schools in the acquirement of an 
education and assisted his father in the operation of the home place 
until he started out as an agriculturist on his own account, 
successfully carrying on farming in Iowa for four years. On the 
expiration of that period he accepted a position as assistant cashier 
of the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Verdon, South Dakota, remaining in 
that capacity for a year and a half, while subsequent, he served as 
vice president of the Bank of Bowdle for fifteen months. In 1911 he 
came to Marion as cashier of the Marion Bank, which had been purchased 
by Herman H. Cook and which has since steadily prospered under the able 
management and direction of the twin brothers. Hugo H. Cook enjoys an 
enviable reputation as a capable and popular official of the 
institution and his efforts have contributed in no small degree to its 
success. He has likewise built up a profitable business in real estate, 
insurance and farm loans and is the owner of considerable real estate 
in South Dakota.  

	On the 14th of February, 1906, Mr. Cook was united in marriage to 
Miss Vera Walter, by whom he has one child, Darline C. He exercises his 
right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the democracy 
and has been active in local and state politics, being widely 
recognized as a most public-spirited and progressive citizen who takes 
a helpful interest in the public welfare. His religious faith is that 
of the Lutheran church, while fraternally he is identified with the 
Knights of Pythias at Sunbury, Iowa, and Parker Lodge, A. F. & A. M. 
His personal characteristics render him popular with many friends and 
he is much esteemed in social and business circles of the community.