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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Miller County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Joseph E. Cook, attorney, Texarkana, Ark. Mr. Cook, an esteemed member of the legal profession of Texarkana, was born in what is now Nevada County, Ark., on May 30, 1861, and is the son of John and Cornelia (Christopher) Cook, natives respectively of Alabama and Virginia. The father was an attorney by profession and ranked among the noted men of his calling. He was prosecuting attorney at the time of his death, which occurred in 1884. He came to this State when but a boy, and was admitted to the bar at Camden, Ark., just after the war. He served as captain during the late unpleasantness, but was known as Col. Cook. He died in Texarkana in 1882, but the mother is yet living. They were the parents of a large family of children, six of whom survive, Joseph E. being the eldest of the family. The latter was reared at Lewisville and Texarkana, receiving a good education, and subsequently attended the University at Fayetteville, Ark. He graduated at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in the latter part of 1881, and later attended law school at Little Rock, being admitted to the bar in 1883. He then began practicing at Texarkana, where he has built up a large, lucrative practice and is one of the prominent attorneys of the place. He has a very fine library. He was married in 1886 to Miss May Young, and they have two interesting children: Joe E., Jr., and Gilbert. He is a member of the K. of P.

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This family biography is one of 35 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Miller County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Miller County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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