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John L. Cook, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Crawford County, Mo., in 1857. His grandfather, David Cook, was born in Middle Tennessee in 180l, being of German descent, and married Rhoda Hawk, a native of the same section, who was of Welsh extraction; in 1853 they moved to Dent County, Mo., where they spent their last days. David Cook was a farmer by occupation, though he served for many years as magistrate and several terms as county judge; he died in 1857 and his widow in 1861. Of their four children but one is living, Christopher C., who was born in Wayne County, Tenn., in 1828, and in 1848 married Margaret Sinclair, a native of Lincoln County, N. C., born in 1828; her father, John Sinclair, was a native of Ireland, and her mother, Resign Henry, was a native of North Carolina, of Irish descent. Christopher Cook and wife moved to Dent County with David Cook, and some three years later moved to Crawford County, where they still reside. During the war Christopher served in the Confederate army, first as a private in Company F, Fifth Missouri Cavalry, and later raised and became captain of Company F, Freeman's Regiment. Of his six children only one, John L., may be said to be permanently identified with Crawford County, where he was born, reared and received the greater part of his education, finishing his scholastic training in the Salem Academy. In 1886 he married Mary E., daughter of Lorenzo G. and Caroline E. (Barber) Gentry, born respectively in Alabama and North Carolina, but now residents of Texas County, Mo., where Mary E. was born in 1860. This union has been blessed with one son, John D. Politically, the family presents an unbroken line of Democrats. Religiously, Mrs. Christopher Cook is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and her husband of the Baptist Church. Mrs. John L. Cook belongs to the Christian Church.