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JACOB M. COOK, manufacturer, Mt. Oreb. Amos Cook, father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania, and, when a young man, learned the trade of wagon-making, which he followed until he was perhaps forty years of age. He married Anna Mathews, by whom he had ten children, six of whom, are now living — William T., Samuel M., Ann E., Jane, Jacob N. and Hannah L. They came to Clermont County, Ohio, about 1829, where they remained eleven years; then came to Clark Township, Brown County, where they remained a short time, when they returned to Clermont County, where they remained until his decease, in 1842. His widow survived him until 1872. Our subject was born in January, 1831, in Clermont County, and received a common school education. In 1875, he went to Tennessee, and for four years was engaged in the lumber business; he then returned to Green Township, Brown County, and at present is engaged in the manufacturing line, making chair material, hames and shingles, as well as sawing all kinds of lumber. His place of business is in the western portion of Green Township. Politically, he is a Republican; he is the owner of 450 acres of land.