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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. 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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JAMES COOK, farmer, post office Bakerstown, is a son of William and Ann (Winters) Cook, of England, who came to America in 1834. and settled at Bayardstown. The father afterward moved to East Liberty, and engaged in farming; he died in 1886, at the home of our subject; his wife died in 1835, the mother of two children: Annie, wife of George Wallett, of Berry county, Mich., and James, who was born in England in 1827, came to America with his parents, moved to Richland township in 1845, and has always followed farming. In 1855 he married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth Sanders, of West Deer township, and they have eight children living: Elizabeth, wife of John Mowry, of Butler county; Mary, wife of James Marks, of West Deer township; Rhoda, wife of Charles Turner, of West Deer township; William, of West Deer township, married to Miss Mary Hannah L., daughter of Martha and Thomas Crummey, of Richland township; Annie, Maggie, James and Charles, at home. Mr. Cook and family are members of the M. P. Church of Bakerstown.
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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
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