Tulare County Biographies

I. H. COOK

Transcribed by Jeannie Miyama

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The enterprise of I. H. Cook, well known business man of Cutler, has been crowed 
with success as a result of rightly applied principles.  Integrity, ability and 
a congenial disposition have combined to give him an enviable standing among his 
fellow citizens and he is today recognized as one of the truly representative 
men of his locality.
 
Mr. Cook is a native of the province of New Brunswick, Canada, where he was born 
on the 3d of January, 1869, the son of John and Mary Cook.  While still a lad he 
was left an orphan and was thereafter cared for by an older sister.  Since he 
was twelve years of age he has practically made his own way and that he has 
succeeded shows that he possessed the right sort of principles.  He early 
learned the carpenter�s trade, which vocation he followed in Massachusetts and 
Connecticut, mainly in Worcester, Hartford and New Haven.  In 1906 he came to 
California with his sister, locating first in Los Angeles, but a few years later 
he went to San Jose.  In 1915 Mr. Cook came to Cutler and at once went to work 
to establish himself permanently.  He engaged in the feed business and also did 
hauling and transfer work.  He prospered in his operations and has improved his 
equipment from time to time until now he owns four big trucks, with which he 
makes a specialty of heavy hauling.  During the years since he has lived here he 
has also done considerable carpenter work.  He has built and owns eight stores 
under one roof, two of the stores being occupied by himself and the others being 
for rent.  The building, which is two stories high, has a frontage of two 
hundred feet and is built of rock, bead and tuck faced walls and concrete 
floors.  These stores are nicely located and convenient in size and arrangement.
 
Mr. Cook is also the owner of a gas filling station here and is a stock holder 
in the Bank of Cutler.  He is an active member of the Chamber of Commerce and 
contributes in every possible way to the advancement of the city�s best 
interests.  He was married to Miss Rachel Bowers, who was born and reared in San 
Jose, California.
 
History of Tulare County and Kings County, California � Kathleen Edwards Small & 
J. Larry Smith, Vol. I, Chicago, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926, Page 
489