Silas Cook (1887)Silas Cook, county clerk of Gallatin County, was born in White County, Ill., in 1854. He is the son of Charles and Nancy J. (Hedges) Cook, the former of Irish origin, born in 1830 in White county, Ill., and the latter born in 1832 in Ohio. The grandfather, Zachariah Cook, was of White county, and the great-grandfather, John Cook, a native of Virginia, was a pioneer of southern Illinois. Married in 1851, the father bought 200 acres of White county land, and farmed until 1873, when he established a general store in Omaha, Gallatin County. In 1885 he bought his present home of 400 acres. Their six children are: our subject; Lettia A., wife of W. Beasley; Mollia A., wife of Dr. J. L. Harrel; Huldah; John, department clerk, and Lucinda. Besides his common school education our subject graduated in the Evansville (Ind.) Commercial College in 1871. After a partnership with his father at Omaha, in November, 1882, he was elected county clerk and again re-elected in 1886. September 22, 1878, he married Sarilda E., daughter of Benj. and Sallie S. Kinsall, and born in 1856 in Gallatin County. Their three children are Lillie, Eula and Zella. Mr. Cook now owns 422 acres. He is a Democrat politically, a member of the F. & A. M., and both he and his wife belong to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. [1887. History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson Counties, Illinois. Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 532-533.] is maintained by Jon Musgrave. © 1998 You are our 1279 visitor — thanks for stopping by! |