- JAMES C. COOK, station agent C & N.W. R.R., Footville
Depot; P.O. Footville; born Nov.
- 26, 1853, in Plymouth Township, Rock Co., Wis., and lived
with his parents on the farm till 1868, then worked for Mr. EDGERTON.
In 1869, was appointed station clerk, and in 1871, station agent
at Footville depot; also American Express agent. He owns a large
warehouse, in which he stores grain for shipment to market.
He also buys live stock for the same purpose, and deals in lumber.
He owns sixty acres of land in Secs. 3 and 5, of which he rents
forty acres, and reserves the other twenty for pasture for his
horses and stock. Married Miss Mary H. PARMLEY, of Center Township,
Sept. 14, 1873, and has one child - Jessie, born July 12, 1877.
They are members of the Disciples' Church.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 873.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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