- FRANK C. COOK, the son of Josiah F. and Mary Amanda (KINGSBURY)
COOK, was
- born at Brockport, N.Y., June 28, 1846. His father was a
native of Vermont; his mother, of New York state. His father
having died when Frank was still an infant, he was obliged to
start at an early age to make his own way in the world and began
when scarcely thirteen years old to learn the jeweler's trade,
being apprenticed to an uncle at Brockport, N.Y. About 1861
he came to Janesville, Wis., and found employment with Mr. James
A. WEBB, then the leading jeweler of Janesville. A few years
later, Mr. COOK started for himself, and during the seventies
he built the block on West Milwaukee street, where he conducted
the successful business of a jeweler until December, 1906, when
he retired. Mr. COOK was a director of the Merchants and Mechanics
bank at Janesville. His death occurred at Janesville on June
10, 1907. Though not an ardent politician, Mr. COOK never neglected
his duty as a citizen. His vote was always cast for the Republican
ticket. He was a charter member of the Janesville Lodge of Elks
and also of the Knights of Pythias. He was a member of the Unitarian
church at Janesville, being for many years the treasurer of the
society and one of its trustees. He was genial and kindly in
his disposition, thoroughly upright in all his business relations
and highly respected by all who knew him. He was married April
26, 1868, at Janesville, Wis. to Frances B. ALDEN, who survives
him.
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- Taken from "Rock County, Wisconsin, Vol. II"
by William Fiske Brown, (c)1908, p. 883.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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