Edward Everett Cook Biography
source; "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago.
Surnames: Cook, Rowe, Grant, Mitchell, Bruning, Balluff, Dodge.
E. E. Cook needs no introduction to the readers of this volume for he is a representative of one of the old and prominent families of Scott county and even before the admission of the state into the Union the name has figured conspicuously in connection with the legal history of this district. Choosing as his life work the profession which had engaged the attention of his father, he has made steady progress as one of its representatives and is today widely recognized as a learned and able lawyer of Davenport.
E. E. Cook was born in Scott county, August 13, 1843. His father, John Parsons Cook, was a native of Oneida county, New York, born in August, 1817. At the age of nineteen years he came to Scott county with his father and they settled on what was known as the Cook farm, comprising the western portion of the city. In a year or two he prepared for the practice of law by entering the office of his brother Ebenezer Cook, of Davenport, and later he removed to Tipton, Iowa, where he was admitted to the bar in 1842. The same year he married Miss Eliza A. Rowe, of Pleasant Valley, Scott county, and they maintained their home in Tipton until 1851, when he returned to Davenport, where John P. Cook engaged in the practice of law until his death. During his residence here he was elected to congress and represented his district in the thirty-third session of the national law-making body. His early political allegiance was given to the whig party and on its dissolution he joined !
the ranks of the democratic party, with which he labored earnestly through his remaining days. He was long recognized as one of the eminent members of the Davenport bar, gaining distinction in the days when Iowa was a territory. During the pioneer epoch James Grant, G. C. R. Mitchell and John P. Cook had practically a monopoly of the law business in Scott and adjoining counties. Mr. Cook was very alert, determined, energetic and resourceful, qualities which were manifest in his relation to public interests as well as in his chosen life work. He was a fluent speaker, strong and able in debate and logical in argument and his energy and ability carried his firm to the highest pinnacle of legal fame in this section of the state. A few months prior to his death his brother Hon. Ebenezer Cook passed away. They were very devoted and the loss of the brother came as an almost unsupportable blow to John P. Cook, who survived for only a brief period and died on the 17th of April, 1872.
E. E. Cook pursued his education in the schools of Washington D. C., Rochester, Albany and Geneva, New York, and in Griswold College in Davenport, becoming the first student in the collegiate department of that institution. With the lasting example of his father before him to inspire and encourage him and to serve as a standard for professional labor, E. E. Cook entered upon preparation for the bar and was graduated from the Albany law School in May, 1863. He was then admitted to practice by the supreme court of New York and, returning to Davenport, was admitted at the May term of the district court in the same year. He then entered his father's office and on the 1st of January, 1865, became a member of the firm of Cook & Bruning, which connection continued until the death of John P. Cook. In May, 1872, the son E. E. Cook entered into partnership with Judge J. S. Richman as a member of the firm of Cook, Richman & Bruning, in December, 1875, the firm became Coo!
k & Dodge was formed. On the 1st of June, 1909, William Dodge retired from the firm and removed to Salt Lake City, and the name changed to Cook & Balluff. The zeal with which the firm have devoted their energies to the profession, the careful regard evinced for the interests of clients and an assiduous and unrelaxing attention to all the details of their cases have brought them a large business and made them very successful in its conduct.
Mr. Cook has always given stalwart support to the democratic party and is a valued advisor in party councils, but has steadily refused to become a candidate for office although various positions have been proffered him.
Aside from his profession his interest centers in his home and on the 20th of December, 1866, he married ELLEN K DODGE.
They have two sons: R. B., now a practicing lawyer;
and George C., who for a time was a teacher of English literature in the Leland Standford University of California.
Such is the life record of one who now occupies an enviable position in professional circles in Davenport. Few lawyers have made a more lasting impression upon the bar of the state, both for legal ability of a high order and for the individuality of a personal character which impresses itself upon a community. Of a family conspicuous for strong intellects, indomitable courage and energy, he entered upon his career as a lawyer and such has been his natural qualifications that he has overcome all obstacles and written his name upon the keystone of the legal arch.
Transcribed by Laura Rathmann, Thank you.
source; "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago.
Surnames: Cook, Rowe, Grant, Mitchell, Bruning, Balluff, Dodge.
E. E. Cook needs no introduction to the readers of this volume for he is a representative of one of the old and prominent families of Scott county and even before the admission of the state into the Union the name has figured conspicuously in connection with the legal history of this district. Choosing as his life work the profession which had engaged the attention of his father, he has made steady progress as one of its representatives and is today widely recognized as a learned and able lawyer of Davenport.
E. E. Cook was born in Scott county, August 13, 1843. His father, John Parsons Cook, was a native of Oneida county, New York, born in August, 1817. At the age of nineteen years he came to Scott county with his father and they settled on what was known as the Cook farm, comprising the western portion of the city. In a year or two he prepared for the practice of law by entering the office of his brother Ebenezer Cook, of Davenport, and later he removed to Tipton, Iowa, where he was admitted to the bar in 1842. The same year he married Miss Eliza A. Rowe, of Pleasant Valley, Scott county, and they maintained their home in Tipton until 1851, when he returned to Davenport, where John P. Cook engaged in the practice of law until his death. During his residence here he was elected to congress and represented his district in the thirty-third session of the national law-making body. His early political allegiance was given to the whig party and on its dissolution he joined !
the ranks of the democratic party, with which he labored earnestly through his remaining days. He was long recognized as one of the eminent members of the Davenport bar, gaining distinction in the days when Iowa was a territory. During the pioneer epoch James Grant, G. C. R. Mitchell and John P. Cook had practically a monopoly of the law business in Scott and adjoining counties. Mr. Cook was very alert, determined, energetic and resourceful, qualities which were manifest in his relation to public interests as well as in his chosen life work. He was a fluent speaker, strong and able in debate and logical in argument and his energy and ability carried his firm to the highest pinnacle of legal fame in this section of the state. A few months prior to his death his brother Hon. Ebenezer Cook passed away. They were very devoted and the loss of the brother came as an almost unsupportable blow to John P. Cook, who survived for only a brief period and died on the 17th of April, 1872.
E. E. Cook pursued his education in the schools of Washington D. C., Rochester, Albany and Geneva, New York, and in Griswold College in Davenport, becoming the first student in the collegiate department of that institution. With the lasting example of his father before him to inspire and encourage him and to serve as a standard for professional labor, E. E. Cook entered upon preparation for the bar and was graduated from the Albany law School in May, 1863. He was then admitted to practice by the supreme court of New York and, returning to Davenport, was admitted at the May term of the district court in the same year. He then entered his father's office and on the 1st of January, 1865, became a member of the firm of Cook & Bruning, which connection continued until the death of John P. Cook. In May, 1872, the son E. E. Cook entered into partnership with Judge J. S. Richman as a member of the firm of Cook, Richman & Bruning, in December, 1875, the firm became Coo!
k & Dodge was formed. On the 1st of June, 1909, William Dodge retired from the firm and removed to Salt Lake City, and the name changed to Cook & Balluff. The zeal with which the firm have devoted their energies to the profession, the careful regard evinced for the interests of clients and an assiduous and unrelaxing attention to all the details of their cases have brought them a large business and made them very successful in its conduct.
Mr. Cook has always given stalwart support to the democratic party and is a valued advisor in party councils, but has steadily refused to become a candidate for office although various positions have been proffered him.
Aside from his profession his interest centers in his home and on the 20th of December, 1866, he married ELLEN K DODGE.
They have two sons: R. B., now a practicing lawyer;
and George C., who for a time was a teacher of English literature in the Leland Standford University of California.
Such is the life record of one who now occupies an enviable position in professional circles in Davenport. Few lawyers have made a more lasting impression upon the bar of the state, both for legal ability of a high order and for the individuality of a personal character which impresses itself upon a community. Of a family conspicuous for strong intellects, indomitable courage and energy, he entered upon his career as a lawyer and such has been his natural qualifications that he has overcome all obstacles and written his name upon the keystone of the legal arch.
Transcribed by Laura Rathmann, Thank you.
Edward Everett Cook Biography
source; "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago.
Surnames: Cook, Rowe, Grant, Mitchell, Bruning, Balluff, Dodge.
E. E. Cook needs no introduction to the readers of this volume for he is a representative of one of the old and prominent families of Scott county and even before the admission of the state into the Union the name has figured conspicuously in connection with the legal history of this district. Choosing as his life work the profession which had engaged the attention of his father, he has made steady progress as one of its representatives and is today widely recognized as a learned and able lawyer of Davenport.
E. E. Cook was born in Scott county, August 13, 1843. His father, John Parsons Cook, was a native of Oneida county, New York, born in August, 1817. At the age of nineteen years he came to Scott county with his father and they settled on what was known as the Cook farm, comprising the western portion of the city. In a year or two he prepared for the practice of law by entering the office of his brother Ebenezer Cook, of Davenport, and later he removed to Tipton, Iowa, where he was admitted to the bar in 1842. The same year he married Miss Eliza A. Rowe, of Pleasant Valley, Scott county, and they maintained their home in Tipton until 1851, when he returned to Davenport, where John P. Cook engaged in the practice of law until his death. During his residence here he was elected to congress and represented his district in the thirty-third session of the national law-making body. His early political allegiance was given to the whig party and on its dissolution he joined !
the ranks of the democratic party, with which he labored earnestly through his remaining days. He was long recognized as one of the eminent members of the Davenport bar, gaining distinction in the days when Iowa was a territory. During the pioneer epoch James Grant, G. C. R. Mitchell and John P. Cook had practically a monopoly of the law business in Scott and adjoining counties. Mr. Cook was very alert, determined, energetic and resourceful, qualities which were manifest in his relation to public interests as well as in his chosen life work. He was a fluent speaker, strong and able in debate and logical in argument and his energy and ability carried his firm to the highest pinnacle of legal fame in this section of the state. A few months prior to his death his brother Hon. Ebenezer Cook passed away. They were very devoted and the loss of the brother came as an almost unsupportable blow to John P. Cook, who survived for only a brief period and died on the 17th of April, 1872.
E. E. Cook pursued his education in the schools of Washington D. C., Rochester, Albany and Geneva, New York, and in Griswold College in Davenport, becoming the first student in the collegiate department of that institution. With the lasting example of his father before him to inspire and encourage him and to serve as a standard for professional labor, E. E. Cook entered upon preparation for the bar and was graduated from the Albany law School in May, 1863. He was then admitted to practice by the supreme court of New York and, returning to Davenport, was admitted at the May term of the district court in the same year. He then entered his father's office and on the 1st of January, 1865, became a member of the firm of Cook & Bruning, which connection continued until the death of John P. Cook. In May, 1872, the son E. E. Cook entered into partnership with Judge J. S. Richman as a member of the firm of Cook, Richman & Bruning, in December, 1875, the firm became Coo!
k & Dodge was formed. On the 1st of June, 1909, William Dodge retired from the firm and removed to Salt Lake City, and the name changed to Cook & Balluff. The zeal with which the firm have devoted their energies to the profession, the careful regard evinced for the interests of clients and an assiduous and unrelaxing attention to all the details of their cases have brought them a large business and made them very successful in its conduct.
Mr. Cook has always given stalwart support to the democratic party and is a valued advisor in party councils, but has steadily refused to become a candidate for office although various positions have been proffered him.
Aside from his profession his interest centers in his home and on the 20th of December, 1866, he married ELLEN K DODGE.
They have two sons: R. B., now a practicing lawyer;
and George C., who for a time was a teacher of English literature in the Leland Standford University of California.
Such is the life record of one who now occupies an enviable position in professional circles in Davenport. Few lawyers have made a more lasting impression upon the bar of the state, both for legal ability of a high order and for the individuality of a personal character which impresses itself upon a community. Of a family conspicuous for strong intellects, indomitable courage and energy, he entered upon his career as a lawyer and such has been his natural qualifications that he has overcome all obstacles and written his name upon the keystone of the legal arch.
Transcribed by Laura Rathmann, Thank you.
source; "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago.
Surnames: Cook, Rowe, Grant, Mitchell, Bruning, Balluff, Dodge.
E. E. Cook needs no introduction to the readers of this volume for he is a representative of one of the old and prominent families of Scott county and even before the admission of the state into the Union the name has figured conspicuously in connection with the legal history of this district. Choosing as his life work the profession which had engaged the attention of his father, he has made steady progress as one of its representatives and is today widely recognized as a learned and able lawyer of Davenport.
E. E. Cook was born in Scott county, August 13, 1843. His father, John Parsons Cook, was a native of Oneida county, New York, born in August, 1817. At the age of nineteen years he came to Scott county with his father and they settled on what was known as the Cook farm, comprising the western portion of the city. In a year or two he prepared for the practice of law by entering the office of his brother Ebenezer Cook, of Davenport, and later he removed to Tipton, Iowa, where he was admitted to the bar in 1842. The same year he married Miss Eliza A. Rowe, of Pleasant Valley, Scott county, and they maintained their home in Tipton until 1851, when he returned to Davenport, where John P. Cook engaged in the practice of law until his death. During his residence here he was elected to congress and represented his district in the thirty-third session of the national law-making body. His early political allegiance was given to the whig party and on its dissolution he joined !
the ranks of the democratic party, with which he labored earnestly through his remaining days. He was long recognized as one of the eminent members of the Davenport bar, gaining distinction in the days when Iowa was a territory. During the pioneer epoch James Grant, G. C. R. Mitchell and John P. Cook had practically a monopoly of the law business in Scott and adjoining counties. Mr. Cook was very alert, determined, energetic and resourceful, qualities which were manifest in his relation to public interests as well as in his chosen life work. He was a fluent speaker, strong and able in debate and logical in argument and his energy and ability carried his firm to the highest pinnacle of legal fame in this section of the state. A few months prior to his death his brother Hon. Ebenezer Cook passed away. They were very devoted and the loss of the brother came as an almost unsupportable blow to John P. Cook, who survived for only a brief period and died on the 17th of April, 1872.
E. E. Cook pursued his education in the schools of Washington D. C., Rochester, Albany and Geneva, New York, and in Griswold College in Davenport, becoming the first student in the collegiate department of that institution. With the lasting example of his father before him to inspire and encourage him and to serve as a standard for professional labor, E. E. Cook entered upon preparation for the bar and was graduated from the Albany law School in May, 1863. He was then admitted to practice by the supreme court of New York and, returning to Davenport, was admitted at the May term of the district court in the same year. He then entered his father's office and on the 1st of January, 1865, became a member of the firm of Cook & Bruning, which connection continued until the death of John P. Cook. In May, 1872, the son E. E. Cook entered into partnership with Judge J. S. Richman as a member of the firm of Cook, Richman & Bruning, in December, 1875, the firm became Coo!
k & Dodge was formed. On the 1st of June, 1909, William Dodge retired from the firm and removed to Salt Lake City, and the name changed to Cook & Balluff. The zeal with which the firm have devoted their energies to the profession, the careful regard evinced for the interests of clients and an assiduous and unrelaxing attention to all the details of their cases have brought them a large business and made them very successful in its conduct.
Mr. Cook has always given stalwart support to the democratic party and is a valued advisor in party councils, but has steadily refused to become a candidate for office although various positions have been proffered him.
Aside from his profession his interest centers in his home and on the 20th of December, 1866, he married ELLEN K DODGE.
They have two sons: R. B., now a practicing lawyer;
and George C., who for a time was a teacher of English literature in the Leland Standford University of California.
Such is the life record of one who now occupies an enviable position in professional circles in Davenport. Few lawyers have made a more lasting impression upon the bar of the state, both for legal ability of a high order and for the individuality of a personal character which impresses itself upon a community. Of a family conspicuous for strong intellects, indomitable courage and energy, he entered upon his career as a lawyer and such has been his natural qualifications that he has overcome all obstacles and written his name upon the keystone of the legal arch.
Transcribed by Laura Rathmann, Thank you.
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