Sylvanus died at Paw Paw Island, Vicksburg. This is a memorial stone.
BIO:
S. S. Cook, deceased, was a physician and surgeon, the son of Ira and Irene Cook, who now resides in Hardin County, Iowa. He was born in Indiana, Jul 15, 1832, and received but a limited education in the public schools, but by subsequent reading and study became a well-posted man upon most subjects of interest, and might properly be termed self-educated. In 1853 he came to Mahaska County and located at Fremont.
On the 13th day of April 1854, he was married to Sarah A. Eastburn, a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Haigh) Eastburn, born in Indiana, Dec. 15, 1834. Her father died in 1872, and her mother in 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Cook became the parents of five children: Alice M., Laura E., and Albert N. are deceased; Rosa B. is the wife of Dr. William Bair, a graduate of the medical department of the Nebraska State University and resides in Oxford, Neb.; Sylvanus S. is married and lives in Jasper County, Iowa.
From his youth, Mr. Cook desired to become a physician, while his father desired him to learn the tanner's trade. But he could not give up his cherished ambition, therefore read medicine and in 1855 began the practice at Fremont, subsequently removing to Richland, Keokuk Co,, Iowa. After commencing the practice of medicine, he attended lectures at the Cincinnati Medical College from which institution he received his diploma in 1858, when he entered actively into the practice of medicine and surgery, and continued in the work until 1863. He was then commissioned, Jul 13 as Assistant Surgeon of the 24th Iowa Infantry, serving as such for six months when he was sent to Vicksburg as a Contract Surgeon and died of disease contracted in the service Jan. 15, 1864.
Dr. Cook was a member of the Baptist Church and was a sincere Christian man. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Cook returned to Mahaska County where she since continued to live. She is the owner of forty acres of good land, has a good house and small barn, and the excellent improvements about the place and is a lady highly esteemed for her many excellent qualities of head and heart by an extended circle of friends and acquaintances. Mrs. Cook is a member of the Baptist Church.
Portrait and Biographical Album of Mahaska Co., IA, published 1887.
BIO:
S. S. Cook, deceased, was a physician and surgeon, the son of Ira and Irene Cook, who now resides in Hardin County, Iowa. He was born in Indiana, Jul 15, 1832, and received but a limited education in the public schools, but by subsequent reading and study became a well-posted man upon most subjects of interest, and might properly be termed self-educated. In 1853 he came to Mahaska County and located at Fremont.
On the 13th day of April 1854, he was married to Sarah A. Eastburn, a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Haigh) Eastburn, born in Indiana, Dec. 15, 1834. Her father died in 1872, and her mother in 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Cook became the parents of five children: Alice M., Laura E., and Albert N. are deceased; Rosa B. is the wife of Dr. William Bair, a graduate of the medical department of the Nebraska State University and resides in Oxford, Neb.; Sylvanus S. is married and lives in Jasper County, Iowa.
From his youth, Mr. Cook desired to become a physician, while his father desired him to learn the tanner's trade. But he could not give up his cherished ambition, therefore read medicine and in 1855 began the practice at Fremont, subsequently removing to Richland, Keokuk Co,, Iowa. After commencing the practice of medicine, he attended lectures at the Cincinnati Medical College from which institution he received his diploma in 1858, when he entered actively into the practice of medicine and surgery, and continued in the work until 1863. He was then commissioned, Jul 13 as Assistant Surgeon of the 24th Iowa Infantry, serving as such for six months when he was sent to Vicksburg as a Contract Surgeon and died of disease contracted in the service Jan. 15, 1864.
Dr. Cook was a member of the Baptist Church and was a sincere Christian man. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Cook returned to Mahaska County where she since continued to live. She is the owner of forty acres of good land, has a good house and small barn, and the excellent improvements about the place and is a lady highly esteemed for her many excellent qualities of head and heart by an extended circle of friends and acquaintances. Mrs. Cook is a member of the Baptist Church.
Portrait and Biographical Album of Mahaska Co., IA, published 1887.
Sylvanus died at Paw Paw Island, Vicksburg. This is a memorial stone.
BIO:
S. S. Cook, deceased, was a physician and surgeon, the son of Ira and Irene Cook, who now resides in Hardin County, Iowa. He was born in Indiana, Jul 15, 1832, and received but a limited education in the public schools, but by subsequent reading and study became a well-posted man upon most subjects of interest, and might properly be termed self-educated. In 1853 he came to Mahaska County and located at Fremont.
On the 13th day of April 1854, he was married to Sarah A. Eastburn, a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Haigh) Eastburn, born in Indiana, Dec. 15, 1834. Her father died in 1872, and her mother in 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Cook became the parents of five children: Alice M., Laura E., and Albert N. are deceased; Rosa B. is the wife of Dr. William Bair, a graduate of the medical department of the Nebraska State University and resides in Oxford, Neb.; Sylvanus S. is married and lives in Jasper County, Iowa.
From his youth, Mr. Cook desired to become a physician, while his father desired him to learn the tanner's trade. But he could not give up his cherished ambition, therefore read medicine and in 1855 began the practice at Fremont, subsequently removing to Richland, Keokuk Co,, Iowa. After commencing the practice of medicine, he attended lectures at the Cincinnati Medical College from which institution he received his diploma in 1858, when he entered actively into the practice of medicine and surgery, and continued in the work until 1863. He was then commissioned, Jul 13 as Assistant Surgeon of the 24th Iowa Infantry, serving as such for six months when he was sent to Vicksburg as a Contract Surgeon and died of disease contracted in the service Jan. 15, 1864.
Dr. Cook was a member of the Baptist Church and was a sincere Christian man. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Cook returned to Mahaska County where she since continued to live. She is the owner of forty acres of good land, has a good house and small barn, and the excellent improvements about the place and is a lady highly esteemed for her many excellent qualities of head and heart by an extended circle of friends and acquaintances. Mrs. Cook is a member of the Baptist Church.
Portrait and Biographical Album of Mahaska Co., IA, published 1887.
BIO:
S. S. Cook, deceased, was a physician and surgeon, the son of Ira and Irene Cook, who now resides in Hardin County, Iowa. He was born in Indiana, Jul 15, 1832, and received but a limited education in the public schools, but by subsequent reading and study became a well-posted man upon most subjects of interest, and might properly be termed self-educated. In 1853 he came to Mahaska County and located at Fremont.
On the 13th day of April 1854, he was married to Sarah A. Eastburn, a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Haigh) Eastburn, born in Indiana, Dec. 15, 1834. Her father died in 1872, and her mother in 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Cook became the parents of five children: Alice M., Laura E., and Albert N. are deceased; Rosa B. is the wife of Dr. William Bair, a graduate of the medical department of the Nebraska State University and resides in Oxford, Neb.; Sylvanus S. is married and lives in Jasper County, Iowa.
From his youth, Mr. Cook desired to become a physician, while his father desired him to learn the tanner's trade. But he could not give up his cherished ambition, therefore read medicine and in 1855 began the practice at Fremont, subsequently removing to Richland, Keokuk Co,, Iowa. After commencing the practice of medicine, he attended lectures at the Cincinnati Medical College from which institution he received his diploma in 1858, when he entered actively into the practice of medicine and surgery, and continued in the work until 1863. He was then commissioned, Jul 13 as Assistant Surgeon of the 24th Iowa Infantry, serving as such for six months when he was sent to Vicksburg as a Contract Surgeon and died of disease contracted in the service Jan. 15, 1864.
Dr. Cook was a member of the Baptist Church and was a sincere Christian man. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Cook returned to Mahaska County where she since continued to live. She is the owner of forty acres of good land, has a good house and small barn, and the excellent improvements about the place and is a lady highly esteemed for her many excellent qualities of head and heart by an extended circle of friends and acquaintances. Mrs. Cook is a member of the Baptist Church.
Portrait and Biographical Album of Mahaska Co., IA, published 1887.
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