Mr. Cook was a Union veteran of the Civil War. He enlisted August 8, 1863 in Company A of the 35th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He served through the end of the war and Marched to the Sea with Gen. Sherman.
In Oregon, Mr. Cook was a section boss on a narrow gauge railroad and was active in the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Cook became embroiled in a dispute with fellow Civil War veteran Jacob Stine, editor of the Whiteson Advance newspaper. Mr. Cook shot and killed Jacob Stine and then turned the gun on himself in a murder-suicide.
Mr. Cook had no known family.
In Oregon, Mr. Cook was a section boss on a narrow gauge railroad and was active in the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Cook became embroiled in a dispute with fellow Civil War veteran Jacob Stine, editor of the Whiteson Advance newspaper. Mr. Cook shot and killed Jacob Stine and then turned the gun on himself in a murder-suicide.
Mr. Cook had no known family.
Mr. Cook was a Union veteran of the Civil War. He enlisted August 8, 1863 in Company A of the 35th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He served through the end of the war and Marched to the Sea with Gen. Sherman.
In Oregon, Mr. Cook was a section boss on a narrow gauge railroad and was active in the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Cook became embroiled in a dispute with fellow Civil War veteran Jacob Stine, editor of the Whiteson Advance newspaper. Mr. Cook shot and killed Jacob Stine and then turned the gun on himself in a murder-suicide.
Mr. Cook had no known family.
In Oregon, Mr. Cook was a section boss on a narrow gauge railroad and was active in the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Cook became embroiled in a dispute with fellow Civil War veteran Jacob Stine, editor of the Whiteson Advance newspaper. Mr. Cook shot and killed Jacob Stine and then turned the gun on himself in a murder-suicide.
Mr. Cook had no known family.
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