William Cook and Mary Ann Sloan

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Husband William Cook ¹

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           Born: 17 Dec 1832 - near New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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           Died: 9 Jun 1904 3
         Buried:  - Union Cemetery, New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA

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         Father: James Cook (1803-1895) 1 4
         Mother: Jane McKowen (      -Bef 1895) 4 5

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Wife Mary Ann Sloan ²

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           Born: 5 Jul 1837 2
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           Died: 19 Jul 1899 3
         Buried:  - Union Cemetery, New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA

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         Father: David Sloan (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Lydia Hurst (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Bertha J. Cook ³

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2 F Lena Mary Cook ³

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3 F Clara Edith Cook ³

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4 U [Infant] Cook ³

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5 U [Infant] Cook ³

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General Notes: Husband - William Cook

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He attended the schools of the day, and obtained a fair education for that period. He remained at home to look after the farm and the family while his brothers, Captain David M. Cook and First Lieutenant James S. Cook, enlisted in the army. They were in active service during the civil war in Colonel Gallagher's regiment. The management of the farm was not sufficient to satisfy Mr. Cook's business ambition. He soon became interested in enterprises beyond the boundaries of the farm, notably the flour mill at New Alexandria. This was a water mill, the power being obtained by means of a dam across the Loyalhanna creek. The mill was built of stone and it is said to have been erected by John Deniston, nearly a hundred years before. It had had many owners in the course of the years and finally was bought by James Cook, father of William, and from him it passed into the ownership of his son, who had the mill rebuilt in 1896. He furnished it with steam power and rollers to take the place of the old-time mill wheel and burr stones. Farming, however, was his chief business, and at the time of his death he was the owner of four farms and several buildings and lots in town. When a young man he was said to have been the strongest man in Loyalhanna township, and many are the tales still told about the strenuous feats he performed. He was certainly a man of great determination and force of character. It was said of him that he was slow to decide, but his plan once clearly thought out was not to be altered. [HWC 1906 III, 159]

His death was caused by a fall received while overseeing work done at the mill, injuring his spine, from which he died five days later.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 122, 159.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 159.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 160.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1225.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 122.