McCOOK
Mc-COOK
McCOOK, Edwin Stanton, soldier, was born
in Carrollton, Ohio, March 26, 1837; seventh son
of Maj. Daniel and Martha (Latimer) McCook.
He entered the U.S. Naval academy as a cadet,
but left the academy before graduating, and in
1861 recruited a company for John A. Logan's
81st Illinois regiment. He served at Fort Donel-
son and at Jackson, Tenn.; commanded the reg-
iment at Vicksburg, May to July, 1863, where he
was wounded, and in the Atlanta campaign he
commanded the 1st brigade, 3d division, 17th
army corps, where he was again wounded. He
was promoted brigadier-general and was brevet-
ted major-general of volunteers, March 13, 1865,
for services during the war. He was appointed
by President Grant secretary of Dakota Terri-
tory, and served for a time as acting governor of
the territory ex officio. While presiding in this
capacity at a public meeting af Yankton lie was
shot and fatally wounded by a man in the audi-
ence. He died at Yankton, Dak., Sept. 11, 1873.
McCOOK, Qeorge, physician, was born in Can- onsburg, Pa., in 1792; eldest son of George and Mary (McCormack) McCook. He was graduated at Jefferson college in 1811; studied medicine with Dr. Warren, of Canonsburg, and practised in Washington county. On Jan. 18, 1817, he married Margaret G. , daughter of Abraham and Mary (Greer) Latimer, and in 1818 removed to New Lisbon, Ohio, where he continued the practice of medicine until 1849, when he removed to Pitts- burg, Pa., where he was professor of surgery in the medical college. He returned to New Lisbon, Ohio, in 1873, where he died, June 23, 1873.
ncCOOK, Qeorge Wythe, lawyer and soldier, was born in Canonsburg, Pa., Nov. 2, 1821; sec- ond son of Maj. Daniel and Martha (Latimer) McCook. He removed with his father's family to New Lisbon, Ohio, in 1825; studied law in the office of Edwin M. Stanton, Steubenville, Ohio; was admitted to the bar in 1842, and became a partner with Mr. Stanton. He served in the Mexican war as lieutenant-colonel of the 3d Ohio volunteers, 1847; was reporter of the supreme court, 1852; attorney -general of the state, 1854- 56, and was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers in 1861, but served in the field but a short time on account of ill-health. He was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio in 1871 against George W. Noyes. He edited the first volume of the Ohio state reports. He died in Steubenville, Ohio, Dec. 28, 1877.
ncCOOK, Henry Christopher, clergyman, was born in New Lisbon, Ohio, July 3, 1837; tliird son of Dr. John and Catharine Julia (Sheldon) McCook. He attended the public schools of his native town and learned the printer's trade. He was graduated from Jefferson college, Pa., in 1859; taught school in New Lisbon, Salem and
Steubenville, Ohio, 1859-60, and was graduated
from the Western Theological seminary in 1863.
He was married, Sept. 11, 1861, to Emma C,
daughter of Dr. George and Anna (Crowe) Her-
ter. He was licensed and ordained by the pres-
bytery of Steubenville in 1861, and was a home
missionary in Illinois and Missouri. He assisted
in organizing the 41st Illinois volunteer regi-
ment, in which he enlisted as 1st lieutenant in
1861, and served subsequently as chaplain. In
1862 he left the service and returned to Clinton,
111., as pastor of the Presbyterian church. He
served as city missionary in St. Louis, Mo., until
1869, when he became pastor of the Tabernacle
Presbyterian church of Philadelphia. He was
chaplain of the 2d regiment, Pennsylvania vol-
unteer infantry, during the Spanish- American
war, and served in Santiago de Cuba with the 5th
army corps on special duty. He was the founder
of the National Relief commission for the Span-
ish-American war. He was elected president of
the American Society of Entomology; vice-
president of the Academy of Natural Sciences,
Philadelphia, and president of the American
Presbyterian Historical society. Lafayette col-
lege conferred upon him the honorary degree of
D.D. in 1880, and that of Sc.D. in 1888. His pub-
lished books include: Object and Outline Teach-
ing (1870); Teacher's Commentary on the Last
Year of Our Lord's Ministry (1871); The Last
Days of Jesus (1872); Historic Ecclesiastical
Emblems of Pan-Presbyterianistn (1880); The
Women Friends of Jesus (1884); The Latimers,
a Scotch- Irish Historical Romance of the West-
em Insurrection (1899); The Martial Graves of
our Fallen Heroes in Santiago de Cuba (1899).
He also edited the " Tercentenary Book " (1873).
His most widely known works are those on
Natural History of the Agricultural Ant of
Texas (1880): The Mound-Making Ants of the
Alleghanies (1877); Honey and Occident Ants
(1882); Tenants of an Old Farm {lS8i); American
Spiders and Their Sjnnning-Works (Vols. I., II.,
III., folio, 1888).
McCOOK, John, surgeon, was born in Canons- burg, Pa., Feb. 21, 1806; son of George and Mary (McCormack) McCook. He was a student at Jefferson college and became a physician, settling in practice in New Lisbon and subsequently in Steubenville, Ohio. He was married May 21, 1831 , to Catharine Julia, daughter of Roderick and Mary Sheldon of Hartford, Conn., andtheir five sons, Edward Moody, Anson George, Henry C, Roderick Sheldon, and John James, were volun- teer officers in the Federal army in the civil war. Dr. McCJook also served in the army as a volun- teer surgeon, and while at the military head- quarters of his son. Gen, Anson G. McCook, near Washington, D.C., he died, Oct. 11, 1865.
