Cook was born on April 20, 1832, in Chenango County, New York. His parents moved to Albany, New York in that year, which is where Cook grew up and attended school. He married Maria Midler of Pennsylvania on January 12, 1870, in Douglas, NE; they had six children, four of whom survived to adulthood. Two other children died of measles on 21 March 21, 1882 and are buried in the Old Sacramento City Cemetery.Find A Grave Memorial Numbers 132105424 and 188323156 He died in Shingle Springs, El Dorado County, California, on February 12, 1899.newspapers.com, The Record Union, Sacramento, CA 16 Feb 1899, Page 3 He is buried in the Old Sacramento City Cemetery.Find A Grave Memorial Number 139716026
