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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.