of Dallas County, Iowa · from Saxony, Germany · documented from the public record
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John G. Cook
John G. Cook
childrenWilliam Cook
Source: Past and present of Dallas County, Iowa
Their story
What the record says
Native of Saxony, Germany.
Carpenter and cooper with mechanical skill.
Had five children before crossing the Atlantic in 1845, settling in Buffalo, NY, where he and his second wife died.
First wife died in Germany.
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