The biographical annals of Ohio, A handbook of the government and institutions of the state of Ohio . county,Ohio. Went into business at Lakeville, Washington township. Holmes county, Ohio,in 1868, handling grain, wool and seeds, which line of work he followed until July,1898, when he retired from active business; since which time he has been devotinghis attention to farming. He was Clerk of his township six years and Treasurer fortwelve years, a considerable portion of which time he was also member of Board ofEducation. He served six years in Co. H, 17th Regiment, Infantry, Ohio NationalGuard
The biographical annals of Ohio, A handbook of the government and institutions of the state of Ohio . county,Ohio. Went into business at Lakeville, Washington township. Holmes county, Ohio,in 1868, handling grain, wool and seeds, which line of work he followed until July,1898, when he retired from active business; since which time he has been devotinghis attention to farming. He was Clerk of his township six years and Treasurer fortwelve years, a considerable portion of which time he was also member of Board ofEducation. He served six years in Co. H, 17th Regiment, Infantry, Ohio NationalGuard, three as first lieutenant and three as captain, resigning from same in is a member of Wooster Commandery No. 48, Wooster, Ohio. Also member ofRoyal Arcanum; was elected to the 74th General Assembly from Holmes county as aDemocrat without opposition; was re-elected to the 75th General Assembly from theAshland-Holmes legislative district by a majority of 1,660. Mr. Collier is a mem-ber of the standing committees on County Affairs, Manufactures and Commerce,Prison and Prison Reform. (404). MR. COOK, OF Hamilton County, Frank Cook, Republican, one of the Representa;tives from Hamilton county, wasborn in Wheeling, W. Va., on the 15th of November, 1863, ol German parentage. Whenabout six months old his mother came to Cincinnati, his father having enlisted inthe Union Army, where he was killed in action in a skirmish. Mr. Cook was edu-cated in the public schools of Cincinnati and Hughes High School. At the age of 15he was apprenticed to the stove mounters trade, serving three years at the busi-ness. Becoming dissatisfied with the business to which he had been apprenticed, heentered the law office of the late Isaac M. Jordan and studied law and graduated at law in September, 1885, and shortly thereafter, having become a pro-fessional shorthand writer, was appointed as official stenographer to the courts ofHamilton county, which position he has occupied to the p
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