. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. PAST AND PRESENT OF MAHASKA COUNTY. 329 she jia\-e her hand in ;e on the 3d ofA])ri!. 1854. to Dr. S. S. Cook, whu was also anative of Indiana, bom near Richmond, inwhicli locahty he was reared and the coni|iIetioii of his public-schoolcom-se he took up the study of medicine and asa young physician came to Iowa, entering uponthe i)ractice of liis ])rofession in Keokuk county,where he remained fnr ten years. He then camet
. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. PAST AND PRESENT OF MAHASKA COUNTY. 329 she jia\-e her hand in ;e on the 3d ofA])ri!. 1854. to Dr. S. S. Cook, whu was also anative of Indiana, bom near Richmond, inwhicli locahty he was reared and the coni|iIetioii of his public-schoolcom-se he took up the study of medicine and asa young physician came to Iowa, entering uponthe i)ractice of liis ])rofession in Keokuk county,where he remained fnr ten years. He then cameto Mahaska county. In 1863 he enlisted in re-sponse to the countrys call for aid, joining thearmv as a surgeon, in which capacity he ren-dered \-aluable ser\ice to his regiment until hisdeath on the 15th of January, 1864. He wasa prominent and well known physician in thispart of the state, his ability winning him highrank, while his professional service was of in-estimable \alue to his patients. He was a mem-ber of the ^lasonic fraternity, taking the de-grees of the blue lodge, and his life was inmany ways exemplary, winning for him the re-s|)
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