OBIT: William COOK, 1899, native of Bedford County, PA

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William Cook

William Cook was found dead in bed, at the boarding house of Mrs. Martin Corle 
Saturday evening. Coroner M. A. Stoner held an inquest over the remains, the 
jury finding that death was due to heart failure.  The jury consisted of the 
following persons:  W. F. Cromwell, John W. Davidson, H. P. Shires, B. F. Mauk, 
F. P. Gilchrist and J. M. Kegg.  The body was taken to the home of decedent's 
sister, Mrs. Catharine McIlvaine, East Pitt street.  William Cook was born in 
Bedford, April 23, 1833.  He was a son of Simon and Margaret Cook.  In 1846, he 
married Miss Mary Martin, who, with the following children, survives him: Mrs.
William H. Bower, of Elkins, W. Va.; Eva, Marie, Annie, Nellie, Samuel F. ,
James R., William and Benjamin, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Thomas C., of St.
Louis, Mo.  Two sisters and one brother also survive him, namely, Mrs. P. B 
Reilly, of Pittsburg; Mrs. Catharine McIlvaine and J. Frank Cook, of Bedford. 
For many years, Mr. Cook, with his father and brother, Frank Cook, conducted a 
butcher shop in Bedford.  For the past fifteen years or more, decedent worked 
at his trade painting.  On Tuesday morning at nine o'clock, the funeral 
services were held in St. Thomas' Roman Catholic church of which the deceased  
was a member for many years.  Rev. Father D. Cashman officiated.  The remains 
were laid to rest in the new Catholic cemetery.  May he rest in peace. 

Bedford Gazette on July 7, 1899

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