BIO: William S. COOK, Beaver County, PA
    
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    BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES.  This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches 
    of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  Buffalo, N.Y., 
    Chicago, Ill.: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899, pp. 71-73.
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    DR. WILLIAM S. COOK is a young dentist who has built up a large practice in
  the short time he has resided in Beaver Falls, and is likely to become one of
  the most prominent and successful dentists of his time. Dr. Cook was born in
  Darlington, Beaver county, May 31, 1868, and was educated at Greersburg
  Academy, an institution of learning established in Darlington, in 1802.
  Immediately after his graduation therefrom, June 11, 1886, young Cook entered
  upon the noble profession of teaching, following that calling for a period of
  three years in his native county. At the close of that time, he began the
  study of dentistry, and in 1889 entered the Philadelphia Dental College, from
  which he graduated February 26, 1891. Immediately after his graduation, Dr.
  Cook located in Beaver Falls, where he established an office and engaged in
  the practice of his profession. He has been located since October 1st, 1898,
  at the corner of Sixth avenue and Twelfth street, where his many patrons seek
  him both early and late.
    
    Dr. Cook is a member of the Odontological Society of Western Pennsylvania
  and Eastern Ohio. The doctor has a rare literary talent which, coupled with a
  thorough knowledge of
    
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  his profession, has given him a chance to distinguish himself. He has read
  papers, prepared in an intelligent and able manner, before the above
  mentioned society. Among his most noted papers are "The Cleft Palate," "The
  Repair of the Cleft Palate by Means of the Obdurate." He has also written and
  read other papers of less importance than those above noted. Dr. Cook is an
  enthusiastic Republican, and never fails to do his duty toward that party
  when election day arrives. He has served as a member of the council from the
  third ward of Beaver Falls and, fraternally, is a member of the Woodmen of
  the World.
    
    Miss Jane E. Anderson became the Doctor's bride on December 27, 1893.
  Although he and his accomplished wife have no family of their own, they
  greatly delight in and admire the little "fairies of light." They are both
  willing members and workers of the United Presbyterian Church and are known
  throughout the community as kind hearted, charitable people. Dr. Cook is a
  son of Thomas and Margaret (Duff) Cook, and grandson of James Cook.
    
    James Cook was a native of Ireland and was of Scotch-Irish descent. He came
  to America when young and shortly afterward located in Darlington, Beaver
  county, Pa., where he purchased a farm and engaged in clearing it for the
  purpose of utilizing the rich soil. He lived upon that farm the remainder of
  his life, engaged in agricultural pursuits. Upon this old homestead near
  Darlington, Thomas Cook, the father of William S., was born, January 16,
  1845, and was reared and educated in the same locality, remaining there until
  1861, at the breaking out of the Civil War. He enlisted in the Union Army as a
  member of Company D, tooth Reg. Pa. Vol., known as "The Round Head" regiment.
  Mr. Cook served with that regiment until his discharge, the latter part of
  November, 1862. The most important battles in which he participated were,
  James' Island, Hilton Head, S. C., and Chantilly, Va., in which last
  engagement he was wounded, and was taken to a hospital at Point Lookout, Md.,
  where he was confined from the first of September until he received his
  discharge in November.
    
    Returning from the war, he learned the blacksmith's trade, completing his
  apprenticeship in 1865. He then began working as a blacksmith in Darlington,
  where he also engaged in the manufacture of carriages and wagons in
  connection with his trade. He remained in Darlington until 1889, when he went
  to Beaver Falls, and has since followed the same line of business. In his
  political views, Mr. Cook is a Republican, and has always taken an active
  interest in the success of that party, although he has never sought political
  distinction. He is a member of Beaver Falls Lodge, F. & A. M., also of Harmony
  Chapter, No. 206, R. A. M., at Beaver Falls, and is a past colonel of the
  Union Veteran Legion, No. 4, of Beaver Falls. He is also a member of the L.
  A. W. and a charter member of Beaver Valley Cycling League No. 88, which was
  organized in the early part of 1893, with fourteen members and, at the present
    
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  writing, has a membership of one hundred and twenty-six, and occupies the
  entire second story of the Martsolf building, on Seventh avenue. He has been
  one of the board of directors since its organization, and is now serving as
  its president; he has been twice a delegate.
    
    Dr. Cook is known to be a conscientious and honorable man; by his pleasant
  manner and courteous bearing, he at once gained the good will of the citizens
  of Beaver Falls, while his close application to his profession and the
  painstaking care he exercises in the cases that have fallen to his share,
  have won him the confidence of the entire community. The marvelous rapidity
  with which he has built up his present practice is almost incredible to one
  unacquainted with the doctor's push and energy.