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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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O. R. COOKE, lawyer, Mansfield Valley, is a native of Washington county, Pa., and was born in 1850, a son of David Cooke, a farmer. James Cooke, the grandfather, came from Lancaster county to Washington county about one hundred years ago, and purchased six hundred acres of land near Burgettstown, in Smith township. O. R. Cooke, the youngest son in a family of seven children, was educated at the public schools, and was for eight years engaged in teaching school in Washington and Allegheny counties. In 1878 he commenced the study of law at the University of Ann Arbor, Mich., and is a graduate of the law class of 1880. He came to Allegheny county, and was admitted to practice in the courts in this county in 1881, since when he has continued practice in Pittsburgh and Mansfield, having an office at each place. Mr. Cooke was married in 1874 to Kate E. McClusky, also of Washington county, and one child, Mary Gertrude, was born to them. Mr. Cooke is solicitor for the town of Mansfield and Chartiers borough. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a republican.
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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
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