Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Rowley M. Cook and Clara Viola McNary




Husband Rowley M. Cook 1 2

           Born: 1860 - Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA 3
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         Father: John V. H. Cook (1837-Aft 1910) 4
         Mother: Sarah J. Coleman (      -1905) 4


       Marriage: 1887 3



Wife Clara Viola McNary 1 2

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         Father: Joseph D. McNary (1836-Aft 1893) 5 6
         Mother: Mary Wallace Caldwell (1835-1896) 1 6




Children
1 M George Cook 4

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General Notes: Husband - Rowley M. Cook


He was reared at Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and attended the public schools. He entered business as a retail coal merchant and, in association with his father and his brother, S. C. Cook, formed a partnership in 1887, for the development of coal and they became the operators of several mines in Washington County. Mr. Cook also had large real estate interests. In 1884 he first identified himself with the National Guards, joining Co. H, 10th Pa. N. G., of which he was a member for seven years. In 1905 he was appointed inspector of rifle practice for his regiment and was a member of the regimental staff of Col. Coulters, with the rank of captain.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 847.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 838, 1082, 1213.

3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1213.

4 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 838.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 844.

6 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1082.


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