FREDERICK COOK, a native of Prussia, Germany, was born Sept. 20, 1819, his parents being John and Lottie Cook, natives of Germany. He learned the shoemaker's trade, and traveled seven years after serving his apprenticeship, going to Hamburg, Lebert, Bremen, Frankfort, Horbusk, Berlin, Ochen, Littich, Brussels, Belgin, Lana, Teni, Cente, Elbert, Felt, Oscha, Brich, where he worked two years. Altenburg and several other places, where he worked as a journeyman. In March, 1847, after bidding adieu to fatherland and friends, he set sail at Bremen, on the vessel Josephine, bound for New York, at which port he arrived after a voyage of 32 days. Since leaving the old country he has never seen a single person from there. From New York he went to Philadelphia, and after staying five weeks there he came on to Pittsburgh, and from there to Louisville, Ky., where he worked at his trade eight months. he then removed to St. Louis, where he remained about 18 months, engaged at shoemaking, and then set out for Greene county, arriving at Carrollton on Easter Sunday, 1849. He worked there 10 or 12 years, and then bought 200 acres of land on sections 24 and 25, in this township, on which he moved, and after living there five years, he rented it out and moved back to Carrollton, where he resided seven years, and then moved back on the farm, and has since resided there. Mr. Cook has been twice married. In Feb., 1849, he was married to Clarissa Rice, who died in 1863. He was again married, Aug. 23, 1865, to Relief Warren, daughter of Harry and Rebecca Warren. By this union there were 10 children, nine of whom are living - Frank, Lottie, Augusta, George; Melinda and Rebecca, twins; Louis Harry and John. The one deceased is James. Mr. Cook has seen hard times in his early days in trying to make a start in life, and but few of the rising generation know what hardships their parents had to contend with in making for themselves a home. Mr. Cook has by economy and untiring energy been enabled to accumulate considerable wealth, and now owns 200 acres of fine land, 80 of which is in Carrollton township, ad 120 acres in Wrights township. All this has been acquired since he was 28 years of age, as he then came here with but 10 cents in his pocket.