Frank Cook is proprietor of the New Method Laundry of Laramie, in which city he was born November 8, 1881. His father, the late Jabez Cook, was a native of England and came to America when twenty years of age, crossing the Atlantic in 1858. He first settled in Illinois, where he resided for a number of years, and in 1874 he removed westward to Laramie, where he engaged in railroading as an employe of the Union Pacific Railroad Company for many years. He continued to make his home in Laramie until his death, which occurred January 21, 1916, when he had reached the advanced age of seventy-eight. He was a Civil war veteran, having served with the Eleventh Illinois Infantry for three years as a private, during which time he participated in a number of hotly contested engagements, proving his loyalty at all times by his faithful performance of any task assigned him, whether called to the firing line or stationed on the lonely picket line. He was imprisoned at Jacksonville, where he suffered the hardships of prison life. He proudly wore the little bronze button that proclaimed him one of the defenders of the Union, for he was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. His political allegiance was always given to the republican party, which was the defense of the country during the dark days of the Civil war. He married Margaret Parton, a native of Franklin county, Arkansas, where her parents settled at an early day although the family came originally from Kentucky. To Mr. and Mrs. Cook were born eight children, three sons and five daughters. In the paternal line the ancestry of the family is English and American.
    Frank Cook began his education in the public schools of Laramie, passing through consecutive grades to the high school. He afterward attended the Grant high school at Denver, Colorado, from which he was graduated in 1898. He then started out to earn his own livelihood, his first situation being in the rolling mills of Laramie, where he was employed for three years. He afterward followed various pursuits until June, 1914, when he entered the laundry business, in which he has since been engaged, successfully conducting his enterprise. His plant is thoroughly modern in every detail and something of the scope of his business is indicated in the fact that he employs on an average eight people, while his laundry covers a floor space of eighty-five by twenty-four feet. The business has shown a marked increase each year and the plant is now being operated to its full capacity.
    On the 28^th of June, 1906, Mr. Cook was married in Laramie to Miss Blanch Beaudoin, a native of Laramie and a daughter of John and Matilda (De Mars) Beaudoin, both of whom are living.
    Mr. Cook votes with the republican party, which he has supported since attaining his majority. He belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and likewise has membership in the Laramie Chamber of Commerce and is in thorough sympathy with its purposes concerning the upbuilding and development of the city. In fact, he stands for progress and improvement in all public affairs and never withholds his aid and cooperation in any movement which he believes will prove of general benefit.