Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Cass County. G. W. COOK, farmer; P. O. Virginia; is a native of this county; born March 22, 1841; son of James and Ann (Trueman) Cook. James Cook was born in Ireland, about the year 1812; came to America at an early day and engaged in farming; he died about the year 1854; his wife, who was a native of Pennsylvania, died in this county about the year 1864; they were the parents of seven children. Mr. Cook received an ordinary education, and began life as a farmer, which occupation he still pursues, and now owns 110 acres of land. In 1865 he married Mary Quick, a native of Ohio, born in 1847, daughter of Oakey and Sarah (Osborn) Quick. He is a Greenbacker. Cook Trueman Quick Osborn = Ireland PA OH