ADAM COOK, Sec. 2; P. O. Livingston; was born in Ireland in 1825; came to America in 1833, and stopped in Illinois for one year, and then came to the town of Clifton, Wis., and settled on the place where he now lives; bought 135 acres from land agent at Mineral Point. Was married at the age of 18 to Nancy Thatcher in Canada, by whom there are seven children - Benjamin, Semantha, Levi, Rachael, Cecelia, Elizabeth, Ira; was divorced in 1879, and was married to Mrs. Ellenor Bayley May 2, 1880, who was born in Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., July 7, 1849, and came West with her parents and settled at Lancaster; she has four children by her first husband and two by her second - Frank M. and Murtel F. Mr. Cook was in the French war in Canada at the age of 14, and was also in the late war eight months in the 47th W. V. I. Mrs. Cook is a Baptist.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.