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Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH John Williston Cook was born April 20, 1844 in Oneida County, New York.  At the age of seven he came with his family to Illinois to settle on a farm in McLean County.  Graduating from the Illinois State Normal School in 1865, Cook accepted a position as principal of schools in Brimfield, Peoria County, Illinois.  After one year at Brimfield, Cook returned to his alma mater to become a member of the faculty.  On August 26, 1867 he married...