Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Moses H. COOK, retired farmer; P. O. Crete; the subject of this sketch, whose portrait 
appears in this work, is one of the old settlers; was born in Lenox, Oneida Co., N. Y., 
Aug. 25, 1801, and is the son of Moses Harper and Polly (PYSON) COOK. Mr. COOK was the 
oldest child of nine children; was raised on his father's farm; in 1834, he started West 
and stopped in Ohio. Here he married Hannah C. PIXLEY, who was born in Stockbridge, Mass., 
March 30, 1817, and is the daughter of Phineas and Hannah (CURTIS) PIXLEY, of 
Massachusetts; her father was a blacksmith by trade, and was a soldier of the war of 1812; 
he is now living in Lake Co., Ohio, at 89 years of age, being one of the oldest settlers 
of that county. Her mother died when Mrs. COOK was but a few days old. In 1838, with wife 
and one child, Mr. COOK moved to Illinois, and settled in Will Co.; here he first purchased 
forty acres of land at $1.25, and farmed until 1865; he then moved to Crete; here he has 
retired from farming. Two sons in the late war, Myron H. and Joseph W., enlisted in the 
8th IL Cav.; Myron H. was taken sick at Hope Landing, Va., and died March 20, 1863; Joseph 
W. participated in some of the prominent battles, and was honorably discharged at the close 
of the war.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.