General insurance; born, Chippewa, Mich., May 22, 1872; son of William and Phebe A. (Knapp) Cook; educated in country school and at Ferris Commercial School, Big Rapids, Mich.; married at Ridgeway, Mich., 1896, Leora F. Sutton. Began business career in 1889 as teller in bank at Big Rapids, Mich., and later at Traverse City, Mich.; entered insurance business at Lansing, Mich., 1893; came to Detroit, 1899; member insurance firm of Blackman, Glass & Cook; devotes his attention to adjustment of fire and casualty losses. Secretary American Exploration Co. Methodist. Recreation: Automobiling. Office: 208 Moffat Bldg. Residence: 35 Kings Av.

THE BOOK OF DETROITERS 1908 by Albert Nelson Marquis