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I6 Elin inhrs fljiographg effifhe Faculty. N' JOHN W. GOOK, FLM., LL.D. 1: Rnsmmvr JOHN w. COOK was born in Oneida county, New York, April 20, 1844. VVhen he was but seven years of age his parents removed to McLean county, Illinois, and located at what is called Oneida cross- ing, about nine miles north of Normal. Here he attended school in a log school house about nine miles northeast of Normal. In the spring of '53 the family moved to the little village of Kappa. Here the remaining years of his boy- 5 hood and youth were spent, much like those of the other boys of the village,-attending school during the winter, working on a farm, assisting his father, the agent of the railway company, or clerking in a store in the summer. As a boy, he took unusual interest in farming, and spent considerable time working for farmers at from eight to ten dollars per month. Subsequently he carried On farming for himself. In 1862, Mr. Cook entered the Illinois State Normal Univer- sity as a student in the Normal Department. After graduating, in 154435, he was employed for one year as principal of schools at Brimfield, Peoria eounty, Illinois. He was Called the next year to the principalship Ot' the Grammar School in the Model Depart-
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