Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-01-03

fafe, his brother Alex. being Colonel Of
the First. His brah-r Chsrls% wus
private In the First, and tell st the
hattie of Bull Run. Col. George Mas
frequently consulted by Gov. Todd rs
10 ihs affairs of the war. lie Was a
neipber oi the Military Committee of
this county, being chairman. II this
..spx,.ity the Colon-l did good service
far the Union. In 1864 hs WIS male
Col. of the l57th regiment o. n. q.
This regiment was afsiered 10 r..pOrt TO
Gen. Wxll4re ut B Baltimore OF the nth
uf May, 1854. IL wss assigned To Gen.
Is ler's com dIsnd, and after remaining
in camp for five weeks wSs ordered by
ths War Department 20 Fort Delaware.
xhere it pal formed good -ervire guard
ing fourteen Thousand prisoners. In
1852, when the 126sh re0im mt Was or
gan ;zed at Camp MingO It b d uo CON
| 'nsnder, and Col. M,-C.Sok tG'k charge
Jd the regiment until Col Smith, ot
he regular army. who Was elected
Colonel AT ths.ir OrgaDizati'n, tof x
cDmmand. All through the late wsT
ne was an activs Uniuu man. di'
Judgment ws- CONSULTED by the q W.
sruOr of Ohio, aud he rendered vsiuA'
Ole service in raising volunteer rigl'
inenfs. Since the war CJl. McChk
.as not follow ed his prOieS-ion, having
given his attention to coal mining
railrosd 5torks aud the SteubenViiit
rsilr,ad bridge interests.
He has always been AL active ana
widely known pOl,ticisn. he WA :
1ieirRate 10 several democratic Nation
4 CoDven,ions, either at large from Ih'
State or from his district, i'll 1852, '06
TO, '6S, II. He nominsteI Jonn &
Break inridRe for Vlce Pr. stdant al n
ICiRcinnat, Convention in 1856. He al
ID Nominated Seymour for the Pftsi
't-ncy at the New York Convention ii
1868. He WAS At the Charle-tun CO.I'
4 tentiOn IN 1850 ~ b dei-ga.a aud spe
cIal friend Oi Stephen A. ID iugias.
In 1871, shortly after r-iurning from
! trip Ia Europe, the D.tnocIacy .
Ohio hUnorBd Col. MrCuok with III
ioUmiualiOn for Governor sga'nst G-u
N0yes, DOW Minister I'D France. In
COluuel m ,de u vigorous Canvass, ta
king the stump sgsinst the advice
his physician. Tne hard work o
speaking day and night, and travelin,
through the hot sun, soon told on bi
health, snd Mt ChiilicUthe hs brOk
.iOWn. He was brought home wber
ne lay in critical condition tor man.
days. He was so i'll at times that HI
Lie Was despaired of, snu from ths
time till his death he did not enjn
gOd health, aud his physician, Dl
Van Bureu, of New YORK, ORDERS
him to abstain from all active employ
ment.
In 1875 he was appointed by Gov
: Allta, ~ connection with Rufus Z
iSanny, Edward +. Noyes, B.rnah-
] Burns, Ralph P. Bucklsnd and T. w
Green, ON the Ohio State BDard {
Managers of the Centennial Com uiis
-I0a
Col. McCoOk visited Psrit last sum
mer, for the purpose of arcompany,n
I MS son aud daug hter nome, VINO wer
r At school there. They returned
Sieubenville "A few weess ago. Ffids
previous to Christmas he escorted nj
p aged mother to New York, who inten
2 ded spending the winter there Wit
F her son, John ]. On Christmas day
!. while taking dinner with his cousin
: Hon. Ansnh q. McCOOk, he was Ia
4 ken i'll, and died a. above stated.
U. eleven rhlliren of Major DAME
McCOnk's family, only fnLr are living
viz: Gen. A. MID Dwell McCook, Cap
J.. J. McCOak, Mrs. Mary Mc(>no
baldwin. and Mrs. DIR. Curtis, OF Ne'
York. The father, Gen. Daniel, Ger
Robert, and Private Charley we're kill
, I'd the late war.
: In this wa have given only a brie
= sketch OF the life of q great snd goo
uian, loved by his friends and respect
ed by all.