The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-19

civilian E. Curtis in Chicago Record
Herald)
HE GREATEST honor the old
town of Lisbon enjoys is found in
the fact that it was the birth
place and home Of the Fighting Nc
Cooks"
me McCooks are one Of the most
remarkable families in the United
states not to say the world distin-
suisheu as citizens and as soldiers. and
ContIlDuting sixteen members of the
taIhliy 10 the Union army during the
civil war, Of whom all but one were
commissioned officers and several
reached very high rank. The one ex-
ctpu0R, who served as a private did
SO from choice. having declined a COM
MISSION rs lieutenant. There We're
the Tribe Of Dan" and "the Tribe of
Jchn, from their respective heads.
Two brothers, Major Daniel and Dr.
John McCook-Scotch-I Irish Presby-
terians. descended from George Me-
Cook, a refugee from Ireland in 1880
on the defeat Of the United Irish
men. OF which he was a conspicuous
member. George McCook settled in
pennsylvania and became a prominent
cltlzen, an elder in the Presbyterian
church and one of the founders Of JEFF
-A-lpAA NofitSt. his efQeSL son, Ddlllel
McCOOk, after graduating at Jefferson,
went to Ohio and settled at Lisbon.
where he married Martha Latimer. a
deseend4nt of Hugh Latimer, the mar
tyr OF the English reformation, who
with Ridley. was burned at the stake
az oxford, England. Oct. Is. 1855 A
handsome monument now stands in
the center Of the little square in which
they were burned..r,
Inc following is the muster roll Of
the Fighting McCooks" There We're
sheep:
I. Daniel McCook was a lawyer. one
or the founders of the Presbyterian
church at Lisbon and a man of great
influence i'm this community. When
the war broke out. although s. years
or age he was one of the first TO offer
MS services to the government. was
commissioned major. and on July u.
1898. died from wound received in 4
sklrmlsh with an advance party Of
MOrgan's raiders. Nine of his sons fol-
lowed him into the army. as follows:
:. Aatimer A McCOOk, a graduate Of
JEFFERSON college. major and surgeon
OF the Thirty-first regiment. Illinois
volunteers (John A Logan's regimenO
VINO served through the war and died
aus. %, 1853. from injuries received
during the Siege of Vicksburg. which
were aggravated by exposure and ia
tgue during Sherman's march to the
sea.
8. George Wythe McCook. the second
son, lawyer for several years. q
partner of Edwin NJ Stanton at Steu-
benville. attorney general of Ohio from
1884 to 1856. Democratic candidate for
governor Of that state in 1871, lieuten-
ant colonel Of the Third Ohio during
The Mexican war and brigadier general
aurlng the civil war He died at Steu-
benville on Dec. %. 1877
4. John James McCOOk graduated at
the United States naval academy, mid
shipman on the United States frigate
Delaware; died on shipboard in con
Sequence OF exposure while on duty
and buried in the English burylng
ground i'm Rio de JaneirO
.. Robert Latimer McCook. born at
Lisbon. studied law with Edwin NJ.
Stanton at Steubenville, entered the
army in 1861 as colonel of the Ninth
Obtor volunteers rofItn ted TO brigadier
General: commanded a brigade i'm the
West Virginia campaign and fell NOR
tally wounded by a band of guerrillas
Aug. s. 1862
s. Alexander Mcdowell McCOok. the
fifth son, who died at Dayton the other
day, was the most distinguished soldier
in the family. He graduated from
West Point in 1852 served in several
Indian campaigns; was appointed colo
mel Of the First Ohio regiment at the
beginning Of the civil war. became n
major general and rendered cOnspic-
OOus service in various fields until he
was RETIRED
:. Daniel McCook. jr.. was the law
partner of General w T. Sherman and
Thomas Ewing at LeavenwOrth Kan.
when the civil war began. entered -the
army in 1861 as colonel OF the Fifty
second Ohio. led the assault at Kene-