F. H. COOK, merchant; dealer in groceries and provisions, glass and queensware, etc., etc., etc., Mason City; born in Logan Co., Ill., Jan. 18, 1851; when quite young, he removed with his mother to Mason City and attended the common schools until 1865 ; he then entered the general merchandise store of R. W. Porter, and continued in the same store under different firms until December, 1878, when he gave up his position, and, in January, 1879, started in business for himself, carrying a large and complete stock of everything in the above lines, giving his personal attention to every detail, and by bis honorable and fair dealing is rapidly paving his way to the front ranks as one of the leading merchants of his line in Mason City. His marriage with Harriet E. Sikes was celebrated in March, 1876; she was born in Mason Co. in 1855; they have one child, George Frederick.



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