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JOHN JAMES

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 205 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN See also:JAMES See also:MCCooK (b. 1845), the youngest See also:brother of See also:Alexander McDowell McCook, served in the See also:West and after-wards in the See also:army of the See also:Potomac, was wounded at Shady See also:Grove, See also:Virginia, in 1864, and in 1865 was breveted See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel of See also:volunteers; he graduated at See also:Kenyon See also:College in 1866, subsequently practised See also:law in New See also:York See also:City, where he became See also:head of the See also:firm Alexander & See also:Green; was a prominent member of the Presbyterian See also:Church, and was a member of the prosecuting See also:committee in the See also:Briggs See also:heresy trial in 1892-1893. His See also:cousin, See also:ANSON See also:GEORGE MCCOOK (b. 1835), a son of John, was admitted to the See also:Ohio See also:bar in 1861, served throughout the See also:Civil See also:War in the See also:Union Army, and was breveted brigadier-See also:general of volunteers; he was a Republican representative in See also:Congress from New York in 1877-1883; and in 1884-1893 was secretary of the See also:United States See also:Senate. Another son of John McCook, See also:EDWARD See also:MOODY MCCOOK (1833-1909), was an efficient See also:cavalry officer in the Union army, was breveted brigadier-general in the See also:regular army and See also:major-general of volunteers in 1865, was United States See also:minister to See also:Hawaii in 1866-1869, and was See also:governor of See also:Colorado Territory in 1869-1873, and in 1874-1875. His brother, See also:HENRY See also:CHRISTOPHER MCCOOK (b. 1837), Was first lieutenant and afterwards See also:chaplain of the 41st See also:Illinois, was See also:long pastor of the See also:Tabernacle Presbyterian Church in See also:Philadelphia, and was See also:president of the See also:American Presbyterian See also:Historical Society, but is best known for his popular and excel-See also:lent See also:works on See also:entomology, which include: The See also:Mound-meking Ants of the Alleghanies (1877); The Natural See also:History of the Agricultural Ants of See also:Texas (1879); Tenants of an Old See also:Farm (1884); American See also:Spiders and their See also:Spinning-See also:work (3 vols., 1889-1893), Nature's Craftsmen (1907) and See also:Ant Communities (19o9). Another brother, JOHN JAMES MCCOOK (b. 1843), a cousin of the lawyer of the same name, was a 2nd lieutenant of volunteers in the Union army in 1861; graduated at Trinity College, See also:Hartford, See also:Connecticut, in 1863, and at the See also:Berkeley divinity school in 1866; entered the See also:Protestant Episcopal See also:ministry in 1867, and in 1869 became See also:rector of St John's, See also:East Hartford, Connecticut; became See also:professor of See also:modern See also:languages in Trinity College, Hartford, in 1883; in 1895-1897 was president of the See also:board of See also:directors of the Connecticut reformatory; and wrote on See also:prison reform and kindred topics.

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