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The Cook Home
Caption under picture in Bee-Picayune Centennial Edition reads:
The Old J.W.Cook Home, located east of Beeville, is a Hereford landmark
i in Bee County. This old home, now owned by Wm.Dugat, was constructed
by McAdoo and Wooley, architects of San Antonio. It was the home of
J.W.Cook and Son, early area Hereford breeders.
[ From Mrs. Madray's History of Bee County...page 37.
Breeder of Hereford Cattle
Rev.C.C.Cookfand family,also John Scott and family, came to Texas
from South Carolina, leaving their native state in the late fall or
early winter in 1845 with a train of ox wagons. One of the wagons con-
veyed the negro slaves. This negro man and foman were a gift to Mrs.
Cook by her father when she and Mr.Cook were married. Some hardships
were encountered on this long journey during the winter months. When
this train of wagons crossed Red River into Texas, in Fannin County,
a stop was made.
John Wesley Cook was born on March 16,1846, the son of Rev. and
Mrs. Cook, and the youngest of ten children. These emigrants remained
in Fannin County until the mother and young son were able to travel on
to Williamson County, where they lived about twelve years.
When John Cook was about five years of age, he came near being
captured by Indians, but was rescued by a bit of forethought exercised
by his mother. At the age of nine, John Cook came to Bee County with
John Scott, his brother-in-law. He returned shortly to Williamson
County, but in 1857 returned to make his home. Two or three years later
his father's family, also the Scott family, came to Bee County and set-
tled on the Talpacat, a creek running east of Beeville. John Cook at"
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