The Political Graveyard: McCook family of Ohio

McCook family of Ohio

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George Wythe McCook (c.1820-1877) — also known as George W. McCook — of Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. First cousin of Edward Moody McCook and Anson George McCook; brother of Edwin Stanton McCook. Democrat. Ohio state attorney general, 1854-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1860; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died in 1877. Interment at Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio.
Edward Moody McCook (1833-1909) — also known as Edward M. McCook — of Colorado. Born in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, June 15, 1833. First cousin of George Wythe McCook and Edwin Stanton McCook; married to Mary Thompson (sister-in-law of Charles Adams); brother of Anson George McCook. Republican. Member of Kansas territorial House of Representatives, 1859; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Hawaiian Islands, 1866-68; Governor of Colorado Territory, 1869-73, 1874-75; member of Republican National Committee from Colorado Territory, 1872-. Died of Bright's disease, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., September 9, 1909. Interment at Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio.
Anson George McCook (1835-1917) — also known as Anson G. McCook — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, October 10, 1835. First cousin of George Wythe McCook and Edwin Stanton McCook; brother of Edward Moody McCook. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1877-83; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., December 30, 1917. Interment at Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio.
- See also: congressional biography.
Edwin Stanton McCook (1837-1873) — Born in Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio, March 26, 1837. Brother of George Wythe McCook; first cousin of Edward Moody McCook and Anson George McCook. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary of Dakota Territory, 1872-73; died in office 1873. Member, Freemasons. Shot and killed by Peter P. Wintermute, a banker and political adversary, at a saloon in Yankton, Yankton County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), September 11, 1873. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. McCook County, S.Dak. is named for him.
Charles Adams (1845-1895) — also known as Karl Adam Schwanbeck — of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo. Born in Pomerania, Germany, December 19, 1845. Son of Karl Heinrich Schwanbeck and Maria J. (Markman) Schwanbeck; married to Margaret (Thompson) Phelps (sister-in-law of Edward Moody McCook). Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1880-82. Died in Denver, Colo., August 19, 1895. Burial location unknown.
- See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.

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