. GEORGE H. COOK. 



STATE GEOLOGIST OF NEW JERSEY — DIRECTOR OF THE AGRI- 

 CULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION OF NEW JERSEY 



PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE 

 IN RUTGERS COLLEGE. 



BY JAMES NEILSON. 



I^EORGE H. COOK, Ph.D., LL.D., State Geologist of 

 ^^ New Jersey, Director of the Agricultural Experiment 

 Station of the State, Vice-President of Rutgers College 

 and its Professor of Geology and Agriculture, died at his 

 residence in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Sunday, Sep- 

 tember 22d, 1889. He died as he had lived, and as he 

 wished to die, in the active discharge of his duties. 



George Hammell Cook was born at Hanover, Morris 

 County, New Jersey, on January the 5th, 1818. He was 

 the third son of John Cook and his wife Sarah Munn. 

 His ancestors on the male side came from England in 

 1640 to Lynn, Massachusetts. They soon after removed 

 to Southampton, Long Island, and thence to Hanover, 

 New Jersey, where their house, the home of several gen- 

 erations, still stands. It was built one hundred and 

 ■seventy-five years ago, and is still owned by Doctor 

 Cook's brother. An old record of a will dated 1751, 

 states that John Williams gives it to his daughter, Mary 

 Cook, wife of Ellis Cook. 



Lieutenant-Colonel Ellis Cook, of Hanover, Morris 



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