History of Rush County Indiana Brant& Fuller Chicago 1888 Page771 and 772 Surnames mentioned in this biography are: Cook, Johnson, ROBERT B. COOK was born in Union Township, April 16, 1848.  His parents were James and Nancy Cook, old and honored residents of Union Township. His boyhood and youth were spent up on his father's farm, one-half mile west of Glenwood. He received a good common school education, but adopted farming as his life business. On October 17, 1871,he chose for his wife Frances D. Johnston, daughter of Atwell and Larinda Johnston, who were old residents of Richland Township, where Mrs. Cook was born in 1850.To this union were born three daughters: Laura, Attic M. and Fannie Ball, all of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Cook are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.           Politically,he is a staunch Democrat. In the spring of 1885, he was elected to the office of Township Trustee, which position he now holds. He has carefully managed the affairs of the township, and takes great interest in the schools. Mr. Cook owns a comfortable home near Glenwood, near where he was born and reared. He is an upright and industrious man.