Harmon Shermon Cook, his wife Biddie A. (Berry) and his mother Harriet Cook are buried at Spokane Cemetery, Spokane, Christian Co. See the mochrist website. I have pictures of the tombstones I could email you. I do not know where Harriet's husband is buried. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 12:25 AM Subject: [MOCHRIST] Re: Andrew J. and Harmon S. Cook & Cook's Store Eastern Greene Co. > In a message dated 2/28/2003 6:06:29 PM Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > Looking for info on this family, Andrew and Harritt Cook were listed in the > > 1860 Christian Co, Mo census, they had a son Harmon Shermon Cook, listed in > > the 1870 census, Christian Co, I would like to know where this family is > > buried, this family a son of Harmon, had a store on the Greene\Webster Co, > > line. Can anyone help me. > > > > Thank u, Cathy > > > I can't tell you anything specifically about the family but I have a > newspaper article about the history of the store known as Cook's Store since > the 1920's. The article was printed with current photo in the "Springfield > Daily News Aug 24, 1959. My grandfather Don Bench and his father in law Logan > "Jack" Hargis (my Ggrandfather) were partners in ownership in the early > 1920's. They sold to the Casedy brothers Roy and Winnie who then sold to H.S. > Cook in 1924 who came from the McCracken area of Christian County. The > article says Mr Cook had been in the mercantile business since he was a young > man in Taney County where he homesteaded a farm at age 21 in 1892 near Walnut > Shade four years later he traded the farm for a store at Walnut Shade. Cook > later owned a store at Christian Center, Christian Co. and then one in Ozark > and for a time one in Montague on the Christian -Stone Co. line. He went from > there to McCracken where he owned a store four years before going to eastern > Greene Co. location featured in article. Other owners were the first owner > John Moore abt 1890 then Charlie Hodge and Charlie Green then John A. Barnard > and Gene Rathbun, then Hubert Munsey became a partner with John Barnard then > Charlie Hodge bought it again with partner Sam Barnard a cousin of John. Then > Jack Hargis and Don Bench, then Ron and Winnie Casedy then the Cook Family, > Harmon until he retired in 1944 (died a year later) then son Arthur Cook who > turned it over to brother Paul Cook who sold it a year later to current owner > (at the time of article) and another brother Earl C. Cook. Some other items > of intrest in the article: at one time a blacksmith shop was next door > operated by John Vaughn and an old sign was found indicating that there was a > post office there once named "Lon, Missouri , Post Office" > > Richard L. Bench > Olathe, KS 66062-2412 > [email protected] > > > ==== MOCHRIST Mailing List ==== > Search other MOGenWeb counties here: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mogenweb/momap.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >