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]