An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, pages 451-452

	ALEXANDER J. COOK, Treasurer of Clarke county, was born in Aberdeen,
Scotland, January 20, 1856, an only son of A. L. and Mary (McDonald) Cook,
natives also of that country. The family came to America, and to Vancouver,
Washington, in 1871, where the father and son engaged in the nursery business,
both having been reared from boyhood to that occupation. Their nursery was
established by the Hon. S.W Brown, in 1861, and about seventeen years ago passed
into the hands of its present owners. A. Cook & Son own in all 100 acres, the
place being known as the Vancouver Nursery, and being probably the largest and
most complete concern of its kind northwest of California. They raise all kinds
of choice fruit trees, besides shrubbery, vines, roses, ornamental trees, etc.
	Alexander J. Cook, the subject of this sketch, is also associated in the
fruit-growing industry with the Hon. L.B. Clough, and they own 160 acres in
Multnomah county, Oregon, located on Government island. They have already forty
acres in an orchard, consisting of peach and pear trees, all in a healthy and
flourishing condition. They are now preparing the ground for additional orchard,
and this will soon be set to trees. Mr. Cook was elected to his present position
on the Republican ticket in 1890, carrying the county with a handsome majority,
and again, in 1892, was the choice of his party for the same office. Socially,
he is a member of the Masonic order, having passed all the chairs in the blue
lodge and taken the degrees of the Scottish Rite.
	In Vancouver, December 8, 1892, our subject was united in marriage with Miss
Albertina Wintler.

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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