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190	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.
conducted by his sons, under the same firm name. Politically Mr. Rose is an independent voter, supporting the best men for office, regardless of party line. He is of the Lutheran religious faith.     He was united in marriage at Sterling, Logan county, Colorado May, 1890, to Miss Bertha E., daughter of Charles and Sarah (Grumbling) Crissman, who were formerly residents of Bedford county, Pennsylvania. The children born of this union are: Allen, born 1892. Charles, born 1894. Harry, born 1896. Sarah, born 1898. Catherine, born 1902.     JOHN WESLEY COOK, secretary of the incorporated company of Woolf & Reynolds, of Johnstown, is a native of that city, born January 1, 1872, son of William Franklin and Mary Jane (Pickwick) Cook. William Franklin Cook was born in Fulton county, Pennsylvania, on the 23d day of March, 1851, and married, February 13, 1870, Mary Jane Pickwick, who was born on the 31st day of January, 1852, a daughter of John Pickwick, in whose shop was built the first boat run in the transportation service between Hollidaysburg and Pittsburg on the old Pennsylvania canal. The family name of Captain Pickwick's wife was Heffner.     John W. Cook was educated in the public schools and Morrell College in Johnstown, and while a student his vacations were employed in working as office boy, and later in the switch department of the Lorain Steel Company. In 1888, having completed his course in school, he entered the employ of Woolf & Reynolds, at first in a minor capacity, but afterward advanced through various positions in the several departments of the company's great mercantile establishment to the secretaryship of the incorporated company in 1902. Besides the duties of his office of secretary, Mr. Cook has charge of the buying and managing of the men's furnishings department.     Since he was twelve rears old Mr. Cook has been a member of the Christian church, and has taken an active part in the work of that society and its auxiliary branches. He is a member of the church board, of the music committee and of the special committee to secure a site for a proposed new church edifice. He is a Mason, member of Cambria Lodge, No. 215. F. and A. M., of Johnstown. On March 1st, 1903, Mr. Cook married Elsie Gibson Baker, daughter of Abraham Baker and Rachel (Heffner) Baker, of Altoona, Pennsylvania.     SAGERSON FAMILY. In Ireland the surname Sigerson has been prominently known for many generation, perhaps for centuries. The Sigersons undoubtedly are descended from the Norsemen, as well as the Gael, which fact is indicated both by the name and physical characteristics. Each succeeding generation of the family has produced its noted men, and they have gained distinction in war, in public life and in the professions. One of the best representatives of the surname now in Ireland is Dr. George Sigerson, of county Tyrone, who is a cousin of Robert Sigerson, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and of the came generation. In the city of Dublin, Dr. Sigerson stands at the head of the medical profession, and has been honored with appointment to positions of honor. By appointment of Lord Spencer he was a member of the royal commission to investigate the condition of prisons in Ireland. He is a member and since 1894 has been president of the National Literary Society of Ireland, which society has been largely instrumental in the restoration and preservation of the ancient Gaelic language. He also is a poet of

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