Cook, Charles Alston, 1848-1916.

Cook of Warrenton, N.C., and Muscogee, Okla., was a lawyer, planter, active Republican, associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, 1901-1903; and member of the Oklahoma state legislature, 1909-1910.

Charles Alston Cook (1848-1916) was a lawyer; planter; state legislator; associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, 1901-1903; and member of the Oklahoma state legislature, 1909-1910. Cook was educated by John Graham and later attended the University of North Carolina, 1866-1868, and graduated from Princeton University in 1870. He studied law in the office of William Eaton and became a practicing attorney in Warrenton, N.C. He later served as attorney for the North Carolina Corporations Commission; solicitor of the North Carolina circuit criminal court, 1878-1880; member of the North Carolina House, 1896-1898, and Senate, 1887 and 1897; and was active in the Republican party.

His wife was Marina William Jones Cook; their children were Bignall, Lenoir, Josephine (called Josie or Doc), Charles, Marshall, William Jones, Benjamin Edward, and Mary Speed. Lenoir was a student at Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn., 1893-1896, and taught in Elm City, N.C., the following year. In 1900 she married George E. McLaurine of Nashville; they had three children: Charlie, Lenoir, and Margaret. Charles Cook worked in a drug store in Littleton, N.C., in 1901 and enrolled in Vanderbilt School of Pharmacy in 1902. Marshall, William Jones, Benjamin, and Mary Speed attended Warrenton High School; Marshall also attended the University of North Carolina, 1901-1903, as did Benjamin, 1908-1910.