Thomas Chappell Cook was born in Fairfield , Ala., September 19, 1836. He entered the University of Alabama, October 5, 1853, and remained there until January 1, 1856. Later he attended Princeton University and was graduated in medicine form the University of Pennsylvania in 1859. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted as a surgeon in the 1st Texas heavy artillery. After the war, he returned to Weimar, Texas. He was a member of the 19th Legislature of Texas in 1885-1886. He was County Physician of Colorado County, Texas. President Cleveland appointed him medical examiner of the U.S. Army and Navy in the Pension Department in 1889-1893. He died at Weimar, Texas, February 18, 1906.

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