William Henry Cook
American judge
About William Henry Cook
Lived 1874 – 1937 (aged 62–63).
William Henry Cook (September 15, 1874 – October 5, 1937) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1920 to 1937.
Early life, education, and career Born in Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi, Cook attended the public schools of Neshoba County, and Lexington Normal College, before receiving his A.B. from the University of Mississippi in 1896, thereafter teaching for a time at St. Thomas Academy in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Cook was reelected to a full term in 1922 "by a very large majority", and ran unopposed for reelection again in 1932. He thereafter remained on the court until his death.
Personal life Cook married Bertha Bagby Beardslee, a descendant of Alabama Governor Arthur P. Bagby, on June 14, 1904, with whom he had a son and two daughters.
Cook died of a coronary thrombosis at his home in Jackson, Mississippi, at the age of 63.
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