City: Charlotte
COOK, William Loch, lawyer, judge of the ninth judicial circuit; born Bon Aqua, Tenn., Dec. 6, 1869; English Scotch descent; son of William and Elizabeth (Weems) COOK; father’s occupation, teacher; paternal grandfather Lewis COOK, paternal grandmother Jane (Owen) COOK, maternal grandfather Nathaniel C. WEEMS, maternal grandmother Eleanor A. (Hatton) WEEMS; educated county schools of Montgomery county and Vanderbilt law department; in early life engaged in farming and teaching; married Nannie Clemens COLLIER Dec. 16, 1897; member of F. & A. M. and I. O. O. F.; representative in the Lower House in the Fiftieth General Assembly of Tennessee from Dickson Co.; elected Aug., 1908, as judge of the Ninth judicial circuit to succeed Judge R. L. PECK, re-elected for full term 1910; aid on staff of Gov. R. L. TAYLOR 1897-8 rank of colonel; member of M. E. Church, South.
