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Zook, William

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  • Name Zook, William 
    Born Y  [1] 
    • Details of the birth are not known at this time.
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    business man 
    • In partnership with his father in June 1842, William started the first general store in Oregon, Missouri. During his lifetime, he was involved in many business ventures in the county, including meat packing and banking.
    Moved To 1842  Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 1876  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Person ID I7526  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2013 

    Father Zook, Daniel,   b. Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1842, Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Forney, Anna,   b. Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F2420  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S191] History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri, containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, etc., etc., Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Holt and Atchison Counties, etc., (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1882), page 322.
      William Zook was the son of Daniel Zook, Sr.

    2. [S191] History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri, containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, etc., etc., Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Holt and Atchison Counties, etc., (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1882), pages 322-323.
      "Daniel Zook, Sr., and his son William, built in Oregon, the first house in the place.... In this house they opened in June, 1842, the first stock of goods ever offered for sale in the town of Oregon.... William Zook, on the death of his father, continued to sell goods in Oregon, till 1856. He was, however, engaged in business in Forest City, and elsewhere in the county, up to the period of his death. He was also prominently identified with the pork packing interests of Forest City and St. Joseph, and assisted in organizing the First National Bank, of St. Joseph, and afterwards the Colhoun Bank in that city. Of both these institutions he was the first president. An eminently successful business man, he was also recognized as a liberal and public spirited citizen."

    3. [S191] History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri, containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, etc., etc., Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Holt and Atchison Counties, etc., (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1882), page 401.
      "In 1842 he [Hugh Pennel] assisted to raise the first building in Oregon, which was a log store, built by William Zook, who had about $800 capital to purchase goods."

    4. [S191] History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri, containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, etc., etc., Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Holt and Atchison Counties, etc., (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1882), page 322.
      William Zook moved with his extended family from Ohio to Holt County, Missouri in the spring of 1842.

    5. [S191] History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri, containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, etc., etc., Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Holt and Atchison Counties, etc., (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1882), page 322.
      "William Zook, on the death of his father, continued to sell goods in Oregon, till 1856. He was, however, engaged in business in Forest City, and elsewhere in the county, up to the period of his death."

    6. [S249] History Publishing Company, History of Holt County, Missouri, From the Time of the Platte Purchase to the End of the Year 1916, Preceeded by a Short History of Missouri; Supplemented by Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens (St. Joseph, Missouri: Midland Printing Company, [1917?]), pages 470-471; biographical sketch of Charles D. Zook.
      "In 1850 he [Levi Zook] engaged in merchandising trade with his brother William Zook, who died in 1876."


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