Biography of John Cool, pages 646 / 647.  History of De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

John Cool, one of the prominent and reliable citizens of Jackson Township, 
resides on section 17, where he has a comfortable home and is surrounded 
with a happy family and kind friends.  He was born in Yates County, N. Y., 
Aug. 1, 1828, moved to Sandusky County, Ohio, where his father soon after 
died.  His mother then returned to New York with her five youngest children, 
her eldest, Daniel, remaining in Ohio.  She died about a year later.  When 
eleven years of age John returned to Ohio and lived with his brother Daniel, 
who was married, till 1843, when he came to De Kalb County with his brothers 
Christopher and Isaac, reaching the county Nov. 18.  Both brothers died in 
this county,  Daniel Cool and his family afterward moved to Jackson Township 
and later to Union Township, where he died in 1882.  Another brother, Thomas 
Cool, came still later and now resides in Auburn.  A sister, Mrs. Catherine 
Thrall, moved to Sandusky County, Ohio, and died there.  John Cool remained 
in De Kalb County till 1850 and then visited Ohio and New Jersey where he 
had a sister, Mrs. Sarah D. Hunt, spending about a year, and while there, 
Oct. 8, 1851, was married to Sarah A. Wilson, a native of Sussex County, N.J., 
born April 5, 1831.  They then came to his forest home and commenced 
housekeeping in the log cabin.  Ten children have been born to them---
James, Mary E., wife of W.S. Dancer; Alice, wife of Alpheus McClellan; 
Thomas; Clara, wife of J.S. Weaver; John, Jr., Viola and George W.  Two 
are deceased, Perry and Charles P.  Mr. Cool is a Democrat in political 
faith.

Submitted by:
Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
Agoodwin@ctlnet.com