Edwin Stanton McCook (1837-1873)
McCook County, South Dakota  is named for him.
Born in Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio, March 26, 1837.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary of Dakota Territory, 1872-73;
died in office 1873. Member, Freemasons.
Shot and killed by Peter P. Wintermute, a banker and political adversary,
at a saloon in Yankton, Yankton County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.),
September 11, 1873. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
 See more about McCook County at The Political Graveyard.

McCook County, South Dakota is located in southeast South Dakota, and its county seat is Salem.

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McCook County Resource List 850 McCook County Names Graduates of St. Mary's High School Graduates of Bridgewater High School Bridgewater Telephone Company Montrose Photos Montrose Memories Book Index Jayne County 1870 Census 1909 - 1910 Gazetteer Publishing Co. Business Directory Bridgewater Canistota Montrose Ramsey Salem Spencer Unityville 1916 R. L. Polk Business Directory Bridgewater Canistota Center Church Records Bridgewater Methodist Church 1888 Montrose Methodist Church 1888 Salem/Spencer/Canistota Methodist Church 1888 Military Records Canistota's Seventy-Fifth Anniversary 1884 - 1959 Book	Cemetery List McCook County Cemetery List A list of all known cemeteries in McCook County. Ramsey Pioneer/Hill Cemetery with pictures of EACH headstone! Rose Hill Cemetery with individual pictures and map! Ramsey Baptist Cemetery Partial Listing Sun Prarie Baptist Cemetery Partial Listing Erik Olson Cemetery Partial Listing Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery Partial Listing Montrose City Cemetery Full listing! Spring Valley Baptist Cemetery St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery Wildwood Cemetery Rasmussen Cemetery
McCook County Queries Looking for a relative? Check out our message boards to see if someone else is looking too. Fellow Researchers Check out this list for some other genealogist searching in McCook County.	McCook County Resources and Lookup Volunteers  If you have any resources available that you could do look ups in we need you! Email Jodi. McCook County Museum McCook County Newspapers   McCook County Churches
Cities in McCook County	The early history of McCook County from "Within These Borders"
Maps of McCook County and South Dakota Maps to help you in your searching

Did you know McCook used to be a part of a now extinct county?

It was called Jayne County. It was established in 1862 and abolished in 1871. The parent county was Dakota Territory It's successor counties are: Hutchinson, McCook, Turner To post queries to this county go here!

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