jay cooke

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 689

By Erik Loomis

In General

On October 8, 2020

This is the grave of Jay Cooke. Born in 1821 in Sandusky, Ohio, Cooke grew up in a strong Whig household. His father was a Ohio state legislator and served a term in Congress in the early 1830s. The young Jay Cooke went to Philadelphia...

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