Chauncey H. Cooke

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Chauncey Hibbard Cooke (May 15, 1846 – May 11, 1919) was an American farmer, educator, abolitionist activist, and Wisconsin pioneer. With his parents, he was among the earliest American settlers in Buffalo County, Wisconsin. He served in the Union Army through most of the American Civil War. After the war, he went on to serve with the Freedmen's Bureau, working to provide education for formerly enslaved people in Texas.

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