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==Early life== Daniel Pope Cook was born in 1794 in [[Scott County, Kentucky]], into an impoverished branch of the prominent Pope family of [[Kentucky]] and [[History of Popes Creek (Virginia)|Virginia]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wP0TAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA600 |title=History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time |volume=I |first=Alfred Theodore |last=Andreas |author-link=Alfred T. Andreas |publisher=A. T. Andreas Company |page=600 |year=1884 |isbn=9780405068454 |access-date=2021-11-15 |via=Google Books}}</ref> Cook moved to [[Kaskaskia, Illinois]] in 1815 and took a job as a store clerk, but soon began to read law under the supervision of his uncle, [[Nathaniel Pope]].
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