Editing Daniel Pope Cook (section)

==Family==
On May 6, 1821, Cook married Julia Catherine Edwards, the daughter of his mentor Ninian Edwards (who was related by marriage to the Pope family of Kentucky). After Daniel Cook died, Julia Cook moved back to [[Belleville, Illinois]], but only survived her husband by three years. Their son, [[John Cook (US Army officer)|John Cook]] (born 1825), remained true to the family's anti-slavery principles and became mayor of [[Springfield, Illinois]], in 1855, brigadier general for Union forces in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] and state representative for [[Sangamon County, Illinois]].