Editing Nathan E. Cook (section)

===Personal life===
Cook's father, William Cook, had died in 1895. His mother Ellen later remarried and the family moved to [[Kansas City, Missouri]].

Cook met his wife, Elizabeth (1887–1982) in [[New York (state)|New York]] in 1901 and they married on October 29, 1905. Elizabeth died two weeks before what would have been their 77th wedding anniversary in 1982. Cook spent his last years at the residential section of the VA hospital in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], Arizona and was buried beside his wife at the [[National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona]].