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Description: Photograph showing the McCook House in Carrollton, Ohio, while it was used as a dry goods store. In 1837 Daniel McCook erected this large brick house on the southwest corner of the public square in Carrollton, where it was occupied by his family until 1848. It was acquired by the state of Ohio in 1941 and dedicated in 1947 as a memorial to the gallant "Fighting McCooks." During the American Civil War, fifteen members of the McCook family from Ohio fought for the Union. Although scholars disagree on the exact number of McCooks who fought in the Civil War, it appears that Daniel McCook and eight of his nine sons took up arms for the North, as did his brother, John McCook, and John's five sons. Individually, the two families were known as the Tribe of Dan and the Tribe of John. Together, they came to be referred to as the "Fighting McCooks." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Series6560AV_B05F011_001
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); City and town life; Stores and shops; Small towns; Automobiles
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)