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Henry Cooke was a part of the 1866 Seneca Stone scandal. He organized the Seneca Sandstone Company to profit off the post-Civil War building boom. They peddled stock to politicians like Grant, and when Grant was elected, people clamored that Cooke had bribed Grant. AWS explained in 1872 that WSJ inquired into the Seneca stone affairs and found that Henry Cooke had not sold out his stock in the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad company which was run by Henry's brother in law, William G Moorhead.

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Henry Cooke was a part of the 1866 Seneca Stone scandal. He organized the Seneca Sandstone Company to profit off the post-Civil War building boom. They peddled stock to politicians like Grant, and when Grant was elected, people clamored that Cooke had bribed Grant. AWS explained in 1872 that WSJ inquired into the Seneca stone affairs and found that Henry Cooke had not sold out his stock in the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad company which was run by Henry's brother in law, William G Moorhead.
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35516452
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Find a Grave - Henry David Cooke
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https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=IWn411&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=henry%20&gsfn_x=1&gsln=cooke&gsln_x=1&msbdy_x=1&msbdy=1825&msddy=1881&msddy_x=1&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=1&uidh=if4&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=97143&dbid=1671&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1 Source Citation Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center; Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio; Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s to 2011 Source Information Ancestry.com. Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2016 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
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https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=IWn411&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=henry%20&gsfn_x=1&gsln=cooke&gsln_x=1&msbdy_x=1&msbdy=1825&msddy=1881&msddy_x=1&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=1&uidh=if4&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=97143&dbid=1671&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1 Source Citation Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center; Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio; Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s to 2011 Source Information Ancestry.com. Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2016 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.