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| subject_name =Henry P. Cook
| image_name =
| image_size =288px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[December 8]], [[1800]]
| place_of_birth =Hancock County, Georgia<ref>Hoskins, Frank W. (1928). ''[http://fulltext10.fcla.edu/DLData/WF/WF00000044/file10.pdf The History of Methodism in Pensacola, Florida: Its Rise and Progress]''. Cokesbury Press. p. 18.</ref>
| date_of_death =Fall [[1825]]
| place_of_death =
| occupation =Pastor, [[First Methodist Church]]<br/>Christian missionary
| religion =[[First Methodist Church|Methodist]]
| spouse =
| parents =
| children =
}}
The Reverend Dr. '''Henry P. Cook''' was the third pastor of the [[First Methodist Church]] of Pensacola.
Born in [[1800]] in Hancock County, Georgia, Cook converted to Methodism at the age of seventeen while attending a camp meeting near Sparta, Georgia. At the age of 20, he entered the travelling ministry. Prior to his appointment to the Pensacola mission he worked in Whitesand, Mississippi (near modern-day Prentiss), Opelousas, Louisiana, and Tombeckbee (Fort Tombecbe), Alabama. In December of [[1823]] he was appointed to the Pensacola mission, where he served until his death of yellow fever in the fall of [[1825]].<ref>Hoskins, p. 20.</ref>
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[[Category:Methodists|Cook, Henry P.]]
| subject_name =Henry P. Cook
| image_name =
| image_size =288px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[December 8]], [[1800]]
| place_of_birth =Hancock County, Georgia<ref>Hoskins, Frank W. (1928). ''[http://fulltext10.fcla.edu/DLData/WF/WF00000044/file10.pdf The History of Methodism in Pensacola, Florida: Its Rise and Progress]''. Cokesbury Press. p. 18.</ref>
| date_of_death =Fall [[1825]]
| place_of_death =
| occupation =Pastor, [[First Methodist Church]]<br/>Christian missionary
| religion =[[First Methodist Church|Methodist]]
| spouse =
| parents =
| children =
}}
The Reverend Dr. '''Henry P. Cook''' was the third pastor of the [[First Methodist Church]] of Pensacola.
Born in [[1800]] in Hancock County, Georgia, Cook converted to Methodism at the age of seventeen while attending a camp meeting near Sparta, Georgia. At the age of 20, he entered the travelling ministry. Prior to his appointment to the Pensacola mission he worked in Whitesand, Mississippi (near modern-day Prentiss), Opelousas, Louisiana, and Tombeckbee (Fort Tombecbe), Alabama. In December of [[1823]] he was appointed to the Pensacola mission, where he served until his death of yellow fever in the fall of [[1825]].<ref>Hoskins, p. 20.</ref>
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==References==
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[[Category:Methodists|Cook, Henry P.]]