Dr. James Burnett Cook, son of Amos and Sarah Cook, was born in Seneca County, New York, in 1813. His middle name was the maiden name of his paternal great-grandmother. As a child, he attended Parsippany Academy in Parsippany, New Jersey, where his grandparents lived. This was an excellent education for that day. The Parsippany Academy may have been owned by Silas Condit, a Revolutionary War veteran, and existed until 1928. The Tivoli Garden Apartments, located behind the Morris Hills Shopping Center on Route 46, is on the original site of the Academy.
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