Stephen Hook of Oregon, who has been on a pleasure trip to Whiting, Iowa, is visiting his cousin, Mrs. Robert Hankinson.

May 4, 1911, Evansville Review, p. 5, col. 3, Evansville, Wisconsin
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The year 1843 brought Thomas Hook to section 35 where in 1844 his son Stephen was born, the first child born in Oregon. Later in the same year came Stephen Hook, brother of Thomas, C. Sargeant, Abram Kierstead and C. P. Mosley to section 12; Horace Wautrous on section 1. C.P. Mosley's house, very near where the present watertower stands, apparently became the nucleus of not only Oregon hostlery, but of Oregon village as well.

Source: "History of Oregon and Trade Territory 1924", compiled by W. L. Ames, 1924 (Page 7).
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THE MADISON DEMOCRAT,
JANUARY 24, 1919

Stephen I. Hook

Stephen I. Hook died yesterday at Oregon. He was born at Oregon, then Rome Corners, in 1844, and was the first white child born in that town. He served in the civil war in Company G, 42 regiment. Of his immediate family he is survived by five brothers and two sisters: Norman of this city; James of Whiting, Ia.; George, Sioux City, Ia.; Egbert, who lives in Nebraska, and William in Colorado, Margaret Hook and Mrs. Richards of Sioux City, Ia. The funeral service will be in Brooklyn Sunday afternoon at 1.

Source: Wisconsin Necrology, Vol 17, p. 168

Tombstone:

Stephen J. - Co C - 42 Wis Inf

Name: Stephen J Hook , Residence: Oregon Enlistment Date: 08 August 1864 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Wisconsin Unit Numbers: 3096 3096 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 08 August 1864
Enlisted in Company F, 42nd Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 08 August 1864.
Mustered out Company F, 42nd Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 20 June 1865 in Milwaukee, WI

Source: Ancestry.com (online database)