Cook, David Judson - Company I
- PC#958277, WC#862041 - enlisted 17 Mar 1864 - 5’7”tall, fair complexion, blue
eyes, dark hair - born 18 May 1844 Wyoming Co. VA son of William and Chloe Cook
- died 8 Aug 1917 Oceana WV - lived 1866 to 1876 Nevada and Missouri, returned
to Oceana WV in the late 1870’s - married #1 Delilah Shannon 31 Jan 1877, she
died 28 Jul 1890 - married #2 Isabelle Moxley the daughter of Granville and
Ollie Moxley 15 Nov 1895 Oceana WV - children: Maud born 2 Dec 1877; Carbia 1
Nov 1879; Bert 2 May 1885; Gay 1 Jan 1900 died 13 Nov 1904
Cook, Edward - Company H -
FA#286792 - 5’7”tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair - enlisted 30 Nov
1862 Coalsmouth - born about 1843 Wyoming or Greenbrier Co. VA - on deserters list 15 Mar 1863
Brownstown, “may be found Logan Co.”, was arrested as a deserter by U.S. troops
18 Dec 1863 Kanawha Co. WV and sent to Cumberland MD
Cook, Edward G. - Company K - PC#668493, WC#790422 - enlisted 9
Dec 1862 Coalsmouth - 5’7”tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair - born
16 Aug 1841 Kanawha Co. VA - died 23 May 1912 Huntington WV - married #1
Manerva Rodes, they divorced about 1875 Nicholas Co. WV - married #2 Sarah
Catherine McCallister about 1876 - children; John F. born 29 Feb 1868; Leona 27
Nov 1871; Abe Lincoln 10 Mar 1874;Lucretia E. 17 Sep 1881; Elmer E. 18 Feb
1885; Annie L. 8 Jun 1887; Ulysses S. 3 Sep 1893
Cook, Edward H. - Company I -
FC#286792 - enlisted 17 Dec 1861 Wyoming County VA - captured in Logan Co. WV
while on expedition with Captain Gramm, Was sent to Libby Prison in Richmond for
6 months, he was a paroled P.O.W. 3 Apr 1863 City Point VA - was captured a
second time and sent to Andersonville Prison 23 Jun 1864 where he died 43 days
later of starvation - 6’0”tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair - born
about 1843 Wyoming Co. VA son of Thomas M. Cook - died in Andersonville Prison
5 Aug 1864 - parents married 30 Aug 1837 Pineville VA , his mother died 11 Dec
1861 Rockview WV - his father Thomas lived Clarks Gap, Mercer Co. WV in 1887 -
siblings: Jane born 13 Dec 1849; Calvin 13 Nov 1851; Mary M. 7 Feb 1853; Ann 19
Mar 1855; Boyd 7 May 1859; Nelly 8 Aug 1861
Cook, Freeling H. - Company I
- enlisted 18 Mar 1864
Cook, George P. - Company I - PC#807581, WC#609773 - enlisted 19
Mar 1864 Brownstown WV, discharged 1 Aug 1865 - 6’3”tall, dark complexion,
black eyes, black hair - born about 1845 Raleigh Co. VA son of Thomas and
Rebecca- died 14 Mar 1906 Beckley WV - married Sarah Jane Cook daughter of John
and Rhoda 26 Dec 1866 Beckley WV, she had a brother George W. Cook - children:
Ettie born 18 Nov 1867; Ward 18 Oct 1869; Nellie 15 Oct 1871; Emma 1 Jun 1878
died 26 Feb 1899
Cook, Henry F. - Company I -
PC#27612 - enlisted 7 Dec 1861 Wyoming Co. VA, discharged 25 Oct 1863 - 5’11
“tall, dark complexion, black eyes, dark hair - born about 1837 Wyoming Co. VA
son of William N. and Fannie - wounded at the Battle of Cross Keys VA 8 Jun
1862 - lived Madison WV in 1880, Muskegon MI in 1898 - married #1 Rebecca Smith
daughter of David and Liddy - married #2 Venila Florentine McNeely daughter of
Zachariah and Lucinda Elkins 22 Dec 1862 Brownsville WV - children: Martha
Ellen 1861; Mary M. 1863; William C. 1865; Barbara L. 1867; Budd 1870; Joseph
1873; James H. 1874; Nellie 1875; Minnie 1876; Laura 1880; - children listed as
dead in 1915 were Mary, Martha, William and Barbara
Cook, James - Company I -
PC#583682, WC#812092 - enlisted 1 Apr 1862 Wyoming Co. - 5’11”tall, light
complexion, grey eyes, light hair - James said in a pension letter that “he
used a C. in front of his name to designate his mail from another James Cook at
his post office” - born about 1842 Pike Co. KY - died 28 Feb 1916 Queen Shoals
WV - married #2 Mary A. Dickson 1 Dec 1879 Kanawha Co. WV - children: William
Green born 15 Dec 1868; James M 12 Jul 1871; John 16 Aug 1873; Mark 2 Aug 1880;
Lee 10 Oct 1884; Fanny 5 Mar 1887; Lewis 2 May 1892
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