Cook, James J. - Company I -
FC#224912 - enlisted 17 Mar 1864 Brownstown WV - 5’8”tall, dark complexion,
black eyes, dark hair - born about 1842 Wyoming Co. VA - died in Andersonville Prison
16 Sep 1864 - parents Mitchell and Mary Cook were married in 1839, Mary died in
1864 - siblings: B.P. born 9 Aug 1840;
James J. 6 Mar 1843; D.C. 3 Sep 1845; Louisa 29 Dec 1847; Evaline 8 Mar 1850;
Mary A. 9 Apr 1852; William M. 22 Feb 1854; Nancy J. 11 Jul 1856; Jasper N.
3 Sep 1859; Mitchell H. 13 Jul 1862
Cook, James M. - Company I -
PC#983562, WA#1641373 - enlisted 1 Dec 1864 Charleston WV - 6’0”tall, dark
complexion, grey eyes, dark hair - born about 1846 Boone Co. VA son of Floyd and
Mary Cook - died 6 Apr 1929 Bald Knob WV - married Flora W. Perry 5 Jan 1870
daughter of William and Hannah Perry - children: Cora born 15 Jan 1873; Leander
10 Jun 1875; Bertha 10 May 1877 ; Roxie 23 Jun 1880 ; Everett 6 Mar 1882 Walter
25 May 1884; Florence 15 Mar 1889
Cook, John N. - Company I -
PC#685725 - enlisted 11 Mar 1864 Wheeling WV - 5’10”tall, dark complexion,
black eyes, dark hair - born Wyoming Co. VA son of Thomas and Rebecca - married
Margaret Stewart daughter of George and Margaret 23 Aug 1866 Wyoming Co.
Children: W.S. born 8 Jul 1868; R.S. 8
Sep 1870; E.H. 24 Jul 1872; H.J. 10 Feb
1875; H.E. 7 May 1877; L.B. 4 Jun 1880; N. 12 Mar 1883; C. 19 Sep 1886 and E.M. 27 Nov 1889
Cook, John U. - Company I -
enlisted 11 Mar 1864
Cook, Joseph L. - Company K -
PC#402643 - enlisted 5 Sep 1861 - 5’11”tall, fair complexion, grey eyes, light
hair - deserted 15 Mar 1863 Jackson County VA, arrested 16 Dec 1863 - born
about 1841 Greenbrier Co. VA - married Amanda Jarrett, she died 17 Jul
1909 - also married Elizabeth Sheaver
Cook, Lain S. - Company E -
WC#310931 - enlisted 14 Mar 1864 Charleston - 5’8”tall, fair complexion, grey
eyes, light hair - born about 1846 Logan County VA son of R.M. and Mary Cook -
died 6 Jun 1890 - married 17 Jan 1866 Mary Stewart daughter of George .P. and
Margaret Stewart - children: B.N. born 1 Apr 1877; Martin B. 7 Jun 1880; Aaron
E. 19 Jul 1883 and W.R. 25 Feb 1875 - lived Rockview, Wyoming Co. WV in 1890
Cook, Leonidas Hamilton - Company I - PA#458801 -
enlisted 7 Dec 1861 - 6’2”tall, dark complexion, black eyes, black hair - son of William and Fanny Cook - married Louvenia Webb d/o Martin and
Fanny 17 Aug 1863 - lived Rock Castle,
Wyoming Co. after enlistment for 4 years, as a young child he lived about 4
years with his father in Michigan, lived Peachtree, Raleigh Co. 1863 to 1869,
1869 and 1870 at Rock Castle, moved back to Peach Tree and lived there until
1882, he then moved to Cove Creek WV - Leonidas was captured and sent to
prison, he was then paroled and sent back to Raleigh Co. He went home before reporting back to his unit
in July 1863, while he was working in his cornfield he was shot by a rebel
bushwacker both eyes. His pension was denied on the grounds that he did not
report back to his unit after his release from prison and was listed as a deserter at the time he was shot. A petition was signed on his behalf by many
Raleigh County citizens some of whom are: Harmon Adkins; James Mankin; Christopher
Roles; J.F.Webb; Joseph Meadows; G.W. Shumate; Russell Wall; William Elkins;
Louis Garten; George Shumate; William Lewis; John Lewis; Lewis Hunter; William
Richardson; James Manning; Giles Webb; Allen Pettry; William Stephenson;
Francis Dickens; Daniel Dickens; Robert Workman; James Morris; James Massey;
Achilles McGinnis; A.G. Cozart; John Turner; William Morris; - years of letters
to the pension board from Leondias and others went to no avail
Cook, Matthew - Company E -
PA#376866 - enlisted 1 Apr 1862 Wyoming Co. VA - 6’0”tall, dark complexion,
black eyes - born about 1837 Wyoming Co. son of J.L. and Sarah- died 12 Sep
1883 Edwardsville, Kansas - captured at Bull Run 29 Aug 1862 - married Margaret
Browning daughter of John and Frances 11
Apr 1856 Wyoming Co. at the home of Sylvester Cook
Cook, Pemberton - Company I - PC#441106 -
enlisted 29 Aug 1864 - born 25 Mar 1846 Oceana Wyoming Co. son of Elliott and
Rebecca - died 9 Apr 1925 Jesse WV - married Ella Workman daughter of Amos and
Jemima 23 Aug 1865 Wyoming Co. -
children: Jemima born 25 Aug 1866;
Rebecca J. 31 Oct 1868; Julia A. 17 Jan 1871; William H. 22 Jun 1873; Evert 10
Mar 1875; Allie 10 Jan 1878; Brady G. 22 Jan 1885; Luly G. 15 Mar 1882; E.E. 9
Jul 1887; Cora L. 21 Aug 1889 - lived Jesse WV from 1866 to 1925
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