Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Cook




Husband James Cook 1 2

           Born: 14 May 1840 1 2
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           Died: 16 Aug 1864 - City Point, VA 1
         Buried: Nov 1864 - Rehoboth Presbyterian Cemetery, Fayette Co, PA


         Father: John Bell Cook (1808-Aft 1889) 1 3
         Mother: Matilda Cunningham (      -1887) 1 2





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General Notes: Husband - James Cook


He followed farming until September, 1862, when he entered the army for service in the Civil War. He died at City Point, Virginia, from injuries received in the service. His remains were removed to Rehoboth Presbyterian Cemetery.

He enlisted in Company F, Eighteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, was taken prisoner and exchanged. He was thrown by a horse and instantly killed at City Point, Virginia.

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Sources


1 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 825.

2 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 326.

3 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 325.


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