Cook Family
FAMILY BACKGROUND
Joseph B. Cook, the earliest discovered ancestor of this line, was born in New York about 1797 according to U.S. Census records. It is possible he was married 3 times.
The 1850 U.S. Census shows him married to Eliza (age 38 and born in Pennsylvania)
The 1860 U.S. Census shows him married to Casia (Age 40 and born in Virginia)
Earlier records show him married to Louisa Burns.
The Joseph Cook family moved at least three times over the years.
His first son, Britton Cook, was born in New York about 1830
His second son, Horace Cook, was born in Pennsylvania about 1831
In 1833, Isabella Cook was born in Virginia as well as another daughter in 1836.
All the rest of Joseph's children were born in Ohio starting in 1838.
From the census records,
it appears that Joseph Cook had at least 10 children.
Britton
Cook, Joseph's oldest son,
was a Corporal in Company E, 4th
Regiment of West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Union Army. From a
rough transcription of a Muster Roll and Pay Roll dated December 31,
1862, the 4th Infantry was organized at
According to Boyd B.
Stutler in WEST VIRGINIA IN THE CIVIL WAR, Company E was recruited
in
The 4th was a very
active and far-ranging outfit during the War, participated
prominently in the siege and capture of Vicksburg in 1863, and
suffered heavy losses in that and subsequent campaigns.
Again according to Stutler, by December 1864 the 4th regiment
was so depleted that it lost its identity when consolidated with
another unit. Stutler
mentions that Corporal Britton Cook lost his life at
In the book "Loyal West
Virginia 1861-1865", Theodore Lang writes:
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"About the
10th of May, the Fourth, under command of Colonel
Dayton, received orders to march to the front with
General Lightburn's brigade, Blair's division, 15th Army
Corps. On May 19th, the memorable assault on Vicksburg
occurred.
The Fourth
Regiment was placed in the advance of Lightburn's
brigade and charged the enemy's works. A few men scaled
the parapet, among them Capt. Finley D. Ong, of Company
F, and Britton Cook, a corporal of Company E, who
entered the Confederate works; they were wounded and
taken prisoners and died in the enemy's hands."
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Cook Family Descendant Book (1797 - Present) - a privatized (dates & places of living people omitted) 8 generation Descendant Book, with index, of Joseph B. Cook descendants (PDF)
