Theophilus Cooksey

Birth Date

1784

Death Date

1868

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter and veteran. Maryland native. Married to Narcissa L. Harris Cooksey on June 13, 1821. Father of Albert G. Cooksey. Served in the War of 1812. Carpenter in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Princeton, Kentucky, in 1860. Resident of Lyon County, Kentucky, in 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 320; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 50; Jordan Dodd, comp., Kentucky Marriages to 1850 Ancestry, Caldwell County, Kentucky, June 13, 1821; Find A Grave, "Theophilus Cooksey (1784-1868)," Memorial #19094305, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19094305 (accessed June 18, 2017); KYR-0001-029-0529.

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