Henry W. Cooksey

Birth Date

1823-12-08

Death Date

1893-12-07

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, stonecutter. Tennessee native. Married to Mildred W. Stephens Cooksey. Father of Rebecca A. Cooksey, Thomas Cooksey, Margaret A. Cooksey, Mary L. Cooksey, Henry W. Cooksey, and Elvira C. Cooksey. Employed by Joel H. Haydon as a stonecutter in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Stonecutter in Caldwell County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 397A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 41.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 506A.
Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, 157, p. 422C.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll#994029, Caldwell County Births, 1858, p. 2.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll#7020683, Caldwell County Deaths, p. 578.
Find A Grave, "Henry W Cooksey (1823-1893)," Memorial #195830185, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195830185 (accessed April 7, 2021).

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