Willis Cook

Birth Date

c1840

Death Date

1862-03-31

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Eli Cook. Married to Sarah D. Cook. Father of John D. Cook. Student in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Day laborer in Madisonville in 1860. Served in the 25th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private from January 1, 1862 to March 31, 1862. Wounded and captured at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, on February 15, 1862. Died while in military service in Memphis on March 21, 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 122A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 837.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0373.

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