Willis Cook (Hopkins County, Ky, day laborer and private in 25th Ky Vol Inf.)
b. 1840? d. 1862-03-31
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.
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- Sex
- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
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.
Citation
Cook, Willis. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205748 (November 12, 2026).
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