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Charles W. Cook (Webster Co, ky, farmer, judge,(attorney later))

b. 1833?

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer and postmaster. Kentucky native. Son of Elizabeth Cook. Married to Virginia Cook. Father of Jesse S. Cook and John S. Cook. Farmer in Barren County, Kentucky, in 1850. Postmaster of Clyde in Hopkins County from November 8, 1859, to June 20, 1860. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. County judge in Webster County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Division 2, p. 428B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 548.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, Dixon, Subdivision 166, p. 200B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Webster County, KY, June 1863, p. 11.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Hopkins County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 100.

KYR-0001-004-0137.

Citation

Cook, Charles W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209336 (November 12, 2026).

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