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Reuben Cook (Caldwell Co, KY, farmer)

b. 1830-05-12 d. 1905-06-16

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Julia Hawkins Cook in Christian County, Kentucky, on January 15, 1861. Father of Florence Cook and Viola Cook. Farmer in Farmersville, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Farmersville in 1860. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Farmersville, p. 119.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Farmersville, p. 210A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Scates Mill, p. 555A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Caldwell County, KY, July 1863, p. 5.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, 1857-1875, Film #000465564, p. 59.

"Reuben Cook (1830-1905)," Find A Grave, Memorial #62964545, accessed December 2, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62964545.

Citation

Cook, Reuben. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210042 (November 12, 2026).

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