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Silas E. Cook (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, and Hendricks County, Indiana, farmer and soldier.)

b. 1830?

Rockcastle County, Kentucky, and Hendricks County, Indiana, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Lindsay Cook and Elizabeth Cook. Married to Mary A. Bates Cook in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, on November 17, 1853. Father of James Cook, Margaret Cook, William Cook, and Sallie Cook. Farmer in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Rockcastle County in 1860. Served in the Rockcastle and Lincoln County Home Guards (U.S.A.) as a private from May 7, 1862, to July 7, 1862. Served in the 148th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from February 17, 1865, to September 5, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Northern District, p. 196B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, p. 531.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Hendricks County, Danville, p. 312A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0472.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994053, Rockcastle County Marriages.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, vol. VII - 1861-1865 (Indianapolis: Samuel M. Douglas, State Printer), 537.

Citation

Cook, Silas E.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281176 (November 12, 2026).

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