John Stevens Cooke
John Stevens Cooke was born on October 7, 1839, in New Gloucester, Maine, to Joseph H. Cooke and Roxana Haskell. By the early 1860s, he was living in Massachusetts. He enlisted in the Union army on April 15, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company B of the 6th Massachusetts Infantry one week later. He was promoted to sergeant on May 2, 1861, and he mustered out on August 2, 1861.
 
He returned to the Union army soon afterwards, receiving a commission as a 1st lieutenant in Company B of the 26th Massachusetts Infantry on September 25, 1861. He was wounded near Winchester, Virginia, on September 19, 1864, but he eventually recovered and rejoined the regiment. He was promoted to captain on September 19, 1864. He was promoted to captain and then to lieutenant colonel on December 11, 1864, and he mustered out on August 26, 1865.
 
He married Sarah F. Eaton on May 7, 1864, and they had at least three children: Henry, born around 1867; Helen, born around 1873; and Marion, born around 1878. He settled in Groton, Massachusetts, after the war, and he worked in a “retail country store.” By 1870, he owned $250 of real estate and $1,500 of personal property, and his wife owned another $3,000 of personal property. The family moved to North Brookfield, Massachusetts, in the 1870s. By 1900, he was working as a bookkeeper at a shoe factory. He died of heart failure in North Brookfield on April 9, 1909.
 
Image: John Stevens Cooke (courtesy Library of Congress)
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(2287)Cooke, John Stevens1839-10-071909-04-09
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Rank highest: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 25

  • (6749) [writer] ~ John S. Cooke Statement, 26 August 1863
  • (13894) [writer] ~ John S. Cooke Diary, May 1862
  • (13895) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Morrison to John S. Cooke, 24 April 1861
  • (13896) [recipient] ~ Emily Thayer to John S. Cooke, 1 May 1861
  • (13897) [recipient] ~ O. R. Burchard to John S. Cooke, 1 May 1861
  • (13898) [recipient] ~ William B. Haskins to John S. Cooke, May 1861
  • (13899) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Morrison to John S. Cooke, 6 May 1861
  • (13900) [recipient] ~ Emily Thayer to John S. Cooke, 12 May 1861
  • (13901) [recipient] ~ (?) Thayer to John S. Cooke, 17 May 1861
  • (13902) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Morrison to John S. Cooke, 22 May 1861
  • (13903) [associated with] ~ Anna (?) to Brother, 10 June 1861
  • (13904) [recipient] ~ George B. Gow to John S. Cooke, 10 June 1861
  • (13905) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Morrison to John S. Cooke, 14 June 1861
  • (13906) [recipient] ~ Unknown and Vesta A. Haynes to John S. Cooke, 19 June 1861
  • (13907) [recipient] ~ Roxanna H. Cooke to John S. Cooke, 25 June 1861
  • (13908) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Morrison to John S. Cooke, 26 June 1861
  • (13909) [recipient] ~ Roxanna H. Cooke to John S. Cooke, 11 July 1861
  • (14024) [writer] ~ Charles E. Morrison to John S. Cooke, 24 July 1861
  • (14025) [recipient] ~ Nathan R. Thayer to John S. Cooke, 27 May 186X
  • (14027) [recipient] ~ Nathan R. Thayer to John S. Cooke, 31 May 1862
  • (14028) [writer] ~ John C. Cooke to Duncan S. Walker, 4 August 1863
  • (14029) [writer] ~ John S. Cooke Statement, 1864
  • (14030) [associated with] ~ Henry W. Birge Statement, 27 October 1864
  • (14044) [associated with] ~ Henry W. Birge Statement, 27 October 1864
  • (14045) [associated with] ~ "The March to the Capitol," Poem, undated

People - Records: 6

  • (4995) Morrison, Charles Edward is the [friend of] (2287) Cooke, John Stevens
  • (5001) Cooke, Roxanna H. is the [parent of] (2287) Cooke, John Stevens
  • (5466) Burchard, O. R. is the [friend of] (2287) Cooke, John Stevens
  • (5467) Haskins, William B. is the [friend of] (2287) Cooke, John Stevens
  • (5469) Haynes, Vesta Ann is the [sibling of] (2287) Cooke, John Stevens
  • (5470) Thayer, Nathan R. is the [friend of] (2287) Cooke, John Stevens

Places - Records: 2

  • (1781) [birth] ~ New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine
  • (718) [death] ~ North Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts

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Regiments - Records: 2

  • (686) [enlisted] [B] ~ 6th Massachusetts Infantry
  • (20) [officer] [B] ~ 26th Massachusetts Infantry
SOURCES

1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915, available from Ancestry.com.