Gen John Pope Cook (1825 - 1910) - Find A Grave Memorial

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Gen John Pope Cook

Birth:	Jun. 12, 1825 Belleville St. Clair County Illinois, USA
Death:	Oct. 12, 1910 Ransom Hillsdale County Michigan, USA
Civil War Union Brigadier General. The son of Daniel P. Cook, second Congressman from Illinois and the man for whom Cook County was named, in 1855, he was elected Mayor of Springfield and the following year Sheriff of Sangamon County. After the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter in April 1861 he raised a company of troops and was commissioned Colonel of the 7th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to Brigadier General, US Volunteers in 1864. Family links: Parents: Daniel Pope Cook (1794 - 1827) Julia Catherine Edwards Cook (____ - 1830) Spouses: Susan A. Lamb Cook (1828 - 1890) Mary Eliza Baker Cook (1860 - 1948) Children: Daniel Pope Cook (1893 - 1963)* Nina M. Cook (1894 - 1981)* Charles Bosworth Cook (1896 - 1978)* Daisy E. Cook Field (1898 - ____)* *Calculated relationship Search Amazon for John Cook

Burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery Springfield Sangamon County Illinois, USA Plot: Block 10, Lot 171 & 184
Maintained by: Find A Grave Record added: Mar 02, 2001 Find A Grave Memorial# 20663