His first name was Jesse. He always signed his name as J. Kersey Cook.
Civil War: He was a private in Company F, 91st Pennsylvania Infantry.
Died in a hospital in Alexandria, Virginia after the end of the War.
Before the War he was a teacher in Adams County, Pennsylvania. He was a member of Menallen Friends Meeting, at Flora Dale, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
∼The son of Jesse & Ruth (McMillan) Cook, in 1860 he was a teacher living in Menallen Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 4" tall and had dark hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted from Menallen Township to date February 25, 1865, and mustered into federal service that day in Chambersburg as a private with Co. F, 91st Pennsylvania Infantry. He is listed on the muster-out roll as "absent sick at muster-out" but had died in Auger U.S. Hospital from "albuminuria." His mother sent a box that the army used to mail home his personal effects. His compiled military service records list him as "Keisey J. Cook."
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16 July 1865: J. K. Cook died in hospital at Alexandria. He was drafted some time in May. J.K. Cook was drafted in the Army, May 1865.
1 Dec. 1865: The body of J. Kersey Cook brought home.
3 Dec. 1865: J. Kersey Cook buried today.
-- Diary of William B. Wilson Kept from January 1, 1829 or 31 -- December 31, 1871 Resident of Bendersville, Menallen twp., Adams Co., Pennsylvania, Albert Cook Myers Collection
contributed by zapcomix ID# 47126528
His first name was Jesse. He always signed his name as J. Kersey Cook.
Civil War: He was a private in Company F, 91st Pennsylvania Infantry.
Died in a hospital in Alexandria, Virginia after the end of the War.
Before the War he was a teacher in Adams County, Pennsylvania. He was a member of Menallen Friends Meeting, at Flora Dale, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
∼The son of Jesse & Ruth (McMillan) Cook, in 1860 he was a teacher living in Menallen Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 4" tall and had dark hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted from Menallen Township to date February 25, 1865, and mustered into federal service that day in Chambersburg as a private with Co. F, 91st Pennsylvania Infantry. He is listed on the muster-out roll as "absent sick at muster-out" but had died in Auger U.S. Hospital from "albuminuria." His mother sent a box that the army used to mail home his personal effects. His compiled military service records list him as "Keisey J. Cook."
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16 July 1865: J. K. Cook died in hospital at Alexandria. He was drafted some time in May. J.K. Cook was drafted in the Army, May 1865.
1 Dec. 1865: The body of J. Kersey Cook brought home.
3 Dec. 1865: J. Kersey Cook buried today.
-- Diary of William B. Wilson Kept from January 1, 1829 or 31 -- December 31, 1871 Resident of Bendersville, Menallen twp., Adams Co., Pennsylvania, Albert Cook Myers Collection
contributed by zapcomix ID# 47126528
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