John Pope Cook
Born: June 12, 1825
Birthplace: Belleville, Illinois
Father: U.S. Congressman Daniel Pope Cook 1794 – 1827
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois)
Mother: Julia Catherine Edwards Unknown – 1830
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois)
1st Wife: Susan A. Lamb 1828 – 1890
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois)
2nd Wife: Mary Eliza Baker 1860 – 1948
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Ransom, Michigan)
Children:
James Lamb Cook 1851 – 1933
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois)
John Cranmer Cook 1855 – 1936
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois)
William James Cook 1862 – 1939
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois)
Daniel Pope Cook 1893 – 1963
(Buried: Frontier Cemetery, Frontier, Michigan)
Nina May Cook 1894 – 1981
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Ransom, Michigan)
Charles Bosworth Cook 1896 – 1978
(Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, California)
Daisy Eliza Cook Trumper 1898 – 1975
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Ransom, Michigan)
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Springfield, Illinois
Mayor of Springfield, Illinois
Quartermaster General of Illinois State Militia
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 7th Illinois Infantry Regiment
1862: Brigade Commander during Battle of Fort Donelson
1862: Suffered from Chronic diarrhea
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers
1862: Served in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.
Union Army Commander of Department of Iowa & Dakota Territory
1862 – 1863: Organized a Campaign against the Sioux Nation
1863: Relieved of command by General Sully in the Spring
1864 – 1865: Union Army Commander of District of Illinois
1865: Mustered out of the Union Army on August 24th
1866: Brevetted Major General for his service in the War
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Springfield, Illinois
Member of Illinois State Assembly
1879: Awarded the Sioux Nation in South Dakota known as Rosebud
Attorney in Ransom, Michigan
1901: Knocked down by a horse and Injured
1904 – 1910: Suffered from enlarged prostate
Died: October 13, 1910
Place of Death: Ransom, Michigan
Cause of Death: Prostate abscess and cystitis
Age at time of Death: 85 years old
Burial Place: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois
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