John Rogers Cooke
Born: June 9, 1833
Birth Place: Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
Father: Union Brig. General Philip St. George Cooke 1809 – 1895
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)
Mother: Rachel Wilt Hertzog 1807 – 1896
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)
Wife: Nannie Gordon Patton 1844 – 1914
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Children:
John Rogers Cooke Jr. 1865 – 1951
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Fairlie Patton Cooke 1867 – 1934
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Ellen Mercer Cooke Brockenbrough 1869 – 1927
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Phillip St. George Cooke II 1871 – 1961
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Rachel Cooke Birdgforth 1874 – 1960
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Hallie Patton Cooke Wallace 1876 – 1972
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Nancy Gordon Cooke Parker 1878 – 1976
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Stuart Cooke Sr. 1879 – 1955
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Education:
Attended University of Missouri and Harvard College
Occupation:
1855 – 1861: Served in the United States Army rising to 1st Lt.
Civil War Career:
1861: 1st Lt. In the Confederate Army
1861: Participated in the First Battle of Bull Run
1862: Colonel of 27th North Carolina Infantry
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Antietam
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863: Wounded during the Battle of Bristoe Station
1863 – 1864: Served on courts of inquiry in Richmond, Virginia
1864: Wounded in leg during the Battle of Spotsylvania
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1891: Merchant in Richmond, Virginia
One of the founders of Confederate Soldiers Home in Richmond, Virginia
Died: April 10, 1891
Place of Death: Richmond, Virginia
Cause of Death: Pyemia
Age at time of Death: 57 years old
Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
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