Know who Jay Cooke was

[sssteve]

Hi,

I hope someone can help me.

My name is Stephen Hosmer and I believe it, I am related to him about 7 generations forward from him. If you could tell me what you have on him I would like to know. Also if you have any links about him and what he did in life I would like to know too
Stephen HosmerI know that you have a lot on your website and I was wondering do you perhaps have anything about a Civil war person named "Jay Cooke".

Stephen Hosmer

 

[Bob Velke]

There were more than 40 soldiers with that name (or "J. Cooke") so we'd need some more information in order to help you. What more do you know about him? Union or Confederate? What state? Birth, marriage, death, burial date or place? Name of spouse or children?

 

[sssteve]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Cooke

I got this but I wanted to see what else you could for me about him ?

The more the merrier
Stephen Hosmer

 

[JOHN42768]

Welcome, enjoy

 

[Bruce Vail]

The career of banker Jay Cooke is treated in some detail in Matthew Josephson's The Robber Barons, the 1934 book the defined the great industialists and financiers of the Gilded Age as a bunch of crooks.

Also saw this on-line but cannot speak to its accuracy:

"The best biography of Cooke is Henrietta M. Larson, Jay Cooke: Private Banker (1936). An earlier work, drawing extensively on private papers, is Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer, Jay Cooke: Financier of the Civil War (2 vols., 1907). Indispensable to an understanding of the role and early development of merchant and investment banking in the United States is Fritz Redlich, The Molding of American Banking: Men and Ideas (1951)."

 

[DBF]

It looks like you are referring to this Jay Cooke:
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/the-panic-of-1873-meet-jay-cooke-part-1.177511/#post-2310472
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/th...es-grant’s-crisis-part-2.177606/#post-2311462

 

[lupaglupa]

@sssteve are you looking just for information about Cooke or for help in proving your link to him?

 

[sssteve]

I want someone to send me some historical links about what he did and his family and so on.
I am NOT interested about books on him.
Stephen Hosmer

 

[Copperhead-mi]

I want someone to send me some historical links about what he did and his family and so on.
I am NOT interested about books on him.
Stephen Hosmer

Here are a two past threads here on CWT about Jason (Jay) Cooke:

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/the-panic-of-1873-meet-jay-cooke-part-1.177511/#post-2310472

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/cooke-and-chase-a-corrupt-connection.143790/#post-1768433

 

[sssteve]

Thoses two sites you sent me was just what I was looking for. I am very satified.
Thank you
Stephen Hosmer

 

[Fairfield]

I believe it

As has been pointed out, there is more than one man with this name. While we all want to believe that our own ancestors are high profile, I'd advise you to research yourself back to be certain. You certainly don't want to spend a large portion of your life on the wrong individual.

 

[Seduzal]

Welcome to CWT from the Smoky Mountain side of North Carolina. Just jump right in and enjoy.

 

[Sbc]

Hi,

I hope someone can help me.

My name is Stephen Hosmer and I believe it, I am related to him about 7 generations forward from him. If you could tell me what you have on him I would like to know. Also if you have any links about him and what he did in life I would like to know too
Stephen HosmerI know that you have a lot on your website and I was wondering do you perhaps have anything about a Civil war person named "Jay Cooke".

Stephen Hosmer

THE financier of the Union war effort

 

[DixieRifles]

I want someone to send me some historical links about what he did and his family and so on.

There is on tree on him in Ancestry. It could be right or may have errors.

This is what they list as his Wife and Children. Maybe you can find a connection in your family tree if that is what you are looking for.

 

[Bruce Vail]

I want someone to send me some historical links about what he did and his family and so on.
I am NOT interested about books on him.
Stephen Hosmer

I'm a little stunned by this remark.

You are not interested in exploring the history, but you are interested in some links that you could easily find yourself?

WTF?

 

[sssteve]

I would interested in learning more about this man.
Stephen Hosmer

 

[Mike Serpa]

A 750 page book "Jay Cooke Financier of the Civil War" is available online. Volume 1.
https://archive.org/details/jaycookefinancie01ober/page/n5/mode/2up

A 686 page book "Jay Cooke Financier of the Civil War" is available online. Volume 2
https://archive.org/details/jaycookefinancie02ober

 

[LetUsHavePeace]

A 750 page book "Jay Cooke Financier of the Civil War" is available online. Volume 1.
https://archive.org/details/jaycookefinancie01ober/page/n5/mode/2up

A 686 page book "Jay Cooke Financier of the Civil War" is available online. Volume 2
https://archive.org/details/jaycookefinancie02ober

The author of the Cooke biography was also the editor of a series entitled "American Crisis Biographies". Included among the people are Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Alexander Stephens, Ulysses Grant.
A search of the "old" Google Books using "American Crisis Biographies" can find the editions that have not yet been copyright pirated into "new" print editions.

 

[Captain O'Neal]

Another interesting read is "Jay Cooke's Gamble"...even though you aren't interested in books, per se, perhaps others are.