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Benjamin Nelson Cook
26 Jan 1839 – 27 Nov 1915
| Birth | 26 Jan 1839 |
| Death | 27 Nov 1915 |
| Cemetery | Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum Danville , Vermilion County , Illinois , USA |
| Added by | Mary Lou Cook on 08 Jan 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31826311 |
Gravesite details
age 83 birth information sent to me by Mary Lou, she also states Benjamin's middle name is Nelson
Bio
Civil War Veteran - Roll of Company for May and June/63 reports him s---- Gen. Hosp. St. Louis, Mo., from Benton Bks June 6/63. His name is on a stone slab at the park at Pea Ridge, Ark., he was at this battle field during the war. The battle of Pea Ridge was fought March 7-8, 1862; it decided the fate of Missouri for the Union. Subsequently, to April 30/64, reported present. Wounded in the face in action at Nose Creek (Kenesaw Mountain) Ga., June 20-28, 1864-exact date cannot be stated." Mustered out with Company Sept 27, 1864. The rest was in action at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dec 31, 1862, and engaged in actions near Kenesaw Mountain, Ga, during June, 1864. He was honorably discharged on the 1st of June 1864 in Springfield, Illinois. Nelson's papers state that while supporting a battery of men, he received a gun shot wound of the left cheek which greatly injures his left eye and painfully affects his head. The pain Nelson suffered may have very well been the cause of the marriage break up between him and his wife Amanda in 1889. She left the state for Chotan, Indian Territory, and died in 1898 possibly in Oklahoma. Nelson later married Pheobe J. Hardesty Davis, widow of Joseph Davis also of the 35th. Both were from Vermilion Co, IL. Application for Pension No. 256.571
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Company F 35th IL Inf
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Siblings
- Garrett Henry Cook 1837–1860
- Cathrin Christina "Cate" Cook Dickson 1841–1913
- Margaret Cook Cork 1844–1914
- Jacob Mowers Cook 1846–1921
Children
- Garrett Henry Cook 1867–1946
- Joseph William Cook 1868–1943
- Eben P. Cook 1876–1910
- George Washington Cook 1882–1971
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