George Edwin Cooke Obituary Dated May 1912
Transcribed from the Haviland Onlooker Newspaper
George Cooke was born in Hadley, Mass., September 3, 1828. His ancestry was of the old Puritan stock. In the early forties he moved with his parents to the state of New York and to Washtenaw County, Michigan in 1845. He was married to Jane D. Townsend on October 6, 1852. To this union were born eight children, four sons and four daughters, one daughter died in early childhood, and one, Mrs. Melville J. Freer, of Hannaford, North Dakota, died last June. The six surviving were with him almost constantly during his last illness. Mr. Cooke enlisted as a private in Co. F, 20th Michigan Infantry, August 12,1862, was appointed corporal, then sergeant, and on April 1, 1864, he was in action at Petersburg, June 18,1864 when Meade attempted to carry the Confederate works by assault. He was commissioned first lieutenant July 30th, 1864 and captain October 7th, 1864. Mr. Cooke was offered a commission in the United States Army on July 28th, 1865. In 1883, he moved with his family to McPherson County, Kansas, and in May 1884 settled upon a claim just south of Haviland, where he lived until 1902, when he moved to Haviland where he was living at the time of his death. Up to about two years ago, he was strong and vigorous, but had been failing slowly since then and especially the past winter. Two weeks before his death, he took to his bed, and gradually grew weaker until the end which came at four o'clock on the morning of Monday, May 13th, 1912, at the age of 83 years, 8 months, and 10 days. He was a kind and loving husband and father, whose life was unselfishly devoted to the welfare of his family. His aged wife is left to mourn the loss of a faithful companion of almost 60 years, and the children a father who made many sacrifices for them. He was a man of tender heart and sympathetic nature who shared unstintingly the joys and sorrows of his friends and neighbors and family; all children loved him and he was especially devoted to his little grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mr. Cook was a member of the Society of Friends and died in the hope of blessed immortality. Love of God and love of country were controlling principles of his life. A large number of friends and relatives, including eighteen fellow veterans of war, some of whom were hardly able to be out, gathered at the home to look their last on the dear, kind face of the departed; as according to his expressed wish, the casket was not opened in the church. The casket was draped with two large American flags, and six of his former comrades-at-arms acted as pall-bearers; Oliver Gilbert, D.E. Winters, J.R. Kane, E.A. Fisher, F.W.Sparling, and George Lemen. The funeral sermon was preached by Isaac Woodard, for twenty-five years, a friend and neighbor; interment took place in the Haviland Cemetery, and after the last song and the last prayer, A.J. Olson played the most beautiful bugle call of the United States arms, "Taps" which is always blown above a soldier's grave and means: 'Lights Out, The Day is Done, O bravest, truest, best well-earned the quiet rest, beneath the daisied sod, no more the volleying gun, no more the scorching sun, for you, O tired sleeper, watched by God!
Transcribed from the Haviland Onlooker Newspaper
George Cooke was born in Hadley, Mass., September 3, 1828. His ancestry was of the old Puritan stock. In the early forties he moved with his parents to the state of New York and to Washtenaw County, Michigan in 1845. He was married to Jane D. Townsend on October 6, 1852. To this union were born eight children, four sons and four daughters, one daughter died in early childhood, and one, Mrs. Melville J. Freer, of Hannaford, North Dakota, died last June. The six surviving were with him almost constantly during his last illness. Mr. Cooke enlisted as a private in Co. F, 20th Michigan Infantry, August 12,1862, was appointed corporal, then sergeant, and on April 1, 1864, he was in action at Petersburg, June 18,1864 when Meade attempted to carry the Confederate works by assault. He was commissioned first lieutenant July 30th, 1864 and captain October 7th, 1864. Mr. Cooke was offered a commission in the United States Army on July 28th, 1865. In 1883, he moved with his family to McPherson County, Kansas, and in May 1884 settled upon a claim just south of Haviland, where he lived until 1902, when he moved to Haviland where he was living at the time of his death. Up to about two years ago, he was strong and vigorous, but had been failing slowly since then and especially the past winter. Two weeks before his death, he took to his bed, and gradually grew weaker until the end which came at four o'clock on the morning of Monday, May 13th, 1912, at the age of 83 years, 8 months, and 10 days. He was a kind and loving husband and father, whose life was unselfishly devoted to the welfare of his family. His aged wife is left to mourn the loss of a faithful companion of almost 60 years, and the children a father who made many sacrifices for them. He was a man of tender heart and sympathetic nature who shared unstintingly the joys and sorrows of his friends and neighbors and family; all children loved him and he was especially devoted to his little grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mr. Cook was a member of the Society of Friends and died in the hope of blessed immortality. Love of God and love of country were controlling principles of his life. A large number of friends and relatives, including eighteen fellow veterans of war, some of whom were hardly able to be out, gathered at the home to look their last on the dear, kind face of the departed; as according to his expressed wish, the casket was not opened in the church. The casket was draped with two large American flags, and six of his former comrades-at-arms acted as pall-bearers; Oliver Gilbert, D.E. Winters, J.R. Kane, E.A. Fisher, F.W.Sparling, and George Lemen. The funeral sermon was preached by Isaac Woodard, for twenty-five years, a friend and neighbor; interment took place in the Haviland Cemetery, and after the last song and the last prayer, A.J. Olson played the most beautiful bugle call of the United States arms, "Taps" which is always blown above a soldier's grave and means: 'Lights Out, The Day is Done, O bravest, truest, best well-earned the quiet rest, beneath the daisied sod, no more the volleying gun, no more the scorching sun, for you, O tired sleeper, watched by God!
George Edwin Cooke Obituary Dated May 1912
Transcribed from the Haviland Onlooker Newspaper
George Cooke was born in Hadley, Mass., September 3, 1828. His ancestry was of the old Puritan stock. In the early forties he moved with his parents to the state of New York and to Washtenaw County, Michigan in 1845. He was married to Jane D. Townsend on October 6, 1852. To this union were born eight children, four sons and four daughters, one daughter died in early childhood, and one, Mrs. Melville J. Freer, of Hannaford, North Dakota, died last June. The six surviving were with him almost constantly during his last illness. Mr. Cooke enlisted as a private in Co. F, 20th Michigan Infantry, August 12,1862, was appointed corporal, then sergeant, and on April 1, 1864, he was in action at Petersburg, June 18,1864 when Meade attempted to carry the Confederate works by assault. He was commissioned first lieutenant July 30th, 1864 and captain October 7th, 1864. Mr. Cooke was offered a commission in the United States Army on July 28th, 1865. In 1883, he moved with his family to McPherson County, Kansas, and in May 1884 settled upon a claim just south of Haviland, where he lived until 1902, when he moved to Haviland where he was living at the time of his death. Up to about two years ago, he was strong and vigorous, but had been failing slowly since then and especially the past winter. Two weeks before his death, he took to his bed, and gradually grew weaker until the end which came at four o'clock on the morning of Monday, May 13th, 1912, at the age of 83 years, 8 months, and 10 days. He was a kind and loving husband and father, whose life was unselfishly devoted to the welfare of his family. His aged wife is left to mourn the loss of a faithful companion of almost 60 years, and the children a father who made many sacrifices for them. He was a man of tender heart and sympathetic nature who shared unstintingly the joys and sorrows of his friends and neighbors and family; all children loved him and he was especially devoted to his little grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mr. Cook was a member of the Society of Friends and died in the hope of blessed immortality. Love of God and love of country were controlling principles of his life. A large number of friends and relatives, including eighteen fellow veterans of war, some of whom were hardly able to be out, gathered at the home to look their last on the dear, kind face of the departed; as according to his expressed wish, the casket was not opened in the church. The casket was draped with two large American flags, and six of his former comrades-at-arms acted as pall-bearers; Oliver Gilbert, D.E. Winters, J.R. Kane, E.A. Fisher, F.W.Sparling, and George Lemen. The funeral sermon was preached by Isaac Woodard, for twenty-five years, a friend and neighbor; interment took place in the Haviland Cemetery, and after the last song and the last prayer, A.J. Olson played the most beautiful bugle call of the United States arms, "Taps" which is always blown above a soldier's grave and means: 'Lights Out, The Day is Done, O bravest, truest, best well-earned the quiet rest, beneath the daisied sod, no more the volleying gun, no more the scorching sun, for you, O tired sleeper, watched by God!
Transcribed from the Haviland Onlooker Newspaper
George Cooke was born in Hadley, Mass., September 3, 1828. His ancestry was of the old Puritan stock. In the early forties he moved with his parents to the state of New York and to Washtenaw County, Michigan in 1845. He was married to Jane D. Townsend on October 6, 1852. To this union were born eight children, four sons and four daughters, one daughter died in early childhood, and one, Mrs. Melville J. Freer, of Hannaford, North Dakota, died last June. The six surviving were with him almost constantly during his last illness. Mr. Cooke enlisted as a private in Co. F, 20th Michigan Infantry, August 12,1862, was appointed corporal, then sergeant, and on April 1, 1864, he was in action at Petersburg, June 18,1864 when Meade attempted to carry the Confederate works by assault. He was commissioned first lieutenant July 30th, 1864 and captain October 7th, 1864. Mr. Cooke was offered a commission in the United States Army on July 28th, 1865. In 1883, he moved with his family to McPherson County, Kansas, and in May 1884 settled upon a claim just south of Haviland, where he lived until 1902, when he moved to Haviland where he was living at the time of his death. Up to about two years ago, he was strong and vigorous, but had been failing slowly since then and especially the past winter. Two weeks before his death, he took to his bed, and gradually grew weaker until the end which came at four o'clock on the morning of Monday, May 13th, 1912, at the age of 83 years, 8 months, and 10 days. He was a kind and loving husband and father, whose life was unselfishly devoted to the welfare of his family. His aged wife is left to mourn the loss of a faithful companion of almost 60 years, and the children a father who made many sacrifices for them. He was a man of tender heart and sympathetic nature who shared unstintingly the joys and sorrows of his friends and neighbors and family; all children loved him and he was especially devoted to his little grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mr. Cook was a member of the Society of Friends and died in the hope of blessed immortality. Love of God and love of country were controlling principles of his life. A large number of friends and relatives, including eighteen fellow veterans of war, some of whom were hardly able to be out, gathered at the home to look their last on the dear, kind face of the departed; as according to his expressed wish, the casket was not opened in the church. The casket was draped with two large American flags, and six of his former comrades-at-arms acted as pall-bearers; Oliver Gilbert, D.E. Winters, J.R. Kane, E.A. Fisher, F.W.Sparling, and George Lemen. The funeral sermon was preached by Isaac Woodard, for twenty-five years, a friend and neighbor; interment took place in the Haviland Cemetery, and after the last song and the last prayer, A.J. Olson played the most beautiful bugle call of the United States arms, "Taps" which is always blown above a soldier's grave and means: 'Lights Out, The Day is Done, O bravest, truest, best well-earned the quiet rest, beneath the daisied sod, no more the volleying gun, no more the scorching sun, for you, O tired sleeper, watched by God!
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