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Jesse Kersey Cook

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Jesse Kersey Cook

Birth
Bendersville, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
16 Jul 1865 (aged 27)
Alexandria, Alexandria City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Menallen Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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His first name was Jesse. He always signed his name as J. Kersey Cook.

Civil War: He was a private in Company F, 91st Pennsylvania Infantry.

Died in a hospital in Alexandria, Virginia after the end of the War.

Before the War he was a teacher in Adams County, Pennsylvania. He was a member of Menallen Friends Meeting, at Flora Dale, Adams County, Pennsylvania.The son of Jesse & Ruth (McMillan) Cook, in 1860 he was a teacher living in Menallen Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 4" tall and had dark hair and blue eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he was drafted from Menallen Township to date February 25, 1865, and mustered into federal service that day in Chambersburg as a private with Co. F, 91st Pennsylvania Infantry. He is listed on the muster-out roll as "absent sick at muster-out" but had died in Auger U.S. Hospital from "albuminuria." His mother sent a box that the army used to mail home his personal effects. His compiled military service records list him as "Keisey J. Cook."
His first name was Jesse. He always signed his name as J. Kersey Cook.

Civil War: He was a private in Company F, 91st Pennsylvania Infantry.

Died in a hospital in Alexandria, Virginia after the end of the War.

Before the War he was a teacher in Adams County, Pennsylvania. He was a member of Menallen Friends Meeting, at Flora Dale, Adams County, Pennsylvania.The son of Jesse & Ruth (McMillan) Cook, in 1860 he was a teacher living in Menallen Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 4" tall and had dark hair and blue eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he was drafted from Menallen Township to date February 25, 1865, and mustered into federal service that day in Chambersburg as a private with Co. F, 91st Pennsylvania Infantry. He is listed on the muster-out roll as "absent sick at muster-out" but had died in Auger U.S. Hospital from "albuminuria." His mother sent a box that the army used to mail home his personal effects. His compiled military service records list him as "Keisey J. Cook."


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  • Maintained by: jlk
  • Originally Created by: Jim Wierman
  • Added: Dec 8, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45255851/jesse_kersey-cook: accessed ), memorial page for Jesse Kersey Cook (26 Sep 1837–16 Jul 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 45255851, citing Menallen Friends Cemetery, Menallen Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by jlk (contributor 46543270).