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Colonel Erastus Cooke

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Colonel Erastus Cooke Veteran

Birth
Laurens, Otsego County, New York, USA
Death
20 Jun 1885 (aged 66)
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Burial
Kingston, Ulster County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.9218325, Longitude: -74.0070119
Plot
Block 70, Lot 20.
Memorial ID
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Lawyer and judge. Was the first war colonel of the 156th New York Volunteer Infantry. Enrolled August 23,1862, at Albany to serve three years; mustered as colonel, November 17, 1862; discharged for disability, March 28, 1863.
Was brother-in-law of Bvt. Brigadier General Theodore Burr Gates, 20th NYSM.
Lawyer and judge. Was the first war colonel of the 156th New York Volunteer Infantry. Enrolled August 23,1862, at Albany to serve three years; mustered as colonel, November 17, 1862; discharged for disability, March 28, 1863.
Was brother-in-law of Bvt. Brigadier General Theodore Burr Gates, 20th NYSM.


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