Edward Esten, Jr. Cooke

ID Number: T01065

Biographical Data

Basic Identification

Gender: male Ethnicity: European American Immigration: Attributed Race: white Free or Enslaved: free

Birth & Family

Birth Date: 1844/12/16 Birthplace: Jefferson County?, Virginia Mother: Margaret L. Cooke Father: Edward Esten Cooke, Sr. 1st Spouse: none 2nd Spouse: none

Age Details

Age: 18 Age Group: teenager (13-19)

Life Details

Occupation(s): none Last Church: unknown Military Service: veteran Last Residence: Charles Town, Jefferson County, Virginia [West Virginia] Last Address:

Death

Death Date: 1863/02/25 (24?) Death Note: none Place of Death: Ladies Relief Hospital, Lynchburg Cause of Death: diptheria

Burial & Undertaking

Burial Date: 1863/02/25 Funeral Home: Diuguid Indigent?: private interment

Gravesite and Grave Marker Data

Grave Marker or Marker Fragment: yes Section: 207.P Confirmation Source for Location: gravemarker Grave Marker Erector(s): unknown Confirmation Source for Interment: gravemarker

Obituary and Biographical Detials

Father was lawyer in Charles Town, West Virginia

His brother Bushrod W. Cooke served in the Confederate Army. His nephew and namesake Edward Esten Cooke (1880-1926) was a West Virginia state legislator.

Not sure why he was in Lynchburg in 1863, or why he was not returned home for burial???