Edward Cook
Edward, second son of Susanna and
James, was born in 1839. He was married to
Catherine Ellenberger on 01 Mar. 1860 in Bedford Co., PA,
by Nicholas Kegg, Esq. The 1860 census shows Edward
and Catherine living in Stonycreek Twp. with his parents.
They
had a daughter Margaret, born 02 Jan. 1861 and a son
Charles Edward, born
05 Aug. 1863. Edward enlisted on 26 Aug. 1864 as a private
in Co K, 5th Regt.,
PA Heavy Artillery under the command of Capt. Kent. He
died from Typhoid
Fever on 05 Oct. 1864 at a hospital in Fort Sumner, MD.
Mary Pyle Palmer
writes in her book The Ancestors and Descendants of
Herman and Catherine
Lowry Ross, that Edward died while burying the dead
from Bull Run. Edward
is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Section 13,
burial site 9104.
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