William Proctor Cook
Born: June 29, 1821 Bradford, New Hampshire
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Married: October 27, 1842, Lowell, Massachusetts
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: November 02, 1863, Chatttanooga, Tennesee in Battle
Buried: Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Father: Peter Ayers Cook b.1791
Mother: Judith Sweatt b.1792
Wife: Sophronia Byam b.1824
Children:
Charles S. Cook b.1843
Helen F. Cook b.Dec 20, 1845 m. Henry Smith (no children)
Sarah Josephine Cook b. 1848
Frederick Cook b.c. July 1850 d.1852
William P. Cook b. 1861
Frank A Cook b.1859
Notes:
-The bullet that Killed William P. Cook in the Battle Of Brown's
Ferry was on display at the Museum near the top of the hill there in
Tennessee until the 1950s or 1960s when the collection was sold off.
-He moved from NH to Lowell, Mass around 1842
-He is buried at Chatanooga National Military Park in Tennesee. Plot B-665
-Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes
-Service Record: "Enlisted as a Private on 05 August 1862 at the age of 41. Enlisted in Company F, 33rd Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 05 August 1862. Wounded on 29 October 1863 at Wauhatchie, TN. Died of wounds Company F, 33rd Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 02 November 1863.
-1861 Lowell Directory: Living at 27 Howard Street, Lowell, Massachusetts, a Carpenter.
-Daughter Helen F. Smith is listed as a vestmaker living with Sophronia (Byam) Cook in 1870. No husband lited with her.
-The Book, "Descendants of George Byam (?-1680)" (1975) lists children Willard Cook and Willie Cook as twins. The 1870 Census lists a Willie Cook, 9 years old. Either his twin brother died by this time, or the book is mistaken.
Sources:
-Birth Source: "Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics" as WM Proctor Cook. "Descendants of George Byam (?-1680) 1975, p66" by Edwin Byam
-Marriage Source: Marraige Certificate
-Death Source: Muster-Out Rolls, Civil War. Service Record.
-1860 US Census
-1850 US Census
