Euclid Monroe Cook (1843 - 1908)

Born 1 Feb 1843 in Alamance, North Carolina, United States

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Died 20 Nov 1908 at age 65 in North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Euclid Monroe Cooke was the son of Henry Cook and Mary Bryan Cook. Euclid often went by his middle name Monroe and it is sometimes spelled Munro and Munroe. At some point he added an "e" to his last name and all official documents - his enlistment papers and all US Census records showing Euclid as an adult- show his last name with at e at the end. Census documents from his childhood while still living with his parents have his last name as Cook.

Euclid married three times and had at least 7 children.

Euclid served in the Civil War rising to the rank of Second Lieutenant in Company C of the 38th Regiment of the North Carolina Infantry of the Confederate States. He was wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville I May, 1863.

Cencus data indicates that in 1850 he was age 7 and living with his parents and grandmother in Alamance, North Carolina. In 1860 he was age 17 and living with his parents in Alamance, North Carolina.

Euclid died in North Carolina and is buried at the Hawfields Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mebane, Alamance County, North Carolina, USA.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B3-4J9 : 9 November 2014), Henry Cook, Alamance county, Alamance, North Carolina, United States; citing family 37, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• US Federal Census 1860.

• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSTC-5PT : 4 December 2014), Euclid M. Cooke, Second Lieutenant, Company C, 38th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M230 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 821,775.

• "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8SG-PTS : 29 December 2014), E. Monroe Cooke and Calla Edwards, 14 Apr 1886; citing Alamance Co., North Carolina, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,689,672.

• "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCH9-J2L : 8 December 2014), Euclid Monroe Cooke in entry for Cecil Edwards Cooke, 1896; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 18, p. 275, Alamance, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVB-5HM3 : 13 December 2015), Euclid Monroe Cooke, 1908; Burial, Mebane, Alamance, North Carolina, United States of America, Hawfields Presbyterian Church Cemetery; citing record ID 24605778,

• Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24605778/euclid-monroe-cooke