Henry Gansevoort Cooke (1833 - 1919)

Born 3 Feb 1833 in Holmdel, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Burritt (Cowdrey) Cooke — married 8 Jun 1876 in New Rochelle, Westchester, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Dec 1919 at age 86 in New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Dr. Henry Gansevoort Cooke, MD, son of Dr. Robert Woodruff Cooke, MD and Susan Gansevoort, was born at Holmdel, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, 3 February 1833.^[1] He died at his home on Livingston Ave. at New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, 2 December 1919,^[2] and was buried in the Cooke plot at the Old Brick Reformed Church Cemetery, Marlboro, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, 5 December 1919.^[3]

Henry married Maria Burritt Cowdrey, daughter of Peter Anderson Cowdrey, Esq. and Maria Burritt, at New Rochelle, Westchester Co., New York, 8 June 1876.^[4]

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Sources

1. ↑ Bible Record of Family and Descendants of Henry G. Cooke, The Comprehensive Bible; Old and New Testaments, According to the Authorized Version... (Hartford, Connecticut: Andrus & Judd, 1832)
2. ↑ Henry Gansevoort Cooke, Death Certificates (1919), New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, New Jersey.
3. ↑ Find a Grave memorial #15729116
4. ↑ Henry G. Cooke pension application file (Civil War); certificate no. 885921, Marriage Certificate in file; Pension application files based upon service in the Civil War and Spanish-American War; Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.