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Note: Name: Amster Cook , Residence: Anamosa, Iowa Enlistment Date: 16 August 1862 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Iowa Unit Numbers: 206 206 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 16 August 1862 at the age of 32 Enlisted in Company E, 31st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 12 September 1862. Wounded on 27 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA Discharged because of wounds Company E, 31st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 05 March 1865 in St Louis, MO 1850 Census Richland Township, Jones County, Iowa enumerated October 14, 1850 Dwelling #1030, Family #1030 COOK, Amster B., 23, m, farmer, born in Indiana _____, Harriet M., 19, f, born in Illinois 1860 Census Fairview Township, town of Strawberry Hill, Jones County, Iowa enumerated June 6, 1860 Dwelling #185 Family #193 Post Office: Anamosa COOK, Amster, 29, male, laborer, born in IN ______, Marie, 29, female, born in IL ______, May J., 5, female, born in IL ______, Horace, 3, male, born in IA ______, Flarancy, 6/12, male, born in IA (?spelling of name) (Suspect this is Charles F.) SUMMERS, Eddie J., 15, female, born in IA 1870 Census Buffalo Township, Morgan County, Missouri enumerated June 24, 1870 Dwelling #97, Family #97 Post Office: Versailles COOK, Moamster, 41, m/w, farmer, $350, born in IN _____, Mariah, 38, f/w, keeping house, born in IL _____, Mary J., 15, f/w, born in IL _____, Peter, 14, m/w, farm laborer, born in IA _____, Charles, 12, m/w, farm laborer, born in IA _____, James, 9, m/w, born in IA _____, Francis, 6, m/w, born in IA _____, Elsworth, 4, m/w, born in IA _____, Logan, 1, m/w, born in IA 1880 Census Whitewater Township, Dubuque County, Iowa Family History Library Film 1254338 NA Film Number T9-0338 Page Number 487A Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Amster COOK Self M Male W 52 IN Farming IN THE SOUTH IN THE SOUTH Maria COOK Wife M Female W 47 SC Keeping House IN THE SOUTH IN THE SOUTH Peter Horace COOK Son S Male W 23 IA Visiting West IN IL Charles F. COOK Son S Male W 19 IA Visiting West IN IL James COOK Son S Male W 17 IA Going To School IN IL Francis COOK Son S Male W 14 IA Going To School IN IL Ellsworth COOK Son S Male W 12 IA Going To School IN IL Logan COOK Son S Male W 11 IA Going To School IN IL George COOK Son S Male W 6 MO Going To School IN IL OBITUARY---- AMSTER R. COOK WAS BORN IN INDIANA JAN 1829 AND DIED IN CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA DEC 5 1904 AGED NEARLY 76 YEARS . MR. COOK CAME TO IOWA IN 1855 AND SETTLED NEAR CASCADE DUBUQUE CO. WHERE HE MARRIED MISS HARRIET SOMMERS. AFTER A FEW YEARS THEY REMOVED TO LANGWORTHY IN THIS COUNTY WHERE HE RESIDED AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. AND WHERE HE ENLISTED IN THE 31 ST REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEERS. HE SERVED 3 YEARS IN THE ARMY AND LOST A LIMB IN THE BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, ON ACCOUNT OF WHICH HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY. AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE WAR HE RETURNED TO CASCADE WHERE HE RESIDED ABOUT 20 YEAR, THENCE MOVING TO MISSOURI, THEN TO SIGOURNEY IOWA. WHILE RESIDING IN THE LAST NAMED PLACE HIS WIFE DECEASED NINE YEARS AGO. TEN CHILDREN WERE BORN TO MR. AND MRS. COOK SIX OF WHOM SURVIVE CHARLES OF BOONE, NEB, JAMES OF FARLEY IA, FRANK OF DEEP RIVER CAL, DAVID OF SPOONER WIS, LOGAN OF STONE CITY IA, GEORGE OF GRANITE, IDAHO. BESIDES THESE HE LEAVES A SISTER MRS. MARIA MC CLARY OF ANAMOSA ONE BROTHER GEORGE IN SOUTH WESTERN MISSOURI. HIS REMAINS WERE BOUGHT TO ANAMOSA ON TUESDAY MORNING THE 6 TH AND INTERNED IN RIVERSIDE. THE PALLBEARERS WERE SELECTED FROM G A R POST OF THIS CITY. AND BURIAL SERVICES CONDUCTED BY L.L. LOCHART. MR. AMSTER COOK A FORMER MEMBER OF THE 31 ST IOWA DIED IN CEDAR RAPIDS DEC 5 TH AND HIS REMAINS WERE BROUGHT TO ANAMOSA TUESDAY MORNING AND INTERNED IN RIVERSIDE. A SKETCH WILL BE GIVEN IN OUR NEXT ISSUE.
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