Soldier Information
Name: Samuel Cook
Alias: Spaulding
Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1846
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Yellow
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 5.5
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: August 22, 1864
Enlistment Place: Lebanon
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 4th
Company: D Regiment(s): 5th USCC
Mustered Where: Lebanon, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: March 16, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Corporal
Notes:
Page 1: Co. D, 5 USC Cav.; private, corporal; 23 pages
Page 2 appointed corporal Feb. 1, 1865; born Nelson Co., KY
When enlisted: Substitute
Page 3 age 18; enlisted and mustered on August 22, 1864, in Lebanon, KY
Remarks: 4th Congressional district;
Name and residence of enrolled man: H. C. Duncan, Nelson Co., KY.
Page 5 height 5 ft. 5 ½ inches. Eyes and hair: black; complexion: yellow.
Page 8: roll, Jan. and Feb. 1865, present; appointed corporal from private.
Page 16: muster-out roll, Helena, Arkansas, March 16, 1866.
Remarks: appointed corporal Feb. 1, 1865.
Page 18: Sam Cook enlisted at Lebanon, KY, as a substitute for Henry C. Duncan on 22 Aug. 1864.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
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Death Date: May 7, 1925
Cause of Death: Killed by train
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: August 27, 1891
Application No.: 1051690 Certificate No.: 1109506
Alternate First Name: Samuel Alternate Last Name: Spaulding
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: May 27, 1925
Application No.: 1233398 Certificate No.:
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
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Widow: Nancy Cook
Company D, 5 USC Cav.
Invalid pension filed August 27, 1891, from Missouri
Widow’s pension filed on May 27, 1925, from Illinois
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Nancy Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children:
Family Notes:
Names of any possible family members were not located. The 1910 census reported that Nancy Cook, Samuel’s wife, was the mother of one child.
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1870 Census
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1880 Census
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1890 Census
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1900 Census
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1910 Census
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: Plasterer
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Own 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Mortgage 1910 Farm/House: House
1910 Census Notes:
Two 1910 census enumerations were retrieved for Samuel Cook: one such record shows that he was enumerated in the Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. He and his wife Nany were also listed in Venice Township, Madison County, Illinois in 1910.
1920 Census
1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession: None
1920 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1920 Own/Rent: Rent 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1920 Farm/House: Unknown
1920 Census Notes:
In 1920, Sam and Nancy Cook resided in Danville. They were not located in other census records.
Enslaver Information
1850 Enslaver Census
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1860 Enslaver Census
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1870 Enslaver Census
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1880 Enslaver Census
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Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found