John Esten Cooke

Novelist, Author

1830 – 1886

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Who was John Esten Cooke?

John Esten Cooke was an American novelist, writer and poet. He was the brother of poet Philip Pendleton Cooke. During the American Civil War, Cooke served as a staff officer for Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart in the Confederate States Army cavalry and after Stuart's death, for Brig. Gen. William N. Pendleton. Stuart's wife, Flora, was a first cousin of Cooke.

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Born
Nov 3, 1830
Winchester
Siblings
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Virginia
Died
Sep 27, 1886
Boyce
Resting place
Old Chapel Hill Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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