Virgil Young Cook (November 14, 1848 – March 12, 1922) was an American Confederate veteran and planter from
Arkansas. He was the richest resident of
Independence County by the time of his death.
Early life
Cook was born on November 14, 1848, in
Boydsville, Kentucky.
Career
During the
American Civil War of 1861–1865, Cook joined the
Confederate States Army and served under General
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821October 29, 1877) was a prominent Confederate Army general during the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan from 1867 to 1869. Before the war, Forrest amassed substantial wealt ...
.
After the war, Cook served as the grand commander of the
United Confederate Veterans
The United Confederate Veterans (UCV, or simply Confederate Veterans) was an American Civil War veterans' organization headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was organized on June 10, 1889, by ex-soldiers and sailors of the Confederate Sta ...
.
He was appointed to the board of directors of the ''
Confederate Veteran'' by its founding editor,
Sumner Archibald Cunningham, who was a close friend.
During the
Spanish–American War of 1898, Cook served the colonel of the 2nd Arkansas Regiment.
Although he was appointed by Governor
Daniel Webster Jones, he "saw no active service."
Cook became a planter in Arkansas in 1867. He eventually owned "thousands of acres."
He was also a real estate investor in Batesville.
Death
Cook was married twice. He first married Mildred Ophelia Lamb; they had two sons and four daughters.
He later married Sarah B. Lanier.
He resided at the
Cook-Morrow House
The Cook-Morrow House is a historic house at 875 Main Street in Batesville, Arkansas. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a cross-gabled roof configuration and wooden shingle and brick veneer exterior. A porch wraps around the front and r ...
in
Batesville, Arkansas,
and he was a Methodist.
Cook died of "acute indigestion" on March 12, 1922, at 73.
He was the richest resident of
Independence County by the time of his death.
References
External links
Virgil Young Cookon
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1848 births
1922 deaths
People from Graves County, Kentucky
People from Batesville, Arkansas
Confederate States Army officers
American military personnel of the Spanish–American War
19th-century American planters
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