The
Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers
Sharing & preserving the history of the 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment, 1861-1865
The
Online Archive of 
Gustave Cook
July 3, 1835 - 1897
Born at Lowndes County, AL on July 3, 1835.
Moved to TX on his own in 1850.
Worked in drugstore while studying law.
Married Eliza Jones on July 13, 1853.
Admitted to the Bar in 1855.
Clerk of district court of Fort Bend County, TX.
Served as county judge from 1856 to 1858.
Resided at Fort Bend County, TX in 1860 with wife and three children; also
resided with J. Thompson, Co. H, and L.
Herbert, Co. H.
Mustered into Company H at Houston, TX on September 7, 1861.
Acted as Ordnance Sergeant.
Promoted to 1st Sergeant by October 1861.
Absent to VA by November 1861 to at least December 9, 1861.
Promoted to Captain by January 1862.
Wounded when his right leg was broken by a musket-ball in the charge at Fallen
Timbers near Shiloh, TN on April 8, 1862.
Received 30-day furlough.
Commanded regiment as Captain in January 1863.
Promoted to Major by February or March 1863.
Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel by June 1863.
Promoted to acting Colonel by July 1863.
Received gunshot wounds to right arm and hand at Farmington, TN in October
1863.
Noted to be recovering in GA in March 1864.
Served as a Junior Deacon in the Terry Masionic Lodge.
Commanded brigade in October 1864.
Received wounds (mini ball through the right ankle) at Griswoldville or Buckhead
Church, GA in November 1864.
Received wounds to right shoulder (the ball lodged in his lung) at Bentonville,
NC in March 1865.
Promoted to Colonel by March 1865.
Member of Terry Lodge, Regimental Masonic Chapter.
After the war, returned to TX to practice law.
Acted as delegate to the Philadelphia Peace Convention in 1866.
Served in TX State Legislature in 1870.
Acted as judge in Galveston and Harris Counties District Criminal Court from
1874-1888.
Lost TX gubernational race to James Hogg in 1890.
Moved to San Marcos, Hays County, TX in 1892 due to ill health.
Died at San Marcos, Hays County, TX in 1897.
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| 1850 Census - AL, Lowndes County, Page 173B, Dwelling 113, Family 113, (image) | |||||||||
| Name | Age | Sex | Color | Occupation | Real Estate | Nativity | Student? | Illiterate? | |
| Nathan Cook | 48 | M | Lawyer | $1,650 | GA | ||||
| Elizabeth Cook | 25 | F | SC | ||||||
| Walter Cook | 22 | M | AL | ||||||
| Girard Cook | 18 | M | AL | ||||||
| Gustave Cook | 16 | M | AL | Y | |||||
| Hampton Cook | 2 | M | AL | ||||||
| Mary E. Cook | 73 | F | SC | ||||||
| 1860 Census - TX, Fort Bend County, Town, Page 376, Dwelling 328, Family 306, (image 42/53) | ||||||||||
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| Gustave Cook | 26 | M | Lawyer | 2,500 | 8,000 | AL | ||||
| Eliza Cook | 26 | F | TX | |||||||
| Ida Cook | 6 | F | TX | |||||||
| Mary Cook | 3 | F | TX | |||||||
| Henrietta Cook | 1 | F | TX | |||||||
| Lafayette Herbert | 20 | M | AL | |||||||
| Jessie Thompson | 42 | M | 8,000 | 6,000 | AL | |||||
| 1870 Census - TX, Harris County, Houston, 3rd Ward, Page 575B, Dwelling 404, Family 415, (image) | |||||||||||
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| Gustave Cook | 36 | M | W | Lawyer | AL | ||||||
| Eliza Cook | 37 | F | W | Keeping House | TX | ||||||
| Ida Lee Cook | 16 | F | W | At Home | TX | ||||||
| Mary H Cook | 13 | F | W | At Home | TX | ||||||
| Heneretta W. Cook | 11 | F | W | At Home | TX | ||||||
| Gustave Cook | 3 | M | W | TX | |||||||
| Susan Earnest | 35 | F | W | None | TX | ||||||
| Mary O. Jones | 8m | F | W | TX | |||||||
| Louis Collins | 23 | M | M | Domestic Servant | TX | ||||||
| Mary Collins | 19 | F | M | Domestic Servant | TX | ||||||
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ORs: Report of Major Harrison on Battle of Fallen Timbers,
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Claiborne, John M. Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Galveston: Self Published, 1882. Cutrer, Thomas W., "Cook, Gustave" The Handbook of Texas Online, Website. Daniell, L. E. Types of Successful Men of Texas. Published by author, Austin, Texas 1890. Page 189-195.
Jones, Andrew M. Annotated Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers, the 8th Texas Cavalry. Unpublished Research. Scott, Paul R. Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington, July 1977. Unpublished MA Thesis. |
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Confederate Pension Applications, Hays
County (offsite) The Handbook of Texas Online - "Cooke, James Russell" (offsite) San Jacinto Veteran's page - "Cook, James R" (offsite) Genealogy.com's Genealogy Forum (Cook) (offsite) RootsWeb Message Board (Cook) (offsite) TXGenWeb Project (Fort Bend County, TX) (offsite) RootsWeb Message Board (Fort Bend County, TX) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (Fort Bend County, TX) |
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