Individual Details
(April 1, 1819 - April 18, 1899)
"James Burch Cooke graduated from the East Tennessee University (now University of Tennessee), at Knoxville, in the ealy forties. He was admitted to the bar and practiced at Athens, Tennessee until the beginning of the war. He was colonel of the 59th Tenessee Infanry, C. S. A., and at the close of the Civil War moved to Chattanooga, where he was a prominent and leading citizen during the remainder of this life. He was a member of the legislature; district attorney general of the Judicial Circuit and judge of the Supreme Court of Tennessee. He died in Chattanooga, April 18, 1899. His character is well indicated by the following inscription on his monument in the Old Citizens and Confederate Cemetery at Chattanooga, which reads: "A learned lawyer. A just judge. A brave soldier, and an honest man." Judge Cooke accumulated and prepared consideraable data regarding the Cantrell family, under the guidance of his mother, which has been of great service to the compiler of this book." (THE CANTRILL - CANTRELL GENEALOGY, 1908, by Susan Cantrill Christie, page 101.)
Events
| Birth | April 1, 1819 | South Carolina | | | |
| Marriage | January 30, 1850 | Penelope McDermott | | | |
| Death | April 18, 1899 | Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee | | | |
| Burial | SEE NOTES | | | | |
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