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Male John W Cooksey Click to view John W Cooksey in the family tree

John W was born in 1849 in Brookville, Indiana, USA.1   John W's father was Isaac M Cooksey and his mother is Caroline Matilda McCarty.  His paternal grandparents were Zachariah Cooksey and Mary Case; his maternal grandparents were Isaac W Mccarty and Margaret Cooksey. He had three sisters named Indiana, Sarah Elizabeth and Mary Alice.  He was the second youngest of the four children. He had two half-brothers named Thomas L. and James Albert.  He died at the age of 35 on May 4th, 1884.2 


John W's family with Sarah J. Cooksey

‌John W and Sarah J. were married in a religious ceremony on September 3rd, 1871 in Franklin, Indiana, USA.3   They had two sons and two daughters, named Albert, Charles, Hattie and Mabel.

1 1910 United States Federal Census
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4 1880 United States Federal Census
Further source/citation:
Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers

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