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John Cooke was born in London in about 1752. His parents may have been John Cook and Elizabeth Gurney. He emigrated in about 1767. He married Nellie Pemberton in about 1775. They lived in Virginia and had five children. Nellie died in 1812 and John married Anne Keatley Hendrix 29 June 1813. He died in Wyoming County, West Virginia in 1832. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in West Virginia.
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This is a selective collection of Harper’s Weekly woodcut Civil War images during the second half of 1865. The original descriptions of illustrations and events including Davis’ flight, devastation, Gen. Grant, Amy Spain, and Richmond recovering. Events resulting from horrors of Andersonville and trial of H. Wirz occurring during this period are in Part 2. About This Document -- Several years ago, Fauquier resident Paul Mellon kindly gifted a collection of Harper’s Weekly news magazines to the Fauquier Historical Society. They are a great educational source of engraved images highlighting Civil War events published when most newspapers were only words. The images illuminate the story.