Augustus Buckner COOKE

1826 - 1904  (78 years)

• Name	Augustus Buckner COOKE
  Birth	8 Feb 1826	Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  CWSV	CSA staff officer.  [1, 2]
  	Augustus served as Quartermaster for the Southwest area of the Confederacy during the Civil War. He attained the rank of Major.
  Death	13 April 1904  [1]
  	Augustus died on 13 April 1904. He was 78 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	Norfolk City, VA   [3]
  	His body was interred at Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
  Person ID	I60015	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Mordecai COOKE
  Mother	Margaret KEARNS
  Family ID	F6159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah A. LANGLEY,   b. 9 Aug 1830, Norfolk, Norfolk Co, VA d. 7 Sep 1890 (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	18 May 1847	Norfolk City, VA   [4]
  	The couple was married in Norfolk later that same day by Rev. H.B. Cowles.
  Children	1. Mordecai COOKE,   b. 25 Mar 1848, Virginia d. 13 Jun 1894 (Age 46 years)   2. Augustus Buckner COOKE, Jr.,   b. Aug 1849, Virginia d. 9 Jan 1920 (Age 70 years)   3. Robert B. COOKE,   b. Feb 1855, Virginia d. 21 Mar 1930 (Age 75 years)   4. Sarah Rose COOKE,   b. 25 Dec 1856, Norfolk City, VA d. 10 Sep 1939, Norfolk City, VA (Age 82 years)   5. John S. COOKE,   b. Oct 1859, Virginia d. Before 2 Sep 1870 (Age 10 years)   6. Stockton COOKE, Sr.,   b. c.1861, Virginia d. Dec 1932, Colbert Co, AL   7. Caroline Langley COOKE,   b. 1 Aug 1866, Virginia d. 24 Feb 1961 (Age 94 years)   8. Virginia Madeline COOKE,   b. c.1868, Norfolk City, VA d. Before 9 Jun 1900
  Family ID	F6088	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  LNCA Vol.V, pp 25-26, INFORMATION FROM OBIT.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1599] Augustus B. Cooke stone inscription, Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, VA. [S1600] John W. H. Porter, Porter, History of Norfolk County, Virginia, 1861 - 1865, ((1892, Rpt. n.p.: Edwards Brothers, Inc., May 1996)), p. 312. [S1314] Elmwood Cemetery burial registers, Norfolk, VA. information obtained April 2007. [S52] George Holbert Tucker, compiled & annotated by, Tucker, Abstracts from Norfolk City Marriage Bonds (1797-1850) and Other Genealogical Data, ((Norfolk, VA: William H. Delaney, 1934)), p. 186., F234.N8 T7.