William Mordecai COOKE (Judge)
(1) Judge William Mordecai Cooke graduated at the University of Virginia in
1843; he soon thereafter moved to St.Louis Missouri, and engaged in the
practice of law. In 1846 he moved to Hannibal, Missouri, where he practiced
his profession. He remained there but a short time, and returned to St. Louis
Missouri. He was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas; as a lawyer he was
distinguished, and as a Judge he was noted for his justness. At the beginning
of the Civil War, he was sent by Governor Jackson, as Commissioner to the
Presidency of the Confederacy; after discharging the duties of this
Commission, he entered the Confederate Army, serving as Aid to Governor Jackson
of Missouri. He was in the Battles of Booneville and Carthage; he was later
Aid to General Sterling Price, and at the Battles of Oak Hill; after which he
was again sent as Commissioner to Richmond Virginia, in conjunction with
General John B. Clark, and upon his return to the Army was elected to the
Confederate Congress, and served there until his death. He was a staunch
member of the Roman Catholic Faith.
Giles Buckner COOKE (Reverend)
(1) Giles Buckner Cooke graduated at Virginia Military Institute in 1859; he
then read law until 1861, when he entered the C.S.A. as a private. He was
rapidly promoted Lieutenant, then Captain, and Major. He served as Assistant
Adjutant and Inspector General on the Staff of several Generals, from November
1864, until the surrender. He was on the Staff of General Robert E. Lee. He
was ordained Deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia in 1872, then Priest
in 1874. He was for years Rector of North Elk Parish, North East, Maryland.