Lemuel Cook [SEP] conflict
Lemuel Cook
Lemuel Cook (September 10, 1759 – May 20, 1866) was one of the last verifiable surviving veterans of the American Revolutionary War.
Early life and education.
Cook was born in 1759 in Litchfield County, Connecticut, to Henry Cook and his wife Hannah Benham.
Military service.
Enlisting in the Continental Army at the age of 16, Cook was assigned to the 2nd Continental Light Dragoons, and by his death he was the last surviving member. He fought at Brandywine and in
republished 1968 with additional notes by Wendell Garrett.
- Don N. Hagist, "The Revolution's Last Men: The Soldiers Behind the Photographs, Hardcover – April 6, 2015
External links.
- Lemuel Cook: Last Survivor of the Revolutionary War from a Burr/Cook genealogy page
- Burial site of Lemuel Cook at Find a Grave