Dr. Henry Gansevoort Cooke, MD
Dr. Henry Gansevoort Cooke, MD, son of Dr. Robert Woodruff Cooke, MD and Susan Gansevoort, was born at Holmdel, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, 3 February 1833.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 He died at his home on Livingston Ave. at New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, 2 December 1919,10,1,3,11 and was buried in the Cooke plot at the Old Brick Reformed Church Cemetery, Marlboro, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, 5 December 1919.3,10,12
Henry married Maria Burritt Cowdrey, daughter of Peter Anderson Cowdrey, Esq. and Maria Burritt, at New Rochelle, Westchester Co., New York, 8 June 1876.13,1,14
According to Rutgers Alumni, a Henry Gansevoort Cooke Jr. was matriculated at Rutgers from 1894-5 and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in 1898. He was a student at Jefferson Medical College, Class of 1908, but died in Philadelphia, 10 Oct 1908. However, he is not a "junior," but the editors may have made that assumption. In fact, this Henry is Dr. Henry's nephew, being the son of his brother Robert and his wife Huldah (Van Mater). Per the death certificate, young Henry died at the State Hospital for the Insane in Morristown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania. The coroner determined the cause was a brain tumor.15,16
Henry was initially taught by William Woodhull at Freehold, and in 1850, entered Rutgers College, New Brunswick. He graduated from Rutgers with a Batchelor of Arts in 1853. He began his initial medical studies under his father and received his Master of Arts from Rutgers in 1856. He later studied under Dr. Willard Parker of New York and took his M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York in 1857. He began his medical career by sharing his father's extensive practice in Holmdel.
During the Civil War, he served as a surgeon with the rank of major with the Twenty-ninth New Jersey Volunteer Regiment. The Regiment was raised in August and September of 1862 and was mustered into United States service for a term of nine months on 20 Sep 1862. On 28 Sep the regiment proceeded to Washington D.C., where it camped on Capitol Hill. It soon crossed the Potomac into Virginia where it was assigned to a provisional brigade in General Casey's division and posted in the southern defenses of the capitol. It remained in this area until 20 Nov when it moved to Aquia Creek, VA, and was made a part of the Army of the Potomac under General Burnside. At Fredericksburg, it came under Confederate fire on 13 Dec. On the night of 15 Dec, it withdrew to north of the Rappahannock, recrossing a pontoon bridge under terrific enemy fire.
During the winter, it camped near Belle Plain (taking part in the famous "Mud March" in January). The regiment crossed the Rappahannock on 29 Apr at Chancellorsville, held its position on the left flank with considerable loss in killed and wounded. It recrossed to the north shore on 6 May 1863, and reoccupied its winter camp near Belle Plain. About 12 Jun it moved to meet confederate forces which were then entering Maryland on the Gettysburg campaign. On 15 Jun it reached Centreville, VA, where it was relieved from duty and ordered to Washington where it was then ordered home for discharge. The unit was mustered out at Freehold, New Jersey, on 20 Jun 1863. The Governor of New Jersey later called for volunteer surgeons, and Dr. Cooke responded to share in the conflicts at The Wilderness and Cold Harbor.
He was a member of the District Medical Society of Monmouth County (which he served as President, Vice-President, and Secretary), the State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He was also a member and elder of the Reformed (Dutch) Church of Holmdel. He practiced in Holmdel until the spring of 1897 when he moved to New Brunswick, New Jersey where he continued his profession.17,18
Henry married Maria Burritt Cowdrey, daughter of Peter Anderson Cowdrey, Esq. and Maria Burritt, at New Rochelle, Westchester Co., New York, 8 June 1876.13,1,14
According to Rutgers Alumni, a Henry Gansevoort Cooke Jr. was matriculated at Rutgers from 1894-5 and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in 1898. He was a student at Jefferson Medical College, Class of 1908, but died in Philadelphia, 10 Oct 1908. However, he is not a "junior," but the editors may have made that assumption. In fact, this Henry is Dr. Henry's nephew, being the son of his brother Robert and his wife Huldah (Van Mater). Per the death certificate, young Henry died at the State Hospital for the Insane in Morristown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania. The coroner determined the cause was a brain tumor.15,16
Henry was initially taught by William Woodhull at Freehold, and in 1850, entered Rutgers College, New Brunswick. He graduated from Rutgers with a Batchelor of Arts in 1853. He began his initial medical studies under his father and received his Master of Arts from Rutgers in 1856. He later studied under Dr. Willard Parker of New York and took his M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York in 1857. He began his medical career by sharing his father's extensive practice in Holmdel.
During the Civil War, he served as a surgeon with the rank of major with the Twenty-ninth New Jersey Volunteer Regiment. The Regiment was raised in August and September of 1862 and was mustered into United States service for a term of nine months on 20 Sep 1862. On 28 Sep the regiment proceeded to Washington D.C., where it camped on Capitol Hill. It soon crossed the Potomac into Virginia where it was assigned to a provisional brigade in General Casey's division and posted in the southern defenses of the capitol. It remained in this area until 20 Nov when it moved to Aquia Creek, VA, and was made a part of the Army of the Potomac under General Burnside. At Fredericksburg, it came under Confederate fire on 13 Dec. On the night of 15 Dec, it withdrew to north of the Rappahannock, recrossing a pontoon bridge under terrific enemy fire.
During the winter, it camped near Belle Plain (taking part in the famous "Mud March" in January). The regiment crossed the Rappahannock on 29 Apr at Chancellorsville, held its position on the left flank with considerable loss in killed and wounded. It recrossed to the north shore on 6 May 1863, and reoccupied its winter camp near Belle Plain. About 12 Jun it moved to meet confederate forces which were then entering Maryland on the Gettysburg campaign. On 15 Jun it reached Centreville, VA, where it was relieved from duty and ordered to Washington where it was then ordered home for discharge. The unit was mustered out at Freehold, New Jersey, on 20 Jun 1863. The Governor of New Jersey later called for volunteer surgeons, and Dr. Cooke responded to share in the conflicts at The Wilderness and Cold Harbor.
He was a member of the District Medical Society of Monmouth County (which he served as President, Vice-President, and Secretary), the State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He was also a member and elder of the Reformed (Dutch) Church of Holmdel. He practiced in Holmdel until the spring of 1897 when he moved to New Brunswick, New Jersey where he continued his profession.17,18
Family | Maria Burritt Cowdrey b. 6 Jan 1844, d. 22 Oct 1927 |
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Citations
- [S213] Henry Gansevoort Cooke Family Bible Records, 1797-1960, The Comprehensive Bible; Old and New Testaments, According to the Authorized Version (Hartford, Connecticut: Andrus & Judd, 1832); held by Gregory Cooke, Clarkdale, Arizona,.
- [S145] Catharine Roseboom, J. Livingston Roseboom, Henry U. Swinnerton and Joseph H. White, A Brief History of the Ancestors and Descendants of John Roseboom (1739-1805) and of Jesse Johnson (1745-1832): 1630-1897 (Cherry Valley, New York: Co-operative Press, 1897), 46, further cited as Roseboom, et al., Roseboom Ancestry.
- [S1012] Henry Gansevoort & Maria Cowdery Grave Stone, Cooke Graveyard at the Old Brick Reformed Church Cemetery, Marlboro, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; Photographed by Bruce Mitchell, June 2003.
- [S457] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Raritan Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, population schedule, sheet #194, dwelling #133, family #140, Robert Cooke household, age 17, born in New Jersey; original data: NARA micropublication M432, Seventh Census of the United States, 1009 rolls, roll #456.
- [S458] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Holmdel Township, Key Port Post Office, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, population schedule, sheet #28, dwelling #181, family #172, Robt Cooke household, age 25, born in New Jersey; original data: NARA micropublication M653, Eighth Census of the United States, 1438 rolls, roll #701.
- [S459] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Holmdel Township, Matawan Post Office, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, population schedule, sheet #26, dwelling #202, family #203, Susan Cook household, age 36, born in New Jersey, a physician with $20,000 in real estate and $10,000 in personal property; original data: NARA micropublication M593, Ninth Census of the United States, 1748 rolls, roll #875.
- [S460] Ancestry.com, 1880 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Holmdel Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 108, sheet #7, dwelling #51, family #52, Henry G. Cooke household, age 47, born in New Jersey and a physician; original data: NARA micropublication T9, Tenth Census of the United States, 1454 rolls, roll #791.
- [S461] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), New Brunswick City, 4th Ward, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 42, sheet #1B, dwelling #21, family #25, Henry G. Cooke household, age 67, born Feb 1833 in New Jersey, Physician; original data: NARA micropublication T623, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1854 rolls, roll #791.
- [S462] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), New Brunswick, 4th Ward, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 18, sheet #23A, dwelling #328, family #429, Henry G. Cooke household, Lived at 7 Livingston Ave, age 77, born in New Jersey, a physician in general practice, and owned his home with no mortgage; original data: NARA micropublication T624, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1784 rolls, roll #898.
- [S1015] Henry Gansevoort Cooke, Death Certificates (1919), New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, New Jersey.
- [S2409] Newspapers.com, on-line database and images, "Dr. Henry G. Cooke", Central New Jersey Home News, (New Brunswick), 3 Dec 1919, p. 7, (https://www.newspapers.com/): accessed Oct 2020.
- [S2323] Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed Aug 2020), memorial page for Dr Henry Gansevoort Cooke, Find a Grave memorial #15729116, maintained by Gregory Speciale, further cited as Find A Grave.
- [S1575] Henry G. Cooke pension application file (Civil War); certificate no. 885921, Marriage Certificate in file; Pension application files based upon service in the Civil War and Spanish-American War; Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- [S461] 1900 United States Census, New Brunswick City, 4th Ward, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, pop. sched., e.d. 42, sheet #1B, dwelling #21, family #25, Henry G. Cooke household, married 24 years.
- [S1881] Rev. John Howard Raven, Catalogue of the Officers and Alumni of Rutgers College (Originally Queens College) in New Brunswick, N. J.: 1766-1916 (Trenton, N. J.: State Gazette Publishing, 1916), 233, further cited as Raven, Catalogue of Rutgers College.
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- [S1051] Franklin Ellis, History of Monmouth County, New Jersey (1885; reprint, Cottonport, Louisiana: Polyanthos, 1974), 341-342, further cited as Ellis, History of Monmouth Co.
- [S1881] Raven, Catalogue of Rutgers College, 114.
- [S512] Holmdel, New Jersey, Church Records 1825-1934, 100, FHL microfilm 1298672, item #2, further cited as Holmdel Church Records.
- [S460] 1880 United States Census, Holmdel Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, pop. sched., e.d. 108, sheet #7, dwelling #51, family #52, Henry G. Cooke household.
- [S461] 1900 United States Census, New Brunswick City, 4th Ward, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, pop. sched., e.d. 42, sheet #2A, dwelling #21, family #25, Henry G. Cooke household.
- [S462] 1910 United States Census, New Brunswick, 4th Ward, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, pop. sched., e.d. 18, sheet #23A, dwelling #328, family #429, Henry G. Cooke household.
- [S512] Holmdel Church Records, 102; FHL #1298672, item #2.
- [S512] Holmdel Church Records, 103; FHL #1298672, item #2.
- [S1016] Edward Ambrose Cooke, Birth Certificates, File No. C108 (1887), New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, New Jersey.
- [S512] Holmdel Church Records, 104-105; FHL #1298672, item #2.
- [S147] Brooklyn, New York, Marriage certificates 1866-1937, Marriage Certificate #12921, FHL microfilm 1613585, further cited as Kings County Marriage Licenses.
- [S1014] Edward Ambrose Cooke, Death Certificates, File No. 60-092577 (1960), California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.