Confederate veteran. Son of Joseph and Christina Vandergriff Cookston. Lived mainly in Meigs County, Tennessee, before enlisting on February 10, 1863. Was with a scouting party at Boston, Kentucky, en route to Williamsburg, Kentucky, when his horse stumbled crossing the Cumberland River. He was thrown on the horn of his saddle, rupturing his stomach, and was discharged on disability. Married six times and had sixteen children. Last wife was Mary Burk (1897), widow of William Dunlap. Moved to Chattanooga in the early 1900's and died at his residence on Stewart Street.
Isaac Cookson had 16 children by six wives. The last of his offspring was born when Isaac was 64. His wives were Martha Moreland, Sarah Brown, two marriages to Mary Ann Miller, Mrs. Belle Rose and Mrs. Mary Burk Dunlap.
The Isaac Cookson children were Sarah Jane who married Milton Gee; Luke C. who married Isabell W. Hackett; James Henry; Cage Jefferson who married Kate Jordan of Michigan; L.S.; Robert Edward who married Jane Riggs and then Sarah Whisenhunt; Mary Elizabeth who married C.W. Richardson; Laura Ann who married Robert E. Stephenson; J.M.; Gaellin; Wintie; Hoyle Benson who married Mattie Lou Davis; Charles A.; Starling; Lula E.; and Clyde.
Isaac Cookson had 16 children by six wives. The last of his offspring was born when Isaac was 64. His wives were Martha Moreland, Sarah Brown, two marriages to Mary Ann Miller, Mrs. Belle Rose and Mrs. Mary Burk Dunlap.
The Isaac Cookson children were Sarah Jane who married Milton Gee; Luke C. who married Isabell W. Hackett; James Henry; Cage Jefferson who married Kate Jordan of Michigan; L.S.; Robert Edward who married Jane Riggs and then Sarah Whisenhunt; Mary Elizabeth who married C.W. Richardson; Laura Ann who married Robert E. Stephenson; J.M.; Gaellin; Wintie; Hoyle Benson who married Mattie Lou Davis; Charles A.; Starling; Lula E.; and Clyde.
Confederate veteran. Son of Joseph and Christina Vandergriff Cookston. Lived mainly in Meigs County, Tennessee, before enlisting on February 10, 1863. Was with a scouting party at Boston, Kentucky, en route to Williamsburg, Kentucky, when his horse stumbled crossing the Cumberland River. He was thrown on the horn of his saddle, rupturing his stomach, and was discharged on disability. Married six times and had sixteen children. Last wife was Mary Burk (1897), widow of William Dunlap. Moved to Chattanooga in the early 1900's and died at his residence on Stewart Street.
Isaac Cookson had 16 children by six wives. The last of his offspring was born when Isaac was 64. His wives were Martha Moreland, Sarah Brown, two marriages to Mary Ann Miller, Mrs. Belle Rose and Mrs. Mary Burk Dunlap.
The Isaac Cookson children were Sarah Jane who married Milton Gee; Luke C. who married Isabell W. Hackett; James Henry; Cage Jefferson who married Kate Jordan of Michigan; L.S.; Robert Edward who married Jane Riggs and then Sarah Whisenhunt; Mary Elizabeth who married C.W. Richardson; Laura Ann who married Robert E. Stephenson; J.M.; Gaellin; Wintie; Hoyle Benson who married Mattie Lou Davis; Charles A.; Starling; Lula E.; and Clyde.
Isaac Cookson had 16 children by six wives. The last of his offspring was born when Isaac was 64. His wives were Martha Moreland, Sarah Brown, two marriages to Mary Ann Miller, Mrs. Belle Rose and Mrs. Mary Burk Dunlap.
The Isaac Cookson children were Sarah Jane who married Milton Gee; Luke C. who married Isabell W. Hackett; James Henry; Cage Jefferson who married Kate Jordan of Michigan; L.S.; Robert Edward who married Jane Riggs and then Sarah Whisenhunt; Mary Elizabeth who married C.W. Richardson; Laura Ann who married Robert E. Stephenson; J.M.; Gaellin; Wintie; Hoyle Benson who married Mattie Lou Davis; Charles A.; Starling; Lula E.; and Clyde.
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