Schley-Macon County GaArchives Obituaries.....Cook, Philip May 21 1894
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The Schley County News  Thursday, May 24, 1894  No. 21
DEATH OF GEN. PHIL COOK
Gen. Phil Cook, secretary of state, died very sudddenly Monday morning at ? 
o'clock at the home of his daughter Mrs. Peel(?), in Atlanta.  He took a 
violent cold Saturday but was at his work all day.  Saturday night he was at 
the table with his family and ate a hearty supper.  About midnight he summoned 
his daughter and seemed in great pain, breathing with great difficulty.  Before 
a physician could reach his bedside he was dead.  Gen Cook was born in Twiggs 
Co. in 1817.  In 1846, he came to Schley Co.(then Sumter) and taught school at 
Pondtown.

He was married to Miss Lumpkin, a sister of our townsman Mr. Jno. Lumpkin and 
lived for several years at what is now known as the Seay place, about a mile 
from Ellaville.  The old house is still standing, surrounded by stately 
magnolias (?).  Gen Cook was one of the bravest men in battle and he carried 
upon his body many scars.  He took part in all the principal battles engaged in 
by the army of Virginia and was always at the head of his command.  Georgia did 
not turn against this brave son in his old age and he died in office with 
honors clustering thick around him.  His remains were interred at Rose Hill 
Macon by the side of his wife.  



Additional Comments:
Transcriber's notes:  Cook, Philip    b. July 31, 1817  d. May 21, 1894  Civil 
War Confederate Brigadier General, 4th Ga. Inf.  He fought in Florida in the 
Second Seminole War under Gen. Winfield Scott.  Married Sarah George Lumpkin 15 
Aug. 1842, Monroe Co.  On the 1850 Macon Co. census, the household is Philip, 
age 31, lawyer, Sarah G., age 28, and Lucy age 13 mos.  He is found on the 1860 
Macon Co. census, age 42, lawyer in Oglethorpe, no wife and no kids.  1870 
census finds him still in Oglethorpe, age 52, in household are 19 yr. old Lucy M
(arian), 11 yr. old Phillip and 71 yr. old Lucy Lumpkin (presumably mother-in-
law). In 1880 he is located in Americus, Sumter Co., age 62, widower, 
occupation congressman.  Phillip, wife Sarah and son Philip are all buried at 
Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon.  Daughter, Lucy Marian Cook married William Lawson 
Peel and she and her husband are buried in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta.



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