Died October 27, 1823
Captain David Cook has a beautifully-carved slate gravestone in Section B of the Eastern Cemetery. It is decorated with a hefty and bulbous urn as well as a weeping willow, a fancy leaf border, and a long custom epitaph that tells us about some of his military life story.
Born on March 12, 1751 in Weston, MA, he married Jane Tyler and they had two children together: Horatio Gates and Mary.
Serving under General Henry Knox's command, Captain Cook was a veteran of the American Revolution. In 1777, he became a captain in Colonel John Crane's Continental Artillery Regiment where he led an artillery company under Colonel John Durkee of the Varnum Brigade. He also served under General Horatio Gates (for whom he must have had great respect as he named his son after him) and commanded one of his cannon brigades. On June 28, 1778, during the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse, Cook was seriously wounded when he was shot in the chest. He recovered well enough to continue serving until he was discharged in December 1780.
In memory of
Capt. David Cook,
died Oct. 27, AD. 1823.
AEt. 72.
A Capt. Of Artillery, in the Revolutionary
War, who fell at the battle of Monmouth,
being shot through the body: but rose a
living witness for 45 years, of the divine
providence, that guards the destiny of man.
At last he fell asleep in Jesus: "on a hope of
eternal life, which God, who can not lie,
promised before ages." Amen.
Biographical information about Captain Cook was retrieved from what was written about him by David Wing on Find A Grave.
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