Lemuel Cook

Lemuel Cook (10 September 1759-20 May 1866) was an American centenarian and one of the last surviving veterans of the American Revolution.

Biography

Cook was born in 1759 in Litchfield County, Connecticut, to Henry Cook and his wife Hannah Benham. Lemuel attended school when he was a child until he was 16 when he enlisted in the continental army. He fought at Brandywine and in the Virginian campaign, and was wounded several times. He was present at Charles Cornwallis' surrender in October 1781. He received an honorable discharge signed by George Washington on June 12, 1784. He married Hannah curtis and had 10 children. Lemuel Cook died on 20 May 1866 at the age of 107.