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Company H, 16th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
In memory of
Enoch Cooksey
1842 – 1873 Today would have been the birthday. A white rose is at the name.
- Their country
- United States of America
- Killed that day
- November 15, 1873, aged 31
Their life
Town Marshal Enoch Cooksey was shot and killed while attempting to quell a disturbance near the center of town on Depot Street around 10:30 p.m.
The suspect fled after shooting Marshal Cooksey in the chest but was apprehended two weeks later. He was found guilty of first-degree murder.
Marshal Cooksey is buried at Riverside Cemetery in McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee. His monument was paid for by donations in 1884 by the McMinnville residents.
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