United States of America
Confederate States Army · United States 
Enoch Cooksey
Private
1842 – 1873
Private Enoch Cooksey served the Company H, 16th Tennessee Infantry Regiment. Enoch was 31 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Homicide
Cause
Gunshot wound
Mechanism
Firearm
What Happened
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.
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.
Keepsakes
Service Record
Confederate States Army
Private
Company H, 16th Tennessee Infantry, Confederate States Army. Recorded by the United Daughters of the Confederacy interment register, which gives his birth as 17 April 1842 and his burial at Riverside Cemetery, McMinnville.
Also Served
McMinnville Police Department
Town Marshal
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