Enrolled 24 October 1862, Company K 171st Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia; discharged 6 August 1863; served in Washington and North Carolina.
Private George Ridley Cook (Kyle Iorio, Grandnephew)KIA 1943 in North Africa
World War IICPO Joseph Ordell Cook (Kyle Iorio, Grandson)Pearl Harbor Survivor, USS Medusa (AR-1)
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