James Thomas Hooker ¹⁷³

  General Notes:

James Thomas served as a Union soldier in the Civil War, a member of Missouri's Inf. Co. F & A, 23rd Regiment (Pvt 23rd Mo USV). He enrolled at Linneus, Missouri on August 26, 1861. Pvt. James Thomas Hooker died March 8, 1866. James was honorably discharged on January 24, 1864. James was discharged from Finley Hospital in Washington, D.C. on August 12, 1864. It has been said that his death was the result of a wartime injury. James was the first person to buried in the Hooker Cemetery.

James was 6 feet tall with light hair and complexion and had blue eyes.

  Life Events:

1. Occupation: Farmer.

2. Military Service: Pvt 23rd Mo USV Civil War. ¹⁷³

James married Amy Palmer on 19 Sep 1865 in Sullivan County, Missouri, USA.¹⁷² (Amy Palmer was born on 11 Feb 1839 in Shelby County, Indiana, USA, died on 28 Dec 1924 in Livingston County, Missouri, USA and was buried in Schrock Cemetery (Reger, Sullivan, Missouri, USA).)