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Jeremiah Vardeman Cockrell
7 Mar 1832 – 18 Mar 1915
| Birth | 7 Mar 1832 |
| Death | 18 Mar 1915 |
| Cemetery | Abilene Municipal Cemetery Abilene , Taylor County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Bill McKern on 10 Jan 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21567647 |
Bio
US Congressman. Born near Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri, he attended Missouri's Chapel Hill College until going to California for the Gold Rush in 1849. Cockrell returned to Missouri in 1853, farmed, studied law, and took part in partisan activities against anti-slavery advocates, including destruction of the newspaper office in Parkville. He joined the Confederate Army's Company A, 16th Missouri Infantry for the Civil War, served until 1865 and attained the rank of Colonel. He then settled in Sherman, Texas, where he practiced law, served as Grayson County's Chief Judge, and was a Delegate to the 1878 and 1880 state Democratic conventions. Cockrell later moved to Jones County, and served as District Judge from 1885 until 1893, when he resigned to enter Congress. In 1892 he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democrat, serving two terms, 1893 to 1897. He did not run for reelection in 1896, and returned to Texas, where he farmed, bred cattle and practiced law until his death in Abilene. He was the brother of US Senator Francis Marion Cockrell .
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- Elizabeth Cockrell Crisp 1821–1899 FaG
- Francis Marion Cockrell 1834–1915
- Bertha Ann Black Kinder 1842–1924
- Thomas B. Black 1848–1858
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- Fred Cockrell 1855–1938 FaG
- Nancy Ella Cockrell Duke 1856–1938 FaG
- Judge Joseph Elmore Cockrell 1859–1927 FaG
- Lula Cockrell Woodruff 1862–1903 FaG
- Infant Son Cockrell FaG
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