Cockrell Family  

John Cockrell B: 1600 England D: 1630

   Andrew Cockrell B: 1630 D: 1673 M: 1653 Angel Corbell 1635-1672

      John Cockrell B: 1663 D: 1726 M: 1700 Lucretia Neale B: 1680 D: 1711 Va

Thomas Cockrell B: 1706 D: 1777 M1: Ann M2: Elizabeth Ramey born 1703 M3: Deborah Sanford.

John Cockrell B: 1725 Wales D: 1757 M1: Susan Cockrell M2: Deborah Barbara Cockrell M3: Susan Tapling B: 1720 D: 1749

Simon Cockrell, Sr. B: 1745 D: 07/18/1839 M: 07/17/1768 Mary Magdalene Vardeman B: 10/27/1752 D: 05/17/1819

1~Simon Cockrell, Jr. B: 07/07/1771 Botetourt Cty, Virginia D: 09/13/1857 M: 07/17/1786 in Wythe County, Virginia. Was regarded as the wealthiest man in Estill and Breathitt counties. He lived in that part of Breathitt which was taken from Estill County formed in 1808. He had lived in Estill County for 31 years. When Breathitt County was formed, (was Batill  until April 4, 1939, act approved). Simon Cockrell Sr. made a gift of ten acres, for the site of the county seat. This was named Breathitt Town, later changed to Jackson, in honor of Andrew Jackson. This site included the square in which the Court House and Jail are erected. Simon owning many slaves and cattle and large bodies of coal and timber lands.

1~Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell 1814-1856 M: Louisa Mayo

2~James Cockrell 1817-1860 M: Anna Allen

3~Paulina Cockrell 1818- M: Bohannon

4~Elisha Logan Cockrell 1823-1876 M: Rebecca Ann McMonogal

5~McKinley Cockrell 1827-1885 M: Emily Jane Trimble

2~John Cockrell 1772 - 1833

3~Morgan Cockrell 1778 - 1842 M: Hanna Andrews

1~Alexander Cockrell 1834 - 1908 

4~Jeremiah Cockrell 1779 - 1800

5~Moses Cockrell 1781 - 1825 M: Barthena Chadwell 1755 - 1848

1~Elizabeth Cottrell 1799-

6~James Cockrell 1781 - 1843 M1:      M2: Maria T Stovall 1804-1896

1~ Elizabeth Cockrell 1811-

2~Lydia Cockrell 1813- 

3~Mary H Cockrell 1838-1920

4~Henry Clay Cockrell 1840-

5~Maria Pete Cockrell 1842 - 1936

7~Celia Cockrell 1784 - 1814 M: Presley Davis 1775-1869

8~Sally Cockrell 1787 - 1850 M: Presley Davis 1775-1869  

9~William Cockrell 1790 - 1890 M: Nancy Wright 

10~Elizabeth Cockrill 1792 - 1820 M: Thomas Hunt 1771-1839

11~Joseph Cockrell B: 1794 in Virginia D: 1839  M: 1832 Nancy Ellis 1812 - 1883 KY

1~Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell 1832 - 1915

2~Francis Marion Cockrell 1834 - 1915 

12~Alexander Cockrell 1797 - 1860 M: Sarah Savilla Helms 1790-1850

13~Daniel Cockrell 1798 - 1812

Simon remarried 1813 KY, to Mary Smith, daughter of Charles Smith. B: 1794 KY D: 05/07/1855 at their decease were buried on their home property, custom among the Mountain people, especially during the early days. This property, the burial ground excepted, passed into the George Sewell family. A stream in the Frozen Creek Valley was named for Simon Cockrell. Cockrell's Fork has its confluence with Cope's Fork itself a tributary of Frozen Creek, close to the small bridge on Cope's Fork, but generally known as "the Cockrell Fork Bridge of Frozen.

1~Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell B: 09/05/1814 in Batill County, Kentucky D: 09/15/1856 Platte Cty, Missouri M: 10/01/1840 Louisa Mayo, in Johnson County, Missouri.

2~James Cockrell B: 1817 Breathitt County, Kentucky D: 12/11/1860 Breathitt County, Kentucky, killed by a falling tree M: 1839 Anna Allen, was regarded as being the brightest and one of the handsomest young ladies in the county and intellectually she had no superior.    9 children

1~Eliza Louisa Cockrell B: 1840 D:    M: Addison Bowman B: 1834 D:
2~E. Logan Cockrell B: 1842 D:    M:
3~Zerilda Cockrell  B: 1844  D:   M: James Cope
4~Mary Cockrell     B:. 1846
5~Malissa Cockrell B:. 1848 D:   M: 12/25/1870 Edward Marcum Breathitt Co., KY
6~James Clinton Cockrell  B: 1852
7~Clifton Cockrell     B: 1852 D: 02/02/1890 Breathitt Cty, KY M: 11/16/1871  Sarah Jett B: 12/23/1856  D: 12/1889 Breathitt County, KY

1~Samuel J. Cockrell  B:    D:   M: Roberta Blanton, daughter of County Judge William H. Blanton. Samuel was elected and served as sheriff of Breathitt County from 1926-29; was elected and served as Jailer of Breathitt County, 1930- 1933; and was appointed United States Commissioner, Eastern Kentucky District April 1936.

1~Ollie James Cockrell B: D: M: Susan Bach of the Quicksand Bachs Ollie was an attorney- at-law practicing in the Jackson Course

2~Tom Cockrell B:   D:  Was arrested and the case transferred to Powell County. He was in the Circuit Court of Powell County and acquitted on "Self Defense".

8~Armina Cockrell B: 12/14/1855
9~Evoline Cockrell B: 1856 

3~Paulina Cockrell B: 1818 in Breathitt County, Kentucky D: 03/30/1862 Texas M: 1841 Henry C. Bohannon, son of Simon Bohanan, a prominent citizen of Woodford County, purchased the tract of land on the north side of the river opposite the mouth of Cane Creek when it was a part of Estill County, and improved it very handsomely as a home for himself and two sons, Lewis and Henry, who were gentlemen of education and refinement and also as a summer home for his wife and two lovely daughters, who would come up from Woodford County via Hazel Green on horseback and spend the summer months. (This house contained eight rooms, two stories, and the lumber in it had all been hand hewed.  

1~Logan Cockrell Bohannon B: 1845

2~Mary J. Bohannon B: 1843 

4~Elisha Logan Cockrell B: 12/04/1823 in Breathitt County, Kentucky D: 11/02/1876 Irvine, Estill County, Kentucky M: 07/01/1851 Rebecca Ann McMonegal in Estill County, Ky. Whig, farmer and a member of Kentucky state house of representatives, Owsley County. Judge of Estill County Court.1847-48.

1~Mary P. Cockrell    B: 1848 D: 1893  M: -Broaddus D: 12/02/1893 in KY
2~Sarah Lou Cockrell   B: 1850 D: 1940  M: Park
3~Arabella Frances Cockrell B: 11/11/1852 in Estill County, KY D: 1903 M: McLean
4~Madison Cockrell  B: 11/06/1854 in Estill County, KY
5~Naoma Cockrell B: 08/15/1856 in Estill County, KY
6~Amanda Cockrell B: 1859 D: 1930
7~Elisha Logan Cockrell B:  1864 in Estill County, KY D: 1914
8~Ellen Cockrell B: 1861 D: 1939 M: Alexander
9~Rebecca Cockrell   B: 1862
10~Bessie Cockrell 1863-1940 

11~Florence Cockrell 1866-1943 M: Marcus Lindsey Thomas 1863-1911

12~Lizzie Cockrell     B: 1868-1871
13~George Cockrell   B: 1871

5~Harrison L. Cockrell B: 06/18/1826 Breathitt County, Kentucky D: 04/22/1876 M: 1848  Fanny Sewell.  State Senator, Estill Co 1869-73: Presidental Elector 1868      7 children

1~Mary J. Cockrell  B: 1856         D:     M: Robert C. Hill
2~Flora Cockrell   B: 07/11/1858  D:     M: Eugene Bushby
3~Isabella Cockrell  B: 1858         D:     M: William H. Gardner
4~Fannie Cockrell    B: 1862        D:      M:
5~Hortence B. Cockrell B: 1860   D:       M:
6~Harrison Cockrell B: 1866        D:      M: Elizabeth Richardson
7~Susan E. Cockrell B: 10/08/1852  D:  M:

6~Rev. McKinley Cockrell B: 01/16/1827 Breathitt County, Kentucky D: 01/22/1855 Wolfe Cty, Kentucky M: 07/27/1847 Emily Jane Trimble. B: 01/04/1828 D: 12/12/1897 (Emily remarried to Andrew Porter Lacy). He was the Pastor of the Christian Church. They were married by the Rev. Joseph Rickle. 3 children

1-Lou Ellen (Lula) Cockrell B: 06/15/1848 D: 04/06/1926. Married William O. Mize

2~Mary B. Cockrell B: 1850 D:   M: Drew Godsey B: 1848

3~Son Cockrell B: 1854 D: 06/30/1855 in Morgan County, Kentucky 

7~Benjamin Franklin Cockrell B: 1830 Breathitt County, Kentucky D: 1890 Ezel, Morgan County, Kentucky M: Elizabeth J. Maxey   4 children

1~Clifton Cockrell   B: 02/05/1858 Blackwater, Morgan County, KY D:      M: Catherine
Hazelrigg
2~Aley Cockrell       B: 1859 D:    M:
3~Mary L. Cockrell  B: 1862 D:
4~Eugenia Cockrell  B: 1863 D:    M:

8~Louisa C. Cockrell B: 1833 Breathitt County, Kentucky D:    M: Rev James W. Daniel 4 children

1~Alonzo Daniel    B: 1849
2~Alphonso Daniel B: 1849
3~Winslow Daniel  B: 03/24/1853
4~Madora Daniel    B: 09/ 27/1855

9~Capt. Simon Cockrell III B: 1837 Breathitt County, Kentucky D: 08/1866 Estill County, Kentucky  M: Nancy Vaughn   5 children

1~McKinley Cockrell B: 08/14/1857 in Red River, Morgan County, Kentucky
2~Lebon T. Cockrell   B: 1859
3~William Henry Cockrell B: 04/15/1859 in Morgan County, KY
4~Mary Ella Cockrell B: 03/04/1861 in Wolfe County, KY
5~Nannie L. Cockrell     B: 1866

10~Henry B. Cockrell B: 1841 Breathitt County, Kentucky D:   M: Rhoda McQuinn who later divorced him for mistreatment. Second wife of Rev. William Cockrell Baptist minister No children

11~John Miles Cockrell B: 1841 in Breathitt County, Kentucky D: Independence, Missouri  M: Fannie Stewart    4 children

1~Blanche Cockrell    B: 1863
2~Belle Cockrell         B: 1865
3~Bradley Cockrell     B; 1867
4~Strawther Cockrell  B: 1869

Rev Simon Cockrell

Thomas Cockrell 1706-1777 M1: Ann M2: Elizabeth Ramey born 1703 M3: Deborah Sanford.

John Cockrell B: 1725 Wales, UK D: 1759  M1: Susan Cockrell M2: Deborah Barbara Cockrell

Rev. Simon Cockrell was born 1745 in Prince William County, Virginia. D: 07/18/1839. M: 1765 Magdalena Vardeman in James City, Virginia.1752-1819. Simon Cockrell was a Baptist Minister in Virginia and he also served as a Virginia Legislator for several terms representing the county of Russell. He also was granted bounty land in Montgomery County, Virginia and is listed as having taken the oath there. His Revolutionary War letters  are on record in Washington, D. C. Simon, at about age 80 was a Missouri Legislator for one term representing the new county of Clay. 

1~Moses Cockrell B: 1770 Augusta County, Virginia  D: 1800 M: Barthena Chadwell

1~David Cockrell

2~Elizabeth Cockrell

2~Simon Cockrell B: 1772 Botetourt County, Virginia D: 09/13/1857 M: 2nd to Mary Smith

3~Cecilia Cockrell B: 1773 Fincastle County, Virginia D:    M: William Callahan?

4~John Cockrell B: 1775 Montgomery County, Virginia D:  1928 Arkansas River while on a hunting trip M: Amelia Alley

5~Elizabeth Cockrell B: 1776 D:     M: Absolem Sargent, Pulaski County, Kentucky

6~Sally Cockrell B: 1781 D:    M: 01/24/1804 Presley Davis, Tazewell County, Virginia

7~James Cockrell B:  1781 D: 11/28/1843 M: 1st -Turner M: 2nd Nancy Mariah Doke nee Stovall

8~Daniel Cockrell B: 1782 Russell County, Virginia D: 01/01/1813 Battle of New Orleans. No children/never married

9~Gen. Joseph Cockrell B: 06/08/1784 Tazewell, Russell County, Virginia  D: 04/03/1837 Johnson County, Missouri Was married three times. M1: Sarah Cockrell, one son. M2: Sally Hunt, one son M3: Nancy Ellis Black 1803-1883, 3 children.

1~One son -

2~Alexander Cockrell of Dallas, Texas

3~Rep Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell B: 05/07/1832 Warrensburg, Johnson Cyy, Missouri. 1890's Congressman from Texas D: 03/18/1915 Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. Confederate Colonel. M: Maranda Cockrell B: 1829 D:   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.  

1~Infant Son

2~Fred Cockrell 1855-1938 M: Emily Bristol 1856-1942

3~Nancy Ella Cockrell 1856-1938 M: James Keith Duke 1856-1940

4~Joseph Elmore Cockrell 1859-1937

5~Lula Cockrell 1862-1903 M: Woodruff

4~Senator Francis Marion Cockrell B: 10/01/1834 Warrensburg, MO, son of Joseph Cockrell and Nancy Ellis Cockrell, and was a grandson to Reverend Simon and Magdalene Vardeman Cockrell. Francis D: 12/13/1915, in Washington, District of Columbia, buried Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri. His older brother was Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell, who was a congressman from Texas in the 1890s. Francis Cockrell attended local schools and Chapel Hill College, graduating in July 1853; He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1855, practicing law in Warrensburg until the outbreak of the Civil War. CSA Brigadier General, 1st Missouri Infantry Regiment. In 1874, Cockrell, who became a member of the United States Democratic Party, was elected to the U.S. Senate from Missouri by the state legislature. He served in the Senate from March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1905, when he retired. He held several committee chairmanships, including the chairmanships of the Claims Committee, Engrossed Bills Committee and Appropriations Committee during his senate career. He received 42 votes for President of the United States at the 1904 Democratic National Convention, but was defeated by Alton B. Parker. In 1905, he was appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission by President Theodore Roosevelt. He served on the Commission until 1910. Cockrell then became part of a commission which negotiated the boundaries between the state of Texas and the New Mexico Territory, which was about to become a state. In 1912, he became a director of ordnance at the War Department. He remained in that job until his death in Washington, D.C.

Francis Marion Cockrell

6~Joseph Cockrell B: 1837 D: 1838

10~William Cockrell B: 1785 Russell County, Virginia D: 1862 Breathitt County, Kentucky M: 1812 Nancy Wright

1~William Cockrell B:   D: Was a Baptist Minister in Kentucky as well as a school teacher

11~Jeremiah Vardeman Cockrell B: 1786 D: 1870 M: 08/08/1807 Sally Sewards.

12~Morgan Cockrell B: 1788 D: 06/25/1842 M: 1st - Dicey M: 2nd 02/03/1833 Hannah Andrews

1~Nancy Cockrell B:   D:   M: Barksdale S. West

13~Alexander Cockrell B: 1790 D: 10/14/1858 Pottawatamie County, Kansas M: Sarah Elizabeth Helm

The USS Missouri was laid down by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Va., 7 February 1900; launched 28 December 1901; sponsored by Mrs. Edson Galludet, daughter of Senator Francis Marion Cockrell of Missouri, and commissioned 1 December 1903, Capt. William S. Cowles in command. Assigned to the North Atlantic Fleet, Missouri left Norfolk 4 February 1904.

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Colonel Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell, CSA

He was the brother of US Senator Francis Marion Cockrell. A Representative from Texas; B: 03/07/1832 in Warrensburg, Johnson County, MO,  and attended the common schools and Chapel Hill College, Lafayette County, MO. He went to California in 1849 for search of gold & returned to Missouri in 1853. Engaged in agricultural pursuits and studied law. He entered the Confederate Army as a lieutenant and served throughout the Civil War, attaining the rank of colonel. At the close of the war he settled in Sherman, Grayson County, Tex., and engaged in the practice of law; was chief justice of Grayson County in 1872. Was a delegate to the Democratic State conventions in 1878 and 1880; moved to Jones County; and was appointed Judge of the thirty-ninth Judicial District Court in 1885, to which position he was elected in 1886 and reelected in 1890; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1897); was not a candidate for renomination in 1896; engaged in farming and stock raising in Jones County, Texas. He died in Abilene, Texas., on March 18, 1915; interment in the Masonic Cemetery.

 

Vardeman Family History see: http://www.treespot.net/History/history.htm