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I found this in my records, J. F. Cockrell age 14, son of Francis Marion
Cockrell and Ivy Mary Martin of Colcord, Oklahoma. He is son of Francis
Marion Cockrell and Priscilla Matilda Morris. He is the son of Moses
Cockrell and Margaret Craig and Moses is the son of Alexander Cockrell and
Sarah Helm. Alexander Cockrell is the son of Rev. Simon Cockrell and
Magdaline Vardeman.
Is this correct?
Bella
In a message dated 1/28/00 3:30:36 PM Pacific Standard Time, welsh(a)ipa.net
writes: Hello List,
> I found the following obituary when I was looking for something else.
> From: The Pryor Jeffersonian, Nov. 16, 1939 (Mayes Co., OK)
>
> Joe Francis Cockrell, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Cockrell of
Colcord, was killed instantly Friday, November 10, when a 12-guage shot gun
was accidentally discharged. Young Cockrell noticed some geese flying over
their house and ran in the house to get a gun. Immediately upon picking up
the gun, both barrels discharged at the side of his head, killing him
instantly. It was believed that he struck the gun against something causing
it to discharge.
>
> Mr. Cockrell is deputy sheriff of Delaware County and his mother (think
mother refers to the mother of the boy, but I am not positive) is
postmistress at Colcord. Other survivors are a brother, Max, and a sister
Darlene.
>
> Funeral services were held in the Colcord school auditorium Sunday, Nov.
12. Rev. H. O. Riley officiated. Interment was in the Rowe cemetery,
directed by the Green funeral home.
>
> (Think that was the Green Funeral Home in Pryor, but I am not sure.)
>
> The Grove, OK, library (Delaware Co.) has a fairly good genealogy section,
and I think they have volunteers who look things up. Those of you who may be
related to the above family, might call the library to see if someone could
do lookups for you. Sorry, I don't have the phone number.
> Dorothy Welsh
Hello List,
I found the following obituary when I was looking for something else.
From: The Pryor Jeffersonian, Nov. 16, 1939 (Mayes Co., OK)
Joe Francis Cockrell, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Cockrell of
Colcord, was killed instantly Friday, November 10, when a 12-guage shot gun
was
accidentally discharged. Young Cockrell noticed some geese flying over
their house and ruan in the house to get a gun. Immediately upon picking
up the gun,
both barrells discharged at the side of his head, killing him instantly. It
was believed that he struck the gun against something causing it to discharge.
Mr. Cockrell is deputy sheriff of Delaware county and his mother
(think mother refers to the mother of the boy, but I am not positive) is
postmistress at Colcord. Other survivors are a brother, Max, and a sister
Darlene.
Funeral services were held in the Colcord school auditorium Sunday, Nov.
12. Rev. H.O. Riley officiated. Interment was in the Rowe cemetery,
directed by the Green funeral home.
(Think that was the Green Funeral Home in Pryor, but I am not sure.)
The Grove, OK, library (Delaware Co.) has a fairly good genealogy section,
and I think they have volunteers who look things up. Those of you who
may be related to the above family, might call the library to see if
someone could do lookups for you. Sorry, I don't have the phone number.
Dorothy Welsh
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From: "Willliam P. Rice" <billrice6(a)juno.com>
Mr. Lyons: I believe your John Cockrell (Cockerill) is probably the one
from Loudoun Co. Va. The Thomas Balch Library, 208 W. Market St.,
Leesburg, Va. 20176 (PH 1-703-779-1328) has six hand-written pages on the
Cockerills in a paper called the "Charles Blair Tavenner Collection of
Family Records". In the Cockerill section John Cockerill is listed as #1
with a notation "settled Westml Co". John Cockerill's daughter is listed
in the collection at #81. She married into my line when she married John
Rice on April 4, 1797. You can e-mail the librarians at:
aphyllis(a)erols.com or janetbl(a)erols.com. I hope this is helpful to you.
If you are following this John Cockerill line and have any information on
Janet Cockerill, his daughter, please let me know. I do know that after
Janet married John Rice, them migrated to Clark Co., Ky. He died in 1844
but doesn't mention her in his will. I would like to know where she died
and is buried if possible.
Regards, Bill Rice. P.S. Pleas share this info with the COCKRELL
ROOTSWEB.
On Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:29:10 -0500 Rick Lyons <redlyon(a)erinet.com>
writes:
> I picked up the following Cockrell abstracts from Westmoreland County
> Deed Books in the Library. Can anyone point me in the direction as
> too
> which John Cockrell this is?
>
> 29 Apr 1702 Luke Demenet (Demerrit?) Inventory. Total valuation
> 220
> pounds of tobacco. Signed by Mary Cockerill, relict of Luke
> Demerrit
> (sic) returned in inventory....
>
> 25 May 1702 Will of Richard Dudley of County of Westmoreland
> (dated
> 27 Oct 1702) ... Unto John Cockerell 100 acres lying by Westmoreland
> Courthouse, one feather bed, one blanket and one sheet, one gown,
> one
> cow and one heifer. Unto John Collins one cow, calf, gun, bed...
> unto
> James Taylor, son of William Taylor, one heifer, rest of my estate
> to
> wife Mary Dudley.
>
> 13 Mar 1703/04 Robert Clifford to John Cockerill for 6500 pounds
> of
> tobacco interest in 200 acres (on the eastern most side of Shant's
> Swamp
> ... land of Nicholas and Charles Edwards ... land of Coll. Hull,
> deceased ... an old field known by the name of Bridge Quarter which
> belongs to the aforesaid Hull in land of said Clifford. witness
> Thomas
> Gill and Thomas Hobson.
>
> 13 Mar 1703/04 Frances Clifford wife of Robert Clifford
> acknowledge
> unto John Cockerell my right of dower in 200 acres situate between
> the
> counties of Richmond and Westmoreland. witness Thomas Gill, Jr. and
> Thomas Hobson.
>
> It looks like this John married Mary Dudley shortly after the death
> of
> her first husband Luke Demerrit, and then Mary's father, Richard
> Dudley
> dies shortly after her first husband and John inherits some
> property.
> However, that is reading an awful lot between the lines. Does any
> one
> have any solid information on this line?
>
>
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I picked up the following Cockrell abstracts from Westmoreland County
Deed Books in the Library. Can anyone point me in the direction as too
which John Cockrell this is?
29 Apr 1702 Luke Demenet (Demerrit?) Inventory. Total valuation 220
pounds of tobacco. Signed by Mary Cockerill, relict of Luke Demerrit
(sic) returned in inventory....
25 May 1702 Will of Richard Dudley of County of Westmoreland (dated
27 Oct 1702) ... Unto John Cockerell 100 acres lying by Westmoreland
Courthouse, one feather bed, one blanket and one sheet, one gown, one
cow and one heifer. Unto John Collins one cow, calf, gun, bed... unto
James Taylor, son of William Taylor, one heifer, rest of my estate to
wife Mary Dudley.
13 Mar 1703/04 Robert Clifford to John Cockerill for 6500 pounds of
tobacco interest in 200 acres (on the eastern most side of Shant's Swamp
... land of Nicholas and Charles Edwards ... land of Coll. Hull,
deceased ... an old field known by the name of Bridge Quarter which
belongs to the aforesaid Hull in land of said Clifford. witness Thomas
Gill and Thomas Hobson.
13 Mar 1703/04 Frances Clifford wife of Robert Clifford acknowledge
unto John Cockerell my right of dower in 200 acres situate between the
counties of Richmond and Westmoreland. witness Thomas Gill, Jr. and
Thomas Hobson.
It looks like this John married Mary Dudley shortly after the death of
her first husband Luke Demerrit, and then Mary's father, Richard Dudley
dies shortly after her first husband and John inherits some property.
However, that is reading an awful lot between the lines. Does any one
have any solid information on this line?
Hello List,
I have this death certificate for Julia A. Craig.
State of Kansas.
State Board of Health.
Standard Certificate of Death
Riley County
Madison Township.
Full name: Julia A. Craig
Date of death: June 14, 1918
Date of birth: March 24, 1834
Birthplace: Illinois
Name of Father: E. Cockrell
Birthplace of Father: Kentucky
Maiden name of Mother: Saray Elizabeth Helm
Birthplace of Mother: Illinois
Informant: J. H. Craig of Riley, Kansas.
In the lessons of research, we are advised to gather all the information on
the siblings so that the compiled information on the parents can be compared.
Although the information is not all correct, we can gather bits from each
and compare them to what we do find about the parents and better pinpoint the
family in available public documents. The researcher who sent this
information to me did research each of the siblings in every generation.
This is not a published record in a family history book yet. This researcher
has combined efforts with my own and the final product is what we are all
interested in.
This information can be verified with the 1910 and 1920 census records. Can
anyone find that obituary? In that era the newspapers loved lengthy
recitations of the merits of the citizenry. That obituary would likely tell
where the children were residing that year and the results of a census search
based on that obituary could be important.
How about the Kansas researchers?
More later,
Bella
Hello Jack,
You Wrote:
> I believe that Thomas Jefferson Cockrell was the son of Alexander Cockrell
> and Sarah Sevilla Helms. Thomas Jefferson Cockrell married Keziah Church.
Yes, that is the line for sure. I did not repeat that portion of the book
because it is not correct. However the important thing is not what we have
already done but this branch that we did not know so much about.
Some folks on this list wanted to specifically research the Oklahoma kin
only. This fits that criteria. Since Oklahoma became a state around 1900
there is not much of a time frame to work in. Missouri was occupied since
1800 and a larger time frame to research. Kentucky is about the same with
the really late 1700 time frame to research.
Sorry if I was vague about the origins or line of descent of this one.
Bella
I believe that Thomas Jefferson Cockrell was the son of Alexander Cockrell
and Sarah Sevilla Helms. Thomas Jefferson Cockrell married Keziah Church.
Regarding Robert Cockrell who was Justice of the Florida Supreme Court. I
have him listed as Robert Spratt Cockrell. His wife was Courtney Walker.
This Robert was the son of Augustus William Cockrell and Susan Spratt.
Augustus was the son of Dempsey Cockrell and Millicent Carpenter. Dempsey
was the son of Nathan Cockrell and Nancy Williams. Nathan Cockrell was the
son of Jacob Cockrell and Penelope Williams from Nash County, N.C.
Hello List,
This one is about the book, "The Family History Book, A Genealogical Record"
compiled by Evelyn Cockrell Smith Fleming.
This 23 page book created form some workbook is a poor copy. We always
regret the lack of attention to detail long after it is far too late to do
anything about it.
This is the family of William Sherman Cockrell, son of Thomas Jefferson
Cockrell. He was a twin to Ulysses Grant Cockrell and the third set of twins
in that family. Hum, wonder about that water supply. My grand twins were
born there.
The early history is based in the old concepts about the research left off in
Indiana. We have cleared this up long ago. We know there is a connection.
So the real value of this book is in the family line that they actually know
about.
William Sherman Cockrell born 25 Mar 1869 in Granby, Missouri. That is
Newton County, Missouri and the same area as Moses Cockrell of recent
research.
William married Harriet Eliza Hurd 21 Feb 1932 Buffalo, Oklahoma. Harriet
was born 17 Apr 1874 in Rockford, Illinois.
Their children are listed as:
Ulysses Sidney Cockrell
Leta Irene Cockrell
Claude Jennings Cockrell
Hazel Josephine Cockrell
Ernest Earl Cockrell
Fannie May Cockrell
Mary Leona Inez Cockrell.
These children were born in Neal, Kansas; Hunter, Oklahoma and Buffalo,
Oklahoma. For the Oklahoma researchers, this family will appear in the 1900
census at Neal, Kansas and the 1910 in Oklahoma.
Ulysses Sidney Cockrell born 6 Apr 1864 in Neal, Kansas married Edna Mae
Brawner. Not much known about her beyond the death in California and burial
in Woodward, Oklahoma.
They had 8 children born in Dunlap, Oklahoma and Laverne, Oklahoma; Buffalo
Oklahoma. They begin in the 1920 census at Dunlop, Oklahoma.
Included in the package was also a copy of an LDS family group sheet for the
family of Thomas Jefferson Cockrell stating that the source was Roberta
Cockrell Snell.
Of real interest are obituaries from those local newspapers, wedding
announcements, and graduations. Also cemetery index records and funeral home
records.
When I received this package there is part of an obituary for Wesley Samuel
Cockrell who died Jan. 1, 1988. The section about the children has been
clipped away. The sad part is that of an obituary that is the most important
section. It was clipped from Stillwater, OK newspaper in January of 1988. If
I could get the whole thing I would be real happy.
Hope to hear from you all real soon.
Bella Hughes
I thought those of you researching in KY might truly be interested in this
message. I know I'd like to see the information of the Cockrell (all
spellings) deeds.
Kay Cockrell Kazmir
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> Subject: [SCKY] WARREN CO DEED BOOKS A THRU H - PART 1
>
>
> I publish the Warren Co Deed Books A1 thru H8 which run 1797 through 1818.
> These were done in cooperation with the Western Kentucky Library in
Bowling
> Green and transcribed from the old WPA records which were full of
> typographical errors, misspellings and not indexed. As with any deed book,
> a ton of information can be gleaned. Shown is the page # of the original
> book, grantor and grantee, location of both, cost, location of land,
> adjoining properties, witnesses and date of transaction. Some are more
> detailed that the other. This is an abstract (as was the book I was typing
> from), but contains all necessary information. Remember that these will
> also contain deeds on Barren Co people as we were formed from Warren in
> 1798 and many continued doing business in Warren Co. You may check out my
> publishing web site for more information. I am not doing lookups at this
> time. Here is the extensive surname list found in these books.
>
> Absher/Abshire (many spellings), Adams, Aden, Adkin, Adkinson, Agens,
> Ailes, Albrittain, Alderson, Ales, Alexander (many), Allard, Allen (many),
> Allison, Almon, Alsop, Ambrose, Amos, Anderson (many), Andres,
> Andrew/Andrews, Angris, Anton, Appling, Arbuckle, Armistrong (various
> spellings), Armstrong (many), Arnold, Arvin, Ary, Ashley, Asvera, Atkins,
> Atkis, Atwood, Augustus, Auldridge, Austin, Ayres, Baclay, Bagly, Bailey,
> Baker, Baldwin, Bale/Bales, Ball, Ballard, (many), Ballare, Balloway,
> Banks, Bannion, Barbee, Barber, Barberry, Barbour,
Barbre/Baarbree/Barbrey,
> Barclay, Bargee, Barker, Barlow, BBarn, Barnard, Barner, Barnes,
> Barnet/Barnett, Barnheart, Barraque, Barraries, Barren, Barret/Barrett,
> Barron, Barrow, Barry, Bartlett, Baraton, Bastor, Baugh, Baveerster,
> Baxter, Baylor, Beakham, Beal/Beall, Beard, Beasley, Beaaty, Beauchamp (of
> later Metcalfe Co), Beavers, Bebb, Beckham, Beetle, Beinsingham?, Bell,
> Bellar, Benbrook, Bennett, Benning(s), Benson, Bentley, Benton, Berd,
> Berry, Berryman, Bettersworth, Bibb(s), Bickham, Biggerstaff, Billingsley,
> Birge, Black, Blackburn, Blackford, Blackwell (many), Blagrove,
> Blakey/Blaky, Blalock, Blanengin, Blankenship, Blanton,
> Blasengame/Blasingame, Bledsoe, Bleet, Blewett, Blount, Bluford, Boatman,
> Bobbitt, Bodley, Bogart, Bogin, Boice, Boles (only 1), Bonckers, Bond,
> Bonmer, Booker, Boon(e) (many), Boren, Borland, Boron, Bostick, Boton?,
> Boucher (lots), Bowles, Bowmer, Boyce, Boyde, Boydsteen/Boydsten, Boys,
> Bozeman/Bozman, Braden, Bradford, Bradie, Bradlers, Bradley, Bradshaw,
> Braham, Brashear, Braytcher, Bratney, Bratten/Bratton, Breathett, Breed,
> Breedlove, Brents, Brewer, Biran, Briant, Bridges, Brigg(s), Bright,
> Brinson, Brittain, Britten, Broadhead, Broadus, Brodwell, Brooking,
Brooks,
> Brotherlin, Brouten, Brown (los), Browning, Broyles, Bruggs, Brunson,
> Brunts, Bryan, Bryant,
Buchannan/Buchannon,/Buchanon/Buckhannon/Buckhannon,
> Buckner, Buford, Bulcher, Bumpass, Bunch (several), Burbison, Burch,
> Burchfield, Burck, Burge, Burgher, Burgy, Burham, Burkett/Burkitt, Burks,
> Burnam, Burner, Burnham, Burns, Burr, Burrell, Burris, Burton, Burwell,
> Bush, Bushnell, Bushenberry, Bushford, Bushong, Bustard, Buster (ended up
> in Edmonson Co), Butcher, Butler, Button, Byrd.
>
> Caldwell, Call, Calloway, Calter, Camerhan, Camp, Campbell (lots), Cander,
> Cannon, Canon, Carlock, Carpenter, Carrison, Carroll, Carson, Carter,
Case,
> Casey, Cason, Casselbury/Castleberry, Catchings, Cates, Cavens,
> Cavin/Cavine/Cavins, Clennon, Chambers, Chapan, Chapline, (lots), Chapman
> (lots), Chason, Charleville, Chastain, Chaston, Cheares, Cheason,
Cheatham,
> Cherry, Chism (lots), Chitwood, Choice, Christian, Christy, Churtis,
Clack,
> Clardy, Clark(e) (lots), Clasby, Claton, Claypole, Claypool, Clayton,
> Cleany, Cleland, Clemmons, Clemon, Clendenon/Clending, Cleveland, Cleyton,
> Coaks, Cockerham, Cockeril/Cockerill/Cockral, Cochran, Cockrell/Cockrill,
> Coghill, Coke, Coker, Cole, Coleman, Colins, Collett, Collier, Collina,
> Collins, Compton, Conner/Conners, Conway, Cook(e) (lots), Cooksey,
Coonrod,
> Corghan, Cosby, Cotteral/Cotterell, Couch, Coulter, Council, Courts,
> Covington (LOTS), Cowan, Cowarden,/Cowardin, Cowin, Cowles, Cox (LOTS),
> Coyle, Crabtree, Craddock, Crafford, Craig (many), Crain, Crawford, Creek,
> Crittenden, Carnahan, Crouch, Crockett, Croghan (lots), Cross, Crosthwait,
> Croucher, Crow, Crowder(s), Crozier, Crump (many), Crutcher, Crutchfield,
> Crute?, Culberton, Culbertson, Cullip, Cumpton, Cuplip, Curd (Lots),
> Curtcher, Curtis, Cushenberry/Bushinberry, Cusley?, Cuthberton, Cutlip.
>
> to be continued with D's. Sandi
>
>
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Hello I got off the phone with Tom Cockerel at 3:00pm and he ask me to let every body know he is ok just having problem with he comp. problem and he say to tell every one hello for him and i say i will be happy do help him out because he is family .
Mary Roarx
In my roll call, the son of William Anderson COCKRILL should have read
Joseph Venable COCKRILL. Somehow I dropped part of Joseph's surname.
Sorry.
Shirley
We are back from vacation..so here is my answer to roll call.
WILLIAM COCKRILL (abt. 1755 - abt. Oct 1824, Walnut Creek, Allen Co., KY)
married abt. 1775 Frances JONES (abt. 1755 - aft. 1841). >
WILLIAM ANDERSON COCKRILL (12 Dec 1778 NC - 27 Oct 1761 San Jose, CA) married
Rebecca VENABLE (5 Nov 1785 NC - 10 Apr 1872 Salinas, Monterey Co., CA) 19
Feb 1799 Spartenburg Co., SC. >
JOSEPH VENABLE C (1811 Allen Co., KY - 21 May 1861 Allen Co., KY) married
Sarah "Sally" MEREDITH (1817 KY - aft. 1880 KY) 17 Feb 1836 Allen Co., KY.
She was the dau of Theodorick A. and Mary "Polly" (ALEXANDER) AYRES MEREDITH
(widow of David Ayres). >
James Younger Cockrill (1 Feb 1849 Allen Co., KY - 28 Apr 1892 Allen Co., KY)
married Sarah "Sally" Marcum (23 Oct 1854 - 14 Feb 1887 Allen Co., KY) >
Their children:
1. Dora Ella/Eller COCKRILL (17 Nov 1876 [twin] Allen Co., KY - 8 June 1946
Cairo, Alexander Co., IL) married Antony Erby RIGSBY (1874 Allen Co., KY -
aft. 1947 Cairo, Alexander Co., IL)
2. William Claud COCKRILL (17 Nov 1876 [twin] Allen Co., KY - 27 Feb 1949
Scottsville, KY) married Mary Stovall (30 Nov 1880 Allen Co., KY - 19 Sep
1962 Scottsville, KY) 25 June 1900 Lafayette, TN.
3. Cornelus ("C.G." or "Uncle Gate") Gatewood COCKRILL (5 June 1879 Allen
Co., KY - 21 Nov 1942 Sanger, Denton Co., TX) married Virginia Belle ("Ginny
Belle") SMITH (23 Sep 1883 Tompkinsville, Monroe Co., KY - 24 June 1966 Pilot
Point, Denton Co., TX) on 9 Jan 1902 Cave City, Barren Co., TX.
4. Eugene Sanders ("Genie Columbus" or "G.C.") COCKRILL (22 June 1882 Allen
Co., KY - died age 68, Denton Co., TX; buried Roselawn Memorial Cem.) married
Toy Belle KUYKENDALL/KURKENDALL (3 Oct 1885 Glasgow, KY - died age 72, Denton
Co., TX; burial in Roselawn Memorial Cem.) on 30 Dec 1901.
5. Annie May COCKRILL (2 Oct 1886 Settle, Allen Co., KY - 10 May 1950
Dyersburg, Dyer Co., TN; buried Anna, IL) married #1, Hugh CAROTHERS (19 Aug
1880 Itawamba Co., MS - 20 Feb 1922 Johnson Co., TX; son of James Robert
CAROTHERS and Ellen KELSO) on Feb 1908 Johnson Co., TX; md. #2, married #2.
Alfred Dick; divorced; he died; married #3, Henry Hust 18 Feb 1932; he died 9
July 1941 Anna, IL.
Shirley M. Fritsche
Hello List,
I have compiled this from a variety of sources.
Moses Cockrell born 1822 Salem, Washington, Indiana son of Alexander Cockrell
and Sarah Elizabeth Helm. Died August 8, 1882, in Newtonia, Newton County,
Missouri. He married Margaret Craig May 1854 in Clay County, Illinois.
Margaret Cockrell was the daughter of James Craig and Savilla Hanks.
To this union were born 5 children:
Alexander Cockrell born December 31, 1841 in Clay County, Illinois
Francis Marion Cockrell born June 30, 1842 Marion County, Illinois
Sarah S. Cockrell born February 14, 1846 Marion County, Illinois
Simon Boliver Cockrell September 2, 1848 at Rocky Comfort, McDonald, Missouri
Martha Elizabeth Cockrell August 26, 1850 in McDonald or Marion County,
Missouri
Marriages for this family:
Alexander Cockrell married Elvira Hutchinson on October 7, 1866 in Newtonia,
Newton, Missouri
Francis Marion Cockrell married #1 Priscilla Matilda Morris on September 7,
1847 in Marion County, Illinois
Francis Marion Cockrell married #2 Mary Minerva Sellers on April 28, 1878 in
Newton County, Missouri
Sarah S. Cockrell married #1 Green D. Hughes on November 30, 1864 in Green
County, Missouri
Sarah S. Cockrell-Hughes married #2 Jacob Killion September 29, 1870, in
Newton County, Missouri.
Sarah S. Cockrell-Hughes-Killion married #3 Charles J. Walden on November 17,
1879 in Newton County, Missouri
Simon Boliver Cockrell married Leanna J. F. Depriest October 26, 1871 in
Newton County, Missouri
Martha Elizabeth Cockrell married Benjamin L. Sheppard December 22, 1867
Newton County, Missouri
Moses Cockrell, grandson of Rev. Simon Cockrell and Mary Magdaline Vardeman
was respected in the community and a man of property.
Hello list,
Letter writing is an art that we all were exposed to in the early grade
school years.
My first letter was to Grandma McDaniel. I remember the paper had lines with
dotted lines between. Teacher showed us how to make letters both large and
small and just how to put them within those lines.
The content of that letter was:
Dear grandma,
How are you?
fine I hope.
We are all fine.
I love you.
Bella
This whole letter was on an 8 X 10 sheet landscape not portrait. To this
child it was sideways on the paper. Then it was colored with red and blue
crayon with hearts and big Xs and Os.
My grandmother never answered that letter. Perhaps there was nothing to
answer in that letter. It was an exercise in handwriting. If I sent that
sort of letter today to anyone it would not get any answer either.
What we write in the letters of query is as important as what we expect in
return. It does not matter if it is to a historical society asking for
information or a list of land records for an ancestor; or a request for
services from an out of area company. And it does apply to the mail on the
Internet.
Perhaps the chat rooms have led us to think that the email must be brief and
that it does not matter if we use a shift key or not. We no longer have our
teacher watching us but still we want answers.
All of my email is composed and written offline. I treat it no differently
than I would a formal letter in a Word document. For content I try to use the
reporters chant: Who, What, When, Where, and Why?
Then I read the letter from start to finish as if it had been sent to me. If
it is hard to understand, it gets changed. It is easier to erase stuff in
email before it is sent than to try to chase it across the lines.
However, we get answers to email that is not well written, or do we? Can
anyone know if they got all the answers that the historical societies had on
hand? I think not. Having sent letters and received responses, then gone to
the same place in person, I know better.
Another comparison is when we share information. When two people write to a
historical society then swap copies of the results, what do you think
happens? Do you know?
Perhaps you wrote a letter to the Cass County Historical Society in
Harrisonville, Missouri. It went something like this.
Dear sir,
I am researching Cockrell of Cass County. Can you give me any help?
I think you are still waiting for a reply. Perhaps you think these people
are too busy to get back to you. Not true they have staff to handle these
letters.
Okay, now I will write a letter to the same people.
Dear Volunteer,
I am researching the Simon B. Cockrell family who resided in Cass County
census year 1850. See the enclosed family group sheet for clarification and
a transcribed copy of the census from 1850.
I am interested in deed records and cemetery records for the names on the
family group sheet. My purpose is to obtain copies of the deeds from the
county courthouse and any wills or probate records for the same.
Please advise me of any fees for copy and/or postage and I will happily remit
by return mail. A self addressed and stamped envelop is enclosed for your
reply.
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter.
Sincerely,
Bella Hughes
enclosures: Family Group Sheet, 1850 census form, SASE
Now I wait about two weeks. In reply I have a list of index of deeds and a
cemetery index. They state that their fee for nonmembers is $5.00 per hour,
copies are . 25 each and what the total cost is. I get a money order and
send it to them with a card of thanks.
So what is the difference? Not much really if you think about it. I
actually go a step further. When I sent the letter I use those colored and
printed letter papers from the copy store. I use colored envelops too. My
letters are easier to locate in a stack of letters written on the white paper
for the printer or copier. My envelop was more noticeable in a large stack
of mail. Actually it is more fun to open colorful mail and it stimulates
interest.
I do hate the colored backgrounds on the email though.
For one thing I have less than perfect sight. I have to open that mail, copy
and use the reply button and change the background to white before I can read
it. The letter paper I use is white in the center and has a printed border.
The other thing I do is use spellcheck for everything. I also use
grammercheck and punctuation check. A misspelled word or the wrong use of a
word might give an entirely wrong idea. Then I might get the wrong answers
and have to start over.
Okay, this is open to discussion. Perhaps someone will reply.
More later,
Bella
More detail for the roll call.
Lalla Louise Cockerill b. August 29, 1867, Glasgow Howard Co. Missouri - d.
June 8, 1948, Chariton Co. Missouri - married November 25, 1896, Glasgow,
Missouri to William Fristoe Bentley
Henry Clay Cockerill b. December 5, 1831, Richmond, Ray Co. Missouri - d.
December 3, 1910, Nevada, Missouri, buried Glasgow, Missouri - m. October 5,
1866, Glasgow, Mo. to Martha Almond
Children:
Lalla Louise
Jessica
Henry Almond
Robert E. Lee
Henry Carl
Henry Clay, Jr.
Dr. Thomas Nichols Cockerill b. December 5, 1806, Fayette Co. Ky - d. June
3, 1862, Glasgow, Missouri - m. Emma Ann Donohoe, Glasgow, Missouri
Children:
Henry Clay
Dr. William Wirt
Florence
Susan Ella
Nettie
John S. Cockerill b. Ca. 1781, Loudoun Co. Va. - d. 1809, Fayette Co. Ky -
m. Katherine Nichols October 21, 1802, in Fayette Co. Ky.
Children:
Thomas Nichols
Elizabeth
John, Jr.
Janet
John Cockerill/Cockrill/Cockrell b. Ca. 1755, Loudoun Co. Va. - d. 1819?
Fayette Co. Ky? - m. Ca. 1780, Loudoun Co. Va. to Ann (Nancy) Chilton.
There are Pension Records indicating that a John Cockrell/Cockrill applied
for Revolutionary War Pension from Bath Co. Ky in 1818 and they have records
up to 1822, when his wife was no longer living. He served beginning in the
Spring of 1777 for 3yrs. with a Virginia contingent as a private to corporal
rank. Was wounded at the Highlands of York? Don't know if this is the same
John Cockerill or not.
Children:
John S.
Janet
Elizabeth
Catherine
Sally
Flora
Matilda Lea
Shelton
Frances
Jemima
Celia
Not proven:
Joseph Cockerill, etc. b. Ca. 1710, Fairfax Co. Va. d. Ca. 1795, Fairfax Co.
Va.? - m. Jane _____?
Children:
John
Sampson
Elizabeth
Sarah
Amy
Christopher
Joseph M.
David Bentley
dbentley(a)cvalley.net
Researching:
Lalla Louise Cockerill - 1867 - 1948
Henry Clay Cockerill - 1831 - 1910
Thomas Nichols Cockerill - 1806 - 1862
John S. Cockerill - Ca. 1781 - 1809
John Cockerill - 1755 - 1819
Where to go from here?
Virginia > Kentucky > Missouri
David Bentley
dbentley(a)cvalley.net
www.cvalley.net/~bentley/BENTLEY/1.HTM
Hello List,
It has come to my attention that many of us are not making contacts to keep
our interest in the line up and the research alive. Even though my computer
was down and I had no email, the work continued. It is the object of this
letter to give a few hints that work for me and I hope it will instigate
others to send out tips for how they find stuff.
Writing lots of letters helps and what goes into one is important to getting
an answer. I have a book with addresses for genealogical libraries and
societies as well as historical societies that is broken down into states and
counties. When I find a major event in the family like marriage or death, I
locate the place and send out letters. In these letters I put copies of the
family group sheet and any source documentation I have. Especially adding
census on those lovely library forms that are at the library. The ones
online are great too but these are nice and available when I read the census.
I make sure that my name is on everything with a mailing address and my
email address. I know they keep these in family files and if they have
anything on file they might send a copy on to another making a query on the
same line.
Last year I started reading cemetery index books and going to visit the
graves of the ancestors. I took tons of photos. When I came home from
Indiana there were 20 rolls to develop and my friend had at least as many. We
each had double prints made and swapped copies. I carefully made a book with
the names and photos of headstones showing things like married couples on the
same stone. In some instances the photos revealed errors made in earlier
books. I use sidewalk chalk to make the lettering on those old white stones
stand out in a photo.
Actually, Bill Ballew showed me that washing a stone carefully will remove
that green stuff and some really terrible black stuff that falls out of the
sky. So using water and a soft brush the lettering shows up. Bill used
Clorox in the water and the stone then becomes real white and pretty. Then
if you wipe it dry and wait a little bit, you can use the side of a nice big
colored sidewalk chalk to make the letters and design just jump out at you.
The chalk washes off and even if you don't get it all it disappears the next
time it rains. It does not hurt the stone like some things might.
Then I decided to make some color copies of the pictures at Kinko's in my
area and in Kansas we use Copy Max. Then I made 3X5 cards and glued the
photo on the back or blank side. On the ruled side I wrote the information
and family connections as well as my name and address. I mailed them out to
the local historical society for their files. While the computer was down
and I was getting no email, the US mail was delivering great queries and
information. I really did not spend too much because I can squeeze 5 of the
3X5 photos onto a sheet of color copies. I have this paper cutter to trim
them and with a glue stick it was a real no brainer. I hand printed the
cards but I could just as easily used my typewriter and made them perfect.
When I swap information I send out pictures to go with a family group sheet
if I have one. So it is nice to send the tombstone photos to the historical
societies. They charge for copies any way but when my name and address is on
the item then I get a new contact too. Really, I do use the mail as often as
I use the Internet. And my letters of inquiry to Genealogical Societies and
Historical societies normally get great response. I have great copies of
things this way that never come in swap packages. I put them in my swap
packages though.
More later,
Bella
In a message dated 1/8/00 6:15:34 AM Pacific Standard Time, BHughes721 writes:
> Hello list,
> One of the largest genealogical records available today is the census
> records. The records are there and all anyone has to do is connect them
into
> a great big record.
>
> Recently while at the library I overheard a librarian explaining how to
read
> census and how to load the microfilm onto the reader. During her
> instructions, the family was found on the Soundex. At this point she
stated
> that many people just use Soundex records. What a lot is missed in this
way.
> There is so much more in the record if you follow through and look up the
> actual census record. The 1900 Soundex gives the names and relationship to
> head of household and the month and year of birth as well as the age.
> However, there is a possible problem because it is copied from the actual
> census. Any time something is hand copied from a handwritten record it is
> likely there will be mistakes made. That is why the copier is so popular.
> That is also why carbon paper was very popular. With carbon paper there
were
> limits to how many copies could be made.
>
> Some frustrating things about reading the census are faded ink, miscopied
> and misspelled names, abbreviations that make no sense and initials for
given
> names. Lots of census was done before ball point pens and the census
takers
> could water down the ink to stretch it and save expense. When this happens
> it is very noticeable that a new bottle was used because all of a sudden
the
> words are legible and the ink is darker, more readable. On the other hand
> ball point pens tend to skip when the ink is low. Most of my family is in
> the faded areas or where the pen began to skip. Those are also really hard
> to copy from the microfilm. The ink is too faded and the words won't show
up
> on the copy. So it is necessary to make a handwritten copy. The light on
a
> microfilm reader and the turning film can make your eyes roll. I tend to
> feel cross-eyed after a few hours of it. I go back for more though because
> it is still the best way to find what I need.
>
> One problem with census is the fact that census takers did not always
speak
> with the actual family. Normally they did, but on occasion they gained the
> information from neighbors, or even a child in the family.
>
> My own grandfather reported in 1920 that his father's parents were born in
> Kentucky. That would not be so bad except in an earlier census his father
> reported that his parents were born in Ohio and Pennsylvania. I know that
> this was his doing because he still believed this when he reported
> information for the death certificate, he also listed the wrong given name
of
> his grandmother. Children do not always know as much about their parents
as
> they think they do. When I figured out that this was not an isolated
> incident it became a habit to try to find the family in every census and to
> use the clues to verify that information. I even found a form that has all
> of the census years on it so you can enter them all on a single sheet.
That
> helps in the notebook because it is an easy way to quickly figure out which
> one is missing. It also explains why the other things were necessary.
>
> Soundex varies from census year to census year. One of the things used to
> help locate a record is the dwelling and family numbers. I was looking in
> the state, county and enumeration district shown. When I reached the
> dwelling and family it was not the one that should have been there.
Thinking
> it was an error I went and found a librarian. The problem was that the
> dwelling numbers and family numbers can start over at another city within
the
> township. The family I was looking for was ten pages away. In the 1880
> census only households with children around 10 years of age are included.
So
> it becomes necessary to find other clues to figure out where they lived.
>
> Sometimes the family is listed by surname but the given names are all
> initials. That is hard to match up and then to complicate matters more,
the
> gender can be flat wrong. The only way to be sure about that is to then
> check the school records. Any census that lists occupations also listed
how
> many were in school. The reasons for this are obvious since folks were
> trying to get schools into more areas. In school records we find that
> students are listed and the names of the parents are listed with them.
> Teachers also tended to separate boys and girls. The census holds the clue
> to that but you will not know it from the Soundex or the index.
>
> Abbreviations make me crazy sometimes. For example the handwritten one
used
> in census for Indiana might be IA, IN, ID or Ind., Ina, or a letter I.
Then
> there are the ones that use ditto marks and you have to look all the way up
> the page to see what the state was prior to the use of those marks. Or
they
> used Do and the ditto mark. For a long time I wondered where Do was until
I
> was told it was an abbreviation for ditto. Thank goodness for the postal
> abbreviation code and the military standard for abbreviation of dates.
>
> Taking notes is so important to everything we do these days and it is
always
> been a fact that some folks write notes that only they can read. And there
> are times when a note can lead to a wrong place. These are just matter of
> fact problems with notes. Well, the problems between index, Soundex and
> census are the same. In one Soundex record the name of the spouse was
Morgan,
> however, when I read the census it was my great-great-grandmother,
Margaret
> and the last letter was sadly faded or left off. It could have been Morgan
> if you looked at it just right. That is why a copy from the Soundex, the
> census, and the transcribed version, carefully noting where it could be
found
> again, is so important.
>
> Time after time the problems will crop up in old records. It is important
> not to give in to the frustration because there is a lot to be learned. In
> the 1900, 1910 and 1920 census they show how long the couple have been
> married. This can be a clue to finding a copy of the marriage record. In
> some instances there is a little number by the M for married. Then it is
> possible to find a first and second spouse. It is also a clue to figure
out
> if the second marriage will list the bride with a previous married name or
a
> maiden name. It is always foolish to assume things and here it is
important
> to look not only for a death of the first spouse but check for divorce
> records too.
>
> William Dollarhide talks about my Great-great grandmother and how the
family
> covered up the fact of their parents divorce by telling that she was dead.
> The children remained with the father and the mother left with a hired
hand.
> She had been married before she married my great-great grandfather and this
> is found in the family register left in a family Bible record no divorce
from
> grandpa is shown there. From reading the census it looked like she had
died
> and nothing there to suggest different. However a search for her burial
has
> turned up nothing. It turns out that the divorce was so messy searching
for
> her stopped because it was tough to trace her after all of that.
>
> A marriage record can be located from the clues in the census but so can
> deeds and other court records. Even in the early census when only the head
> of household was named, a search of the court records can sometimes show
> where they went to next or where they came from. People did move before
they
> sold the property or the final deed was recorded. Another interesting
> development is finding the year of marriage and the family just after that
> event and noting the families close to them. Perhaps a family with the
same
> surname living next door are parents of the newly weds. Better yet they
> might live in a second house on the same property and be listed without a
> dwelling number but with a family number. Sometimes it is the family of
the
> groom and other times it is the family of the bride. Those are always
clues
> worth looking into. Think about how people meet and decide to marry. Most
> likely the family of both parties live in the same area however, at least
one
> family lives nearby especially if the marriage is very close to a census
year.
> If none of this works out try a sibling search for clues. Maybe a
brother
> or sister married close to a census year and was the new family next to the
> parents. After all it is the parents we are always looking for in any
family
> search.
>
> Taking it back another generation is the prize we win for all the
searching.
> The more we collect the harder it gets to find another but we carry on.
The
> clues change and the sources alter but the information is out there
somewhere.
>
>
> The availability of census records in an area may not be so good in some
> areas. Folks plan trips to read records all of the time. One important
part
> of that planning is organizing a notebook of the sources on hand to take
> along. While my computer was down I spent time organizing notebooks for
just
> this reason. They are also great when making a package for a swap because
I
> can just copy everything from the notebook to send. I may not enclose a
copy
> of my theories but copies of census and marriage records always go with the
> family group sheets. I may or may not send copies of the maps I use,
> depending on how difficult it has been to locate the information. The
> notebook is sometimes a four inch binder and contains only a single family.
> Morgan Cockrell now has three of the four inch binders, one for his
probate,
> one for his land records, and one for his children. I started a timeline
> late in the project so it was not a simple matter. Timelines come on two-
> forms and some make more sense than others but that is another entire
report.
> Perhaps we can think about that later.
>
> Hope to hear from you all soon.
> Bella
Thanks to everyone for making suggestions for additions to the
South-Cockrell-Morrow family at The Political Graveyard:
http://politicalgraveyard.com/plfamily.html
By thunder, we have a chance at catching the Clay family after all!
There are a bunch of Hargis politicians which will go into that
category, the connection being that Judge T F Hargis was the
father-in-law of Jerry Curtis South. You will note that when he names
the family group, he does it according to the most frequent names in the
group. So when those are added, it will be the "Hargis-Cockrell-South
Family of Kentucky". You have to be familiar with KY politics to know
how ironic that is .........
And per several suggestions I have finally bitten the bullet and
confessed that Gov (later Senator) James Kimble Vardaman of Mississippi
also (alas!) belongs in the group (via the Cockrell family).
Would anyone out there have a picture of Vardaman? I cannot find one
anywhere on the net.
For those of you who may not know who he was, Vardaman was a strange and
Faulkneresque character (so Faulkneresque in fact that Faulkner names
one of his characters Vardaman Bundren in "As I Lay Dying").
Description of him here:
http://www.olemiss.edu/news/dm/archives/99/9906/990625/990625EDatkins.HTML
Vardaman (who was also a newspaper editor) is now remembered only for
his vicious, vile, and infamous racist pronouncements, though you may
note in that previous link that he was in other respects a progressive
and a populist (which is perhaps a bit like saying "Other than that,
Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?").
"The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with
their bones." Never was this more true than in the case of Gov.
Vardaman ..........