Gen. Joseph Cockrell

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Joseph Cockrell

Birthdate:
Death: November 03, 1837 (53)
Johnson County, Missouri, United States
Place of Burial: Holden, Johnson County, MO, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Rev Simon Cockrell and Mary Magdalene Cockrell
Husband of Sarah Cockrell and Nancy Marnea Cockrell Black
Father of Rep. Jeremiah V. Cockrell (D-TX); Sen. Francis Cockrell (D-MO) and Joseph Cockrell
Brother of Cecelia Osborne; Elizabeth Hunt; Moses Cockrell; Simon Cockrell; John Cockrell and 8 others

Occupation: Sheriff, Johnson County, MO
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About Gen. Joseph Cockrell

See "Trinity County Beginnings," Trinity County Book Committee, 1986, p 339-340. Correspondents: Claire Jean Clapp; Rosemary Sullivan; Erabelle S. Coull; Pauline Lee Zinn.



Joseph Cockrell
BIRTH
1781
DEATH
1837 (aged 55–56)
Johnson County, Missouri, USA
BURIAL
Blackwater Cemetery
Holden, Johnson County, Missouri, USA
MEMORIAL ID
242335055 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 0
FLOWERS 0
Was the first sheriff of Johnson County, Missouri.

His probate file lists his year of death as 1837.

Burial location listed as Blackwater Cemetery in "History of Pioneer Families told at Blackwater Cemetery Homecoming"; Warrensburg Star Journal, May 31, 1929.

Family Members
Spouse

Nancy Marnea Ellis Cockrell Black
1803–1883

Children

Jeremiah Vardeman Cockrell
1832–1915

Francis Marion Cockrell
1834–1915

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Gen. Joseph Cockrell's Timeline

1784
June 8, 1784
1832
May 7, 1832
Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri, United States
1834
October 1, 1834
Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri, United States
1837
November 3, 1837
Age 53
Johnson County, Missouri, United States
1837
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Blackwater Cemetery, Holden, Johnson County, MO, United States