John Wesley Cockerham

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John Wesley Cockerham

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Barnwell, SC, United States
Death: June 18, 1880 (83)
Bienville, LA, United States
Place of Burial: Bienville, LA, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Henry Cockerham and Cynthia Cockerham
Husband of Rebecca Cockerham
Father of Mary "Pollie" Neal; William Stevenson Cockerham; Sarah Jane Koonce; John Wesley Cockerham, M.D., Jr.; Henry Cockerham and 2 others
Brother of Benjamin Moses Cockerham, I; Mary Elizabeth Humphries; Sarah Davis; Allen Calvin Cockerham; Brambley Drake and 1 other

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About John Wesley Cockerham

John Wesley Cockerham moved to Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, with his Father, Henry, around 1820, and then to Bienville Parish, Louisiana, in the 1850s.3-5 He died in Bienville Parish in 1880.2,6 John Wesley & Rebecca had 10 children.

1 Audie Lee Dyson (1984). Tracing the Trails of Our Ancestors: Dyson and Brossette and Related Names, pp. 101-169. 2 Gravestone Inscriptions, Old Castor Cemetery, Bienville Parish, Louisiana. 3 Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, 1830 U.S. Census. 4 Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, 1850 U.S. Census.

5 Bienville Parish, Louisiana, 1870 U.S. Census. 6 Bienville Parish, Louisiana, Succession Book 1, pp 213-226, (Petition filed 21 Jun 1880).

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John Wesley Cockerham's Timeline

1797
May 2, 1797
Barnwell, SC, United States
1821
August 6, 1821
Catahoula, La
1824
August 6, 1824
1831
1831
Catahoula Parish, LA, United States
1842
1842
Catahoula, LA
1845
1845
Catahoula, LA
1851
June 6, 1851
Bienville, La, United States