JEREMIAH VARDAMAN COCKRELL
Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell, congressman and judge, son of
Joseph and Nancy Cockrell, was born near Warrensburg,
Johnson County, Missouri, on May 7 1832. In 1848 he made a
trip to New Mexico, and in 1849 he went overland to California,
where he settled at McKinney’s Ranch on the Bear River and for
two years engaged in mining and merchandising. He return to
Missouri in 1852, married Maranda J. Douglass, and began
farming. During the Civil War he served as a colonel in the
Confederate Army and was wounded so seriously in 1864 that
he was not able to engage in active service again. He took his
family to Dallas, Texas, where they remained until the close of
the war. He farmed in Grayson County until 1874, when he was
admitted to the bar. Cockrell was a delegate to Democratic state
conventions in 1878 and 1880. He moved to Jones County and
in 1885 was appointed district judge of the Thirty-ninth District, a
post he held until his election to Congress in 1893. He was
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth
congresses. In 1896 he resumed farming and ranching in Jones
County. He died at Abilene, Texas, on March 18, 1915, and was
buried in the Masonic cemetery.
"COCKRELL, JEREMIAH VARDAMAN." The Handbook of Texas
Online.
Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell, congressman and judge, son of
Joseph and Nancy Cockrell, was born near Warrensburg,
Johnson County, Missouri, on May 7 1832. In 1848 he made a
trip to New Mexico, and in 1849 he went overland to California,
where he settled at McKinney’s Ranch on the Bear River and for
two years engaged in mining and merchandising. He return to
Missouri in 1852, married Maranda J. Douglass, and began
farming. During the Civil War he served as a colonel in the
Confederate Army and was wounded so seriously in 1864 that
he was not able to engage in active service again. He took his
family to Dallas, Texas, where they remained until the close of
the war. He farmed in Grayson County until 1874, when he was
admitted to the bar. Cockrell was a delegate to Democratic state
conventions in 1878 and 1880. He moved to Jones County and
in 1885 was appointed district judge of the Thirty-ninth District, a
post he held until his election to Congress in 1893. He was
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth
congresses. In 1896 he resumed farming and ranching in Jones
County. He died at Abilene, Texas, on March 18, 1915, and was
buried in the Masonic cemetery.
"COCKRELL, JEREMIAH VARDAMAN." The Handbook of Texas
Online.
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