Jesse Washington Cockrell (1891 - 1969)

Born 19 Sep 1891 in Lewis, Tennessee, United States

Husband of Georgia Franklin (Hollis) Cockrell — married 24 Dec 1913 in Giles, Tennessee, United States

Died 2 Aug 1969 at age 77 in Putnam, West Virginia, United States

Biography

The son of Edward James Cockrell (1837-1940) and his second wife, Josie Paralee Griggs (1875-1968), Jesse Cockrell was born in Lewis County, Tennessee^{[citation needed]} in 1891, residing with his family, by 1900, in Wayne County, Tennessee^[1] and by 1910, in Lawrence County, Tennessee.^[2] His siblings included:

1. Franklin Boyd Cockrell (1893-1965)
2. Alfred Lee Cockrell (1895-1944)
3. Edmon Odell Cockrell (1898-1975)
4. Myrtle Mae Cockrell (1901-19905)
5. Alabama Cockrell (1905-1990)
6. Forrest Cockrell (1908-1970)
7. Horace Cockrell (1908-1983)
8. Lewis Granville Cockrell (1910-1975)
9. Leonard S. Cockrell (1913-1990)
10. William Cecil Cockrell (1914-1916)
11. Clifford Cockrell (1917-1986)

Jesse Cockrell married Georgia (Hollis) Cockrell, marrying in Giles County, Tennessee on December 24, 1913^[3] and having nine known children together. He registered for the World War I draft when he was 25, registering in Lawrence County, Tennessee on June 5, 1917.^[4] He stated that he lived with his wife and child in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee and worked for himself as a farmer. He was described as a tall man with black hair and blue eyes. He did not enlist.

In 1920, Jesse and his family lived and farmed in Civil District 14 of Lawrence County^[5] but soon moving to West Virginia. In 1930, they lived in Williamson, West Virginia, in Mingo County,^[6] where Jesse worked for a time as an apprentice for Appalachian Power company. IBy1940, they lived on Route 35 in Union, West Virginia, in Putnam County, living on a farm that they rented,^[7] as a laborer for the Farm Security Administration, a government job. When Jesse answered the census questions, he indicated that his wife had an elementary school education and that he had a high school education. In 1939, the family income had been $9,500. By 1950, residing in Union, West Virginia,^[8] Jesse worked in maintenance at a local hosiery mill. Their son, Thomas, worked in the mill as a fixer and their daughter, Dymple, as a looper, while their son-in-law, Edsel Hartley, who had married Betty Cockrell, worked as a tanker man at a chemical plant.

Jesse Cockrell registered again for the draft in 1942, at the age of 50, registering in Charleston, West Virginia on April 27, 1942.^[9] He stated that he lived with his in Eleanor, West Virginia and that he was employed as a farmer. He was described as 6'0" tall and 155 pounds.

Jesse Cockrell passed away in Putnam County, West Virginia^[10][11] at the age of 77 and is buried at Wade Chapel Cemetery in Red House, West Virginia.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 4, Wayne, Tennessee; Roll: 1604; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0099; FHL microfilm: 1241604. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Ancestry Record 7602 #61394274 with attached Image
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGFB-Z29 : accessed 31 January 2023), Jesse W Cockrell in household of Ed Cockrell, Civil District 9, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 81, sheet 6B, family 120, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1509; FHL microfilm 1,375,522.
3. ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8Y3-59W : 27 January 2020), Jessie W. Cockrell, 1913.
4. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ6V-43S : 29 December 2021), Jesse W Cockrell, 1917-1918.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNPF-ZTP : 3 February 2021), Jessie Cockrell, 1920.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMH2-4J8 : accessed 31 January 2023), Jessie W Cockrell, Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 26, sheet 3B, line 67, family 59, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2547; FHL microfilm 2,342,281.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7ZL-178 : 8 January 2021), Jessie W Cockrell, Union Magisterial District, Putnam, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40-18, sheet 35B, line 44, family 585, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4440.
8. ↑ Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1/1/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Union, Putnam, West Virginia; Roll: 3528; Sheet Number: 17; Enumeration District: 40-25: Union Magisterial District - That part southwest of State Hwys. 21 and 12. Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. Ancestry Record 62308 #35017517 with attached Image
9. ↑ The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) For the State of West Virginia; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Series Number: M1937; Serial No. 379. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Ancestry Record 2238 #172798 with attached Image
10. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMWN-M76 : 7 December 2018), Jesse Washington Cockrell, 02 Aug 1969; citing Putnam, West Virginia, County Records, 12628, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,290.
11. ↑ v
12. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKJ-9S6Z : 30 May 2020), Jesse Washington Cockrell, 1969; Burial. Find A Grave: Memorial #42887972