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Daniel Kelly COCKERHAM

Male 1816 - 1893  (76 years)


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  1. 1.  Daniel Kelly COCKERHAM was born on 7 Jul 1816 in Allen County, Kentucky; died on 22 Feb 1893 in Kyle, Hayes County, Texas.

    Notes:

    1840 Census Index of Sumner Co. TN, p.424
    Daniel Cockran - no township
    Note: This is just across the state line from Franklin , KY. This could be the Daniel Kelly Cockreham who was married May 18 1843 in Somerville, Fayette Co. TN at the age of 26.

    1850 Census Fayette Co. TN. p.236 family #59
    D.K. Cockraham 33 M no occupation b.KY
    Catherine M 21 F
    Geo. D. 6 M
    David E. 1
    Frances Smith 17 F
    Mary Smith 15 F
    Locky J. Smith 11 F
    George Ellen Smith 10 F
    Note from Ina Stott:
    Catherine M. probably stood for Catherine 'Melia. The four Smith girls were sisters of Catherine. Frances Smith, "Aunt Fannie", took care of my grandmother after her mother died. My mother remembered these Smith girls visiting in her home.

    Daniel married Catherine Amelia SMITH on 18 May 1843 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee. Catherine was born on 30 May 1828 in Fayette County, Tennessee; died on 16 Mar 1862 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. George Daniel COCKERHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Apr 1844 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee; died on 23 Nov 1863 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee.
    2. 3. David Edward COCKERHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Dec 1848 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee; died on 10 Mar 1924 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas.
    3. 4. Lenora Eugenia Ann COCKERHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Sep 1850 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee; died on 8 Apr 1857 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee.
    4. 5. Martha Frances COCKERHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jan 1853 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee; died on 25 Feb 1854 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee.
    5. 6. Mary Jane COCKERHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Dec 1854 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee; died on 15 Mar 1950 in Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas.
    6. 7. Walter Albert COCKERHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Jul 1859 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee; died in Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas.

    Daniel married Minerva Kelly Spears SIMPSON on 12 Jun 1871 in Memphis, Shelby County Tn. Minerva was born on 25 Apr 1838 in Kentucky; died on 22 Jul 1893 in Kyle, Hayes County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Susy SIMPSON  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 9. Thomas SIMPSON  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 10. Leeoma Catherine COCKERHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Aug 1873 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; died on 3 Feb 1950 in Kyle, Hayes County, Texas.
    4. 11. Emory COCKERHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Aug 1878; died on 1 Feb 1927.
    5. 12. Minnie I. COCKERHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Sep 1881 in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas; died on 15 May 1977 in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George Daniel COCKERHAM Descendancy chart to this point (1.Daniel1) was born on 10 Apr 1844 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee; died on 23 Nov 1863 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Died of Pneumonia. Fought in the Civil War


  2. 3.  David Edward COCKERHAM Descendancy chart to this point (1.Daniel1) was born on 13 Dec 1848 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee; died on 10 Mar 1924 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas.

    David married Emma Woods ELLISON on 25 Jun 1873 in San Marcos, Hays County Tx. Emma was born in 1856. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Lenora Eugenia Ann COCKERHAM Descendancy chart to this point (1.Daniel1) was born on 27 Sep 1850 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee; died on 8 Apr 1857 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee.

  4. 5.  Martha Frances COCKERHAM Descendancy chart to this point (1.Daniel1) was born on 26 Jan 1853 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee; died on 25 Feb 1854 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee.

  5. 6.  Mary Jane COCKERHAM Descendancy chart to this point (1.Daniel1) was born on 9 Dec 1854 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee; died on 15 Mar 1950 in Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Notes from Ina Stott:
    Mary Jane Cockerham, also known as "Molly", was born Dec. 9, 1854 to Daniel Kelley and Catherine Amelia Smith Cockerham. As a little girl, she knew the terrors of the Civil War. During the war, her family tried to move from Tenessee where she was born, to Arkansas. They were caught in Memphis, Tenessee when Yankee troops cut off movement to and from the town. Her mother died while they were there. She was 6 then.Molly and her brothers went to live with an Aunt Fannie Smith Crunk in Searcy, Arkansas. Yankee soldiers came often to her aunt's house, taking quilts, hams, knives and forks.
    When Molly was 14, she and her two younger brothers accompanied her aunt and uncle and their child to Texas to join Molly's Father and older brother in Hayes County [Texas]. They made the trip in a covered wagon and the journey required three months. Streams were swollen and blizzards were frequent, forcing them to camp for days at a time. They reached...[Hayes County, Texas] Feburary 22, 1870. It was during this journey that Molly met the man whom she was to marry four years later. They met at Round Rock, where the group stopped to visit a friend of her uncle. A guest in the friends' home that day was J.D. Wufjen, then employed by a Round Rock Merchantile concern, but destined to become one of the outstanding Pioneer cattlemen of West Texas. After three years in Hayes County, Molly's family group moved to Round Rock Texas, then back to Hayes County a year later. She and J.D. Wulfjen were married in San Marcos, Hayes Co.. TX . Feburary 24 1874.

    Mary married James Durham WULFJEN on 24 Feb 1874 in San Marcos, Hays County Tx. James was born in 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  Walter Albert COCKERHAM Descendancy chart to this point (1.Daniel1) was born on 2 Jul 1859 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee; died in Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas.

    Walter married Minnie ELLISONMartindale, Caldwell County Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 8.  Susy SIMPSON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Daniel1)

  8. 9.  Thomas SIMPSON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Daniel1)

  9. 10.  Leeoma Catherine COCKERHAM Descendancy chart to this point (1.Daniel1) was born on 31 Aug 1873 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; died on 3 Feb 1950 in Kyle, Hayes County, Texas.

    Leeoma married Will STEPHENSON on 2 Dec 1894 in Kyle, Hayes County Texas. Will was born in 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Willella STEPHENSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1895.
    2. 14. Minnie Mae STEPHENSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1902.

  10. 11.  Emory COCKERHAM Descendancy chart to this point (1.Daniel1) was born on 10 Aug 1878; died on 1 Feb 1927.

  11. 12.  Minnie I. COCKERHAM Descendancy chart to this point (1.Daniel1) was born on 18 Sep 1881 in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas; died on 15 May 1977 in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Aunt Minnie told me (Ina Stott) that when she was young, she went to live with the McMeans (her cousins) and was treated like a slave.

    Minnie married Isham Richey WALLIS, Jr. on 20 Dec 1925 in Colorado City, Mitchell County Tx. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 13.  Willella STEPHENSON Descendancy chart to this point (10.Leeoma2, 1.Daniel1) was born in 1895.

    Family/Spouse: Gaston James GROOS. Gaston was born in 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 14.  Minnie Mae STEPHENSON Descendancy chart to this point (10.Leeoma2, 1.Daniel1) was born in 1902.

    Family/Spouse: Earl B. MOORE. Earl was born in 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
  

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