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James Tillman Cockcroft 1842–1908 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 02 MAY 1842

Birth Location: Mt. Hillard, Pike now Bullock Co., Alabama

Death Date: 26 NOV 1908

Death Location: Red Oak, Covington County, Alabama, USA

Father: Thomas Cockcroft

Mother: Nancy Lovelace

Spouse(s): Sarah Banks

Children(s): Julia Cockcroft, Joseph Cockroft, Frances Cockcroft, Sarah Cockcroft, Bunervesta Cockcroft, Mary Cockcroft, Nancy Cockcroft, Eli Cockcroft, Joseph Cockcroft, Reuben Cockcroft

The story of James Tillman Cockcroft began in 1842 in Mt. Hillard, Pike now Bullock Co., Alabama. James Tillman Cockcroft married Sarah Erzebelah Banks, and had children including Bunervesta Cockcroft, Eli Ferguson Cockcroft, Frances Fannie Arabella Cockcroft, Joseph John Leeson Cockroft, Joseph Leason Cockcroft, Julia Ann Josephine Savanna Cockcroft, Mary Elizabeth Cockcroft, Nancy Jane Cockcroft, Reuben Wright Cockcroft, Sarah Beatrice Cockcroft. James Tillman Cockcroft passed away in 1908 in Red Oak, Covington County, Alabama, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of James Tillman Cockcroft began in 1842 in Mt. Hillard, Pike now Bullock Co., Alabama.
  • James Tillman Cockcroft married Sarah Erzebelah Banks, and had children including Bunervesta Cockcroft, Eli Ferguson Cockcroft, Frances Fannie Arabella Cockcroft, Joseph John Leeson Cockroft, Joseph Leason Cockcroft, Julia Ann Josephine Savanna Cockcroft, Mary Elizabeth Cockcroft, Nancy Jane Cockcroft, Reuben Wright Cockcroft, Sarah Beatrice Cockcroft.
  • James Tillman Cockcroft passed away in 1908 in Red Oak, Covington County, Alabama, USA.

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James Cockcroft's Ancestors

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James Cockcroft
1842–1908
Birth Place: Mt. Hillard, Pike now Bullock Co., Alabama
Parents
Thomas Alonzo Cockcroft
1805–1880
Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
Nancy (Susan) Lovelace
1807–1856
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
Grandparents
John Cockcroft
1765–1814
Heptonstall, Yorkshire, , England
Mary (Elizabeth) Still
1767–1823
Craven, South Carolina, United States
John (C) Loveless
1772–1844
Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
Priscilla Hartley
1775–1848
Edgefield,,South Carolina,USA
Great-Grandparents
Ogden Cockcroft
1738–1820
Sally Crossley
1742–1790
John Still
1742–1797
Jane Jolly
1745–1820
Benjamin Loveless
1745–1802
Constance Kirkland
1751–1810
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Cockcroft
1692–1767
Susan Ogden
1693–1770
Alice Taylor
1705–1733
Joseph Jolly
1718–1788
Mary Brockington
1719–1760
William* Lovelace
1720–1815
Margaret* Beall
1739–1803
Richard Kirkland
1723–1804
Elizabeth Odom
1718–1770

James Cockcroft's Descendants

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James (Tillman) Cockcroft (02 MAY 1842–26 NOV 1908) m. Sarah (Erzebelah) Banks (7 Jan 1850–12 Apr 1926)
  1. 1. Julia (Ann Josephine Savanna) Cockcroft 1891–1950
  2. 2. Joseph ("John" Leeson) Cockroft 1875–1951
  3. 3. Frances ("Fannie" Arabella) Cockcroft 1870–1940
  4. 4. Sarah (Beatrice) Cockcroft 1872–1935
  5. 5. Bunervesta Cockcroft 1873–1875
  6. 6. Mary (Elizabeth) Cockcroft 1885–1939
  7. 7. Nancy (Jane) Cockcroft 1877–1956
  8. 8. Eli (Ferguson) Cockcroft 1880–1965
  9. 9. Joseph (Leason) Cockcroft 1875–1904
  10. 10. Reuben (Wright) Cockcroft 1894–1959 m. Myrtie 1897–1983
    1. 1. J. (Archie) Cockcroft 1917–1919
    2. 2. Clara Cockcroft 1920–1990
    3. 3. Glenn Cockcroft 1924–2012

James Cockcroft's Timeline

2 Records

1842
02 MAY 1842
Birth of James Tillman Cockcroft in Mt. Hillard, Pike now Bullock Co., Alabama
Mt. Hillard, Pike now Bullock Co., Alabama
1908
26 NOV 1908
Age 66
Death of James Tillman Cockcroft in Andalusia, Covington, Alabama, USA
Andalusia, Covington, Alabama, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 02 MAY 1842
    Event Place: Mt. Hillard, Pike now Bullock Co., Alabama
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 NOV 1908
    Event Place: Andalusia, Covington, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Red Oak, Covington County, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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