Col. James W. Cockrum (b. 6/12/1799 - d. 11/19/1875).
Married Judah P. Barrett (b. 12/1/1813 - d. 11/24/1875)
Information from: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~indiana42nd/WILLIAM_COCKRUM_BIO.htm
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Photomechanical reproduction of a portrait of Colonel James W. Cockrum, who was on the Executive Committee of the Anti-Slavery League in Indiana.
His large barn cellar in Oakland City, Indiana, housed many fugitive slaves. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history.
The above information and photo from the Ohio Historical Society at http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/ohiopix/Image.cfm?ID=2693.
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Historically, the Cockrum family's name is found in the earliest records of Oakland City. The town was plotted in 1856 by James W. Cockrum, the father of Willliam M. Cockrum. James W. Cockrum received a land grant for his property in 1837 and was an early businessman in the eastern part of Gibson County. J. W. Cockrum started a mill and general store.
The family was active in the Anti-Slavery movement, and their involvement is chronicled in The History of the Underground Railroad, a book written by Col. W. M. Cockrum (he was also the author of Pioneer History of Indiana). In the book, Col. Cockrum explains how the anti-slavery movement developed, and he tells how his father and the family aided the fleeing slaves, many of whom came through Gibson County on their way to Canada. In his book, Col. Cockrum writes: "We had a barn built of peeled hickory logs, 40 feet square, and it was floored with thick planks so we could use horses in tramping wheat on it. Under the floor we had a cellar that we used for storing potatoes, turnips and apples." It was in this cellar of the barn, Col. Cockrum states, where the escaping slaves were kept before being passed on to the next station farther north.
Information from the http://hcap.artstor.org/cgi-bin/library?a=d&d=p1262 website.
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Colonel James Washington Cockrum
By Ella Cockrum Wheatley, a granddaughter
Colonel James W. Cockrum was born in Rutherford County, NC on June 12, 1799. He came with his father and mother to Indiana in 1809. In 1818 he married Sarah Barrett of Tennessee and settled on a farm where Francisco now is. Later he came to the place that is now Oakland City.
Fourteen years after Indiana became a state, Governor James B. Ray commissioned him Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th regiment of Indiana Militia to serve from April 26, 1830, during his good behavior, or until he should arrive at the age of 60 years.
He represented Gibson County in the State Legislature in 1848 and again in 1852. He was an active supporter of the old Straight Line Railroad and was one of its directors.
Being public-spirited he was very closely identified with the early life of Oakland City. He gave liberally of his ground for public enterprises. He was a member of the General Baptist Church and gave the ground on which the church stands. He was largely instrumental in supplying the first church building. By the side of the church he gave a cemetery where his body now lies, his death having occurred on November 19, 1875.
He also gave ground for the public school buildings and for the Oakland City Institute, built in 1867. At the time of his death in 1875, he was actively promoting the establishment of a college for the General Baptist Denomination.
I am submitting this as was written by his granddaughter. Date of submission 2000.
Linda Mosley, [email protected]
(Francisco and Oakland City are in Indiana)
The above information from the http://www.ancientfaces.com/research/story/382926 website.
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Oakland City, is located in eastern Gibson County on land purchased in about 1827 by Col. James Cockrum, considered to be the father of Oakland City.
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Cause of death: Horse Accident
Married Judah P. Barrett (b. 12/1/1813 - d. 11/24/1875)
Information from: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~indiana42nd/WILLIAM_COCKRUM_BIO.htm
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Photomechanical reproduction of a portrait of Colonel James W. Cockrum, who was on the Executive Committee of the Anti-Slavery League in Indiana.
His large barn cellar in Oakland City, Indiana, housed many fugitive slaves. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history.
The above information and photo from the Ohio Historical Society at http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/ohiopix/Image.cfm?ID=2693.
************************************
Historically, the Cockrum family's name is found in the earliest records of Oakland City. The town was plotted in 1856 by James W. Cockrum, the father of Willliam M. Cockrum. James W. Cockrum received a land grant for his property in 1837 and was an early businessman in the eastern part of Gibson County. J. W. Cockrum started a mill and general store.
The family was active in the Anti-Slavery movement, and their involvement is chronicled in The History of the Underground Railroad, a book written by Col. W. M. Cockrum (he was also the author of Pioneer History of Indiana). In the book, Col. Cockrum explains how the anti-slavery movement developed, and he tells how his father and the family aided the fleeing slaves, many of whom came through Gibson County on their way to Canada. In his book, Col. Cockrum writes: "We had a barn built of peeled hickory logs, 40 feet square, and it was floored with thick planks so we could use horses in tramping wheat on it. Under the floor we had a cellar that we used for storing potatoes, turnips and apples." It was in this cellar of the barn, Col. Cockrum states, where the escaping slaves were kept before being passed on to the next station farther north.
Information from the http://hcap.artstor.org/cgi-bin/library?a=d&d=p1262 website.
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Colonel James Washington Cockrum
By Ella Cockrum Wheatley, a granddaughter
Colonel James W. Cockrum was born in Rutherford County, NC on June 12, 1799. He came with his father and mother to Indiana in 1809. In 1818 he married Sarah Barrett of Tennessee and settled on a farm where Francisco now is. Later he came to the place that is now Oakland City.
Fourteen years after Indiana became a state, Governor James B. Ray commissioned him Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th regiment of Indiana Militia to serve from April 26, 1830, during his good behavior, or until he should arrive at the age of 60 years.
He represented Gibson County in the State Legislature in 1848 and again in 1852. He was an active supporter of the old Straight Line Railroad and was one of its directors.
Being public-spirited he was very closely identified with the early life of Oakland City. He gave liberally of his ground for public enterprises. He was a member of the General Baptist Church and gave the ground on which the church stands. He was largely instrumental in supplying the first church building. By the side of the church he gave a cemetery where his body now lies, his death having occurred on November 19, 1875.
He also gave ground for the public school buildings and for the Oakland City Institute, built in 1867. At the time of his death in 1875, he was actively promoting the establishment of a college for the General Baptist Denomination.
I am submitting this as was written by his granddaughter. Date of submission 2000.
Linda Mosley, [email protected]
(Francisco and Oakland City are in Indiana)
The above information from the http://www.ancientfaces.com/research/story/382926 website.
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Oakland City, is located in eastern Gibson County on land purchased in about 1827 by Col. James Cockrum, considered to be the father of Oakland City.
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Cause of death: Horse Accident
Col. James W. Cockrum (b. 6/12/1799 - d. 11/19/1875).
Married Judah P. Barrett (b. 12/1/1813 - d. 11/24/1875)
Information from: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~indiana42nd/WILLIAM_COCKRUM_BIO.htm
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Photomechanical reproduction of a portrait of Colonel James W. Cockrum, who was on the Executive Committee of the Anti-Slavery League in Indiana.
His large barn cellar in Oakland City, Indiana, housed many fugitive slaves. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history.
The above information and photo from the Ohio Historical Society at http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/ohiopix/Image.cfm?ID=2693.
************************************
Historically, the Cockrum family's name is found in the earliest records of Oakland City. The town was plotted in 1856 by James W. Cockrum, the father of Willliam M. Cockrum. James W. Cockrum received a land grant for his property in 1837 and was an early businessman in the eastern part of Gibson County. J. W. Cockrum started a mill and general store.
The family was active in the Anti-Slavery movement, and their involvement is chronicled in The History of the Underground Railroad, a book written by Col. W. M. Cockrum (he was also the author of Pioneer History of Indiana). In the book, Col. Cockrum explains how the anti-slavery movement developed, and he tells how his father and the family aided the fleeing slaves, many of whom came through Gibson County on their way to Canada. In his book, Col. Cockrum writes: "We had a barn built of peeled hickory logs, 40 feet square, and it was floored with thick planks so we could use horses in tramping wheat on it. Under the floor we had a cellar that we used for storing potatoes, turnips and apples." It was in this cellar of the barn, Col. Cockrum states, where the escaping slaves were kept before being passed on to the next station farther north.
Information from the http://hcap.artstor.org/cgi-bin/library?a=d&d=p1262 website.
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Colonel James Washington Cockrum
By Ella Cockrum Wheatley, a granddaughter
Colonel James W. Cockrum was born in Rutherford County, NC on June 12, 1799. He came with his father and mother to Indiana in 1809. In 1818 he married Sarah Barrett of Tennessee and settled on a farm where Francisco now is. Later he came to the place that is now Oakland City.
Fourteen years after Indiana became a state, Governor James B. Ray commissioned him Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th regiment of Indiana Militia to serve from April 26, 1830, during his good behavior, or until he should arrive at the age of 60 years.
He represented Gibson County in the State Legislature in 1848 and again in 1852. He was an active supporter of the old Straight Line Railroad and was one of its directors.
Being public-spirited he was very closely identified with the early life of Oakland City. He gave liberally of his ground for public enterprises. He was a member of the General Baptist Church and gave the ground on which the church stands. He was largely instrumental in supplying the first church building. By the side of the church he gave a cemetery where his body now lies, his death having occurred on November 19, 1875.
He also gave ground for the public school buildings and for the Oakland City Institute, built in 1867. At the time of his death in 1875, he was actively promoting the establishment of a college for the General Baptist Denomination.
I am submitting this as was written by his granddaughter. Date of submission 2000.
Linda Mosley, [email protected]
(Francisco and Oakland City are in Indiana)
The above information from the http://www.ancientfaces.com/research/story/382926 website.
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Oakland City, is located in eastern Gibson County on land purchased in about 1827 by Col. James Cockrum, considered to be the father of Oakland City.
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Cause of death: Horse Accident
Married Judah P. Barrett (b. 12/1/1813 - d. 11/24/1875)
Information from: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~indiana42nd/WILLIAM_COCKRUM_BIO.htm
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Photomechanical reproduction of a portrait of Colonel James W. Cockrum, who was on the Executive Committee of the Anti-Slavery League in Indiana.
His large barn cellar in Oakland City, Indiana, housed many fugitive slaves. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history.
The above information and photo from the Ohio Historical Society at http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/ohiopix/Image.cfm?ID=2693.
************************************
Historically, the Cockrum family's name is found in the earliest records of Oakland City. The town was plotted in 1856 by James W. Cockrum, the father of Willliam M. Cockrum. James W. Cockrum received a land grant for his property in 1837 and was an early businessman in the eastern part of Gibson County. J. W. Cockrum started a mill and general store.
The family was active in the Anti-Slavery movement, and their involvement is chronicled in The History of the Underground Railroad, a book written by Col. W. M. Cockrum (he was also the author of Pioneer History of Indiana). In the book, Col. Cockrum explains how the anti-slavery movement developed, and he tells how his father and the family aided the fleeing slaves, many of whom came through Gibson County on their way to Canada. In his book, Col. Cockrum writes: "We had a barn built of peeled hickory logs, 40 feet square, and it was floored with thick planks so we could use horses in tramping wheat on it. Under the floor we had a cellar that we used for storing potatoes, turnips and apples." It was in this cellar of the barn, Col. Cockrum states, where the escaping slaves were kept before being passed on to the next station farther north.
Information from the http://hcap.artstor.org/cgi-bin/library?a=d&d=p1262 website.
*************************************
Colonel James Washington Cockrum
By Ella Cockrum Wheatley, a granddaughter
Colonel James W. Cockrum was born in Rutherford County, NC on June 12, 1799. He came with his father and mother to Indiana in 1809. In 1818 he married Sarah Barrett of Tennessee and settled on a farm where Francisco now is. Later he came to the place that is now Oakland City.
Fourteen years after Indiana became a state, Governor James B. Ray commissioned him Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th regiment of Indiana Militia to serve from April 26, 1830, during his good behavior, or until he should arrive at the age of 60 years.
He represented Gibson County in the State Legislature in 1848 and again in 1852. He was an active supporter of the old Straight Line Railroad and was one of its directors.
Being public-spirited he was very closely identified with the early life of Oakland City. He gave liberally of his ground for public enterprises. He was a member of the General Baptist Church and gave the ground on which the church stands. He was largely instrumental in supplying the first church building. By the side of the church he gave a cemetery where his body now lies, his death having occurred on November 19, 1875.
He also gave ground for the public school buildings and for the Oakland City Institute, built in 1867. At the time of his death in 1875, he was actively promoting the establishment of a college for the General Baptist Denomination.
I am submitting this as was written by his granddaughter. Date of submission 2000.
Linda Mosley, [email protected]
(Francisco and Oakland City are in Indiana)
The above information from the http://www.ancientfaces.com/research/story/382926 website.
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Oakland City, is located in eastern Gibson County on land purchased in about 1827 by Col. James Cockrum, considered to be the father of Oakland City.
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Cause of death: Horse Accident
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Columbus W. Cockrum
1820–1843
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James Marion Cockrum
1828–1903
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Lafayette Cockrum
1830–1832
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Corp Alexander Hamilton Cockrum
1832–1863
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Callie A. Cockrum
1836–1837
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Cinderilla Cockrum Crow
1837–1879
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COL William Monroe Cockrum
1837–1924
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John B. Cockrum
1840–1846
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PVT Henry Clay Cockrum
1845–1862
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Samuel Cockrum
1855–1855
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