She is the daughter of Elijah Cockrell and Anna Belle Horton-Cockrell

Marriage Licenses

Roland Persons - 23 of Pine Hills, N.J. (with) Lillian Cockrell, 24 13(5or8) Fort Greene Pl. [Published in "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle", New York, MDP, Wednesday, September 27, 1916]

Pine Hill (NY), Oct 25 - Roland Persons of Pine Hill was recently married in Brooklyn to Miss Lillian M Cockrel of Brooklyn and are spending their honeymoon in this village. [Published in "The Kingston Daily Freeman"

MDP, Wednesday Evening, October 25, 1916]

Mrs. Lillian Persons Blish

Mrs. Lillian Persons Blish, 68,

of Pine Hill, died at Albany Hospital Thursday following a short illness. She is survived by several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at Rockafeller Funeral Home, Second Ave. Rensselaer, Saturday 7 to 9 p.m.. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial in Memorial Gardens, Albany. She was the widow if Ivan Blish and had been a resident of Pine Hill for 20 years. [Published in "The Kingston Daily Freeman", Kingston, New York. Friday evening, October 14, 1960. MDP, Page 8]

NOTE: on 20 June 2013 a volunteer photographer reported: "I was at the cemetery today and stopped at the office. Yes, Lillian is buried there in Memory Lawn Section 130-2. However there is no marker on her grave."

Deaths -

Blish - at Albany Hospital, Oct., 13, 1960, late residence Pine Hill, N.Y., Lillian Cockrell Blish, wife of the late Ivan A.A. Blish, stepmother of Ivan Blish Jr., aunt of Mrs. Henry Rice, Mrs. Edward Karmazyn, Mrs. Gerald Warner, John and Charles Barth.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the William J. Rockefeller Funeral Home, 8 Second Ave., Rensselaer. Friends may call at the funeral home on Saturday evening from 7 to 9. [Published in "The Knickerbocker News" Albany, N.Y. Saturday, October 15, 1960]

Legal Notice (Summary) To: Geraldine Karr, Marola Forgey, Warren A Cockrell, Benjamin Cockrell, Juanita Darby: Re: Last Will of Lillian M Blish - Executrix: Lillie Mae Iva Rice. [Published in "The Kingston Daily Freeman" Kingston, N.Y. Friday Evening January 6, 1961]