Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1856, SEPT. 2218 J. V. COCKRELL. SEPTEMBER. THE ELECTION. Sept. 1W. E. Murphy, a Pro-slavery man. was elected dele- gate to Congress from Kansas by a vote o-f 292. No Free State votes were ca.st. Sept. 1;William Vright having died. Cassandra Wright ad- ministers. Bond, $3,000. Cassandras rst husband was Richa.rd Jack. She died about 1860. Sept. 9Gov. J. W. Gea.rv arrives in Kansas. He acts in concert with Gen. P. F. Smith. to prevent a collision between the two factions. Sept. 11Twenty-seven hundred Missourians are a.pproa.ch- ing Lawrence, and United States troops are sent there. Gov. Gear). by proclamation, discharges the Pro-slavery militia, and orders the enrollment of a new militia, composed of citizens. Sept. 13Prosla.very forces are at Franklin, under Atchison, Jones. Titus, Richardson. and others. JEREMIAH V. CO(LI{l{ELL. Sept. 15-Jeremiah V. Cockrell died, ve miles east of Pla.tte City. C. Cockrell and \m. M. Paxton were his executors. Bond, $30,000. He was a second cousin to Clinton Cockrill, but nearer related to Senator F. M. Cockrellz and. like him, spelt his name with an 6, instead of an 1. He was born in Estill County, Ky., September 5. 1814 ; came to Missouri in 1839. and stopped at War- rensburg. Where. October 1. 1840, he married Louisa Mayo, daugh- ter of Judge H. B. Mavo. (See) She died at Helena, Mont..IIarch 19. 1888. He was a man of i11teg1ity. virtue. and intelligence. an uncompromising Southern man. and fearless in promulgating his principles-but died ere he reached the point of danger. I notice one trait of his character in the following verse. dedicated to his honor: His idols were his worthy sons. His lovelv girls. and charming wife; To train and bless these darling ones Became the dutv of his life. .lrs. (ml(Ieil was a. womall of extraoi-dinar,v loveliness, both of person and of disposition. A very child in innocence and pm-itv. her -midingz heart doubted no one. and the law of kind- m~..s was upon her tongue. (,=h: T. ll. (l.lFl(). (()(KRELL. md Oct. 0. 1870. Sadie Railev. the low-lv dr. of J. M. Railev. the Weston banker. They live in F}olo1-ado. Mr. Cot-krell received a nished education, and has become an eminent lawyer.