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John Alfred Cockrum

Birth
Union Township, Marion County, Missouri, USA
Death
1 Aug 1882 (aged 57)
Baxter, Drew County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
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John was already grown and with a family when he and his father moved to Arkansas.

John married 4 times, surviving the first 3 and having children by all 4.

John was a union sympathizer, and the family called him "Civil War Vetreran" although it is not certain he was a formally enlisted soldier.

In 1862, when John's eldest son James was 13, and son William was 9, were herding cattle in the Ozarks, they were set upon by "Southern Jay Hawkers", and were hanged until unconcious, and then were cut down. They regained conciousness and reached home after dark. James left the next day to join his father's unit in the Army. They may have belonged to the Union-Sympathizing irregulars. Many irrregular units of both Northern and Southern persuation frequented the border and the Civil War in the Ozarks was a vicious affair which is little discussed locally, even today.

Source: Emmitt Cockrum
John was already grown and with a family when he and his father moved to Arkansas.

John married 4 times, surviving the first 3 and having children by all 4.

John was a union sympathizer, and the family called him "Civil War Vetreran" although it is not certain he was a formally enlisted soldier.

In 1862, when John's eldest son James was 13, and son William was 9, were herding cattle in the Ozarks, they were set upon by "Southern Jay Hawkers", and were hanged until unconcious, and then were cut down. They regained conciousness and reached home after dark. James left the next day to join his father's unit in the Army. They may have belonged to the Union-Sympathizing irregulars. Many irrregular units of both Northern and Southern persuation frequented the border and the Civil War in the Ozarks was a vicious affair which is little discussed locally, even today.

Source: Emmitt Cockrum

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