(John Joel Cockrell is the brother of my great grandfather Columbus Jefferson Cockrell.)

John J. Cockrell is the twin of sister Mary L. Cockrell Johnston (memorial #109204879).

1870 Census - Franklin Township, Newton County, Missouri (Post Office: Newtonia).
Thomas J Cockerell (sic): age 37, born Indiana, farmer
Keziah Cockerell: 38, Tennessee
Francis M: 16, Missouri
Columbus J: 14, Missouri
Amanda: 14, Missouri
David A: 10, Missouri
Sarah E: 8, Missouri
John J: 4, Missouri
Mary L: 4, Missouri
Grant U S: 2, Missouri
Sherman W: 2, Missouri

"Missouri State and Territorial Census Records, 1732-1933": Event Date 1876; Township 23 Range 30, McDonald County, Missouri.
36 Thomas Cockrell: 44
37 Kesiah Cockrell: 45
38 Columbus Jefferson Cockrell: 20
39 David Cockrell: 16
40 Sarah Cockrell: 15
41 John Joel Cockrell: 10
42 Mary Cockrell: 10
70 Ulises (sic) Grant Cockrell: 8
71 William Cockrell: 8

1900 Census - Pleasant Grove Township, Greenwood County, Kansas.
Head: Thomas Cockrell, 68, IN, farmer
Wife: Tezia (sic), 69, TN
Son: John J, 34, MO, farmer
Granddaughter: Vesta Ames, 19, MO

1920 Census - Noble, Garfield County, Oklahoma.
Head: John Cockrell, 50, married, MO, farmer (transcription incorrectly shows age as "60")
Wife: Norah Cockrell, 30, married, AR
Son: Wain (sic) Cockrell, 0, OK
Stepson: Grady Pool, 8, OK
Stepdaughter: Ireine Pool, 7, OK
No marriage record could be found for John Cockrell and Nora Pool, but this clearly shows them as husband and wife.

1930 Censuses:
John J Cockrell is listed for Buffalo, Harper County, Oklahoma, 64, married, with son Wayne, 10.
Nora Cockrell is listed for Supply, Woodward County, Oklahoma, 41, married, and a "patient" in the Northwestern Oklahoma State Hospital. She is also listed in the same facility on the 1940 census, age 50, "divorced". U.S. Social Security Death Index shows she died 15 Sep 1969 in Oklahoma.

No death record could be found for John J. Cockrell.

The great grandson of Thomas Jefferson and Keziah Cockrell, Claude R. Cunningham, wrote "A Documentary and Biography of the Cockrell Family Name Compiled February 1, 1985," in which he recounts Cockrell family history. Thomas Jefferson Cockrell married Keziah C. Church in "1851 and they spent the first two years of their married life in Illinois. They then decided to go to Cass County, Missouri remaining there for four years. They then decided to move to Newton County, Southern Missouri where they lived for 26 years. From Newton County Missouri they moved to Miami County Kansas and then to Oklahoma but after four years they returned to Kansas and spent the last six years in Riley Kansas."

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