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'''Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell''', also known as "Vard" Cockrell, (May 7, 1832 – March 18, 1915) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Texas]], after having served as a field commander in the [[Confederate States Army]] during the [[American Civil War]]. He was a prominent member of the famed [[South–Cockrell–Hargis family]] of [[Southern United States|Southern]] [[politicians]]. ==Early life== Cockrell was born near [[Warrensburg, Missouri]], to Joseph Cockrell (the sheriff of [[Johnson County, Missouri|Johnson County]] and Nancy (Ellis) Cockrell, who had emigrated there from the Upper South. He attended the common schools and [[Chapel Hill College]] in [[Lafayette County, Missouri]]. He was the older brother of [[Francis Marion Cockrell]], who also served as a Confederate officer and later as a [[US Senator]] from Missouri. As a young man, Cockrell went to [[California]] in 1849 during the [[Gold Rush]], where he was a miner and a merchant near the [[Bear River (Mokelumne River tributary)|Bear River]]. Cockrell returned to Missouri in 1853, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits, studied law, and, for a time, was a minister in the [[Methodist Church]]. ==Marriage and family== On April 7, 1852, he married Maranda "Jane" Douglas. They had five children together. ==Civil War== Cockrell entered the [[Missouri State Guard]] and [[Confederate States Army]] as a [[lieutenant]] and served throughout the Civil War, in which he attained the rank of [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]]. He was nominally in command at the 1862 [[Battle of Lone Jack]], Missouri. He was wounded so severely in 1864 that he could not return to field duty. ==Post-war and politics== At the close of the war, Cockrell settled with his family in [[Sherman, Texas]], where he practiced law. He became Chief Justice of [[Grayson County, Texas]], in 1872. He served as delegate to the Democratic state conventions in 1878 and 1880. He and his family moved from the northern area to [[Jones County, Texas|Jones County]], in the center of Texas. There he was appointed judge of the [[39th United States Congress|Thirty-ninth]] judicial district court in 1885. He was elected to the position in 1886 and re-elected in 1890. In 1893 Cockrell was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[US Congress]], where he served until 1897. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1896. He returned to engage in farming and stock raising in Jones County. Cockrell died in [[Abilene, Texas]], on March 18, 1915 at the age of 82. He was interred in the [[Mason]]ic Cemetery. ==References== *{{CongBio|C000577}} Retrieved on 2009-5-12 {{DEFAULTSORT:Cockrell, Jeremiah Vardaman}} [[Category:1832 births]] [[Category:1915 deaths]] [[Category:Texas state court judges]] [[Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas]] [[Category:Confederate States Army officers]] [[Category:People of Missouri in the American Civil War]] [[Category:Missouri State Guard]]
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