Elisha COCKERHAM

                   Family Records indicate Benjamin and Nancy were born in South Carolina.  IGI
records indicate that Benjamin and Nancy were born in Saint Clair, Alabama.
Elisha Cockerham Bible records indicate that about 1800 the family moved to the
Pendleton Dist. of South Carolina, and about 1818 the family began a
movement through Alabama and ending in Madison Co., Miss. where both
Elisha and his wife Mary died.

Family was listed in the 1820 Census, Saint Clair Co., Alabama.

LDS Ordinance work reference Batch #7819403 Sheet 52 Call #1126349

Marriage information from Family Bible Records.
                  

                   Nancy was actually born in South Carolina - Information taken from Family
Records and they did move to Saint Clair Co., Alabama where they were listed on
the 1820 Census.

LDS Ordinances Ref: Batch #7819403 sheet #52 Call #1126349
                  

                   Elizabeth Cockerham- LDS Ordinances Ref Batch #7819302 Sheet 92 Call #1126348

Hugh Ensley Stewart was a Licensed Baptist Preacher.  They lived and farmed in
the SouthWest part of Noxubee County, Mississippi.  They had 7 children.

In 1855 Elizabeth Cockerham Stewart married John Hardin of neighboring Kemper
County.  One son was born.  After the Civil War there was mass migrations from
Miss. to Texas, and reportedly because of lack of congeniality between John
Hardin and the Stewart sons, Elizabeth sold her land, and the whole family
moved to the area of Texas in which she died thirty years later.

Four of the Stewart sons married Russells, many of whom had remained in Noxubee
Co.
                  

                   William Harrison- Some information from family records.

LDS Ordinances documented Batch 7819403 sheet 52, Call
#1126349

William married Mrs. Eliza Ann Walker, a widow with one small daughter living
and one dead.  About 1849 they moved to Union Co., Arkansas, where a sister,
Harriet and her husband Lodewick Dobbs were living, as well as Loddy Dobbs,
mother Catherine Cockerham Dobbs and her other children. Information from
Family Records.
                  

                   Catherine - LDS Ordinances Ref. #7819403 Sheet 51 - Call #1126349
                  

                   Reference Batch #7819403, Sheet 51, Call #1126349.
                  

                   Information from family records and IGI LDS Ordinances Ref Batch #7819403
sheet 51 - Library Call #1126349
                  

                   Elisha being the eldest son in the vicinity was designated to complete the
disposition of the estate of his mother, and was also made guardian of the
minor children.  He developed a stomach ailment and died while at a mineral
springs resort in the vicinity called "Coopers Wells"  He did not marry again
and left no children by his marriage. (After the death of his mother there were
3 items of expense which were incurred quite often which were: a gallon of
whiskey, a box of cigars, and calosel (sp). He died at the age of 26 of stomach
trouble.)      Information from family records and IGI FHLRecords Batch #7819403
Sheet 50 Call #1126349.
                  

                   Information from family records as well as FHL LDS Ordinances Batch #8127501
Sheet 37 Call #1260979

Killed in the Civil War at Gettysburg
                  

                   Permelia information from family records and FHL IGI Batch #7819403 sheet 50
Call #1126349
                  

                   Thomas Jefferson Cockerham served in the Civil War then moved to Yazoo Co.
Thomas was a farmer.  Died of Pneumonia in Yazoo Co.
This information is from Family Files.

1860 Census they were living in Bankston Choctaw Co., Miss.

LDS Ordinance for B:,E:,SP: was taken from the
IGI Batch #7819403, sheet #49 Call No. 1126349
                  

                   Information from family history and FHL Family Records Mississippi
Revolutionary Soldiers and FHL.  Also from Littleton Belcher Richards Bible
records Volume XVIII.

Littleton B. Richards was a farmer, horseman, and had a water mill which he
used for grinding, sawing lumber, and ginning cotton.  Caroline lived almost
ninety years.  She is buried beside her husband in the Baptist cemetery in
Mashulaville, Mississippi.

Caroline Cockerham's story was told in the following obituary.  It was writtenby George Russell, brother of her son-in-law 4 Feb 1927:...Caroline Cockerham
was born in Noxubee Co., September 25, 1837 and was happily married to L. B.
Richards March 22, 1855; gave her heart to God, accepted Christ as her Savior,
joining New Zion Baptist Church in Choctaw Co. in 1856, having served her
Master faithfully for more than seventy years. Her husband passed away Jan 13,
1898. They had ten children all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood.  Eight
surviving are Mrs. C.P.Russell whith whom she made her home,(skipping some to
get pertitent info only)She had been in feeble health for some time, but was
only confined to her bed about ten days, having a stroke of paralysis affecting
both her body and speech, at which time it was realized she could not recover.
She was a most remarkable woman, a woman of great strength of character,
indomitable courage mingled with Christian forebearance and patience.  She was
true in all the relations of life, true to her God, her church, her home, and
her community.  A firm believer in the doctrines of her church, she was
tolerant of other creeds, always willing and glad to assist in any good work.
much more is written (see page 404 and 405 on Caroline taken from "Fifty
Families: A History")