Charles Hartwell COCKE^[1]

1851 - 1896  (45 years)

• Name	Charles Hartwell COCKE
  Birth	12 Mar 1851	Powhatan Co, VA   [1]
  	Charles was born at his parents' home, "Belmead" plantation in Powhatan County, Virginia on Wednesday, 12 March 1851.
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Jun 1896	Columbus, Lowndes Co, MS   [2]
  	Charles died at his home in Columbus, Mississippi on 12 June 1896. He was 45 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	Columbus, Lowndes Co, MS   [3]
  	His body was interred in the Cocke family plot at Friendship Cemetery in Columbus, Mississippi.
  Person ID	I63071	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Philip St.George COCKE,   b. 17 Apr 1809   d. 26 Dec 1861 (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Sally Elizabeth Courtney BOWDOIN,   b. 9 May 1815   d. 27 Nov 1872, Powhatan Co, VA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	4 Jun 1834	Surry Co, VA   [4, 5, 6]
  	The couple was married on Wednesday, 4 June 1834 at the Surry County, Virginia home of Mrs. S. Faulcon. Rev. Henry W. Ducachet, rector of Christ Protestant Episcopal Church in Norfolk, Virginia officiated at the ceremony.
  Family ID	F7221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rowena Lockhart HUDSON,   b. 24 Jul 1854, Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA d. 28 Nov 1924, Ashville, Buncombe Co, NC (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	6 Jun 1876	Columbus,Lowndes Co, MS   [7, 8]
  	The couple was married on the morning of 6 June 1876 in Columbus, Mississippi by Rev. W. W. Wadsworth of the First Methodist Church.
  Children	1. infant son COCKE,   b. 18 Aug 1877, Columbus, Lownes Co, MS   2. Fontaine Adger COCKE,   b. 20 Oct 1879, Columbus, Lownes Co, MS d. 3 Jun 1902, Columbus, Lowndes Co, MS (Age 22 years)   3. Dr. Charles Hartwell COCKE,   b. 1 Dec 1881, Columbus, Lowndes Co, MS d. 3 Aug 1944, Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC (Age 62 years)   4. Rowena Lockhart COCKE,   b. 1 Jul 1886, Columbus, Lowndes Co, MS d. 6 Oct 1959, Morganton, Burke Co, NC (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F7234	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S2959] "Cocke family Bible record, 1688 - 1902", leaf 15., Accession no. 25589. [S4968] Bernard J. Henley, compiler, Henley Marriage & Obituary Database. Charles Hartwell Cocke obituary, Richmond Dispatch, Richmond, VA, 14 June 1896 (p. 15, c. 7). [S2084] Find A Grave, online (http://www.findagrave.com). downloaded 17 March 2012. [S2959] "Cocke family Bible record, 1688 - 1902", leaf 14., Accession no. 25589. [S4968] Bernard J. Henley, compiler, Henley Marriage & Obituary Database. Cocke - Bowdoin marriage announcement, Daily Richmond Whig & Public Advertiser, Richmond, VA, 10 June 1834 (p. 3, c. 1). [S52] George Holbert Tucker, compiled & annotated by, Tucker, Abstracts from Norfolk City Marriage Bonds (1797-1850) and Other Genealogical Data, ((Norfolk, VA: William H. Delaney, 1934)), F234.N8 T7. p. 137: Cocke - Bowdoin marriage return. [S2959] "Cocke family Bible record, 1688 - 1902", leaf 22., Accession no. 25589. [S4968] Bernard J. Henley, compiler, Henley Marriage & Obituary Database. Cocke - Hudson marriage announcement, Richmond Daily Whig, Richmond, VA, 15 June 1876 (p. 1, c. 7).