Lucian Howard Cocke

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Lucian Howard Cocke
Cocke in 1904 publication
6th Mayor of Roanoke, Virginia
In office
July 1, 1892 – June 30, 1894
Preceded byWilliam G. Evans
Succeeded bySturgis E. Jones
Personal details
Born
Lucian Howard Cocke

(1858-03-27)March 27, 1858
Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.
DiedNovember 14, 1927(1927-11-14) (aged 69)
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
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    (m. 1885; died 1899)​
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    (m. 1903)​
Children4
Parent
  • Charles Lewis Cocke (father)

Lucian Howard Cocke (March 27, 1858 – November 14, 1927) was an American lawyer, politician, historian and university rector from Virginia.

Life[edit]

Cocke was born on March 27, 1858, at Hollins College in Roanoke, Virginia where his father, Charles Lewis Cocke, was founder and president.[1][2] His mother was Susanna Pleasants, a cousin of Virginia governor James Pleasants.[1][2] His early education was under the tutelage of Hollins College professors.[3] He eventually matriculated to Richmond College (now University of Richmond) but finished his bachelor's degree at Washington & Lee.[4][3] He attended law school at the University of Virginia and upon graduating set up his own practice.[4] In 1884, he joined into a partnership in Richmond forming the firm Penn & Cocke, after the retirement of Penn he formed a new partnership in Cocke & Glasgow. He was the first Democrat elected mayor of Roanoke, Virginia.[4][3] From 1924 to 1928, he served as rector and trustee of his alma mater Washington & Lee.[5][6] In private life, he was an avid author of works on the law, history and genealogy periodically contributing to the Virginia Historical Society and the William & Mary Quarterly.[3]

Family[edit]

Cocke married twice, first on September 17, 1885 to his distant cousin Lelia Maria Smith (1859–1899) a descendant of Robert "King" Carter and William Thornton.[2][3] He and Smith had four children.[3] After her death he married secondly in 1903, Sarah Cobb Johnson (1865–1944) a native of Alabama and the granddaughter of John Addison Cobb and descendant of Ambrose Cobbs and Thomas Reade Rootes.[2] They had no children.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Barringer, Paul Brandon, James Mercer Garnett, Rosewell Page (1904). University of Virginia: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics, with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors, Officers and Alumni, Volume 2. New York: Lewis Publishing Co. p. 116.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c d Sorley, Merrow Egerton (1935). Lewis of Warner Hall: The History of a Family, Including the Genealogy of Descendants in Both the Male and Female Lines, Biographical Sketches of Its Members, and Their Descent from Other Early Virginia Families. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 192.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Bruce, Philip Alexander (1928). Virginia; rebirth of the Old Dominion, Volume 4. New York: The Lewis publishing company.
  4. ^ a b c Barringer, Paul Brandon, James Mercer Garnett, Rosewell Page (1904). University of Virginia: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics, with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors, Officers and Alumni, Volume 2. New York: Lewis Publishing Co. p. 117.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Rectors and Presidents". Washington & Lee University. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  6. ^ Wilson, Woodrow (1972). The papers of Woodrow Wilson: Volume 12. Princeton, NJ: The Woodrow Wilson Foundation: Princeton University. p. 70.

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