Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888,
Jefferson Co.

JAMES B. COCKE was born in 1836, and is a son of William A. and Matilda
(Bridgeford) Cocke, the former of Lynchburg, Va., and the latter a daughter
of Thomas Bridgeford of Louisville.  William A. Cocke was Marshal of the
Chancery Court of Louisville several terms, and was sheriff under the old
constitution of the State, when the oldest magistrate became sheriff of
the county by virtue of his office.  He was prominent in the city's early
history, and died in 1844.  James A. Cocke was brought up in Louisville,
and was educated in the public schools.  He is secretary and treasurer of
the Kentucky and Louisville Mutual Insurance Company, a position he has
held for ten years.  He was married in November, 1861, to Miss Julia
Crutchfield, a daughter of Maj. Edward Crutchfield, of Louisville.  One
child, James H., was born of this union.  In February, 1887, his wife died.
He entered the Confederate army in September, 1861, in the Second Kentucky
Mounted Rifles, and served through the entire war.  Mr. Cocke is an
excellent business man, an enterprising citizen and a courteous gentleman.

Cocke Bridgeford
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VA

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