Nathan Elams Cockrell
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Nathan Elams Cockrell (September 27, 1833 – June 3, 1859) was a founder of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
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Early life
Nathan Elams Cockrell was born on September 27, 1833 in Livingston, Alabama.[1] His father was Dempsey Cockrell and his mother, Millicent Carpenter.[2] His maternal uncle, Captain Nathan Mullin Carpenter, was the owner of the Everhope Plantation in Eutaw, Alabama.[3]
He attended the University of Alabama, where he was a founding member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.[4] He graduated in 1856.[1][4]
Career
Cockrell managed his father's plantation. Later, he became the editor of the Livingston Messenger newspaper.[1]
Death
Cockrell died on June 3, 1859.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 A Register of the Officers and Students of the University of Alabama, 1831-1901, Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University Press of Alabama, 1901, p. 118 [1]
- ↑ Nathan Elams Cockrell, Ancestry.com
- ↑ Ante Bellum Home Offered For Sale By Coleman Realty Co., The Tuscaloosa News, October 15, 1972
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 William Raimond Baird, American College Fraternities, J.B. Lippincott, 1898, p. 210 [2]
