Lucian Howard Cocke

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

Lucian Howard Cocke
Lucian Howard Cocke
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

March 27, 1858
Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.
DiedNovember 14, 1927
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)
Children4
FatherCharles Lewis Cocke

Life

Cocke was born 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

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
  1. 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.
  2. 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. Bruce, Philip Alexander (1928). Virginia; rebirth of the Old Dominion, Volume 4. New York: The Lewis publishing company.
  4. 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.
  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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