Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886

William C. Cocke is a son of Peter P. and Alice (Hooe) Cocke. The father was born in Westmoreland County, Va., and died in Ohio in 1850. Mrs. Cocke was born in Prince William County, Va., and also died in the Buckeye State in 1872. William C., our subject, was born June 18, 1814, and was reared in his native State, Virginia. When eighteen years of age he began farming for himself, and in 1836 immigrated to Ohio, where he remained until 1881 and then he came to Lawrence County, Tenn., where he still resides. His farm consists of 478 acres of choice land. March 22, 1838, he was united in marriage to Lucy Ann Hines, daughter of John and Hester Hines. These children were born to their union: Wade W., Albert H., Peter P., Taylor F., Walker A., Jackson M., George W., John C., Thornton H., Adaline F., Frances, Maria L., and Mary D. Mr. Cocke is a Jacksonian Democrat, and, so far as his means will allow, has always been a liberal contributor to all laudable enterprises. He was on the first passenger train ever run in the United States, extending from Harper’s Ferry to Baltimore, Md., in 1832.

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