City: Memphis
COCKROFT, Stansil Leonidas, lawyer; born Leake Co., Miss., Dec. 6, 1853, English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of William S. and Mary (Sawyer) COCKROFT; educated in the private schools of Leake Co., Miss., University of Miss., graduated from Lebanon (O.) School, A. B. July 1877, A. M. 1878; in early life teacher of Newbern (Tenn.) High School; married Lula May McCORKLE, Dec. 27, 1879; member I. O. O. F., K. P., Tenn. State Bar Assn. and Business Men’s Club; Democrat; Atty.-Gen. of 14th judicial circuit of Tenn. for sixteen years; member of Board of Law Examiners of Tenn., 1903-1910; chairman Board of Election Commissioners Shelby Co., Tenn., 1906; member of Missionary Baptist church; engaged in the practice of law.
