John B. Cocke

Cocke was born about 1833 in Madison County, Alabama, to Jester and Eliza (née Atkins) Cocke. Removing to Monroe County, Arkansas, before the American Civil War; he commenced the practice of law at Clarendon, the county seat. He was married to Mahalia S. Murrah on November 7, 1861, in Limestone County, Alabama. Cocke was commissioned a second lieutenant in Company A (also known as the "Harris Guards") of the 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, on April 30, 1861; later attaining the rank of colonel in the 39th Arkansas Infantry Regiment,^[1] and was in some of the most important battles of the Trans-Mississippi Theater. He was at Prairie Grove, Helena (where he was wounded),^[2] Mansfield, and Pleasant Hill. Cocke was killed on April 30, 1864, at Jenkins' Ferry.^[3][4] His burial location is unknown.

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