Person:Alexander Cockrell (3)

Dallas County, Texas, 1920 census:^[5]

Cockrell, Alexander V. Head 32 yrs b. Texas (parents, b. Missouri) Asst. Mgr. (Glass & Paint Co.)

      Mary Wife 34 yrs b. Louisiana (parents, b. Missouri/Louisiana)

      Mary A. Dau 3 yrs b. Texas (parents, b. Texas/Louisiana)

      Jean V. Dau 6/12 yr b. Texas (parents, b. Texas/Louisiana)

Remnitz, Lizzie Servant 18 yrs b. Germany (parents, b. Germany) Servant (Private Family)

Dallas County, Texas, 1930 census:^[6]

Cockrell, Alexander Head 40 yrs (marr. at 26 yrs) b. Texas (parents, b. Texas) Part Owner (Glass & Paint Co.)

      Mary Wife 40 yrs (marr. at 26 yrs) b. Texas (parents, b. Texas)

      Mary A. Dau 13 yrs b. Texas (parents, b. Texas)

      Gene V. Dau 10 yrs b. Texas (parents, b. Texas)

      Josephine Dau 8 yrs b. Texas (parents, b. Texas)

Johns, Clare Servant 20 yrs (single) b. Texas (parents, b. Texas) Maid

Hillard, Mary [MULATTO] Servant 45 yrs (marr. at 25 yrs) b. Texas (parents, b. Texas) Cook

      Roy [MULATTO] Servant 45 yrs (marr. at 25 yrs) b. Texas (parents, b. Texas) Porter

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Dallas, Texas, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T623)
   ED 110, p. 1A.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Texas, United States. Death Certificates, 1903-1982
   No. 6794.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} United States. Social Security Administration. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2015).
4.   United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm Publication M1509, 1987-1988)
   5 Jun 1917.

   Name: Cockrell, Alexander Vardeman
   Residence: 4314 Worth, Dallas, Tex.
   Born: 10 Dec 1887 Dallas Co., Texas (29 yrs)
   Occupation: Asst. Gen. Mgr., Federal Glass & P[ain]t. Co. (Dallas, Tex.)
   Deendents: "Wife and Child" (no exemptions claimed)
   Previous military service" None
   Description: Medium height, stout, grey eyes, black hair, "says has stiff right leg."

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Dallas, Texas, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   ED 32, p. 1A, dwelling/family 9/9 (4314 Worth St).
6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 Dallas, Texas, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   ED 97, p. 1B, dwelling/family 6e35/635 (4317 Overhill Dr.
7.   United States. World War II Draft Registration Cards
   27 Apr 1942.

   Name: Cockrell, Alexander Vardeman
   Address: 4317 Overhill, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas
   Born: 10 Dec 1887 Dallas, Dallas Co., Tex. (54 yrs)
   Person Who Will Always Know Where You Are: Mrs. A. V. Cockrell [same address]
   Employed: "Self" (Home)
   Description: 5'9", 170 lbs, light complexion, grey eyes, black hair, "stiff right hip."

8.   Polk's Dallas (Texas) City Directory
   p. 690, 1924.

   Cockrell, Alex V (Mary) Asst Genl Mgr Federal Glass & Paint Co r4314 Worth

9.   Polk's Dallas (Texas) City Directory
   p. 712, 1930.

   Cockrell, Alex V (Mary) Asst Genl Mrg Federal Glass & Paint Co. h4317 Overhill Drive

10.   Polk's Dallas (Texas) City Directory
    p. 310, 1938.

    Cockrell, Alex V (Mary) v-pres-div mgr Binswanger & Co of Texas h4317 Overhill dr

11.   Dallas Morning News. (Dallas, Texas)
    Sect. I, p. 3, 19 Feb 1943.

    Former Paint, Glass Firm Manager, Passes
    A. V. Cockrell, Dallas Native, Dies at Home
    Death Takes Kin of City's First Businesswoman
    
    Alexander Vardeman Cockrell, 55, of 4317 Overhill Drive, descendant of one of Dallas' earliest families, died at his home at 1:25 o'clock this (Friday) morning.
    
    Native of Dallas, Mr. Cockrell was born the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Cockrell, and grandson of Alexander Cockrell, who settled here in 1845 and built his first home on the site of the present Terminal Post Office Building.It was in that house that he was born.
    
    His grandmother, Sarah Horton Cockrell, left a woman as a young woman, was well known for her business ability and has sometimes been called Dallas' first business woman. She erected the first steam flour mill here, and in 1872 built the first bridge across the Trinity River. It was a toll bridge at the foot of Commerce Street. She also built the city's first hotel at Commerce and Broadway. At that time Dallas a village of about 1,000 people.
    
    Mr. Cockrell for many years was manager of the Federal glass and Paint Company here. He retired a year ago because of ill health.
    
    Mr. Cockrell was educated in the Dallas public schools and at Southwestern University, Georgetown. He was married in 1916 to Mary Cockrell.
    
    He is survived by his wife, three daughters, Mrs. T. Griffith Moore, Miss Jean Vardeman Cockrell, Miss Frances Josephine Cockrell, all of Dallas; two brothers, Monroe F. Cockrell, Chicago; Frank N. Cockrell, Dallas; two sisters, Mrs. Davis Spangler, Dallas; Mrs. Kemp S. Dargan, Houston.

12.   Dallas Morning News. (Dallas, Texas)
    Sect. I, p. 4, 4 Mar 1943.

    Estate of A. V. Cockrell Estimated at $50,000
    
    An estate, estimated for probate purposes at $50,000, was left by Alexander Vardeman Cockrell, member of an early Dallas family, who died Feb. 19.
    
    In a will filed for probate on Wednesday Mr. Cockrell ordered the entire estate given to his wife, Mary C. Cockrell, who also was named executor. The estate consists of real estate, stocks and bonds, notes and other personal property, the probate application indicated.