Person:William Cocks (1)

The following contributed by Dr. Anthony Troha: [For brevity, only the relevant segments of his obituary are quoted here.]

The Long-Islander, Friday, May 27, 1932, Page 8 of Section 2, Column 1:

“MAYOR WM. COCKS DIES AT OLD WESTBURY

William Willets Cocks, Mayor of Old Westbury, and former Representative from the first New York district, and president of the State Council of Agriculture and Markets, died at his home at Old Westbury Tuesday [i.e. Tuesday, May 24, 1932]. He had been in ill health for a year, but was able to ride last month. April 15 he was thrown from his horse, suffering a fractured skull, and had failed rapidly since then. He was seventy years old.

Mr. Cocks was born in Old Westbury July 24, 1861. His father, Isaac Hicks Cocks, and his mother, Mary Titus Willets, were members of old Long Island families. Both, too, were members of the Society of Friends, and in this society William Willets Cocks was educated. All his life he was active in its affairs. ... [The details of his educational background and political career are omitted for brevity, but his obituary notes that he was a personal friend of Theodore Roosevelt, which agrees with the newspaper article from 1918.] ... Mr. Cock’s first wife, Miss Caroline Hicks, of Locust Valley, died soon after their marriage in 1901. ... [The obituary concludes with details about his second wife, their two sons, and his sister, all of whom survived him.]”

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Obituary or Newspaper Death Notice.
2.   Misc.
   See wedding announcement in wife's record.