Cockerham Cemetery

Copied and submitted by Peggy Chandler Beaubouef
The Cockerham Cemetery is located about 8 miles north of Winnfield just off Hwy. 1232 on the Cockerham Cemetery Road. It has not been used since 1925 and most of the time is overgrown with pine saplings. The main section contains 20 graves that still have readable headstones. There is a smaller (Hargis) family plot just outside the main cemetery. Data shown in brackets was provided by Annette Womack unless otherwise noted. Listing below is in order as the graves appear in the cemetery.

GRIFFIN, Infant of T.C. & A.M. - born & died 1 Sep 1887

COCKERHAM, Infant Dau. of C.D. & L.C. -- born & died 26 May 1915

CARTER, William C. -- Co. D 1st La. Res. C.S.A. -- no dates [b. ca. 1822 in GA, s/o Shadrick Carter, h/o Anne ?] (provided by Ruth Latham, Natchez, MS)

RUDD, Elizabeth -- b. 14 Oct 1855, d. 28 Dec 1881, [d/o Solomon & Rhoda Hardin Carpenter, w/o Joseph Rudd]

GRIFFEN, Infant of W.R. & E.A. -- b. 24 Mar 1887, d. 30 Jul 1887, [c/o William Reedis & Ethelinda Carpenter Griffin] (provided by Frank Martin, Jena, LA)

COCKERHAM, Nancy -- b. 23 Jul 1839, d. 1865, [d/o Allen & Larrena Cockerham]

COCKERHAM, Mrs. Larrenna -- Wife of Allen Cockerham -- d. 1868, [b. 1815, maiden name Cooker]

COCKERHAM, Allen C. -- d. 18 Nov 1868 [b/ 1812]

COCKERHAM, Wesley -- b. 9 Jan 1854, d. 18 Sep 1874, [s/o Allen & Larrena Cockerham, h/o Josephine Rudd]

COCKERHAM, J.R. -- b. 13 Feb 1874, d. 10 Jul 1890 -- Aged 16 yrs, 4 mos, 27, days [s/o Wm. Stevenson & Francis Rudd Cockerham]

COCKERHAM, Larrena Etta -- b. 29 Mar 1873, d. 8 Oct 1875 -- Aged 2 yrs, 6 mos, 9 days [d/o Wm. Stevenson & Francis Rudd Cockerham] image 2, image 3, image 4

COCKERHAM, William Stevenson -- b. 3 Jan 1856, d. 15 Jan 1896, [s/o Allen & Larrena Cockerham]

COCKERHAM, Mrs. Francis H.-- Wife of William S. Cockerham--b. 26 Jan 1852, d. 9 Feb 1925 [d/o Joseph Dodson & Claressa Bolton Rudd]  Footpiece with initials E.R. No headstone.

MACHEN, Babe of J.R. & E.D. -- born & died 23 Oct 1888, [c/o James & Ella Rudd Machen]

MACHEN, Charlie R. -- b. 27 Sep 1889, d. 4 Aug 1890, [s/o James & Ella Rudd Machen

MACHEN, H.A. [Hattie] -- b. 31 Oct 1887, d. 11 Nov 1897, [d/o James & Ella Rudd Machen]

MACHEN, Susie J. -- b. 23 Jun 1891, d. 16 Nov 1897 [d/o James & Ella Rudd Machen] (Hattie and her sister, Susie, died 5 days  apart!)

FRANCIS, Ollie C. -- Wife of Joe Francis -- b. 15 Mar 1884, d. 5 Feb 1908

RUDD, Joseph D. -- Co. C, 3rd La. Inf., C.S.A. -- no dates [b. 31 Dec 1826, d. 22 May 1909, mar. Claressa Bolton 7 Dec 1848 in Greene Co., AL]

BOLTON, Claressa D. -- Wife of Joseph D. Rudd -- b. 10 May 1826, d. 23 Mar 1910 [d/o John & Sarah Boulton], 2nd image

Hargis Family Plot

The gated entrance to the small, separate chain-link enclosure that contains the graves of the Hargis family.
The prominent obelisk headstone of the father, Ildefonso Albinus Hargis (April 20, 1853 – September 22, 1886),[s/o Dr. Quincy A. Hargis].
The infant Aurelius, bearing the inscription: "Son of I. A. & S. F. Hargis. Oct 4, 1831 Nov 6, 1881. Budded on earth to bloom in heaven." (Note: The carver mistakenly etched "1831" instead of "1881" for the birth year, but correctly carved 1881 for the death date).

These graves are situated in the secluded, contiguous Hargis family section inside Cockerham Cemetery, located off Cockerham Cemetery Road just north of Highway 1232 in rural Winn Parish, Louisiana. (

Aurelius J. Hargis (Oct. 4, 1881 – Nov. 6, 1881), an infant son of Ildefonso Albinus Hargis and Sarah Frances "Fannie" Cockerham Hargis.

HARGIS, Lilly V. -- Dau. of I.A. & L.A. Hargis -- b. 2 Nov 1879, d. 22 Jan 1882