Nathan Elams Cockrell (September 27, 1833 – June 3, 1859) was a founder of the
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Epsilon (), commonly known as SAE, is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity. It was founded at the University of Alabama on March 9, 1856. Of all existing national social fraternities today, Sigma Alpha Epsilon is t ...
fraternity.
Early life
Nathan Elams Cockrell was born on September 27, 1833 in
Livingston, Alabama.
[''A Register of the Officers and Students of the University of Alabama, 1831-1901'', Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University Press of Alabama, 1901, p. 11]
/ref> His father was Dempsey Cockrell and his mother, Millicent Carpenter. His maternal uncle, Captain Nathan Mullin Carpenter, was the owner of the Everhope Plantation in Eutaw, Alabama
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''The Tuscaloosa News'', October 15, 1972
He attended the
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and largest of the publi ...
, where he was a founding member of
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Epsilon (), commonly known as SAE, is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity. It was founded at the University of Alabama on March 9, 1856. Of all existing national social fraternities today, Sigma Alpha Epsilon is t ...
.
[William Raimond Baird, ''American College Fraternities'', J.B. Lippincott, 1898, p. 21]
/ref> He graduated in 1856.
Career
Cockrell managed his father's plantation. Later, he became the editor of the ''Livingston Messenger'' newspaper.
Death
Cockrell died on June 3, 1859.
References
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1833 births
1859 deaths
American newspaper editors
People from Livingston, Alabama
19th-century American journalists
American male journalists
Sigma Alpha Epsilon founders
Journalists from Alabama
19th-century American male writers