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

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''The Tuscaloosa News'', October 15, 1972 He attended the

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, where he was a founding member of

.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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