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Frederick Bird Smith Cocke Jr. (November 17, 1839 – September 7, 1912) was the child of F.B.S. Cocke Sr. and Eliza M. Rogers. During the
American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
, he served as the Captain of Cocke's Company, a unit raised in
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by John Salmon "Rip" Ford and later assigned to Benavides Cavalry Regiment. His unit saw service along the
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border and participated in the last battle of the Civil War, the
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. After the war, Cocke became active in the Democratic Party. He worked as a County and District Attorney in
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. He was the lead attorney in the prosecution of Ben Thompson for the murder of Jack Harris. He was elected to the 26th Texas Legislature and in 1899 sponsored the bill establishing Southwest Texas State Normal School in San Marcos, now
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. He died in 1912 and was buried in the Cocke family cemetery in
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Texas Legislators: Past & Present - Fred Cocke
1839 births 1912 deaths People from Hays County, Texas Democratic Party members of the Texas House of Representatives Confederate States Army officers Military personnel from Texas 19th-century members of the Texas Legislature {{Texas-politician-stub