Biography of T R Willcockson, Greene Co, AR

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        Date: 5 Sep 1998
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Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas

page 185

T. R. Willcockson, sheriff of Greene County, Ark., was born in Giles County,
Tenn., August 10, 1848, and is the son of Samuel and Frances (Gibson) Willcockson,
the father a native of Virginia, and the mother of Kentucky. They were married in
Tennessee, and there remained until October, 1851, when they immigrated to what is
now Greene County, Ark., coming through in wagons, and locating near the old Crowley
farm, in Cache Township. Here the father bought a [p.185] forty-acre tract, which was
about the first deeded land in this section of Arkansas. He also put up the first
steam, saw and grist-mill in Greene County, and ran this for several years. He also
carried on farming, and being one of the earliest settlers, experienced all the
hardships and privations incident to pioneer life. In 1868 he removed to Boone
County, Ark., where he died in June, 1886. The mother is still living. They were the
parents of fifteen children, only six now living: John W., Isaac (deceased), William
and Mary Annie (twins and both deceased), David C. (deceased), James (deceased),
Joseph, Thomas R., Sina, Sarah, Samuel (deceased), Marion and Frances (twins and
deceased), Polk and Virginia. T. R. Willcockson, the subject of this sketch, was but
an infant when he was brought to Greene County by his parents, and here he grew to
manhood and received his education in the common schools. He was reared on the farm,
and tilling the soil has been his chief pursuit ever since. He owns 241 acres of
land, with about sixty acres under cultivation. He was elected sheriff and collector
in 1880, served four years, and in 1886 was re-elected to the same office, which
position he is now filling. He was married in 1868 to Miss Mary Bowlin, who bore him
six children: Callie, Lucy, Deany, Mack, Sudie and Nannie. Mrs. Willcockson is a
member of the Baptist Church, and Mr. Willcockson is a member of the K. of P.