Zitella Cocke | |
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![]() portrait by Nicola Marschall | |
Born | November 10, 1840
![]() Marion ![]() |
Died | December 3, 1929
![]() Gadsden ![]() |
Occupation |
Writer,
musician
![]() |
Zitella Cocke (November 10, 1840 – December 3, 1929) was an American poet, essayist, and musician.
Cocke was born in Marion, Alabama [1] on November 10, 1840. She was the daughter of Woodson St. George Cocke, a planter from a prominent Virginia family, and Mary Elizabeth Burton Binion Cocke, a descendant of French Huguenot refugees. [2] Cocke primarily lived in Boston, Massachusetts. [3] [4]
The children's journal The Youth's Companion published Cocke's poetry, [5] which was then reprinted by other news organizations. [6]
Zitella Cocke died on 3 December 1929 in Gadsden, Alabama and was buried in Marion, Alabama. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Zitella Cocke | |
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![]() portrait by Nicola Marschall | |
Born | November 10, 1840
![]() Marion ![]() |
Died | December 3, 1929
![]() Gadsden ![]() |
Occupation |
Writer,
musician
![]() |
Zitella Cocke (November 10, 1840 – December 3, 1929) was an American poet, essayist, and musician.
Cocke was born in Marion, Alabama [1] on November 10, 1840. She was the daughter of Woodson St. George Cocke, a planter from a prominent Virginia family, and Mary Elizabeth Burton Binion Cocke, a descendant of French Huguenot refugees. [2] Cocke primarily lived in Boston, Massachusetts. [3] [4]
The children's journal The Youth's Companion published Cocke's poetry, [5] which was then reprinted by other news organizations. [6]
Zitella Cocke died on 3 December 1929 in Gadsden, Alabama and was buried in Marion, Alabama. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]