Nathan Elams Cockrell was born at Livingston, Ala., September 27, 1833. He entered the University of Alabama in 1854 and was graduated July 18, 1856. He managed his father's plantation and later became editor of the Livingston Messenger. He was the first founder to die -- June 3, 1859 -- and is buried at Sumterville, Ala.

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