Posted By:	D RICHARDSON
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	Subject:	Re: May Cockrum Smith - 1900-1917 - Baxter Co., Arkansas
	Post Date:	January 26, 2003 at 11:38:19
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	Forum:	Cockrum Family Genealogy Forum
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Hi Bernie I first heard about this crime in Mary Ann Messicks Baxter County Arkansas book.Ellen Cockrum was the postmaster for Lone Rock Arkansas the story was Ellen and her Daughter Mae were found frozen in the woods 1917.There was a trial a man named Wilburn was found guilty of one murder and not the other,Ellen her daughter Mae and Husband Mord Cockrum are buried at the Burnt School House Cemetery I had a gg uncle named Morgan V Cockrum in Baxter Co at first I thought he was Ellens husband.I have also wonderd if my Great Grand father Alfred Henry Smith might have been the judge at the trial any relation to your Smiths ?My father was Grover Cockrum born Custer Ar I'm not sure if we are related to Ellen Cockrum. Regards Dianne Richardson