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Emma G <I>Cockings</I> Barton

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Emma G Cockings Barton

Birth
Missouri, USA
Death
14 Jul 1932 (aged 47)
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 810
Memorial ID
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Greene County MO. Abstract of Divorce Records:
BARTON, Emma / BARTON, Talt J.
96484. Div 2. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1931 Book 160 p 81. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Emma Cockings, restored.

Emma was murdered by George Salem because she refused to marry him. A couple of articles were found in the Springfield Mo. Newsleader while looking up information on the murder of Clara Andrews also in this same cemetery. George was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in Springfield and you can go to his listing and find out what was entered about him, and some of the story. He murdered her and turned the gun on himself, committing sucicide.

Missouri death certificate # 22523 listed her as female, white, divorced. Bullet wounds of the chest and abdomen. Listed as homicide in her home at. She was shot with the revolver, bullet wounds of heart and lung. Parents Johnathan and Elizabeth [?nreq] Cocking. Informant Elizabeth Cole. W L Harve Funeral Home. Interred in Hazelwood Cemetery July 16, 1932.

Source Citation ANCESTRY RESEARCH:

Year: 1900; Census Place: Carroll, Texas, Missouri; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0136; FHL microfilm: 1240905.
Johathan Cocking Jun 1842 57 married 23 yrs England Immigration 1864 Naturalized 1893 farmer
Elizabith Cocking wife May 1876 44 married 23 years children and living 4 WS
Rachel E Cocking daughter Sep 1879 20 MO
Jennie Cocking daughter Nov 1880 19 MO
Emma Cocking daughter Nov 1882 17 MO
Johnathan Cocking son July 1885 14 MO

Year: 1910; Census Place: Mineral Point, Iowa, Wisconsin; Roll: T624_1711; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0061; FHL microfilm: 1375724.
Maria Cocking 64
William Cocking son 34
Frank Cocking son 30
Emma Cocking daughter 28
Florence Cocking daughter 26

Year: 1920; Census Place: Mineral Point, Iowa, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_1989; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 16.
Marie Cocking 70
Mary Cocking daughter 41
Frank Cocking son 40 widow
Emma Cocking daughter 38
Florence Cocking daughter 35
Curtis Cocking son 31
Paul F Cocking grandson 2

Year: 1930; Census Place: Mineral Point, Iowa, Wisconsin; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 2342307.
Frank Cocking 50
Francis Cocking son 12
Maria Cocking mother 82
Mary Cocking sister 52
Emma Cocking sister 48
Florence Cocking sister 46
Greene County MO. Abstract of Divorce Records:
BARTON, Emma / BARTON, Talt J.
96484. Div 2. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1931 Book 160 p 81. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Emma Cockings, restored.

Emma was murdered by George Salem because she refused to marry him. A couple of articles were found in the Springfield Mo. Newsleader while looking up information on the murder of Clara Andrews also in this same cemetery. George was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in Springfield and you can go to his listing and find out what was entered about him, and some of the story. He murdered her and turned the gun on himself, committing sucicide.

Missouri death certificate # 22523 listed her as female, white, divorced. Bullet wounds of the chest and abdomen. Listed as homicide in her home at. She was shot with the revolver, bullet wounds of heart and lung. Parents Johnathan and Elizabeth [?nreq] Cocking. Informant Elizabeth Cole. W L Harve Funeral Home. Interred in Hazelwood Cemetery July 16, 1932.

Source Citation ANCESTRY RESEARCH:

Year: 1900; Census Place: Carroll, Texas, Missouri; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0136; FHL microfilm: 1240905.
Johathan Cocking Jun 1842 57 married 23 yrs England Immigration 1864 Naturalized 1893 farmer
Elizabith Cocking wife May 1876 44 married 23 years children and living 4 WS
Rachel E Cocking daughter Sep 1879 20 MO
Jennie Cocking daughter Nov 1880 19 MO
Emma Cocking daughter Nov 1882 17 MO
Johnathan Cocking son July 1885 14 MO

Year: 1910; Census Place: Mineral Point, Iowa, Wisconsin; Roll: T624_1711; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0061; FHL microfilm: 1375724.
Maria Cocking 64
William Cocking son 34
Frank Cocking son 30
Emma Cocking daughter 28
Florence Cocking daughter 26

Year: 1920; Census Place: Mineral Point, Iowa, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_1989; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 16.
Marie Cocking 70
Mary Cocking daughter 41
Frank Cocking son 40 widow
Emma Cocking daughter 38
Florence Cocking daughter 35
Curtis Cocking son 31
Paul F Cocking grandson 2

Year: 1930; Census Place: Mineral Point, Iowa, Wisconsin; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 2342307.
Frank Cocking 50
Francis Cocking son 12
Maria Cocking mother 82
Mary Cocking sister 52
Emma Cocking sister 48
Florence Cocking sister 46

Inscription

EMMA C.
1885 - 1932

COCKINGS

Gravesite Details

Lot well maintained all year round. Monument in very good shape.



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  • Created by: Judy Young
  • Added: May 12, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37029339/emma_g-barton: accessed ), memorial page for Emma G Cockings Barton (15 Dec 1884–14 Jul 1932), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37029339, citing Hazelwood Cemetery, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Judy Young (contributor 46792475).