When Jocella Dutton was born on 13 November 1864, in Sumner, Tennessee, United States, her father, John Dutton, was 26 and her mother, Octavia Ayres, was 19. She married Charles Green Cook on 27 April 1884, in Robertson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Civil District 10, Davidson, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Civil District 5, Williamson, Tennessee, United States in 1910. She died on 17 September 1951, in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States.