When Parker B Cookman was born on 29 June 1814, in Lewis, Virginia, United States, his father, George Cookman, was 26 and his mother, Mary Teter Mitchell, was 22. He married Sarah Post on 19 February 1836, in Lewis, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Harrison, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Grant District, Harrison, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 4 July 1892, in Rockford, Harrison, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Harmony Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis, West Virginia, United States.
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English: variant of Cockman .
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