For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 497
JAMES T. COCKSHOOT....James T. Cockshoot, a successful farmer and stockman of Muscatine county, who has been a resident of the county for more than fifty years, was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, March 11, 1848. His parents were Luke and Margaret ( Walsh ) Cockshoot, both of whom were natives of England. The father was born in Manchester in 1801 and received a good education in his native land. In 1832, after his marriage, he came to America and spent some time in Ohio, where he taught school for five years. Being attracted to mercantile pursuits, he located in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he spent twenty-one years in the grocery business. In April, 1856, he removed to Muscatine county, Iowa, becoming identified with farming interests , and acquired three hundred and sixty acres. He was a well educated man and studied law after arriving in this country, being admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania and also in Iowa. He engaged to some extent in the real-estate business in Pittsburg and in Muscatine county. He departed this life in 1879, and his wife died in August, 1885, both being laid to rest in Oakdale cemetery. There were seven children in their family, two of whom are now living : Andrew, a farmer of Wilton township, Muscatine county ; and James T., our subject.James T. Cockshoot came to Iowa with his parents in 1856 and received his preliminary education in the district schools, for one year he was a student in the public schools at Wilton. He grew to manhood on the home farm and early showed an inclination for agriculture and stock-raising which was prophetic of a successful career of a farmer. After the death of his parents he continued upon the family homestead and is now the owner of one hundred and eighty acres of well improved land. In addition to general farming he makes a specialty of breeding black cattle and his herd contains some of the finest specimens of the kind in this part of the state. As he uses good judgment and is thoroughly familiar with his work, he has gained a fine reputation as a breeder. He is known as an enterprising and public-spirited citizen and is identified with all movements of importance that seek to promote the permanent welfare of this part of the county.
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