Census: 1880 Senaca, Green Lake Co., Wisconsin

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 76, No 6, p 190, Feb. 9, 1914.
Richard B. Cockerill, son of Samuel and Harriet (Bailey)Cockerill, was born near Birmingham, England, January 25, 1846,and departed this life from his home near Berlin, Wis., January 21, 1914.
When Richard was a babe, the family came to America and to Wisconsin, settling first near Watertown, but soon coming to the town of Seneca, Green Lake County, where they made their home. This county has continued to be the family home.
On April 18, 1871, Mr. Cockerill was married to Miss Mary J. Davis. To them were born three sons, - William, Edward and Hugh. On May 9, 1879, this beloved wife and mother passed to her reward. He was again happily married, on June 7, 1885, to Miss Elma A. Crandall. To them were born a son, Walter, and a daughter, Mabel.
In young manhood Mr. Cockerill professed faith in Christ, and after his second marriage was baptized by the Rev. Geo. W. Hills and united with the Seventh Day Baptist church of Berlin, Wis. In this faith he remained true to the end.
Farewell services were held in the home, January 23, 1914,conducted by Eld. O. S. Mills of Milton Junction. Text: Deut. xxxiii, 27, first clause. Interment in Berlin Cemetery.
These services were attended by the bereaved wife, son Hugh, and daughter Mabel, and by the relatives of the family living in this county, including an only living brother, John T., and by a large number of neighbors and friends from Berlin and vicinity.
The son Edward passed from this life December 2, 1906; William was detained in his home near Rice Lake, Wis., by sickness; and Walter is on the way to East Central Africa as a Seventh Day Baptist missionary.
Brother Cockerill was highly esteemed as a kind, loving husband and father, a good neighbor, and an industrious and loyal citizen. He will be much missed. O. S. M.

Census: 1880 Dakota, Waushara Co., Wisconsin

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 90, No 26, p 830, June 27, 1921.
Mrs. Elma A. Cockerill, daughter of Benjamin and Ann Brown Crandall, was born in the township of Berlin, Wis., May 23,1862, and died at her late home in Berlin, May 28, 1921.
When she was about two years old, the family moved to the town of Dakota, Waushara County, where she spend the years of her girlhood and maidenhood.
For a time, she attended Milton Academy, at Milton, Wis.
During her girlhood she confessed Christ and was baptized into the fellowship of the Dakota Seventh Day Baptist Church. In 1891 her membership was transferred to the church of the same faith at Berlin, Wis. At her death she was the last surviving member of that church.
She was married June 7, 1885, to Richard B. Cockerill, who was deceased January 21, 1914.
To them were born two children: Walter B., of Berlin, Wis., and Mabel J. (Mrs. Timon Swenson), of Viborg, S. D.
She is survived by her son and daughter, one grandson, Carroll B. Swenson, of Viborg, S. D., and two step sons, Will, of Rice Lake, Wis., and Hugh of Fairfield, Iowa.; three brothers, Elmer Crandall, a twin, of Beloit, Wis.; Alton Crandall of Watertown,S. D.; and Bert of New Auburn, Wis.; two half-sisters, Mrs. Annie Foat, of Flasher, N. D., and Mrs. Lizzie Green, of Battle Creek, Mich.
Mrs. Cockerill was a quiet, unassuming woman, whose life was given to kindly deeds in service to her Master and her neighbors. She was a devoted Christian woman, whose religion was a natural happy expression of her faith in her God and a constant communion with him. She was a strong supporter of the church [line of text cut off] efforts to maintain services in her home church. She was an active worker and officer of the W.C. T. U.
Services were held at her late home and at the Baptist church at Berlin, Wis., on the afternoon of May 31, 1921, conducted by Rev. Henry N. Jordan, of Milton, Wis., assisted by Rev. Albert Reitz, of Berlin. Two solos were sung: "No Burdens Yonder", by Rev. Mr. Reitz, and "Lead Kindly Light", by Mrs. Molly Buell.
The pallbearers were: Clarke Page, Grant Bunce, Edward Storke, Rollo Green, Miles Mix and Wheeler Mix.
Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery, Berlin, Wis.