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Olivia Lea Alexander
Peel Purdon Cocke

Born: October 27, 1840 in Chulahoma, MS

Father: James Henry Alexander

(1814-1911)

Mother: Martha Elizabeth Pryor

(1821-1887)

Married: (1) Thomas Jefferson Peel

(1837-1862)

September 22, 1858

Married: (2) James Lumpkin Purdon

on 31st of January 1865 (d. Aug. 14,1865)

Married: (3) Thomas C. Cocke

on Feb. 27 1868 (d. Aug 21,1868)

Children: none

Died: March 15, 1928 in Pine Bluff, AR

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