South–Cockrell–Hargis family

The South–Cockrell–Hargis family is a family of politicians from the southern United States who achieved prominence in state and national offices, representing Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi and Texas.

• John South, member of the Kentucky legislature 1793-1804.[1]
  • Samuel South 1767-1832, Kentucky State Senator, Kentucky State Representative, Kentucky Treasurer 1818-1824. Son of John South.[2]
    • Jere South 1805-1880, Kentucky State Representative 1840, Kentucky State Senator 1843. Son of Samuel South.[3]
      • Thomas Perrin Cardwell 1829-1915, Kentucky State Representative 1864-1865, Kentucky State Senator 1865-1869. Son-in-law of Jere South.[4] Brother of Kentucky State Representative Isaac Newton Cardwell.[5]
        • South Trimble 1864-1946, Kentucky State Representative, U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1901-1907, candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky. Grandson of Jere South.[6]
        • Jerry Curtis South 1867-1930, member of the Arkansas legislature 1891-1901. Grandson of Jere South.[7]
        • John Glover South 1873-1940, U.S. Minister to Panama 1921-1930, U.S. Minister to Portugal 1930-1933. Grandson of Jere South.[8]
        • Christine Bradley South 1879-1957, delegate to the Republican National Convention: 1920, 1928, and 1932, member of the Republican National Committee 1937. Daughter of U.S. Senator William O. Bradley,[9] niece of Kentucky State Senator Thomas Zantzinger Morrow,[10] and first cousin of Kentucky Governor Edwin P. Morrow.[11] Wife of John Glover South.[12]
        • E. Edgar Hume 1844-1911, Kentucky State Representative 1875-1877, Mayor of Frankfort, Kentucky 1905-1906. Grandson-in-law Jere South.[13]
          • South Strong 1880-1939, delegate to the Kentucky Constitutional Convention 1912, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1912. Great grandson of Jere South.[14]
          • Eleanor Hume Offutt 1894-1955, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1936 1940. Daughter of E. Edgar Hume.[15]
• Simon Cockrell 1745-1835, Virginia House Delegate 1791-1793 1798-1800. Grandfather-in-law of Jere South.[16]
  • Moses Cockrell, Virginia House Delegate 1799-1800. Son of Simon Cockrell, grandfather-in-law of Jere South.[17]
    • Elisha Logan Cockrell 1823-1876, Kentucky State Representative 1847. Grandson of Simon Cockrell.
    • Harrison Cockrell 1826-1876, Presidential Elector for Kentucky 1868, Kentucky State Senator 1869-1873, candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky 1874. Grandson of Simon Cockrell.[18]
    • Jeremiah V. Cockrell 1832-1915, U.S. Representative from Texas 1893-1897. Grandson of Simon Cockrell.[19]
    • Francis Cockrell 1834-1915, U.S. Senator from Missouri 1875-1905. Grandson of Simon Cockrell.[20]
    • James K. Vardaman (1861-1930), Mississippi State Representative 1890-1896, Governor of Mississippi 1904-1908, U.S. Senator from Mississippi 1913-1919. Cousin of U.S. Senator Hernando D. Money.[21] Grandnephew of Simon Cockrell.[22]
• John Louis Hargis 1802-1886, delegate to the Kentucky Constitutional Convention 1849, Kentucky State Representative 1855-1857.[23]
  • Thomas F. Hargis 1842-1903, Kentucky State Senator 1871-1875. Son of John Louis Hargis, son-in-law of Jerry Curtis South.[24]
  • John Seldon Hargis 1820-1892, Kentucky State Senator 1892. Nephew of John Louis Hargis.[25]
  • Archibald Calloway Cope 1828-1907, member of the Kentucky legislature 1887-1888. Son-in-law of John Louis Hargis.[26]
    • Alexander Hamilton Hargis 1859-1943, Kentucky State Senator 1892. Son of John Seldon Hargis.[27]
    • James H. Hargis 1862-1908, member of the Kentucky Democratic Central Committee 1899-1907. Son of John Seldon Hargis.[28]