Mark R. Cockrill

Mark R. Cockrill

American cattleman, horse breeder and planter

📍 Nashville, Tennessee USA

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Mark Robertson Cockrill (1788–1872) was an American cattleman, horse breeder and planter. He was the owner of a large farm in Davidson County, Tennessee and a cotton plantation with 300 slaves in Mississippi. He won many prizes for his sheep-rearing both nationally and internationally, and he became known as the "Wool King of the World". He was a multi-millionaire prior to the American Civil War, and he loaned gold to the Confederate States of America during the war.

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