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Willie Cockrell 1901 - 1959

Willie Cockrell was born on February 19, 1901, and died at age 58 years old in November 1959. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Willie Cockrell.
Willie Cockrell
February 19, 1901
November 1959
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  • 02/19
    1901

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    February 19, 1901
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  • 11/dd
    1959

    Death

    November 1959
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    Willie Cockrell lived 14 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 58.
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In 1901, in the year that Willie Cockrell was born, John Pierpont "J. P." Morgan created U.S. Steel. J.P. Morgan was an American banker and financier who dominated U.S. business at this time. He had previously overseen the creation of General Electric, as well as International Harvester and AT&T. He has been referred to as America's greatest banker. U.S. Steel was the first billion dollar company in the world, worth $1.4 billion in 1901.
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In 1920, when he was 19 years old, speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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