Cockayne Farmstead

The Historic Cockayne Farmstead collection is comprised of a c1850s farmhouse containing its original collection of over 3000 objects and over 15,000 primary documents. The collection, amassed by four generations of the Cockayne family, spans the 18th and 19th centuries ending with the death of the last owner in 2001. The house has been described as being "frozen in time" with the last major renovation occurring around the turn of the 20th century.
Each of the four generations of the Cockayne family left its mark on the house and farm. Bennett Benjamin built his family’s new home and took an active role in establishing the community of Elizabethtown, serving as its postmaster and one of the original twelve trustees tasked with laying out its streets and sidewalks. Samuel Andrew Jackson took his father’s farm and brought it international recognition through his expert cultivation of Merino sheep. Samuel Alexander “Zan” continued the farm’s influence in the wool industry by marketing wool between local farmers and eastern markets, serving as a county wool dealer during the First World War. And finally, the second Samuel Andrew Jackson left a continuing legacy to Marshall County by deciding to leave his farm the way it was, even as everything changed around him.

From www.cockaynefarmstead.com
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September 5, 2007 Friends of Wheeling toured the house.
June 20, 2023 West Virginia Day at the farmstead.