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Cockayne Farm Preservation Project
The Cockayne Farm Preservation Project is an undertaking by the Glen Dale, West Virginia city government and the Marshall County Historical Society. The centerpiece of the project, The Bennett Cockayne House, a property on the National Register of Historic Places,〔National Register of Historic Places Listing http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/marshall/02001521.pdf〕 was given to the city in the will of Samuel Cockayne in 2001. A committee was formed by the city for preservation of the property, which led to the property being listed on the National Register and in finalizing a lease agreement with the Marshall County Historical Society.〔Marshall County Historical Society News 2003 http://www.cockaynefarm.com/cockayne5.htm〕
==History==
In 1798, Samuel Cockayne came from the Annapolis, Maryland area and became one of the first European settlers in the Glen Dale area.〔History of Marshall County, West Virginia, pg. 25〕 At the time of his death in 1854, Samuel had acquired over 500 acres, which he split between his sons Bennett and Vincent. Bennett had acquired land north of his father's property previous to Samuel's death and built the current farmhouse around 1850, which was named "Glendale Farm" by Bennett's daughter-in-law Sarah.〔ibid. pg. 25 and National Register Listing http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/marshall/02001521.pdf〕 Bennett was the local postmaster for several years and had a school in his house in addition to farming. Vincent received the southern part of the holdings, which included Samuel's home, and called his farm "Valley Farm".〔"Area's Oldest Building Destroyed," ''Moundsville Daily Echo'', June 27, 1995, pg. 1〕
It would be Bennett's son, Samuel A.J., who would bring worldwide attention to "Glendale Farm". Samuel A.J. started a Merino sheep flock in the 1860s and began a breeding program to achieve the finest quality wool. His efforts paid off in 1876 when he won a medal and certificate "for fine Merino ram wool" at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia and in 1878 when he won recognition for his wool at the Exposition Universelle in Paris.〔History of Marshall County, West Virginia. pg. 31 and Chaddock, Nila, "The Cockayne Legacy: Sam's gift to the People", Marshall County Historical Society〕 Samuel A.J. would also build a smaller house near his father's house sometime before 1877.
Samuel A. Cockayne inherited the farm next. Samuel A. also supplemented his income as the postmaster of Glen Dale and as a member of the Washington district school board. Upon his death in 1953, the farm passed to Samuel A.J. Cockayne. Samuel A.J. served in the Pacific Theater in World War II. Upon his return, he devoted his life to the farm. After selling most of the farm land to the school district for a new high school in 1967, Samuel A.J. lived a reclusive lifestyle until his death in 2001.〔Chaddock, Nila, "History of the Cockayne Family 1795 to 2001", Marshall County Historical Society〕
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