Grady Bell Cochran

Notes:

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Name: Robert Bruce Cochran
Death Date: 07 Sep 1943
Death Place: Browndel, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 76 years 11 months 12 days
Estimated Birth Date: 1867
Birth Date: 26 Sep 1886 (sic, s/b 1866)
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: A J Cochran
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mipouria Bruce
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Woods Foreman
Place of Residence: Browndel, Jasper Co., Texas
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Kirbyville, Tex
Burial Date: 09 Sep 1943
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137436
Digital Film Number: 4029599
Image Number: 43
Reference Number: 42836
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Robert married Laura Belle Powell on 3 Dec 1916 in Jasper County, Texas. Laura (daughter of Richard Benjamin Powell and Margaret "Marge" Elizabeth Martin) was born on 19 Apr 1895 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Jun 1957 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She later married a Mr. REEDER.

Name Laura Belle Reeder
Event Type Death
Event Date 14 Jun 1957
Event Placr Jasper, Jasper, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 19 Apr 1895
Birthplace Sabine, Texas
Father's Name Richard Benjamin Powell
Mother's Name Margaret Elizabeth Martin
Certificate Number 32453
GS Film number 2135738
Digital Folder Number 005145164
Image Number 00250

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K33C-RRB : accessed 21 Sep 2013), Laura Belle Reeder, 1957.

Notes:

US Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name Alfred J. Cochran
Side Confederate
Regiment State/Origin Texas
Regiment Name 11 (Spaight's) Batt'n Texas Vols.
Regiment Name Expanded 11th Battalion, Texas Volunteers (Cavalry and Infantry) (Spaight's)
Company C,G
Rank In Private
Rank In Expanded Private
Rank Out Private
Rank Out Expanded Private
Alternate Name A. J./Cochran
Film Number M227 roll 7

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Census Listings:

1870 Census
Texas, Jasper County, PO Jasper
Enumerated 25 Aug 1870
Page 45 Stamped 520
544-564
Cochran, Alfred 35 M Farmer 16- 100 Ind
Cochran, Missouri 27 F Keeping House Miss
Cochran, Robert B 3 m Tx
Cochran, William W 2 M Tx
West, Angeline 38 F Ind
West, Mary E 15 F Tx
West, Nancy E 13 F Tx
West, Lida M 11 F Tx
West, Henry C 9 M Tx
West, Alfred W 7 M Tx
Cochran, Wm 68 M Mass
Cochran, Mary 63 F Ky

1880 Census
Texas, Jasper County, Beat No. 3
Enumerated 1 Jun 1880
Page 11 SD 1 ED 38 Stamped 150
87-99
Cochran, Alford W M 46 Farmer Ind Mass Ky
Cochran, Missori W F 37 Wf Keeping House Miss Ga Ga
Cochran, Robert W M 13 Son Works on Farm Tx Ind Miss
Cochran, William W M 11 Son Works on Farm Tx Ind Miss
Cochran, Walter W M 6 Tx Ind Miss
Cochran, mary W F 3 Dtr Tx Ind Miss

Alfred married Missouri Ann R. Bruce on 26 Oct 1865 in Newton County, Texas. Missouri was born on 3 Nov 1842 in Attala County, Mississippi; died on 23 Sep 1926 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Jasper County, Pr 3
Enumerated 2 Jun 1900
SD 3 ED 29 Sheet 3A Stamped 235
44-43
Cochran, M??? Head W F Nov 1842 57 Wd 35 11/6 Miss Ga Ga
Cochran, Walter H Son W M July 1873 26 S Tx Ga Miss Day Laborer
Cochran, Alfred B Son W M July 1884 15 S Tx Ga Miss day Laborer
Cochran, Annie C Dtr W F Oct 1886 13 S Tx Ga Miss

Notes:

His tombstone shows that he was a Mason, and was inscribed "Gone by not Forgotten." Kay Parker McCary shows him as a son of H. J. Powell and Nancy Ann Burch. However, CR Burkhead, on the FindAGrave memorial page he created, lists his parents as Richard Ealie Powell and Mary Ann Gay, and spouse of Margarette Elizabeth Martin.

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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, Texas
Enumerated 17 Jun 1880
Page 11 SD 1 ED 83
88-88
Powell, R B W M 25 Farmer Miss Miss Miss
Powell, M E W F 17 Wf Keep House Tx
Powell, N. L W F 2 Dau At Home Tx Miss Tx


1900 Census
Texas, Jasper County, JP 1
Enumerated 15 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 26 Sheet 8A Stamped 197
115-115
Powell, Richard B Head W M July 1854 45 m 23 Miss Miss Miss Farmer
Powell, Marget E Wf W F Nov 1862 37 M 23 11/5 Tex Miss La Housekeeper
Powell, Preston Son W M Sept 1884 16 S Tx Miss Tx Farm laborer
Powell, Hardy J Son W M Dec 1886 14 S Tx Miss Tx Farm laborer
Powell, Benjamin F Son M W Nov 1893 7 S Tx Miss Tx
Powell, Laura B Dtr W F Apr 1895 5 S Tx Miss Tx
Powell, Evie O Dtr W F Nov 1898 2 S Tx Miss Tx
Powell, David L Son W M Apr 1900 11/12 S Tx Miss Tx

1910 Census
Texas, Jasper County, JP No. 6
Enumerated 22 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 65 Shweet 6A
Jasper and Hemphill Road
101-112
Powell, Richard B Head M W 54 m1 33 Miss Miss La Farmer
Powell, Marguriete E Wf F W 45 m1 33 12/8 Tx Miss La
Powell, Benjamin F Son M W 16 S Tx Miss Tx Farm Laborer
Powell, Laura B Dtr F W 14 S Tx Miss Tx
Powell, Evie O Dtr F W 12 S Tx Miss Tx
Powell, David L Son M W 9 S Tx Miss Tx Farm Laborer
Powell, Daniel E Son M W 7 S Tx Miss Tx Farm Laborer
Powell, Charlie P Son M W 5 S Tx Miss Tx

Richard married Margaret "Marge" Elizabeth Martin on 14 Sep 1876 in Jasper County, Texas. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Jefferson Martin and Rebecca "Becky" Richardson) was born on 21 Nov 1862 in Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas; died on 7 Mar 1937 in Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In her annotated transcription of the Brookeland Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary shows her as the wife of A. J. (???) Powell, but later shows her husband as Richard Benjamin Powell.

A J Powell was born 14 Mar 1855-died 7 Aug 1927. Did this listing of her husband as A J Powell perhaps relate to a second marriage for Margaret, or was it simply an error?

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

From the Jasper County Archives:

Articles ran in the Jasper News Boy, Jasper, Texas

Wednesday, February 2, 1994

Cochran Family Came to Bleakwood in 1842

By The Jasper County Historical Commission

Barbara Smith of the Bon Ami community contributed the following information.

In 1842, William Cochran boarded a houseboat in Indiana and traveled by way of the Mississippi and Red Rivers, across Louisiana to what later would become Newton County. On the banks of Thickety Creek in the community now know as Bleakwood, he and his brother-in-law Rueben Bennington, built a water mill. Later they would sell this mill to Jesse Lee, who would build a sawmill, gristmill and cotton gin there.

William, son of Glass and Mahatable Fuller Cochran, has been born in 1802 in Massachusetts and around 1829 had moved to Indiana and married Mary Polly Bennington, a sister of Reuben who had been born in Kentucky in 1808.

For the first 13 years of their marriage William and Mary made their home in Indiana. It was there they had the following children: Mahatable, born in 1830, who would marry Eli White on Feb 23, 1853 in Newton County; Angelina, born 1832, who would marry Alfred West in Newton County on Apr 3, 1851; Alfred J., born Jan 30,1834; Washington D. C., born 1837, who never married and died in the Civil War at Vermillionville, Louisiana, on Aug 10, 1863; and Lydia Ann, born 1840, who married John Matthew Bivens on Jan 13, 1860 in Newton.

After their arrival in Texas, another daughter, Mary Ann was born in 1843. She would later marry Henry Bivens on Feb 4, 1868 in Jasper County.

Alfred J. Cochran, third child of William and Mary, also served in the Confederate States Army, but unlike his brother who was killed, would return home to marry Missouri Ann Bruce on Oct 26, 1865. He and Missouri Ann had the following six children: Robert B., born Sep 26, 1866; William W., born 1868; Walter Hughey, born July 1873; Mary J., born June 3, 1878, who married Tom Choats in 1894; Alfred Boyce, born June 1884; and Pearl, born Oct 3, 1886, who married Jeff Havens.

Alfred died on Oct 16, 1888 and was buried at Zion Hill Cemetery in Jasper County. Missouri Ann lived to be 83, dying on Sep 23, 1926. She was buried beside Alfred at Zion Hill.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Newton County
Cochran William 48 yrs Farmer,300 acres born in Ma.
Cochran Mary 42 yrs born in Kentucky
Cochran Mahatable 20 yrs born in Indiana
Cochran Angelina 18 yrs born in Indiana
Cochran Alfred 16 yrs born in Indiana
Cochran Washington D.C. 13 yrs born in Indiana
Cochran Lydia Ann 10 yrs born in Taylor, Greene, IN
Cochran Mary Ann 7 yrs born in Texas

1860 Census
Texas, Newton County, PO Newton
Enumerated 16 and 17 July 1870
Page 50
325-325
Alfred West 35 M Farmer 250 230 La
Angelina West 28 F Ind
Mary E West 5 F Tx
Nancy E West 3 F Tx
Lydia West 1 F Tx
Martha Reeves 6 F La
326-326
Wm Cochran 56 M Farmer 300 210 Mass
Mary Cochran 52 F Ky
Alfred Cochran 25 M Ind
Washington Cochran 23 M Ind
Mary A Cochran 17 F Tx

1870 Census
Texas, Jasper County, PO Jasper
Enumerated 25 Aug 1870
Page 45 Stamped 520
544-564
Cochran, Alfred 35 M Farmer 16- 100 Ind
Cochran, Missouri 27 F Keeping House Miss
Cochran, Robert B 3 m Tx
Cochran, William W 2 M Tx
West, Angeline 38 F Ind
West, Mary E 15 F Tx
West, Nancy E 13 F Tx
West, Lida M 11 F Tx
West, Henry C 9 M Tx
West, Alfred W 7 M Tx
Cochran, Wm 68 M Mass
Cochran, Mary 63 F Ky

William married Mary "Polly" Bennington on 10 Feb 1827 in Indiana. Mary was born about 1808 in Kentucky; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Glass Cochran came to America about 1734 from County Armagh in Northern Ireland. He was eighteen and of Scottish descent. He married Sarah Hamilton of Marblehead, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Robert and Mary Hamilton. Glass and Sarah settled in Blandford, Massachusetts, in the northern part of the township, next to a large pond named in his honor, Cochran Pond. He died in 1795 and is buried there along with his wife and several family members in the old cemetery on Blandford Hill. He was the father of Robert, John, Susanna, Cornelius, Abner, Molly, Amos. and Glass. Amos, we assume, died before reaching adulthood, as we can find no further reference to him. The youngest son, Glass married Mehitable Fuller of Connecticut. Mehitable's family was the well established Fuller family of Massachusetts and Connecticut, descendents of Robert Fuller, who came to America in 1636. Glass and Mehitable "Hetty" were the parents of thirteen children, namely Nathaniel, Harper, Lydia, John, James, Juliet, Charles, William, Joseph Sidney, Henry, Harreson, Betsy, and Sarah. Only nine of these thirteen lived to marry and raise families of their own. Lydia, Juliet, Charles, and Harreson, all died as infants or young children. In 1803/ Glass joined a group of Massachusetts and Connecticut Pioneers in forming the Scioto Land company and the family settled in Franklin County in the newly formed State of Ohio, near what is now Worthington. Here Glass was elected Justice of the Peace, as was his father and brothers back in Blandford. He served, along with his sons, Nathaniel, Harper, and John, in the War of 1812. About 1817, the family moved westward again and settled in Palmyra Township in Knox County, lndiana. Glass died there in 1822. About this time, several of his children moved over into the newly formed County of Greene. Here they operated a grist mill on Doane's Creek in Taylor Township. William (COCHRAN) married Mary "Pol1y" BENNINGTON' Betsy married Rubin Bennington; James married Rosanna Manning; and Sarah married Obadiah Barker. Eventually, Nathaniel, William, Joseph Sidney, Henry, Betsy, and their respective families, along with their mother, Mehitable, traveled west by covered wagon to settle in Texas. Harper went to Arkansas, and John settled in Illinois. Only James and Sarah stayed behind in Greene County. There are now five and six generations of the Cochran and Barker families that have called Greene County home.
Submitted by. Judie Cochrane
Source: Greene County, Indiana
File No. 911 .242
Lewis Library, Vincennes, University

Notes:

Shown by some as having the middle name Franklin, versus Jefferson.

Said to have received Bounty Land, as did his father William Martin, for service in the Texas Revolution. (White and Toole, p 88).

The annotated transcription of the Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Sabine County indictates that T. J. Martin, 1819-1904, had a Military Marker reading Pvt Capt. Burroughs Co. CSA


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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 20 and 21 Nov 1850
Stamped 327
256-256
Thomas J Martin 30 M Farmer $500 Miss
Rebecca Martin 20 F La
William F Martin 2 M Tx
Mary S Martin 8/12 F Tx

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Bare Creek Beat
Enumerated 10 July 1860
Page 33
245-245
Thomas Martin 41 M Farmer 747* 747 Miss
Rebecca Martin 30 F La
William F Martin 12 M La
Harriet A Martin 8 F Tx
Clinton Martin 5 M Tx
Lewis C (???) Martin 4 M Tx
Lipscomb Martin 8/12 M Tx
Jane Evans 10 F Ts
George Martin 22 M Farmer --- $181 Miss
*The 747 value of real estate was crossed through

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat No 3 PO Brookland
Page 5, Stamped 21
Enumerated 7 Aug 1870
532-532
Martin, T J 57 M W Farmer 500 500 Miss
Martin, Rebecca 34 F W Keeping House La
Martin, Wiliam F 33 M W Tx
Martin, Lewis R 13 M W Tx
Martin, Lipscomb 10 M W Tx
Martin, Margaret 6 F W Tx
Martin, Infant 3/4 M W Tx Sept
Hudson, Jane 12 F W Tx

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP No 3, Sub. Div. 84
Enumerated 14 Jun 1880
Page 2 SD 1 ED 84
9-12
Martin, T. J. W M 61 Farmer Miss ---- Geo.
Martin, Rebecca W F 50 Wife La Geo La
Martin, Lipscomb W M 20 S Farmer Tx Miss La
Martin, T. M. W M 10 Son Tx Miss La
Martin, T. E. W M 3 Son Tx Miss La
10-13
Martin, Casey W M 23 Farmer Tx Miss La
Martin, Elisabeth W F 26 Wife Tx NotKnown NotKnown
Martin, Wm. W M 2 Son Tx
Martin, Mary W F 10/12 July Dtr Tx
11-14
Brooke, Sealy B F 72 Farmert Tx Miss Miss

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. No. 1
Enumerated 9 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 4B
70-72
Martin, Thomas Head M W Jan 1819 81 m 54 Miss Ga Ga Farmer
Martin, Rebecca Wf W F Feb 1830 70 M 54 5/4 La Ga La
Martin, Edward Son M W Sep 1876 W 24 S Tx Miss La At School
Williams, Oliver B M May 1881 19 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer

Thomas married Rebecca "Becky" Richardson. Rebecca was born in Feb 1832 in Louisiana; died about 1907 in Texas; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery (aka Whitehead Cemetery or Martin-Whitehead Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Virgie Collier Speights, in OLD TIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS, lists her last name both as Richardson (p. 46) and as Watkins (p. 54).

Notes:

Married:
In Virgie Collier Speights June 11, 1964 column about Rev. and Mrs. Bob Strickland, it is noted that Bob's maternal grandparents were "Tom and Beckie (Watkins--sic) MARTIN, and they have five sons and two daughters, Frank, Case, Lip, Jimmy, Ed, Marge and Harriet Ann, his mother" (Old Timer of Sabine County, Texas, p. 54).

The 1900 census showed that Rebecca had five children, four of whom were still living. Based on both the column referenced above, and the various census enumerations from 1850 through 1880, it appears she had at least the seven children listed above, and possibly one other son that may have died relatively young, Clinton (b. 1855). Perhaps the census information could be interpreted as Rebecca had a total of nine children....five deceased and four still living (or vice versa).