William Alexander Cochran

1802 - 1879  (76 years)

• Name	William Alexander Cochran  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	5 Oct 1802	Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Apr 1879	Jasper, Jasper County, Texas   [3]
  Burial	Kirbyville City Cemetery, Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas   [3]
  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. (Research): 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
  Person ID	I41006	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2014

  
  

  Family	Mary "Polly" Bennington,   b. Abt 1808, Kentucky d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	10 Feb 1827	Indiana   [1]
  	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 <http://www.jaspercountygenealogy.com/jasperfam-cochran.html>
  Children	1. Mehitabel "Hettie" Cochran,   b. Abt 1830, Indiana d. Yes, date unknown   2. Angelina Cochran,   b. 25 Dec 1831, Indiana d. 27 May 1887, Jasper County, Texas (Age 55 years)   3. Alfred Jones Cochran,   b. 30 Jan 1834, Indiana d. 10 Oct 1888, Jasper County, Texas (Age 54 years)   4. Washington D. C. Cochran,   b. Abt 1837, Indiana d. 10 Aug 1863, Louisiana (Age 26 years)   5. Lydia Ann Cochran,   b. Abt 1840, Indiana d. Yes, date unknown   6. Mary Ann Cochran,   b. 2 Jan 1843, Texas d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F6858	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2012

  
  

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  Birth - 5 Oct 1802 - Massachusetts Marriage - 10 Feb 1827 - Indiana Death - 11 Apr 1879 - Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Burial - - Kirbyville City Cemetery, Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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