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Welcome To Sullivan County, Indiana
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JAMES B. COCHRANJAMES B. COCHRAN, a farmer, P. O. Cass, is a native of Sullivan County, Ind., born December 11, 1820, one of eight children--seven of whom are now living-- born to William and Tacy (Brodie) Cochran, natives of Kentucky, of English and Irish descent. William Cochran came to Sullivan County in the fall of 1811, where he afterward married about the year 1819. He was a farmer by occupation, dying in the year 1864, and was buried on Farmer's Prairie, in Hamilton Township. James B. Cochran, the subject of this sketch, followed hunting for the greater part of his time until the year 1847, when he married Miss Susan M. Wilson, an estimable young lady of Cass Township. April 15, 1847, commenced to improve his farm of 160 acres in Section 27, building a log house, 16x18. The same spring was elected Justice of the Peace, and took the oath of office May 4, 1859, serving over three years, when he resigned, and moved to Sullivan, continuing there until the fall of 1864, when he returned to the old homestead. Was elected Trustee of Cass Township in April, 1880, which office he now holds. Mr. Cochran has been a stanch Democrat all his life, casting his first vote for James Knox Polk in 1844. Mr. Cochran has spent a great deal of his time and means in the encouragement of all public improvements in his township and county. Mr. Cochran has had born to him eight children--Margaret, Evaline, John Harvey, Elizabeth, William W., Louisa, Edward and Ella, seven of whom are now living, Evaline dying September 18, 1858. Mr. Cochran's advantages for an education were very limited, there being but one school taught in the Township of Cass, by one Harvey Wilson. The benches or seats were made of split timber; the floor was split puncheon, and window-lights were made of greased paper. Young Cochran walked three miles to take his first lessons in orthography, reading and mathematics. Mr. and Mrs. Cochran still retain their youthful vigor to a good degree, having been very diligent and economical, amassing a goodly sum. Mrs. Cochran is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He has never had a lawsuit in his life, has never sued or been sued, or had any altercation with his neighbors during all his years.CASS TWP. PAGE 809 FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED. 1884, CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. |
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