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Descendants of Elijah Cochran

Generation No. 2


2. ELIJAH2 COCHRAN (ELIJAH1)15 was born April 23, 1838 in Beaver Co., Pa15,16, and died October 23, 1924 in East Liverpool, Columbiana Co., OH17,18. He married [UNKNOWN].

Notes for ELIJAH COCHRAN:
      Obituary                                    Elijah Cochran

Elijah Cochran, 86 years old, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Lunsford, 208 Union street, at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon after a long illness.
He resided with his daughter for several years.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the late residence. Interment will be made in Long's Run cemetery.

[From an obituary in the East LIverpool Review, 10-24-1924, found at the Carnegie Library, East Liverpool, Ohio.]1920 miracode index, from Ancestry.com

Cochran, Eliga View Image Online
Age: 70 Year: 1920
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Roll: T625_1356
Race: White Page: 12A
State: Ohio ED: 100
County: Columbiana Image: 713




More About ELIJAH COCHRAN:
Burial: October 25, 1924, Long's Run Cemetery, Calcutta, Columbiana Co., Ohio19,20,20
Lived at: March 15, 1912, East Liverpool, Columbiana Co., Oh21
     
Child of ELIJAH COCHRAN and [UNKNOWN] is:
  i.   SARAH3 COCHRAN22, m. E. T. OR F. LUNSFORD22.


3. THOMAS2 COCHRAN (ELIJAH1)23 was born Abt. 1851 in Pa24. He married LAURA [UNKNOWN]25. She was born Abt. 1853 in Oh.25.

Notes for THOMAS COCHRAN:
1880 Census of beaver Co., Pa., Ohio Twp:

Page 11 June 3rd
76/87      Cochran, Thomas      m      29      RR laborer      Pa      Pa      Pa
            Laura      f      27 wife      keeping house      Oh      Oh      Oh
            Florence      f      8 dau                  Pa      Pa      Oh
            David      m      5 son                  "      "      "
            William      m      4 son                  "      "      "
            Annie      f      1 dau                  "      "      "


More About THOMAS COCHRAN:
Occupation: 1880, Railroad laborer25
     
Children of THOMAS COCHRAN and LAURA [UNKNOWN] are:
  i.   FLORENCE3 COCHRAN25, b. Abt. 1872, Pa25.
  ii.   DAVID COCHRAN25, b. Abt. 1875, Pa.25.
  iii.   WILLIAM COCHRAN25, b. Abt. 1876, Pa25.
  iv.   ANNIE COCHRAN25, b. Abt. 1879, Pa25.


4. JOHN WESLEY2 COCHRAN (ELIJAH1)26 was born March 1857 in PA27,28, and died May 08, 1927 in Salem, Columbiana Co., Oh29,30. He married MARGARET JANE HILE31 Abt. 188032, daughter of JOHN HILE and "UNKNOWN". She was born May 08, 1857 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pa33, and died June 27, 1942 in Smith's Ferry, Beaver Co., PA34,35.

Notes for JOHN WESLEY COCHRAN:
Obituary found at the Carnegie Library, Beaver Falls, PA., genealogy room. From the Beaver Falls Review, 12/15/1927

      John W. Cochran dies in Salem, Ohio

      John Wesley Cochran, 71, formerly of Smith's Ferry, died Friday in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Veon, in Salem, Ohio.
      He leaves his widow and six daughters, Mrs. Stella Douds, New Brighton; Mrs. Lida Laughlin, Fallston; Mrs. Rose Rawson, Waverly, W. Va.; Mrs. Laura Baughey, Smith's Ferry; Mrs. Veon, Salem, and Mrs. Esther Powell, East Liverpool. He is also survived by two brothers, Pete Cochran, Smith's Ferry, and Thomas Cochran, Smith's Ferry.
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Death certificate of the State of Ohio:
Columbiana County                  Volume 5509      Certificate 67593
Born 3-26-1856      died 12-9-1927, Salem, Columbiana Co., Ohio aged 71-8-13 white, male, married
Parents: Father--Lidge Cochran, b. Pa      Mother, Ann Wolf, b. Pa
Occupation, Foundry, Hemphill-Mackintosh
Cause of Death: Carcinoma of Stomach
Burial, Longs Run Cemetery, Calcutta, Ohio, 12-11-1927
Undertaker: Miller Funeral Parlor, East Liverpool, Ohio
Informant: John Boughey, Box 8, Smith's Ferry, Pa.
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1920 Census of Pennsyvania, from Ancestry.Com "Miracode sound index" listing
Cochran, John W View Image Online
Age: 63 Year: 1920
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Roll: T625_1532
Race: White Page: 13A
State: Pennsylvania ED: 42
County: Beaver Image: 159
Township: Ohio

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1910 Census of Pennsyvania, from Ancestry.Com "Miracode sound index" listing
John Cochran
Age: 53 State: PA
Color: W Enumeration District: 0048
Birth Place: Pennsylvania Visit: 0108
County: Beaver
Relation: Head of Household
Other Residents: Wife Margaret 49, Pennsylvania
Daughter Sarah 15, Pennsylvania
Daughter Stella 06, Pennsylvania
Daughter Esther 10, Pennsylvania

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John W. Cochran found in:
Census Microfilm Records: Pennsylvania, 1900
Lived in: Ohioville Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Series: T623 Microfilm: 1374 Book: 2 Page: 52

CENSUS: Beaver Co., PA 1900 Smith's Ferry Village
53/53 Ohio Twp teamster
COCHRAN, John W. 3-1857 43 m20 PA PA PA
Maggie J. 10-1860 40 m20 9/7 GER GER GER [immig 1870]
Lida S. 10-1884 15 PA PA GER
Laura B. 7-1887 12 PA PA GER
Mary E. 1-1890 10 PA PA GER
Rosa E. 4-1892 8 PA PA GER
Sarah J. 9-1894 5 PA PA GER
Esther M. 3-1900 2/12 PA PA GER

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CENSUS:            Beaver Co., PA 1880 Ohio Twp.

47/54      Cochran, Elijah      m      79                        PA      ?      ?
            Ann      f      50      keeping house            PA      ?      ?
            Peter      m      19 son      laborer                  PA      PA      PA
            John      m      22 son      coal miner            "      "      "
[The John listed here is most probably the John Wesley Cochran of our family, and the Thomas listed below is most probably his brother, thus we have the John Wesley, Thomas and Peter listed in the obituary above, along with the parents.]

76/87      Cochran, Thomas      m      29      RR laborer            PA      PA      PA
            Laura      f      27 wife      keeping house            Oh      Oh      Oh
            Florence      f      8 dau                        PA      PA      Oh
            David      m      5 son                        "      "      "
            William      m      4 son                        "      "      "
            Annie      f      1 dau                        "      "      "

****[note: from the obituary of Mrs. Anna Cochran, March 15, 1912, it states the was 105 years of age.
This could have been possible, the age 50 may have been a misprint.]
This, if in fact, that this is the correct set of parents of John Wesley Cochran\\


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In her notes to Nettie Doutt Chaffee, Shirley Nix wrote:
" Nettie, my Mom wrote what she thinks dates and names are. Please correct me or add to these."

Aunt Laury Boughy                        died July 1, 1937
      Annie (1)             b. April 1881      died Aug 1921
      Mary            b. June 14, 1890
      Rose            b. April 25, 1892
      Lydia (2)            b. Oct 7, 1884      died Dec. 11, 1968
      Esther [Sedis]      b. Mar 19, 1900
      Stella [Douds]      b. May 18, 1903
      Daniel Dewey      b. 1898            died 1898 age 4 months
      Bertha            b. 1898            died 1898 age 1 month
      Sara            b. Sept 24, 1894      died 1969

Margaret Jane Hile            b. 1858            died 1942
John Wesley Cochran      b. 1857            died 1928

Mrs. Laughlin      [Papa Mom] died Nov. 6, 1900, age 51 years old

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More About JOHN WESLEY COCHRAN:
Burial: Long's Run Cemetery, Calcutta, Columbiana Co., Oh
Buried:: Long's Run Cemetery, Calcutta, OH
Cause of Death: Carcinoma of the stomach.

Notes for MARGARET JANE HILE:
      Obituary                              Mrs. Margaret J. Cochran

Mrs. Margaret J. Cochran, 84, widow of John Wesley Cochran, died Saturday in her home at Smiths Ferry following a long illness. Mrs. Cochran was born in Pittsburgh, but had spent 70 years in the Southside district. She was a member of Smiths Ferry Methodist Church. She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Stella Douds of East Liverpool, Mrs. Raymond Laughlin of Smiths Ferry, Mrs. Rose Rawson of St. Marys, W. Va., Mrs. Homer Veon of Salem, O., and Mrs. William Side, of Largo, Fla., and two brothers, Henry Hile and John Hiles both of Pittsburgh.

[From an obituary from the Beaver Falls Review, 7-2-1942, found by Reed E. Doutt at the Genealogy room in the Carnegie Library in Beaver Falls, Pa.]

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From the notes of Ethel Laughlin Paulovich, we learn that Margaret was blind in her latter years.
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1930 United States Federal Census
Viewing records 1-1 of 1 Matches

Cochran, Margaret View Image Online
Age: 71 Year: 1930
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Roll: T626_1997
Race: White Page: 6B
State: Pennsylvania ED: 83
County: Beaver Image: 0626
Township: Ohioville
Relationship: Mother-in-law





CENSUS: Beaver Co., PA 1900
53/53 Ohio Twp teamster
COCHRAN, John W. 3-1857 43 m20 PA PA PA
Maggie J. 10-1860 40 m20 9/7 GER GER GER [immig 1870]
Lida S. 10-1884 15 PA PA GER
Laura B. 7-1887 12 PA PA GER
Mary E. 1-1890 10 PA PA GER
Rosa E. 4-1892 8 PA PA GER
Sarah J. 9-1894 5 PA PA GER
Esther M. 3-1900 2/12 PA PA GER
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Note that the above census says that she was born in Germany and immigrated in 1870. This is to be proven, but is probably correct.
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From the East Liverpool Review, 14 Nov., 1940 [Found in the Carnegie Library, East Liverpool]

Mrs. Margaret Cochran had as her guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brucker, Jr. and children of Five Points.

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From the 1910 Miracode census index of Allegheny Co., Pa., are the following:

George Hile
Age: 70 State: PA
Color: W Enumeration District: 0594
Birth Place: Germany Visit: 0165
County: Allegheny, Pittsburgh
Relation: Head of Household
Other Residents: Son William 27, Pennsylvania

John J Hile
Age: 68 State: PA
Color: W Enumeration District: 0185
Birth Place: Pennsylvania Visit: 0061
County: Allegheny
Relation: Head of Household
Other Residents: Wife Jane 67, Pennsylvania


are they related to Margaret?








More About MARGARET JANE HILE:
Burial: June 29, 1942, Long's Run Cemetery, Calcutta, Columbiana Co., Oh36
Cause of Death: Cardio Vascular Renal Disease36
Funeral Director: Daniel D. Dennis, Midland, Beaver Co., Pa36
Medical Information: Secondary cause of death, multiple abscesses of legs and body. [This was said to be a result of sugar diabetes.]
Misc:: Was blind during the latter part of her life.
     
Children of JOHN COCHRAN and MARGARET HILE are:
5. i.   ANNA CORNELIA3 COCHRAN, b. April 13, 1882, Pa; d. August 23, 1921, Ohio Twp., (Now Ohioville Boro), Beaver Co., Pa..
6. ii.   LYDA STEWART COCHRAN, b. October 07, 1884, Glasgow Borough, Beaver Co., PA; d. December 11, 1968, Conway, Beaver Co., PA.
7. iii.   LAURA BELLE COCHRAN, b. July 1887; d. May 1935, East Liverpool, Columbiana Co., OH.
8. iv.   MARY EDITH COCHRAN, b. January 1890.
9. v.   ROSE E. COCHRAN, b. April 25, 1892, Smith's Ferry, Beaver Co., PA; d. Abt. 1959, Weirton, Brooke Co., WV.
10. vi.   SARA J. COCHRAN, b. September 1894; d. 1969.
  vii.   BERTHA COCHRAN37, b. 189837; d. 189837.
  Notes for BERTHA COCHRAN:
In her notes to Nettie Chaffee, Shirley Nix has the age at death as one month.



  viii.   DANIEL DEWEY COCHRAN37, b. 189837; d. 189837.
  Notes for DANIEL DEWEY COCHRAN:
In her notes to Nettie Chaffee, Shirley Nix has the age of death at 4 months.


11. ix.   ESTHER M. COCHRAN, b. January 1900.
12. x.   STELLA COCHRAN, b. 1904.

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