William Alexander Cochran
William A Cochran was born on 5 Oct 1802 in Blandford, Hampshire (now Hampden), MA. He died on 11 Apr 1879 in , Jasper, TX. William and his father-in-law, John Bennington, built water mill on Thickety Creek in Bleakwood.
Williams parents were Glass Amos Cochran, Jr. and Mehitable Fuller
He was married to Mary Polly Bennington (daughter of John Bennington) on 8 Feb 1827 in, Greene, IN. Mary Polly Bennington was born about 1808 in , Bourbon, KY.(290) She died on 11 Apr 1879 in , Newton, TX.
William A Cochran and Mary Polly Bennington had the following children:
Mehtable Cochran b. 1830 in Taylor, Greene, IN
Angelina Cochran b. 25 Dec 1831 in Taylor, Greene, IN
Alfred Jones Cochran b. 30 Jan 1834 in Taylor, Greene, IN
Washington D.C. Cochran b. 1837 in Taylor, Greene, IN
Lydia Cornelia Ann Cochran b.May 1840 in Taylor,Greene,IN
Mary Ann Elizabeth Cochran b. 2 Jan 1843 in Newton Co Tx
Family History:
William went to Texas in 1842 on a housebost, from Indiana down the Mississippi and up the Red River, overland across LA to Newton Cty. TX to join his mother and brothers who had gone there in 1830.
1850 Newton Co Tx census:
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
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 b y 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 h ome 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.
Biography by: Terry Lee Cochran
William A Cochran was born on 5 Oct 1802 in Blandford, Hampshire (now Hampden), MA. He died on 11 Apr 1879 in , Jasper, TX. William and his father-in-law, John Bennington, built water mill on Thickety Creek in Bleakwood.
Williams parents were Glass Amos Cochran, Jr. and Mehitable Fuller
He was married to Mary Polly Bennington (daughter of John Bennington) on 8 Feb 1827 in, Greene, IN. Mary Polly Bennington was born about 1808 in , Bourbon, KY.(290) She died on 11 Apr 1879 in , Newton, TX.
William A Cochran and Mary Polly Bennington had the following children:
Mehtable Cochran b. 1830 in Taylor, Greene, IN
Angelina Cochran b. 25 Dec 1831 in Taylor, Greene, IN
Alfred Jones Cochran b. 30 Jan 1834 in Taylor, Greene, IN
Washington D.C. Cochran b. 1837 in Taylor, Greene, IN
Lydia Cornelia Ann Cochran b.May 1840 in Taylor,Greene,IN
Mary Ann Elizabeth Cochran b. 2 Jan 1843 in Newton Co Tx
Family History:
William went to Texas in 1842 on a housebost, from Indiana down the Mississippi and up the Red River, overland across LA to Newton Cty. TX to join his mother and brothers who had gone there in 1830.
1850 Newton Co Tx census:
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
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 b y 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 h ome 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.
Biography by: Terry Lee Cochran
William Alexander Cochran
William A Cochran was born on 5 Oct 1802 in Blandford, Hampshire (now Hampden), MA. He died on 11 Apr 1879 in , Jasper, TX. William and his father-in-law, John Bennington, built water mill on Thickety Creek in Bleakwood.
Williams parents were Glass Amos Cochran, Jr. and Mehitable Fuller
He was married to Mary Polly Bennington (daughter of John Bennington) on 8 Feb 1827 in, Greene, IN. Mary Polly Bennington was born about 1808 in , Bourbon, KY.(290) She died on 11 Apr 1879 in , Newton, TX.
William A Cochran and Mary Polly Bennington had the following children:
Mehtable Cochran b. 1830 in Taylor, Greene, IN
Angelina Cochran b. 25 Dec 1831 in Taylor, Greene, IN
Alfred Jones Cochran b. 30 Jan 1834 in Taylor, Greene, IN
Washington D.C. Cochran b. 1837 in Taylor, Greene, IN
Lydia Cornelia Ann Cochran b.May 1840 in Taylor,Greene,IN
Mary Ann Elizabeth Cochran b. 2 Jan 1843 in Newton Co Tx
Family History:
William went to Texas in 1842 on a housebost, from Indiana down the Mississippi and up the Red River, overland across LA to Newton Cty. TX to join his mother and brothers who had gone there in 1830.
1850 Newton Co Tx census:
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
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 b y 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 h ome 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.
Biography by: Terry Lee Cochran
William A Cochran was born on 5 Oct 1802 in Blandford, Hampshire (now Hampden), MA. He died on 11 Apr 1879 in , Jasper, TX. William and his father-in-law, John Bennington, built water mill on Thickety Creek in Bleakwood.
Williams parents were Glass Amos Cochran, Jr. and Mehitable Fuller
He was married to Mary Polly Bennington (daughter of John Bennington) on 8 Feb 1827 in, Greene, IN. Mary Polly Bennington was born about 1808 in , Bourbon, KY.(290) She died on 11 Apr 1879 in , Newton, TX.
William A Cochran and Mary Polly Bennington had the following children:
Mehtable Cochran b. 1830 in Taylor, Greene, IN
Angelina Cochran b. 25 Dec 1831 in Taylor, Greene, IN
Alfred Jones Cochran b. 30 Jan 1834 in Taylor, Greene, IN
Washington D.C. Cochran b. 1837 in Taylor, Greene, IN
Lydia Cornelia Ann Cochran b.May 1840 in Taylor,Greene,IN
Mary Ann Elizabeth Cochran b. 2 Jan 1843 in Newton Co Tx
Family History:
William went to Texas in 1842 on a housebost, from Indiana down the Mississippi and up the Red River, overland across LA to Newton Cty. TX to join his mother and brothers who had gone there in 1830.
1850 Newton Co Tx census:
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
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 b y 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 h ome 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.
Biography by: Terry Lee Cochran
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