Appointed Sheriff on August 9, 1949, to complete her husband's term and served until January 1, 1951.
Regent of Margaret Montgomery Chapter NSDAR, 1973-1977
Daughter of Terrell McKinney Cochran and Laura Samantha Grogan Cochran
Fannie Pearl is the only lady to have served as a sheriff in the history of Montgomery County. Known as the Sheriff with an Ax for destroying gambling machines with her ax. "Sheriff Fannie
Pearl launched her department on a vigorous anti-gambling purge of marble tables, pinball machines, and everything else"
(The Texas Sheriff, pp. 142).
Regent of Margaret Montgomery Chapter NSDAR, 1973-1977
Daughter of Terrell McKinney Cochran and Laura Samantha Grogan Cochran
Fannie Pearl is the only lady to have served as a sheriff in the history of Montgomery County. Known as the Sheriff with an Ax for destroying gambling machines with her ax. "Sheriff Fannie
Pearl launched her department on a vigorous anti-gambling purge of marble tables, pinball machines, and everything else"
(The Texas Sheriff, pp. 142).
Appointed Sheriff on August 9, 1949, to complete her husband's term and served until January 1, 1951.
Regent of Margaret Montgomery Chapter NSDAR, 1973-1977
Daughter of Terrell McKinney Cochran and Laura Samantha Grogan Cochran
Fannie Pearl is the only lady to have served as a sheriff in the history of Montgomery County. Known as the Sheriff with an Ax for destroying gambling machines with her ax. "Sheriff Fannie
Pearl launched her department on a vigorous anti-gambling purge of marble tables, pinball machines, and everything else"
(The Texas Sheriff, pp. 142).
Regent of Margaret Montgomery Chapter NSDAR, 1973-1977
Daughter of Terrell McKinney Cochran and Laura Samantha Grogan Cochran
Fannie Pearl is the only lady to have served as a sheriff in the history of Montgomery County. Known as the Sheriff with an Ax for destroying gambling machines with her ax. "Sheriff Fannie
Pearl launched her department on a vigorous anti-gambling purge of marble tables, pinball machines, and everything else"
(The Texas Sheriff, pp. 142).
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