John Cochran
John Cochran was born around 1789 in New York. He lived in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, in the early 1800s. He served in the War of 1812, eventually earning a promotion to lieutenant. He settled in South Bloomfield, Ohio, after the war and married Mary O’Hara. They had at least nine children. He served as a colonel in the Ohio militia. According to an early biographer, he “was a man who read and thought a great deal, and one who had a widespread influence.” He supported the Whig Party, and he served several terms in the state legislature. By 1860, he was working as a farmer in South Bloomfield, and he owned $69,550 of real estate and $5,900 of personal property. His wife died on December 14, 1864, and he passed away in 1878.
Image: John Cochran (History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties, Ohio)
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| (2538) | Cochran, John | 1789 | 1878 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (3475) [recipient] ~ Samuel N. Yeoman to John Cochran, 20 March 1865
Places - Records: 2
Groups - Records: 1
- (2) [politician] ~ Whig Party
SOURCES
1850, 1860, and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815, available from Ancestry.com; History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties, Ohio (Cleveland, OH: Williams Bros., 1880).
