Thomas Cochran

19 April 1820–10 August 1898 (Age 78)
Cambridge, Lamoille, Vermont, United States

The Life of Thomas

Thomas Cochran was born on 19 April 1820, in Cambridge, Lamoille, Vermont, United States. He married Susannah Gurley on 6 March 1844, in Erie, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Council Hill, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 10 August 1898, in Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Lee Mission Cemetery, Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Cochran
1820–1898
Susannah Gurley
1816–1900
Marriage: 6 March 1844
William Cochran
1844–
Susannah Cochran
1846–1873
Leonard Gurley Cochran
1851–1910
Mary Elizabeth Cochran
1858–1939

Spouse and Children

    Thomas Cochran

    Male1820–1898Male

    Susannah Gurley

    Female1816–1900Female

MARRIAGE
6 March 1844
Erie, Ohio, United States
children

(4)

    William Cochran

    Male1844–Male

    Susannah Cochran

    Female1846–1873Female

    Leonard Gurley Cochran

    Male1851–1910Male

    Mary Elizabeth Cochran

    Female1858–1939Female

World Events (8)

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

Age 1

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1840

Age 20

Historical Boundaries - 1840: Oregon Country, United States; 1843: Champoeg, Oregon Country, United States; 1846: Champoeg, Oregon Unorganized Federal Territory, United States; 1848: Champoeg, Oregon Territory, United States; 1849: Marion, Oregon Territory, United States; 1859: Marion, Oregon, United States
1846

Age 26

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from lands in the parish of Paisley, near Glasgow. The place name is of uncertain derivation, perhaps from Welsh coch ‘red’, although this etymology is not supported by the early spelling Coueran.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Thos Cochrane, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Thos Cochrane, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Thomas Cochran, "United States Census, 1850"

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