Martha "Mattie" Rebecca Collins

Brief Life History of Martha "Mattie" Rebecca

When Martha "Mattie" Rebecca Collins was born on 20 February 1879, in Douglas, Missouri, United States, her father, George A. Cody Collins, was 20 and her mother, Sarah Emmaline Hannah, was 19. She married John H. Cochran on 14 June 1898, in Howell, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Cleveland, Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States in 1930 and Spring Creek Township, Howell, Missouri, United States in 1940. She died on 5 December 1957, in West Plains, Ripley, Missouri, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Union Grove General Baptist Cemetery, West Plains, Ripley, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

John H. Cochran
1878–1962
Martha "Mattie" Rebecca Collins
1879–1957
Marriage: 14 June 1898
Charles "Charley" Cochran
1900–1910
Andrew Cochran
1902–1986
George Sylvester Cochran
1903–1957
Clede Ellsworth Cochran
1906–1950
Clyde Wilburn Cochran
1909–1945
Blanche Thelma "Della" Cochran
1911–1986
Nancy Alice Cochran
1913–1974
Jay Cochran
1915–
Sharlett Cochran
1919–1921
Fredie Othur Cochran
1920–1925

Sources (11)

  • Martha Cowhorn in household of John Cowhorn, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Martha Rebecca Collins, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Martha Rebecca Collins Cochran, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded

The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Colin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Irish and Manx: shortened Anglicized from Ó Coileáin, compare Cullen , or in Man or west Ulster shortened from Mac Coileáin, compare McQuillan and McCallion . The genitival -s is a local addition to Collin and variants after the surname was Anglicized.

Americanized form of French Colin or Collin and also Collette .

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

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