William Harris Cochran

Brief Life History of William Harris

When William Harris Cochran was born on 14 December 1856, in Cabarrus, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States, his father, Abijah Harris Cochran, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Rebecca Allison, was 23. He married Margaret Inda Means on 13 November 1879, in DeWitt, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 2, DeWitt, Texas, United States in 1880 and Justice Precinct 5, Victoria, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 27 December 1927, in Runnels, Texas, United States, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

William Harris Cochran
1856–1927
Margaret Inda Means
1862–1937
Marriage: 13 November 1879
Robert Stanley Cochran
1881–
Hugh Abijah Cochran
1882–1964
Myrtle B Cochran
1885–
William Harley Cochran Sr.
1886–1935
Geo C Cochran
1888–
Effie Mae Cochran
1892–1989
Amanda E Cochran
1894–
Margaret Lucile Cochran
1897–1937
Mary Cochran
1899–
Fannie Josephine Cochran
1902–
Charles S Cochran
1905–

Sources (13)

  • William W. Cochran, "United States Census, 1880"
  • W H Cochran, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
  • William Harris Cochran, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1858

Historical Boundaries: 1858: Runnels, Texas, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Scottish (Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire): habitational name from the lands of Cochrane in the parish of Paisley, near Glasgow. The placename 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.

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