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