Robert Austin Cochran
3 July 1927–23 November 2002 (Age 75)
Leflore, Mississippi, United States
The Life of Robert Austin
When Robert Austin Cochran was born on 3 July 1927, in Leflore, Mississippi, United States, his father, Herman Perry Cochran, was 23 and his mother, Annie Lucy Rozier, was 7. He died on 23 November 2002, in Sallis, Attala, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 75.
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Family Time Line
Herman Perry Cochran
1904–
Annie Lucy Rozier
1920–
Robert Austin Cochran
1927–2002
Parents and Siblings
Herman Perry Cochran
1904–Male
Annie Lucy Rozier
1920–Female
siblings
(1)
1927–2002Male
World Events (3)
1929
Age 2
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1931
Age 4
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1939 · First Oil Well in Mississippi Located in Yazoo County
Age 12
Fredric F. Mellen was a geologist that was surveyed a clay and minerals project. While doing this he instead struck oil and started the oil industry in Mississippi.
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.
Sources (3)
- Robert A Cochran, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Robert Austin Cochran in entry for Stephen Mark Cochran, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"
- Robert Austin Cochran in entry for John Herman Cochran, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"
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