Esther Boone

F, ID# 18151
  • Note*: She was a niece of Daniel Boone, the famous explorer.1
  • Last Edited: 7 Mar 2004

Citations

  1. [S938] A Memorial and Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 287, reprinted in Ellis County History (Waxahachie, Tex.: Ellis County Historical Museum & Art Gallery, Inc., 1972).

Permilia Spurlin

F, ID# 18152
  • Note*: She had been married to Mr. Gordon before marrying Isaac Sessions.3,4
  • Last Edited: 23 Dec 2004

Family: Isaac Boone Sessions b. 7 Jan 1817, d. 19 Jul 1884

Citations

  1. [S938] A Memorial and Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 287 (identifying her as Mrs. Gordon), reprinted in Ellis County History (Waxahachie, Tex.: Ellis County Historical Museum & Art Gallery, Inc., 1972).
  2. [S1014] Wayne Rousseau, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 20 Dec 2004, (giving her name as Permilia Spurlin Gordon).
  3. [S1014] Wayne Rousseau, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 20 Dec 2004, (stating that Permilia Spurlin Gordon was the second wife of Isaac Boone Sessions).
  4. [S938] A Memorial and Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas, above, p. 287 (stating that Isaac Sessions was married to "Mrs. Gordon")).
  5. [S938] A Memorial and Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas, above, p. 287 (naming "Mrs. Gordon" as her mother).

Viola Sessions

F, ID# 18153, b. 18 April 1844, d. 10 July 1928

Viola Sessions Haynie, seated, center, in black. Taken at Eddy Hotel (probably in Hot Springs, Ark.) 26 May 1901.

  • Obituary*: "S. M. U. Friend Dies at Rice
       "Mrs. W. D. Haynie, 84, Also Aided Other Methodist Endeavors.
       "Special to The News.
       "RICE, Navarro Co., Texas, July 10.—Mrs. W. D. Haynie, 84, one of the most liberal givers to Methodist institutions in Texas, died at her home here at 6:30 o’clock Tuesday night. Her husband, W. D. Haynie, pioneer banker and farmer, died in 1906, and no children survive, but it is understood that Mrs. Haynie left the bulk of her large estate to the Haynie heirs.
       "Mrs. Haynie was, before her marriage, Miss Viola Thresher. She was born in Mississippi, but was brought to Texas by her parents in 1846, when she was 2 years old. The family first went to Lancaster, Dallas County, but moved to Navarro County in 1847 and Mrs. Haynie had resided here ever since.
       "Mrs. Haynie had been a devout Methodist since childhood. Her donations to Southern Methodist University at Dallas will total around $50,000. she furnished the money for the $50,000 Haynie Memorial Methodist Church here and had just completed building a $5,000 parsonage.
       "Funeral services will be held at the Haynie Memorial Church here at 10 o’clock Thursday morning. Details had not been arranged at a late hour Tuesday night.
       "Good Friend of S. M. U.
       "Donor to the original fund that made the founding of Southern Methodist University possible, Mrs. W. D. Haynie, who died Tuesday at her home at Rice, Navarro County, was considered by school officials as one of the institution’s best friends. Haynie avenue, in University Park, was named in her honor.
       "She had contributed to the [line of type missing] totaling approximately $50,000. She also was active in other work of the Methodist denomination, having aided in the erection of its hospital at Fort Worth, in the erection of more than one church, and in foreign missions.
       "Dr. C. C. Selecman, president, and Dr. I. S. Hyer, president emeritus of S. M. U., will go to Rice Thursday to attend funeral services."12
  • Note*: She came to Texas in 1846, when she was two years old. Her family came first to Lancaster, Dallas County, and the next year moved to Navarro County, where she lived the rest of her live. She was a major donor to Southern Methodist University and other Methodist churches and programs. A street near S.M.U. is named for her.10
  • Last Edited: 24 Dec 2023

Family: Col. William D. Haynie b. 29 Apr 1837, d. 13 Oct 1906

Citations

  1. [S938] A Memorial and Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 287 (naming Isaac B. Sessions as her father), reprinted in Ellis County History (Waxahachie, Tex.: Ellis County Historical Museum & Art Gallery, Inc., 1972).
  2. [S1200] A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1893), p. 534 (naming I. B. Sessions as her father).
  3. [S938] A Memorial and Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas, above, p. 287 (naming Emily Surplins as her mother).
  4. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1985), p. 85 (giving the date but not the place).
  5. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 11 Jul 1928, sec. 2, p. 13 (obituary of Mrs. W. D. Haynie) (not giving the date but stating that she was born in Mississippi and was two years old in 1846).
  6. [S1200] A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro . . . and Leon Counties, Texas, above, p. 534.
  7. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4, above, p. 85 (giving the date but not the place).
  8. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 11 Jul 1928, sec. 2, p. 13 (obituary of Mrs. W. D. Haynie) (stating that she died at her home in Rice, Texas at 6:30 p.m.).
  9. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4, above, p. 85 (giving the place but not the date).
  10. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 11 Jul 1928, sec. 2, p. 13 (obituary of Mrs. W. D. Haynie).
  11. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 12 Jul 1928, sec. 1, p. 1 (funeral notice for Mrs. W. D. Haynie).
  12. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 11 Jul 1928, sec. 2, p. 13.

Col. William D. Haynie

M, ID# 18154, b. 29 April 1837, d. 13 October 1906

William D. Haynie's tombstone, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Tex.

  • Obituary*: HAYNIE—Ennis, Tex., Oct. 14.—Col. W. D. Haynie, a wealthy and leading citizen of Rice, died at his home last night after a long illness. He was one of the founders of that town and owned vast property interests there.8
  • Scrapbook*: The basis for his title of colonel is unknown, unless it is an example of the honorific bestowed on many Confederate veterans after the passage of time.8
  • Note*: Although his tombstone gives 14 Oct 1906 as the date of his death, his obituary in The Dallas Morning News indicates that he died the night of 13 Oct 1906.7

Additional Resources

• A 1893 biography of him is here.
  • Last Edited: 22 Jan 2022

Family: Viola Sessions b. 18 Apr 1844, d. 10 Jul 1928

Citations

  1. [S1200] A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1893), p. 533 (naming George Haynie as his father).
  2. [S1223] Frank W. Johnson, A History of Texas and Texans, ed. Eugene C. Barker and Ernest William Winkler (Chicago, Ill.: The American Historical Society, 1914), vol. IV, p. 1727-28, s.v. "John Burrow Haynie," available online at http://www.rabgenealogy.com/ui71.htm (naming George W. Haynie as his father).
  3. [S1200] A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro . . . and Leon Counties, Texas, above, p. 533 (naming Sidney Linn as his mother).
  4. [S1223] Frank W. Johnson, A History of Texas and Texans, s.v. "John Burrow Haynie," above (naming Sidney Lynn as his mother).
  5. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1985), p. 85.
  6. [S1200] A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro . . . and Leon Counties, Texas, above, p. 534.
  7. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 16 Oct 1906, p. 13 (obituary of William D. Haynie).
  8. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 16 Oct 1906, p. 13.

Egbert G. Sessions

M, ID# 18155, b. 10 November 1840, d. 5 July 1913

Main gate, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Tex. Photo was taken by Dave Bell, Lubbock, Tex., and is used here with his permission.
  • Obituary*: "SAFETY COUPLING LAW ADVOCATOR IS DEAD
       "E. G. SESSIONS OF RICE WAS WELL KNOWN AS RESULT OF CAMPAIGN.
       "Special to The News.
       "Rice, Navarro Co., Tex., July 5 [1913].—E. G. Sessions, a resident of Navarro County since 1843, died at his home at this place at 6:40 o’clock this morning.
       "Mr. Sessions was well known, being a personal friend of Hon. W. J. Bryan and other men of National prominence. He worked several years to have Congress pass the safety appliance law compelling railroads to equip their cars with safety drawheads, and at last Congress passed the same effective in 1890. Mr. Sessions received the hearty approbation for his untiring energy toward the automatic car coupler law from such personages as Edward A. Mosley, John H. Reagan, J. N. Miller, S. P. Brooks, David F. Hunt, W. J. Bryan, Bishops Dunne and Garrett and many other notable men.
       "Mr. Sessions was born in Mississippi Nov. 10, 1840. He came to Texas with his father, Isaac Sessions, in 1843 and settled at Sessions (named for his father), five miles east of Rice, following the pursuit of farming until the opening of the Civil War, when he enlisted in Hood’s Texas Brigade, serving in many of the hardest battles.
       "Losing his health in the army, Mr. Sessions was discharged and returned to Rice. He married Mary E. Graham Aug. 30, 1864, and settled down to farming near Rice. To this couple were born nine children, three of which died young. Mrs. Sessions died in 1899. Mr. Sessions is survived by six children—Mrs. Lee Billingsly of Dallas, Tex; Miss Lillian Sessions of Rice, Tex; Scott Sessions of Rice, D. E. Sessions of Alba, Ok., and Albert and Marion Sessions of Pueblo, Colo. One only sister, Mrs. W. D. Haynie of Rice, is living, also several half brothers and sisters.
       "Funeral services will be held in the Haynie Memorial Methodist Church at Rice Sunday at 1 p. m., burial in Rice Cemetery at 3 p. m., service being conducted by the Masonic Lodge."15
  • Note*: He came from Mississippi to Texas in 1843 with his father, who settled at Sessions in Navarro County. He farmed until the Civil War, when he enlisted in Hood's Texas Brigade in the Confederate Army, served in many battles, lost his health, and was discharged before war's end. He returned to farming near Rice, about five miles west of Sessions. From his obituary: "He worked several years to have Congress pass the safety appliance law compelling railroads to equip their cars with safety drawheads, and at last Congress passed the same effective in 1890. Mr. Sessions received the hearty approbation for his untiring energy toward the automatic car coupler law" from William Jennings Bryan, John H. Reagan, and others.7

Additional Resources

• His 1893 biography, from A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas, is here.
• A brief biography, containing some information about Civil War service, is on the Navarro County Genealogical and Historical Web Site here.
• His Find A Grave memorial, which includes a picture of his grave marker, is here.
  • Last Edited: 24 Jun 2014

Family: Mary E. Graham b. 3 Apr 1845, d. 26 Apr 1899

Citations

  1. [S938] A Memorial and Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 287 (naming Isaac B. Sessions as his father), reprinted in Ellis County History (Waxahachie, Tex.: Ellis County Historical Museum & Art Gallery, Inc., 1972).
  2. [S1200] A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1893), p. 585 (naming Isaac B. Sessions as his father).
  3. [S938] A Memorial and Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas, above, p. 287 (naming Emily Surplins as his mother).
  4. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1985), p. 85 (giving the date but not the place).
  5. [S179] Rice Cemetery Association Directory (n.p.: n.pub., 1985) (giving the date but not the place). This publication includes a map showing the locations of the five sections of the cemetery. The pages are not numbered.
  6. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Egbert G. Sessions, memorial no. 7630558, viewed on 24 Jun 2014 (giving the date but not the place).
  7. [S1299] Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., online archive at http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/, 6 Jul 1913, sec. 1, p. 1, col. 5 (obituary of E. G. Sessions).
  8. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4, above, p. 85 (stating that she was the wife of E. G. Sessions) (not giving the date).
  9. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Egbert G. Sessions, memorial no. 7630558, viewed on 24 Jun 2014 (not giving the date).
  10. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Mary E. Sessions, memorial no. 10379181, viewed on 23 Jun 2014 (not giving the date).
  11. [S179] Rice Cemetery Association Directory, above (not giving the date).
  12. [S1299] Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., online archive, above, 6 Jul 1913, sec. 1, p. 1, col. 5 (obituary of E. G. Sessions) (stating that he died at 6:40 a.m.).
  13. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4, above, p. 85 (not giving the date).
  14. [S1299] Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., online archive, above, 6 Jul 1913, sec. 1, p. 1, col. 5 (obituary of E. G. Sessions) (stating that burial would be at 3:00 p.m.).
  15. [S1299] Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., online archive, above, 6 Jul 1913, sec. 1, p. 1, col. 5 (with obvious typographical errors corrected).

Mary E. Graham

F, ID# 18156, b. 3 April 1845, d. 26 April 1899

Main gate, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Tex. Photo was taken by Dave Bell, Lubbock, Tex., and is used here with his permission.
  • Obituary*: "SESSIONS—Rice, Tex., April 26 [1899].—Mrs. E. G. Sessions died suddenly of heart failure here this afternoon."13

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial is here.
  • Last Edited: 24 Jun 2014

Family: Egbert G. Sessions b. 10 Nov 1840, d. 5 Jul 1913

Citations

  1. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1985), p. 85.
  2. [S179] Rice Cemetery Association Directory (n.p.: n.pub., 1985). This publication includes a map showing the locations of the five sections of the cemetery. The pages are not numbered.
  3. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Mary E. Sessions, memorial no. 10379181, viewed on 23 Jun 2014.
  4. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4, above, p. 85 (stating that she was the wife of E. G. Sessions) (not giving the date).
  5. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Egbert G. Sessions, memorial no. 7630558, viewed on 24 Jun 2014 (not giving the date).
  6. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Mary E. Sessions, memorial no. 10379181, viewed on 23 Jun 2014 (not giving the date).
  7. [S1299] Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., online archive at http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/, 6 Jul 1913, sec. 1, p. 1, col. 5 (obituary of E. G. Sessions).
  8. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4, above, p. 85 (giving the date but not the place).
  9. [S179] Rice Cemetery Association Directory, above (giving the date but not the place).
  10. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Mary E. Sessions, memorial no. 10379181, viewed on 23 Jun 2014 (giving the date but not the place).
  11. [S1299] Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., online archive, above, 28 Apr 1899, p. 4, col. 5 (obituary of Mrs. E. G. Sessions) (stating that she died in the afternoon of heart failure).
  12. [S1299] Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., online archive, above, 6 Jul 1913, sec. 1, p. 1, col. 5 (obituary of E. G. Sessions) (stating that she died in 1899 with no other information).
  13. [S1299] Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., online archive, above, 28 Apr 1899, p. 4, col. 5.

Emily Spurlin

F, ID# 18157
  • Last Edited: 7 Mar 2004

Family: Isaac Boone Sessions b. 7 Jan 1817, d. 19 Jul 1884

Citations

  1. [S938] A Memorial and Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 287 (giving her name as Miss Emily Surplins and stating that they married in Mississippi without giving the date or county), reprinted in Ellis County History (Waxahachie, Tex.: Ellis County Historical Museum & Art Gallery, Inc., 1972).
  2. [S938] A Memorial and Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas, above, p. 287 (naming Emily Surplins as his mother).
  3. [S938] A Memorial and Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas, above, p. 287 (naming Emily Surplins as her mother).

Mordilla C. ('Maud') Sessions

F, ID# 18158, b. 1854, d. August 1927

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial, which includes an image of her obituary and a picture of her gravestone, is here.
  • Last Edited: 31 Jan 2022

Family: Berry Gatewood b. 2 Aug 1844, d. 23 Nov 1911

Citations

  1. [S938] A Memorial and Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 287 (giving her name as Maud and naming Isaac Boone Sessions as her father), reprinted in Ellis County History (Waxahachie, Tex.: Ellis County Historical Museum & Art Gallery, Inc., 1972).
  2. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Maud Sessions Gatewood, memorial no. 49033417, viewed on 25 Jun 2014 (naming Isaac B. Sessions as her father).
  3. [S938] A Memorial and Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas, above, p. 287 (giving her name as Maud and naming Minerva Hammond as her mother).
  4. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Maud Sessions Gatewood, memorial no. 49033417, viewed on 25 Jun 2014 (naming Rachel Minerva Hammonds as her mother).
  5. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Maud Sessions Gatewood, memorial no. 49033417, viewed on 25 Jun 2014.
  6. [S7] Navarro County, Texas Marriages, vol. 1, 1846-1888 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1987), p. 29 (citing Navarro County, Texas Marriage Records, vol. 2, p. 146).
  7. [S938] A Memorial and Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas, above, p. 287 (not giving the date or place; giving her name as Maud and stating that she was the wife of B. Gatewood).
  8. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Maud Sessions Gatewood, memorial no. 49033417, viewed on 25 Jun 2014 (giving the year but no other information).
  9. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Berry Gatewood, memorial no. 19478129, viewed on 25 Jun 2014 (giving the date but not the place).

Berry Gatewood

M, ID# 18159, b. 2 August 1844, d. 23 November 1911

Additional Resources

• His Find A Grave memorial, which includes a picture of his gravestone, is here.
  • Last Edited: 31 Jan 2022

Family: Mordilla C. ('Maud') Sessions b. 1854, d. Aug 1927

Citations

  1. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Berry Gatewood, memorial no. 19478129, viewed on 25 Jun 2014.
  2. [S7] Navarro County, Texas Marriages, vol. 1, 1846-1888 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1987), p. 29 (citing Navarro County, Texas Marriage Records, vol. 2, p. 146).
  3. [S938] A Memorial and Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 287 (not giving the date or place; giving her name as Maud and stating that she was the wife of B. Gatewood), reprinted in Ellis County History (Waxahachie, Tex.: Ellis County Historical Museum & Art Gallery, Inc., 1972).
  4. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Maud Sessions Gatewood, memorial no. 49033417, viewed on 25 Jun 2014 (giving the year but no other information).
  5. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Berry Gatewood, memorial no. 19478129, viewed on 25 Jun 2014 (giving the date but not the place).

Elloie Lackey

F, ID# 18160, b. 11 September 1888, d. 11 September 1888
  • Last Edited: 10 Jan 2012

Citations

  1. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1985), p. 86 (stating that she was the daughter of J. A. and R. M. Lackey).
  2. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4, above, p. 86.
  3. [S179] Rice Cemetery Association Directory (n.p.: n.pub., 1985). This publication includes a map showing the locations of the five sections of the cemetery. The pages are not numbered.

Ellen Sessions

F, ID# 18161
  • Last Edited: 23 Dec 2004

Citations

  1. [S938] A Memorial and Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 287 (naming "Mrs. Gordon" as her mother), reprinted in Ellis County History (Waxahachie, Tex.: Ellis County Historical Museum & Art Gallery, Inc., 1972).

Boone Sessions

F, ID# 18163, b. 2 April 1865, d. 15 August 1901

Boone Sessions Lackey's tombstone, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Tex., courtesy of Lori Hegar.
  • Note*: A cemetery directory gives 2 Jul 1865 as her birth date and 15 Jul 1901 as her death date.5

Additional Resources

• Her memorial on Find A Grave is here.
  • Last Edited: 31 Oct 2011

Family: Rev. W. J. Lackey D.D. b. 6 Feb 1852, d. 9 Aug 1926

Citations

  1. [S938] A Memorial and Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 287 (naming Isaac Boone Sessions as her father), reprinted in Ellis County History (Waxahachie, Tex.: Ellis County Historical Museum & Art Gallery, Inc., 1972).
  2. [S938] A Memorial and Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas, above, p. 287 (naming Minerva Hammond as her mother).
  3. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1985), p. 101.
  4. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4, above, p. 101 (stating that she was the wife of Rev. W. J. Lackey).
  5. [S179] Rice Cemetery Association Directory (n.p.: n.pub., 1985). This publication includes a map showing the locations of the five sections of the cemetery. The pages are not numbered.
  6. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4, above, p. 101 (stating that she was the second daughter of W. J. and Boone Lackey).

Rev. W. J. Lackey D.D.

M, ID# 18164, b. 6 February 1852, d. 9 August 1926

Rev. W. W. Lackey's tombstone, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Tex., courtesy of Lori Hegar.
  • Obituary*: MINISTER BURIED TUESDAY MORNING IN RICE CEMETERY
    REV. W. J. LACKEY DIED EARLY MONDAY AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS
    Funeral services were held at the Cumberland Presbyterian church Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock for the remains of Rev. W. J. Lackey, Cumberland Presbyterian minister, aged 74 years, who died at his residence, 301 1-2 West Third avenue at 2:15 o'clock Monday Morning. He had been ill for a number of months. the body was carried to the church at 8 o'clock and laid in state until the funeral hour. The services at the church were conducted by Rev. J. W. Pearson. The body was taken to Rice for interment and the Masonic Order had charge at the grave.
    Rev. Lackey is survived by one daughter, Miss Maud Lackey of Corsicana; one brother, Rev. J. Lackey of Rice, and one sister, Mrs. J. S. Waggoner of San Antonio.
    He was born at Mt. Hope, Ala. and was educated at Trinity University, Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn; and Cumberland College, Leonard, Texas. He was president of Cumberland College, at Leonard, Texas, and was financial agent of Trinity University for a number of years.
    He was pastor of churches at Rice, Itasca, Waco, Corsicana, Tyler, Texarkana, Leonard, Dallas and Ludonia.
    Pallbearers were Clay Nash, Cal Kerr, Tom Kerr, A. G. Elliott, O. A. Smith and J. M. Smith.
    During the funeral hour the Corsicana National Bank, of which Miss Maud Lackey is an employee, was closed.7
  • Note*: His grave marker and two cemetery books (no doubt based on the inscription on the grave marker) give 10 Aug 1926 as the date of his death, but his obituary in the 10 Aug 1926 edition of the Corsicana Daily Sun says he died on Monday, 9 Aug 1926 and seems more likely to be correct.8,9,10

Additional Resources

• His memorial on Find A Grave, which includes an obituary, is here.
  • Last Edited: 30 Jan 2012

Family: Boone Sessions b. 2 Apr 1865, d. 15 Aug 1901

Citations

  1. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1985), p. 101.
  2. [S179] Rice Cemetery Association Directory (n.p.: n.pub., 1985). This publication includes a map showing the locations of the five sections of the cemetery. The pages are not numbered.
  3. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4, above, p. 101 (stating that she was the wife of Rev. W. J. Lackey).
  4. [S1207] Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex., online archive at http://corsicana.newspaperarchive.com, 10 Aug 1926, p. 5, col. 4 (obituary of Rev. W. J. Lackey).
  5. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4, above, p. 101 (not giving the date).
  6. [S179] Rice Cemetery Association Directory, above (not giving the date).
  7. [S1207] Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex., online archive, above, 10 Aug 1926, p. 5, col. 4 (reprinted here with consent of Corsicana Daily Sun).
  8. [S1207] Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex., online archive, above, 10 Aug 1926, p. 5, col. 4 (obituary of Rev. W. J. Lackey) (stating he died on 9 Aug 1926).
  9. [S179] Rice Cemetery Association Directory, above (stating he died on 10 Aug 1926).
  10. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4, above, p. 101 (stating he died on 10 Aug 1926).
  11. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4, above, p. 101 (stating that she was the second daughter of W. J. and Boone Lackey).

Mera Lackey

F, ID# 18165, b. 8 November 1898, d. 10 September 1899
  • Last Edited: 21 Oct 2011

Citations

  1. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1985), p. 101 (stating that she was the second daughter of W. J. and Boone Lackey).
  2. [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4, above, p. 101.
  3. [S179] Rice Cemetery Association Directory (n.p.: n.pub., 1985). This publication includes a map showing the locations of the five sections of the cemetery. The pages are not numbered.

James Calhoun Robertson

M, ID# 18166, d. 13 August 1894
  • Last Edited: 13 Mar 2004

Family: Monnie Leola Meador b. 12 Oct 1893, d. 15 Oct 1924

Citations

  1. [S940] Janet Thompson, "Robertson Family," in Family Histories of Henderson County, Texas (Athens, Tex.: Henderson County Hist. Comm., 1981), p. 156.

Margaret Elizabeth Cochran

F, ID# 18167, b. 27 September 1842, d. 1 January 1848
  • Last Edited: 21 Mar 2004

Citations

  1. [S944] John H. Cochran, Dallas County: A Record of Its Pioneers and Progess, Being a Supplement to John Henry Brown's History of Dallas County (1887) with Correction of Some Errors Contained Therein, and Much Additional Information About Early Settlers and Their Families (Dallas, Tex.: Service Pub. Co., 1928), p. 41.

Mary Mariah Cochran

F, ID# 18168, b. 26 July 1845
  • Note*: In his 1928 history of Dallas County, her brother stated that she was the fourth white child born in what is now Dallas County, Texas.3
  • Last Edited: 3 Apr 2004

Citations

  1. [S944] John H. Cochran, Dallas County: A Record of Its Pioneers and Progess, Being a Supplement to John Henry Brown's History of Dallas County (1887) with Correction of Some Errors Contained Therein, and Much Additional Information About Early Settlers and Their Families (Dallas, Tex.: Service Pub. Co., 1928), p. 41.
  2. [S944] John H. Cochran, Dallas County: A Record of Its Pioneers and Progress [ETC.], above, pp. 41-42.
  3. [S944] John H. Cochran, Dallas County: A Record of Its Pioneers and Progress [ETC.], above, pp. 35-36.

Sarah Jane Cochran

F, ID# 18169, b. 29 March 1853, d. 7 April 1853
  • Note*: Hers was the first burial in Cochran Chapel Cemetery.2,7
  • Last Edited: 21 Mar 2004

Citations

  1. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976) (stating that she was the "infant dau of Wm.M. & Nancy Jane Cochran"). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  2. [S944] John H. Cochran, Dallas County: A Record of Its Pioneers and Progess, Being a Supplement to John Henry Brown's History of Dallas County (1887) with Correction of Some Errors Contained Therein, and Much Additional Information About Early Settlers and Their Families (Dallas, Tex.: Service Pub. Co., 1928), p. 42.
  3. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (giving the date but not the place).
  4. [S944] John H. Cochran, Dallas County: A Record of Its Pioneers and Progress [ETC.], above, p. 42 (giving the date but not the place).
  5. [S248] Supposition as to place, based on family's residence at the time.
  6. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (stating that she was "first person buried in cemetery").
  7. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above.

John Hughes Cochran

M, ID# 18170, b. 28 June 1838, d. 20 October 1928

John Hughes Cochran.
  • Obituary*: "J. H. Cochran, Pioneer, Dies
       "County Settler Passes Away at His Home in Sweetwater.
       "John Hughes Cochran, 90, probably the last of the pioneer settlers of Dallas County and author of a history of the county which will be released by the publishers in November, died Saturday morning at his home in Sweetwater, Nolan County. Mr. Cochran came to Dallas County with members of his family in 1843 and lived in the county until he moved to Sweetwater in 1894.
       "Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at his home in Sweetwater. Surviving are two sons, John H. Cochran Jr. and G. W. Cochran, both of Sweetwater.
       "Mr. Cochran was born on June 28, 1838, in Maury County, Tennessee. The Cochrans moved to Texas when John Hughes was 4 years of age. They made the trip in an ox wagon, moving from Missouri into Red River County early in 1843. They remained there a few weeks and then came to Dallas County.
       "Father County Clerk.
       "Mr. Cochran lived in the State while it was the Republic of Texas and was in the county during the war between the United States and Mexico. His father was elected the first clerk that Dallas County ever had when it was organized in 1846.
       "He was the oldest of six children. After being graduated from McKenzie Institute in Red River County, he served for a time as a member of the faculty. In 1860 he served as commander of a company of Texas rangers under Gov. Sam Houston. The same year he also went to Young County to take a census report.

    At the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Cochran joined Company C of the Sixth Texas Cavalry, but was retired from service in June of 1862 because of ill health. Following his retirement he was elected Tax Assessor and Collector of Dallas County.
       "Elected to Legislature.
       "Mr. Cochran was elected to the Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth sessions of the Texas Legislature. In 1880 he was elected speaker of the House and in 1882 was again elected speaker. During the administration of President Grover Cleveland he served for four years as postmaster of Dallas.
       "He moved to Nolan County in 1894, where he engaged in farming and stock raising. Two years later he was elected County Judge. He held this office for three terms and refused to run for election for a fourth term. In 1912 Mr. Cochran was an alternate delegate to the Baltimore convention, which nominated Woodrow Wilson for the presidency.

    He was married to Miss Martha Jane Johnson of Young Bounty in June, 1860. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Methodist Church.
       "Three years ago the Dallas Historical Society asked Mr. Cochran to write a history of Dallas County. He consented and completed the work last spring. The publication will be ready for distribution on Nov. 1. Mr. Cochran lived near Cochran's Chapel, between the present Bluff View Estates and Love Field, during most of his residence in Dallas County.
       "Manning B. Shannon, president of the Dallas Historical Society, said Saturday the society deeply deplored the death of Mr. Cochran.
       "'I wish to express in behalf of the Dallas Historical Society its profound regret and sorrow over the passing away of this prominent early citizen of Dallas County. The society, appreciating Mr. Cochran's knowledge of early-day conditions in Dallas County, had requested him several years ago to compile a history of the county, and the last years of his life were patiently devoted to the completion of this work. He completed it. It will be off the press in November.'
       "W. Bruce Luna, assistant postmaster of Dallas, paid a high tribute to the character and business integrity of Mr. Cochran.
       "'He was postmaster in Dallas in 1887 and gave me my first appointment in the office,' Mr. Luna said. "I treasure very highly the records I have in my possession of the Cochran administration as Dallas postmaster.'
       "The Dallas Historical Society, Dallas County Pioneers' Association and numerous Dallas friends sent floral offerings Saturday to Sweetwater as testimonials of the affection and esteem in which Mr. Cochran was held. Mr. Shannon said.12
  • Note*: On graduation from McKenzie College in Red River County, Texas with high honors, and after serving on its faculty in 1858-59, he joined the Texas Rangers and commanded a company that was sent to Young County, Texas in 1860 to gather census data. He served as a private in Company C, 6th Texas Cavalry, from the beginning of the Civil War until two years later, when he returned to Dallas, Texas because of ill health. He was elected tax assessor-collector for Dallas County on his return and served until 1866, when he did not run for reelection. He was a Democrat and, beginning in 1873, he was elected to two-year terms in the House of Representatives for the 14th, 15th, 16th, 22nd, and 23rd Texas Legislatures, being elected as speaker of the house for the 16th and 23rd Legislatures. He served as postmaster of Dallas from 1887 to 1889. In 1894 he moved to Nolan County, Texas, where he farmed, raised livestock, and was elected to three terms as county judge. He was an alternate delegate to the Democratic national convention in 1912. He was a Mason and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In the last few years of his life he wrote a history of Dallas County, which was published shortly after his death. He and Martha had six children: "The two elder sons, William R. and James A., died just as they had attained manhood. They were bright, promising youths, an honor to their parents and a credit to the community in which they were reared." A photograph of his grave marker is on the Decker Cemetery web site.3,13,14

Additional Resources

• An 1887 historical article by him is here.
• His 1892 biography in the Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas is here.
• His Find A Grave memorial, which includes his biography and a picture of his grave marker, is here.
  • Last Edited: 24 Dec 2023

Family: Martha Jane Johnson b. 22 Aug 1845, d. 22 Jun 1917

Citations

  1. [S143] The New Handbook of Texas (Austin, Tex.: Tex. State Hist. Ass'n, 1996), vol. 2, p. 180, s.v. "John Hughes Cochran" (naming William M. Cochran as his father).
  2. [S143] The New Handbook of Texas, above, vol. 2, p. 180, s.v. "John Hughes Cochran" (naming Nancy Jane Highes as his mother).
  3. [S143] The New Handbook of Texas, above, vol. 2, p. 180, s.v. "John Hughes Cochran."
  4. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 685.
  5. [S1068] Decker Cemetery, Nolan Co., Tex., online http://www.rootsweb.com/~txnolan/decker_cemetery.html, viewed on 20 Mar 2006 (giving the date but not the place).
  6. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for John Hughes Cochran, memorial no. 13336172, viewed on 11 May 2014.
  7. [S143] The New Handbook of Texas, above, vol. 2, p. 180, s.v. "John Hughes Cochran" (giving the month and year).
  8. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 686.
  9. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 21 Oct 1928, pt. 1, pp. 1, 3 (obituary of John Hughes Cochran).
  10. [S1068] Decker Cemetery, Nolan Co., Tex., online http://www.rootsweb.com/~txnolan/decker_cemetery.html, viewed on 20 Mar 2006 (not giving the date of burial).
  11. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for John Hughes Cochran, memorial no. 13336172, viewed on 11 May 2014 (not giving the date of burial).
  12. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 21 Oct 1928, pt. 1, pp. 1, 3.
  13. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), pp. 685-86.
  14. [S1068] Decker Cemetery, Nolan Co., Tex., online http://www.rootsweb.com/~txnolan/decker_cemetery.html, viewed on 20 Mar 2006 (containing link to photograph of his grave marker).
  15. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976) (stating that he was the "eldest son of John H. & M.J. Cochran"). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  16. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 686 (naming John Hughes Cochran as his father).
  17. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for John Hughes Cochran, Jr., memorial no. 13342620, viewed on 6 May 2014 (naming John Hughes Cochran as his father).

Dr. Archelaus Madison ('Arch') Cochran

M, ID# 18171, b. 25 December 1839, d. 4 August 1910

Dr. Archelaus Madison Cochran.

  • Obituary*: "DALLAS COUNTY PIONEER DIES WHILE IN TENNESSEE
       "DR. ARCH M. COCHRAN HAD LIVED IN COUNTY SINCE 1843.
       "Had Been Member of Legislature, Alderman, Postmaster and Candidate for Governor.
       "Dr. Arch M. Cochran died yesterday at Columbia, Tenn., where he was visiting his son, who is in business there. The body will be brought to Dallas for burial. Dr. Cochran, accompanied by his wife, left Dallas June 15, to visit the place of his birth, Columbia, Tenn. While he had been in feeble health for some time, the immediate cause of his death was a stroke of paralysis. The funeral announcement will be made later.
       "Dr. Cochran was born Dec. 25, 1839. He was the second son of William M. and Nancy Jane Hughes Cochran, with whom he came to Dallas County in 1843. He received the advantages of a common school education and attended McKenzie College, after which he graduated from the medical department of the University of Louisiana at New Orleans. In 1861 he enlisted in the Eighth Texas Cavalry as Third Lieutenant of Company C. He was afterward promoted to First Lieutenant and finally to Captain. He served in Texas, Louisiana and Tennessee. He was in the battle of Cotton Plant and at Arkansas Post he was taken prisoner and sent to Camp Chase, in Ohio.
       "At the close of the war Dr. Cochran returned to Dallas and engaged in the practice of his profession. He served one term in the Legislature in 1866. The following year he was elected to represent the Second Ward in the City Council. In 1879 he was appointed postmaster at Dallas by President Hayes and served during the Administration of that President. In 1883 he was appointed internal revenue collector for this district. In 1887 he stumped the State for the anti-prohibition ticket, making such a brilliant campaign that the anti-prohibitionists of Georgia invited him to stump that State for their ticket. In 1890 he was nominated by Gov. Ross and appointed by President Harrison as commissioner to the Columbian Exposition from the State of Texas.
       "Dr. Cochran was married in 1866 to Miss Laura A. Knight, daughter of O. W. and Serena Hughes Knight of Dallas County. Mrs. Cochran died in 1870, leaving one child, Mamie M. Dr. Cochran was again married in 1871 to Mrs. Mary A. Collins, a native of Washington County, Arkansas. Mrs. Cochran and the following children survive him: William M., B. Porter and A. M. Cochran.
       "The Cochrans were a pioneer family in Dallas County. Dr. Cochran's father was the first County Clerk of the county and was later a member of the Legislature for the district of which Dallas County was a part. His brother, Hon. John H. Cochran, now a resident of Howard County, represented Dallas for several years in the Legislature and was twice elected Speaker of the House. He was also postmaster at Dallas under the Cleveland Administration. Dr. Cochran was Republican nominee for Governor in 1886, and he made a vigorous canvass of the State. He was a fluent talker and one of the best stump speakers of his day, never failing to draw a crowd."27
  • Scrapbook*: "FUNERAL OF DR. A. M. COCHRAN.
       "Service at Trinity Church Is Attended by Many from All Parts of Dallas County.
       "People from all parts of the county attended the funeral of Dr. Arch M. Cochran at Trinity Methodist Church yesterday afternoon. A larger crowd has not attended a funeral in Dallas for some time. The altar and the casket were covered with flowers. Rev. H. A. Bourland, in his discourse, spoke feelingly of the life and work of the man, whom he had known and whose friendship he said he had enjoyed for many years. Rev. W. H. (Uncle Buck) Hughes, a relative and life-long friend of Dr. Cochran, and Rev. W. D. Bradfield, pastor of Trinity Church, assisted in the service. The burial was in Greenwood Cemetery.
       "The pallbearers were Capt. W. H. Gaston, T. A. Hoard, Alex Cockrell, John W. Wright, Capt. Benjamin M. Melton and Patrick O'Keefe."28
  • Note*: One source gives 25 Sep 1839 as his birth date and attributes it to a family bible. He attended McKenzie College and the University of Louisiana in New Orleans, completed his medical education about 1861, returned to Dallas, Texas, and, in June 1861, enlisted in the 8th Texas Cavalry (Terry's Texas Rangers). He enlisted as a third lieutenant, was promoted to captain, was captured at Arkansas Post, and was imprisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio for the duration of the war. He returned to Dallas and established a medical practice. He was a Republican and served in the Texas Legislature in 1866-1867 and on the Dallas City Council in 1867 and 1872-73. He was postmaster of Dallas from 1879 to 1883, was chairman of the Republican State Executive Committee from 1881 to 1883, was named internal revenue collector in Dallas in 1883, was nominated by the Republican Party to run for governor in 1887 (campaigning against prohibition) but was not elected, and was the Texas commissioner to the 1890 Columbian Exposition. He had one child with his first wife, Laura Knight, and two children with his second wife, Mary A. Collins.11,29,30,14

Additional Resources

• His 1892 biography in Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas is here.
• An online biography of him from The Handbook of Texas is here.
• His Find A Grave memorial is here.
  • Last Edited: 17 May 2014

Family 1: Laura A. Knight b. 23 Nov 1847, d. 28 Dec 1869

Family 2: Mary A. Jenkins b. 26 Mar 1841, d. 23 Mar 1923

Citations

  1. [S143] The New Handbook of Texas (Austin, Tex.: Tex. State Hist. Ass'n, 1996), vol. 2, p. 180, s.v. "Archelaus M. Cochran" (naming William M. Cochran as his father).
  2. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 669 (naming William M. Cochran as his father).
  3. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, message posted to Dallas History Message Board, 16 Aug 2004, online http://www.dallashistory.org (naming William M. Cochran as his father).
  4. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Dr. Archelaus Madison Cochran, memorial no. 24872920, viewed on 11 May 2014 (naming William M. Cochran as his father).
  5. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for William M. Cochran, memorial no. 65204208, viewed on 11 May 2014 (naming William M. Cochran as his father).
  6. [S143] The New Handbook of Texas, above, vol. 2, p. 180, s.v. "Archelaus M. Cochran" (naming Nancy Jane Hughes as his mother).
  7. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 669 (naming Nancy Jane Hughes as his mother).
  8. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above (naming Nancy Jane Hughes as his mother).
  9. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Dr. Archelaus Madison Cochran, memorial no. 24872920, viewed on 11 May 2014 (naming Nancy Jane Hughes as his mother).
  10. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Nancy Jane Hughes Cochran, memorial no. 65204253, viewed on 11 May 2014 (namingNancy Jane Hughes as his mother).
  11. [S143] The New Handbook of Texas, above, vol. 2, p. 180, s.v. "Archelaus M. Cochran."
  12. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 669 (misspelling the county as Murray).
  13. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above (giving the date but not naming the place).
  14. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 5 Aug 1910, p. 9 (obituary of Arch M. Cochran).
  15. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Dr. Archelaus Madison Cochran, memorial no. 24872920, viewed on 11 May 2014.
  16. [S143] The New Handbook of Texas, above, vol. 2, p. 180, s.v. "Archelaus M. Cochran" (giving the year and not naming the place).
  17. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976) (not giving the date or place). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  18. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 669.
  19. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above (stating that they married in 1866 without giving the month and date or naming the place).
  20. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 5 Aug 1910, p. 9 (obituary of Arch M. Cochran) (stating that they married in 1866 without giving the rest of the date or naming the place).
  21. [S143] The New Handbook of Texas, above, vol. 2, p. 180, s.v. "Archelaus M. Cochran" (giving her name as Mary A. Collins and giving only the year but not the month or day).
  22. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), pp. 669-70 (giving her name as Mrs. Mary A. Collins).
  23. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Dr. Archelaus Madison Cochran, memorial no. 24872920, viewed on 11 May 2014 (not giving the date).
  24. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Mary A. Jenkins Cochran, memorial no. 34463671, viewed on 11 May 2014 (not giving the date).
  25. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Dr. Archelaus Madison Cochran, memorial no. 24872920, viewed on 11 May 2014 (giving the date but not the place).
  26. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 7 Aug 1910, p. 30.
  27. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 5 Aug 1910, p. 9.
  28. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 8 Aug 1910, p. 2.
  29. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), pp. 669-70.
  30. [S944] John H. Cochran, Dallas County: A Record of Its Pioneers and Progess, Being a Supplement to John Henry Brown's History of Dallas County (1887) with Correction of Some Errors Contained Therein, and Much Additional Information About Early Settlers and Their Families (Dallas, Tex.: Service Pub. Co., 1928), p. 39 (stating that he was born on 25 Sep 1839, attributing information to "my mother's Family Bible, which is in my possession").
  31. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 5 Aug 1910, p. 9 (obituary of Arch M. Cochran) (naming Arch M. Cochran as her father).
  32. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 670 (naming Dr. A. M. Cochran as his father).
  33. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 9 Jun 1938, sec. II, p. 1 (obituary of William Miron Cochran) (naming Dr. A. M. Cochran as his father).

Gen. James Monroe Cochran

M, ID# 18172, b. 1 June 1846, d. 25 December 1924
  • Scrapbook*: "Veteran Falls on Icy Street and Breaks Leg
       "Gen. J. M. Cochran, 3315 Oak Lawn avenue, early resident of Dallas County and now and for the last twelve years commander of Sterling Price Camp, United Confederate Veterans, was one of the first victims of Friday morning's blizzard, falling on the icy pavement near his home, and breaking his right leg between the knee and hip. Gen. Cochran was on his way to take a street car when he slipped and fell. The accident occurred within two blocks of his home. He was taken to Baylor Hospital in an ambulance, and physicians there report his condition satisfactory.
       "Gen. Cochran was the second male white child to be born in what is now Dallas County, his birth on June 1, 1846, being one month and eleven days before the county was formally organized. He is now in his seventy-ninth year. A Lieutenant General in the Trans-mississippi Division of the Confederate Army during the Civil War, Gen. Cochran has been prominent in the veterans' organization for many years. He also is active in Masonic work, being one of the two living charter members of John A. Smith Lodge."19
  • Note*: He operated a farm where Love Field airport in Dallas, Texas is now located.20

Additional Resources

• His 1892 biography in Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas is here.
• His Find A Grave memorial, which includes pictures of his grave marker, is here.
  • Last Edited: 18 May 2014

Family 1: Margaret B. ('Maggie') Lively b. 1851, d. 1879

Family 2: Nannie M. Clark b. 7 Jan 1857, d. 8 Apr 1882

Family 3: Hattie M. Bowlin b. 22 Feb 1861, d. 18 Jun 1924

Citations

  1. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (naming William M. Cochran as his father).
  2. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for James Monroe Cochran, memorial no. 40746416, viewed on 17 May 2014 (naming William M. Cochran as his father).
  3. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for William M. Cochran, memorial no. 65204208, viewed on 17 May 2014 (naming William M. Cochran as his father).
  4. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (naming Nancy Hughes as his mother).
  5. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for James Monroe Cochran, memorial no. 40746416, viewed on 17 May 2014 (naming Nancy Jane Hughes as his mother).
  6. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Nancy Jane Hughes Cochran, memorial no. 65204253, viewed on 17 May 2014 (naming Nancy Jane Hughes as his mother).
  7. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976) (giving the date but not the place). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  8. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (stating that he was born in 1846 in Dallas County, Texas).
  9. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for James Monroe Cochran, memorial no. 40746416, viewed on 17 May 2014 (giving the date but not the place).
  10. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (not giving the date or place).
  11. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (giving her name as Maggie B. Lively).
  12. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (not giving the date).
  13. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (stating that they were married in 1880 without giving the date or place).
  14. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 21 Oct 1930, pt. 1, p. 7 (reprinting information from the 21 Oct 1880 issue of the Dallas Herald, which stated that they were married at the residence of J. W. Clark the prior evening by the Rev. Mr. Thompson of Marshall, Texas, with a number of friends present).
  15. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583.
  16. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 19 Jun 1924, part 2, p. 14 ("Funeral to Be Held for Dallas Woman") (not giving the date); 20 Jun 1924, part 1, p. 4 ("Funeral Services Held for Mrs. J. M. Cochran") (not giving the date).
  17. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above.
  18. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for James Monroe Cochran, memorial no. 40746416, viewed on 17 May 2014.
  19. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 20 Dec 1924, part 2, p. 13.
  20. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 6 oct 1967, sec. D, p. 2 ("Mrs. Anne Pulliam Dies; Member of Pioneer Family").
  21. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (naming James M. Cochran as her father).
  22. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (naming James M. Cochran as his father).
  23. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 6 Apr 1956, sec. 1, p. 9 ("Death Takes Official of Drug Firm") (naming Gen. James Monroe Cochran as his father).
  24. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (giving her name as J. Hughsie Cochran and naming James M. Cochran as her father).
  25. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (naming James M. Cochran as her father).
  26. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (stating that she was an infant and the "dau of J.M. & M.B. Cochran").
  27. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (stating that she was the "infant dau of J.M. & M.B. Cochran").
  28. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (stating that she was the "infant dau of James Monroe & Nannie Clark Cochran").
  29. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (stating that she was the "Infant dau of J.M.C. & H.B.C.").
  30. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (giving her name as Amrie A. Cochran and naming James M. Cochran as her father).
  31. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (naming James Monroe Cochran as his father).
  32. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 6 Oct 1955, part 1, p. 8 ("Member of Pioneer Family Dies") (naming Gen. J. M. Cochran as his father); 7 Oct 1955, part 3, p. 19 (obituary of James R. Cochran) (naming Gen. J. M. Cochran as his father).
  33. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (stating that she was the daughter of J.M. and Hattie Cochran).
  34. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 25 Jun 1946, sec. 1, p. 4 ("Mrs. Garrett Dies in Illinois") (naming J. M. Cochran as her father).

Laura A. Knight

F, ID# 18173, b. 23 November 1847, d. 28 December 1869
  • Note*: Some sources say she died in 1870.14,15,16,17
  • Last Edited: 17 May 2014

Family: Dr. Archelaus Madison ('Arch') Cochran b. 25 Dec 1839, d. 4 Aug 1910

Citations

  1. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), pp. 556 (naming Obadiah Knight as her father), 669 (naming O. W. Knight as her father).
  2. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, message posted to Dallas History Message Board, 16 Aug 2004, online http://www.dallashistory.org (naming Obadiah Woodson Knight as her father).
  3. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), pp. 556 (naming Miss Hughes as her mother), 669 (naming Serena Hughes as her mother).
  4. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above (naming Serena Caroline Hughes as her mother).
  5. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976) (giving the date but not the place). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  6. [S248] Supposition as to place, based on parents' believed residence at the time.
  7. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above (stating that she was born in 1847 without giving the month or day; not naming the place).
  8. [S143] The New Handbook of Texas (Austin, Tex.: Tex. State Hist. Ass'n, 1996), vol. 2, p. 180, s.v. "Archelaus M. Cochran" (giving the year and not naming the place).
  9. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (not giving the date or place).
  10. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 669.
  11. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above (stating that they married in 1866 without giving the month and date or naming the place).
  12. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 5 Aug 1910, p. 9 (obituary of Arch M. Cochran) (stating that they married in 1866 without giving the rest of the date or naming the place).
  13. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above.
  14. [S143] The New Handbook of Texas, above, vol. 2, p. 180, s.v. "Archelaus M. Cochran" (stating that she died in 1870).
  15. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 669 (stating that she died in Dec 1870).
  16. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above (stating that she died in 1870 without giving the rest of the date or naming the place).
  17. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 5 Aug 1910, p. 9 (obituary of Arch M. Cochran) (stating that she died in 1870 without giving the rest of the date or naming the place).
  18. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 5 Aug 1910, p. 9 (obituary of Arch M. Cochran) (naming Laura A. Knight as her mother).

Mary A. Jenkins

F, ID# 18174, b. 26 March 1841, d. 23 March 1923

Mary Jenkins Cochran's tombstone, Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Tex., courtesy of Stephanie Newman. (Click on picture to enlarge it.)

  • Obituary Abstract*: She died at her home, 3518 Oak Grove Avenue, Dallas, on Friday morning, 23 Mar 1923. She was eighty-two years old at her death and was one of the oldest pioneers of Dallas County. Her funeral was at 4:00 the next afternoon at First Methodist Church, with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were Duncan Culbreath, E. O. Tenison, Lee Hughes, Bev Scott, James A. Rhodes and Marsh Ellison. Survivors included three sons, F. T. Collins of Amarillo, W. M. Cochran of Dallas, and A. M. Cochran of Nashville, Tenn., and four grandchildren, Leroy M. Cochran, B. Porter Cochran, Gladys Collins, and Francis Waldron.12
  • Note*: She was Mrs. Mary A. Collins when she married Archelaus Cochran. In 1893 she was "National Lady Manager" from Texas to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. She was survived by three sons and four grandchildren.13,14,11

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial is here.
  • Last Edited: 11 May 2014

Family 2: Dr. Archelaus Madison ('Arch') Cochran b. 25 Dec 1839, d. 4 Aug 1910

Citations

  1. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 670 (naming William Jenkins as her father).
  2. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 670 (naming Cynthia Thomas as her mother).
  3. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 670 (stating that she was born in Washington County, Arkansas but not giving the date).
  4. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 26 Mar 1923, sec. 2, p. 16 (obituary of Mrs. Mary A. Cochran) (not naming the place or giving the date but stating that she was eighty-two years old when she died on 26 Mar 1923).
  5. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Mary A. Jenkins Cochran, memorial no. 34463671, viewed on 11 May 2014 (giving the date but not the place).
  6. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 670.
  7. [S143] The New Handbook of Texas (Austin, Tex.: Tex. State Hist. Ass'n, 1996), vol. 2, p. 180, s.v. "Archelaus M. Cochran" (giving her name as Mary A. Collins and giving only the year but not the month or day).
  8. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), pp. 669-70 (giving her name as Mrs. Mary A. Collins).
  9. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Dr. Archelaus Madison Cochran, memorial no. 24872920, viewed on 11 May 2014 (not giving the date).
  10. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Mary A. Jenkins Cochran, memorial no. 34463671, viewed on 11 May 2014 (not giving the date).
  11. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 26 Mar 1923, sec. 2, p. 16 (obituary of Mrs. Mary A. Cochran).
  12. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 26 Mar 1923, sec. 2, p. 16.
  13. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), pp. 669-70.
  14. [S143] The New Handbook of Texas, above, vol. 2, p. 180, s.v. "Archelaus M. Cochran."
  15. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 670 (naming Mary A. Jenkins as his mother).

Martha Jane Johnson

F, ID# 18175, b. 22 August 1845, d. 22 June 1917
  • Note*: She was from Young County, Texas. A photograph of her grave marker is on the Decker Cemetery web site.4,5,6
  • Last Edited: 6 May 2014

Family: John Hughes Cochran b. 28 Jun 1838, d. 20 Oct 1928

Citations

  1. [S1068] Decker Cemetery, Nolan Co., Tex., online http://www.rootsweb.com/~txnolan/decker_cemetery.html, viewed on 20 Mar 2006.
  2. [S143] The New Handbook of Texas (Austin, Tex.: Tex. State Hist. Ass'n, 1996), vol. 2, p. 180, s.v. "John Hughes Cochran" (giving the month and year).
  3. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 686.
  4. [S143] The New Handbook of Texas, above, vol. 2, p. 180, s.v. "John Hughes Cochran" (stating that she was from Young County, Texas).
  5. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 686 (stating that she was from Young County, Texas).
  6. [S1068] Decker Cemetery, Nolan Co., Tex., online http://www.rootsweb.com/~txnolan/decker_cemetery.html, viewed on 20 Mar 2006 (containing link to photograph of her grave marker).
  7. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976) (stating that he was the "eldest son of John H. & M.J. Cochran"). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  8. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 686 (naming Martha Jane Johnson as his mother).

George W. Cochran

M, ID# 18176, b. 11 January 1851, d. 1 January 1872
  • Obituary*: "DIED
       "At the residence of Dr. A. M. Cochran, in this city on the 1st inst., GEORGE W. COCHRAN, aged 20 years 11 months and 20 days.
       "Just on the verge of manhood, and the bloom of youth, he was snatched from the social circle of his many, many friends. He had just arrived at an age when he could back on the happy past and exclaim: “God has spared me thus far, and will even spare me to an old age, and with His Divine assistance I will improve my allotted time to the best of my ability.” But “ye know not when the hour cometh.” Little did we know, ere the old year had forever past; and the new one had stepped forth in all its glory, that his soul, with many others, had winged its way to eternity. Little did we think, when we rose to greet the silvery rays of the morn of a Bright New Year, it would bring the sad—very sad—intelligence of the chilling death of our youthful and much lamented friend.
       "He leaves behind an aged and much bereaved mother, a broken hearted sister, and four older brothers, besides many devoted relations and warm friends, to mourn his loss.—
       "Do not mourn, dear mother,
       "Sister, do not weep;
       "For thy noble son and brother
       "Is mingling with the meek.
       "W. T. S."7
  • Last Edited: 26 Jun 2014

Citations

  1. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976) (naming William M. Cochran as his father). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  2. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (naming Nancy Jane Cochran as his mother).
  3. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above.
  4. [S1308] The Dallas Weekly Herald, Dallas, Tex., 6 Jan 1872, p. 3, col. 3 (obituary of George W. Cochran) (not giving the date but stating he was twenty years, eleven months, and twenty days old when he died on 1 Jan 1851).
  5. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (giving the date but not the place).
  6. [S1308] The Dallas Weekly Herald, Dallas, Tex., 6 Jan 1872, p. 3, col. 3 (obituary of George W. Cochran).
  7. [S1308] The Dallas Weekly Herald, Dallas, Tex., 6 Jan 1872, p. 3, col. 3 (with obvious typographical errors corrected).

Margaret B. ('Maggie') Lively

F, ID# 18177, b. 1851, d. 1879
  • Note*: One source gives 1878 as her death date.8
  • Last Edited: 8 Jan 2005

Family: Gen. James Monroe Cochran b. 1 Jun 1846, d. 25 Dec 1924

Citations

  1. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (naming H. P. Lively as her father).
  2. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (naming Mary N. Smith as her mother).
  3. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976) (giving the date but not the place). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  4. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (giving the place but not the date).
  5. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (not giving the date or place).
  6. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (giving her name as Maggie B. Lively).
  7. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above.
  8. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583.
  9. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (naming Maggie B. Lively as her mother).
  10. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (naming Maggie B. Lively as his mother).
  11. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (giving her name as J. Hughsie Cochran and naming Maggie B. Lively as her mother).
  12. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (naming Margaret B. Cochran as her mother).
  13. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (stating that she was an infant and the "dau of J.M. & M.B. Cochran").
  14. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (stating that she was the "infant dau of J.M. & M.B. Cochran").

Nannie M. Clark

F, ID# 18178, b. 7 January 1857, d. 8 April 1882
  • Note*: One source gives 1881 as her death date.7
  • Last Edited: 20 Jul 2008

Family: Gen. James Monroe Cochran b. 1 Jun 1846, d. 25 Dec 1924

Citations

  1. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  2. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (not giving the date).
  3. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (stating that they were married in 1880 without giving the date or place).
  4. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 21 Oct 1930, pt. 1, p. 7 (reprinting information from the 21 Oct 1880 issue of the Dallas Herald, which stated that they were married at the residence of J. W. Clark the prior evening by the Rev. Mr. Thompson of Marshall, Texas, with a number of friends present).
  5. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (giving the date but not the place).
  6. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (stating that she died in Dallas County, Texas but erroneously giving 1881 as the date).
  7. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583.
  8. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (stating that she was the "infant dau of James Monroe & Nannie Clark Cochran").

Hattie M. Bowlin

F, ID# 18179, b. 22 February 1861, d. 18 June 1924
  • Note*: At the time of her death in 1924 she had lived in Dallas, Texas for more than fifty years. Her survivors included her husband, six daughters, three sons, a sister, and four brothers.7
  • Last Edited: 9 Feb 2005

Family: Gen. James Monroe Cochran b. 1 Jun 1846, d. 25 Dec 1924

Citations

  1. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  2. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 19 Jun 1924, part 2, p. 14 ("Funeral to Be Held for Dallas Woman") (not giving the date but stating that she was sixty-four years old when she died on 18 Jun 1924); 20 Jun 1924, part 1, p. 4 ("Funeral Services Held for Mrs. J. M. Cochran") (not giving the date but stating that she was sixty-four years old when she died on 18 Jun 1924).
  3. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (not giving the date).
  4. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583.
  5. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 19 Jun 1924, part 2, p. 14 ("Funeral to Be Held for Dallas Woman") (not giving the date); 20 Jun 1924, part 1, p. 4 ("Funeral Services Held for Mrs. J. M. Cochran") (not giving the date).
  6. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (giving the date but not the place).
  7. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 19 Jun 1924, part 2, p. 14 ("Funeral to Be Held for Dallas Woman"); 20 Jun 1924, part 1, p. 4 ("Funeral Services Held for Mrs. J. M. Cochran").
  8. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (naming the place but not giving the date).
  9. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (stating that she was the "Infant dau of J.M.C. & H.B.C.").
  10. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (giving her name as Amrie A. Cochran and naming Hattie M. Bowlin as her mother).
  11. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (naming Hattie M. Bowlin as her mother).
  12. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (naming Hattie B. Cochran as his mother).
  13. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (naming Hattie M. Bowlin as his mother).
  14. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (stating that she was the daughter of J.M. and Hattie Cochran).
  15. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 25 Jun 1946, sec. 1, p. 4 ("Mrs. Garrett Dies in Illinois") (naming Hattie Bowlin Cochran as her mother).

(Daughter) Cochran

F, ID# 18180
  • Note*: She died in infancy.2
  • Last Edited: 21 Mar 2004

Citations

  1. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976) (stating that she was the "Infant dau of J.M.C. & H.B.C."). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  2. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above.
  3. [S248] Supposition as to place, based on family's believed residence at the time.

James R. Cochran

M, ID# 18181, b. 1891, d. 5 October 1955

James R. Cochran's grave marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Tex., photographed by Roger Bartlett.
  • Note*: He lived in Dallas, Texas and was a partner in the Julian & Cochran insurance firm there. He was a charter member of the Dallas Association of Insurance Agents and the Civitan Club and a member of the Insurance Club, the Dallas Polo Club, and Cochran Chapel Methodist Church. His survivors included his wife, a daughter, two brothers, four sisters, and three grandchildren.13

Additional Resources

• His Find A Grave memorial is here.
  • Last Edited: 8 May 2014

Family: Charleene Shaw b. 10 May 1896, d. 25 Dec 1970

Citations

  1. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976) (naming James Monroe Cochran as his father). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  2. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (naming James M. Cochran as his father).
  3. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 6 Oct 1955, part 1, p. 8 ("Member of Pioneer Family Dies") (naming Gen. J. M. Cochran as his father); 7 Oct 1955, part 3, p. 19 (obituary of James R. Cochran) (naming Gen. J. M. Cochran as his father).
  4. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (naming Hattie B. Cochran as his mother).
  5. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 583 (naming Hattie M. Bowlin as his mother).
  6. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (giving the date but not the place).
  7. [S248] Supposition as to place, based on family's believed residence at the time.
  8. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 6 Oct 1955, part 1, p. 8 ("Member of Pioneer Family Dies") (not giving the date but stating that he was sixty-three years old when he died on 5 Oct 1955; stating that he was a "native of Dallas"); 7 Oct 1955, part 3, p. 19 (obituary of James R. Cochran) (not giving the date but stating that he was sixty-three years old when he died on 5 Oct 1955; stating that he was a "native of Dallas").
  9. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for James R. Cochran, memorial no. 21312348, viewed on 8 May 2014 (giving the year but no other information).
  10. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above.
  11. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (giving the year but not the month and date; not naming the place).
  12. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 6 Oct 1955, part 1, p. 8 ("Member of Pioneer Family Dies").
  13. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 6 Oct 1955, part 1, p. 8 ("Member of Pioneer Family Dies"); 7 Oct 1955, part 3, p. 19 (obituary of James R. Cochran).
  14. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (not giving the date).
  15. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for James R. Cochran, memorial no. 21312348, viewed on 8 May 2014 (not giving the date).
  16. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 6 Oct 1955, part 1, p. 8 ("Member of Pioneer Family Dies") (stating that Mrs. Jack E. Meletio of Dallas was the surviving daughter of James R. Cochran).
  17. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 27 Oct 1937, part 1, p. 12 (naming J. R. Cochran as her father).

Charleene Shaw

F, ID# 18182, b. 10 May 1896, d. 25 December 1970

Charleene Shaw Cochran's grave marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Tex., photographed by Roger Bartlett.
  • Note*: She was a native of Albany, New York and had lived in Dallas, Texas for sixty-four years when she died. She was a member of Cochran Chapel Methodist Church, the Cosmos Review Club, and the Dallas Garden Center.5

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial is here.
  • Last Edited: 8 May 2014

Family: James R. Cochran b. 1891, d. 5 Oct 1955

Citations

  1. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  2. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 27 Dec 1970, sec. A, p. 41 (obituary of Mrs. J. R. Cochran) (not giving the date but stating that she was seventy-four years old when she died on 25 Dec 1970).
  3. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Charleene Shaw Cochran, memorial no. 21312461, viewed on 8 May 2014 (giving the year but no other information).
  4. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (giving the date but not the place).
  5. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 27 Dec 1970, sec. A, p. 41 (obituary of Mrs. J. R. Cochran).
  6. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (naming the place but not giving the date).
  7. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Charleene Shaw Cochran, memorial no. 21312461, viewed on 8 May 2014 (not giving the date).

William R. Cochran

M, ID# 18183, b. 12 October 1866, d. 28 March 1888
  • Last Edited: 29 Mar 2004

Citations

  1. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976) (stating that he was the "eldest son of John H. & M.J. Cochran"). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  2. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 686 (naming John Hughes Cochran as his father).
  3. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 686 (naming Martha Jane Johnson as his mother).
  4. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (giving the date but not the place).
  5. [S248] Supposition as to place, based on family's residence at the time.
  6. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above.

(Daughter) Cochran

F, ID# 18184, b. between 1880 and 1882
  • Note*: She died in infancy.3
  • Last Edited: 21 Mar 2004

Citations

  1. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976) (stating that she was the "infant dau of James Monroe & Nannie Clark Cochran"). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  2. [S248] Supposition as to place, based on family's believed residence at the time.
  3. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above.

Margaret H. Cochran

F, ID# 18185, b. 7 April 1879, d. 11 September 1880
  • Last Edited: 21 Mar 2004

Citations

  1. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976) (stating that she was the "infant dau of J.M. & M.B. Cochran"). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  2. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (giving the date but not the place).
  3. [S248] Supposition as to place, based on family's believed residence at the time.
  4. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above.

Mary A. Cochran

F, ID# 18186, b. circa 1879, d. circa 1879
  • Last Edited: 29 Mar 2004

Citations

  1. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976) (stating that she was an infant and the "dau of J.M. & M.B. Cochran"). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  2. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (stating that the stone is not readable but she "probably died 1879" and was an infant).
  3. [S248] Supposition as to place, based on family's believed residence at the time.
  4. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above.
  5. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (stating that the date is not readable but she "probably died 1879").

William Hughes

M, ID# 18187, b. 13 June 1785, d. 10 October 1871
  • Note*: He and his wife migrated to North Carolina and, after several years there, to Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, where he lived the rest of his life.4

Additional Resources

• His Find A Grave memorial, which includes a picture of his grave marker, is here.
  • Last Edited: 5 Aug 2015

Family: Alcy Carr b. 3 Jul 1791, d. 3 Oct 1870

Citations

  1. [S944] John H. Cochran, Dallas County: A Record of Its Pioneers and Progess, Being a Supplement to John Henry Brown's History of Dallas County (1887) with Correction of Some Errors Contained Therein, and Much Additional Information About Early Settlers and Their Families (Dallas, Tex.: Service Pub. Co., 1928), p. 39 (giving the place but not the date).
  2. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for William Hughes, memorial no. 43789620, viewed on 5 Aug 2015 (giving the date but not the place).
  3. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Alsey Carr Hughes, memorial no. 43789183, viewed on 5 Aug 2015.
  4. [S944] John H. Cochran, Dallas County: A Record of Its Pioneers and Progress [ETC.], above, p. 39.
  5. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 16 Dec 1968, sec. D, p. 2 ("Six Sisters in Love Field's Past") (naming William Hughes as her father).
  6. [S944] John H. Cochran, Dallas County: A Record of Its Pioneers and Progress [ETC.], above, p. 39 (naming William Hughes as her father).
  7. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, message posted to Dallas History Message Board, 16 Aug 2004, online http://www.dallashistory.org (naming William Hughes as her father).
  8. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 16 Dec 1968, sec. D, p. 2 ("Six Sisters in Love Field's Past") (stating that he was the brother of the six sisters who were daughters of William Hughes and Alcy Carr Hughes).

Alcy Carr

F, ID# 18188, b. 3 July 1791, d. 3 October 1870

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial, which includes a picture of her grave marker, is here.
  • Last Edited: 5 Aug 2015

Family: William Hughes b. 13 Jun 1785, d. 10 Oct 1871

Citations

  1. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Alsey Carr Hughes, memorial no. 43789183, viewed on 5 Aug 2015.
  2. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 16 Dec 1968, sec. D, p. 2 ("Six Sisters in Love Field's Past") (naming Alcy Carr as her mother).
  3. [S944] John H. Cochran, Dallas County: A Record of Its Pioneers and Progess, Being a Supplement to John Henry Brown's History of Dallas County (1887) with Correction of Some Errors Contained Therein, and Much Additional Information About Early Settlers and Their Families (Dallas, Tex.: Service Pub. Co., 1928), p. 39 (naming Alcy Carr as her mother).
  4. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, message posted to Dallas History Message Board, 16 Aug 2004, online http://www.dallashistory.org (naming Ailsey Carr as her mother).
  5. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 16 Dec 1968, sec. D, p. 2 ("Six Sisters in Love Field's Past") (stating that he was the brother of the six sisters who were daughters of William Hughes and Alcy Carr Hughes).

John Cochran

M, ID# 18189
  • Note*: His family migrated to Pennsylvania from Ireland when John was two or three years old.1
  • Last Edited: 29 Mar 2004

Family: Margaret McClanahan

Citations

  1. [S944] John H. Cochran, Dallas County: A Record of Its Pioneers and Progess, Being a Supplement to John Henry Brown's History of Dallas County (1887) with Correction of Some Errors Contained Therein, and Much Additional Information About Early Settlers and Their Families (Dallas, Tex.: Service Pub. Co., 1928), p. 40.
  2. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 685.
  3. [S944] John H. Cochran, Dallas County: A Record of Its Pioneers and Progress [ETC.], above, p. 40 (naming John Cochran as his father).

Margaret McClanahan

F, ID# 18190
  • Last Edited: 27 Mar 2004

Family: John Cochran

Citations

  1. [S944] John H. Cochran, Dallas County: A Record of Its Pioneers and Progess, Being a Supplement to John Henry Brown's History of Dallas County (1887) with Correction of Some Errors Contained Therein, and Much Additional Information About Early Settlers and Their Families (Dallas, Tex.: Service Pub. Co., 1928), p. 40.
  2. [S952] Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago, Ill.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1892), p. 685.
  3. [S944] John H. Cochran, Dallas County: A Record of Its Pioneers and Progress [ETC.], above, p. 40 (naming Margaret McClanahan as his mother).

Eliza Gray

F, ID# 18191, b. 1837
  • Last Edited: 27 Mar 2004

Family 2: Maj. Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard b. 22 Feb 1838

Citations

  1. [S945] H. Franklin Andrews, The Hamlin Family: A Genealogy of Capt. Giles Hamlin of Middletown, Connecticut, 1654-1900 (Exira, Iowa: H. F. Andrews, 1900), p. 242.

George M. Kimbard

M, ID# 18192
  • Last Edited: 27 Mar 2004

Family: Eliza Gray b. 1837

Citations

  1. [S945] H. Franklin Andrews, The Hamlin Family: A Genealogy of Capt. Giles Hamlin of Middletown, Connecticut, 1654-1900 (Exira, Iowa: H. F. Andrews, 1900), p. 242.

Eleanor Hubbard

F, ID# 18193, b. 1861, d. 1861
  • Death*: She died in 1861.3
  • Birth*: She was born in 1861.3
  • Last Edited: 27 Mar 2004

Citations

  1. [S945] H. Franklin Andrews, The Hamlin Family: A Genealogy of Capt. Giles Hamlin of Middletown, Connecticut, 1654-1900 (Exira, Iowa: H. F. Andrews, 1900), p. 242 (naming Mary Olivia Alexander as her mother).
  2. [S945] H. Franklin Andrews, The Hamlin Family [etc.], above, p. 242 (naming Maj. Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard as her father).
  3. [S945] H. Franklin Andrews, The Hamlin Family [etc.], above, p. 242.

Catherine Hubbard

F, ID# 18194, b. 1863, d. 1868
  • Birth*: She was born in 1863.3
  • Death*: She died in 1868.3
  • Last Edited: 27 Mar 2004

Citations

  1. [S945] H. Franklin Andrews, The Hamlin Family: A Genealogy of Capt. Giles Hamlin of Middletown, Connecticut, 1654-1900 (Exira, Iowa: H. F. Andrews, 1900), p. 242 (naming Maj. Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard as her father).
  2. [S945] H. Franklin Andrews, The Hamlin Family [etc.], above, p. 242 (naming Mary Olivia Alexander as her mother).
  3. [S945] H. Franklin Andrews, The Hamlin Family [etc.], above, p. 242.

Lillian Hubbard

F, ID# 18195, b. 1865, d. 1865
  • Death*: She died in 1865.3
  • Birth*: She was born in 1865.3
  • Last Edited: 27 Mar 2004

Citations

  1. [S945] H. Franklin Andrews, The Hamlin Family: A Genealogy of Capt. Giles Hamlin of Middletown, Connecticut, 1654-1900 (Exira, Iowa: H. F. Andrews, 1900), p. 242 (naming Maj. Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard as her father).
  2. [S945] H. Franklin Andrews, The Hamlin Family [etc.], above, p. 242 (naming Mary Olivia Alexander as her mother).
  3. [S945] H. Franklin Andrews, The Hamlin Family [etc.], above, p. 242.

Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard

M, ID# 18196, b. 1866, d. 1866
  • Death*: He died in 1866.3
  • Birth*: He was born in 1866.3
  • Last Edited: 27 Mar 2004

Citations

  1. [S945] H. Franklin Andrews, The Hamlin Family: A Genealogy of Capt. Giles Hamlin of Middletown, Connecticut, 1654-1900 (Exira, Iowa: H. F. Andrews, 1900), p. 242 (naming Maj. Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard as his father).
  2. [S945] H. Franklin Andrews, The Hamlin Family [etc.], above, p. 242 (naming Mary Olivia Alexander as his mother).
  3. [S945] H. Franklin Andrews, The Hamlin Family [etc.], above, p. 242.

Louisa W. Ridgway

F, ID# 18198
  • Last Edited: 27 Mar 2004

Family: Merritt Noxon Willits b. 5 Sep 1847, d. 20 Nov 1919

Citations

  1. [S947] Alfred C. Willits, Ancestors and Descendants of James and Ann Willits of Little Egg Harbor, N.J. (Philadelphia, Penn.: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1898), p. 17 (naming Jesse C. Ridgway as her father).
  2. [S947] Alfred C. Willits, Ancestors and Descendants of James and Ann Willits, above, p. 17 (naming Lydia Ann Willits as her mother).
  3. [S947] Alfred C. Willits, Ancestors and Descendants of James and Ann Willits, above, p. 17 (spelling his surname as Willits).
  4. [S947] Alfred C. Willits, Ancestors and Descendants of James and Ann Willits, above, p. 17 (naming Louisa W. Ridgway as her mother).
  5. [S947] Alfred C. Willits, Ancestors and Descendants of James and Ann Willits, above, p. 17 (naming Louisa W. Ridgway as his mother).

Clara L. Willitts

F, ID# 18199, b. 13 February 1883
  • Birth*: She was born on 13 February 1883.3
  • Last Edited: 27 Mar 2004

Citations

  1. [S947] Alfred C. Willits, Ancestors and Descendants of James and Ann Willits of Little Egg Harbor, N.J. (Philadelphia, Penn.: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1898), p. 17 (naming Merritt Noxon Willits as her father).
  2. [S947] Alfred C. Willits, Ancestors and Descendants of James and Ann Willits, above, p. 17 (naming Louisa W. Ridgway as her mother).
  3. [S947] Alfred C. Willits, Ancestors and Descendants of James and Ann Willits, above, p. 17 (spelling her surname as Willits).

Jesse R. Willitts

M, ID# 18200, b. 19 November 1885
  • Birth*: He was born on 19 November 1885.3
  • Last Edited: 27 Mar 2004

Citations

  1. [S947] Alfred C. Willits, Ancestors and Descendants of James and Ann Willits of Little Egg Harbor, N.J. (Philadelphia, Penn.: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1898), p. 17 (naming Merritt Noxon Willits as his father).
  2. [S947] Alfred C. Willits, Ancestors and Descendants of James and Ann Willits, above, p. 17 (naming Louisa W. Ridgway as his mother).
  3. [S947] Alfred C. Willits, Ancestors and Descendants of James and Ann Willits, above, p. 17 (spelling his surname as Willits).