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Elizabeth N. Willitts

• Father: Merritt Noxon Willits¹ b. 5 Sep 1847, d. 20 Nov 1919
• Mother: Louisa W. Ridgway²

• Birth*: She was born on 28 July 1887.³
• Death*: She died on 26 July 1888.³

• Last Edited: 27 Mar 2004

Jesse C. Ridgway

• Marriage*: He married Lydia Ann Willitts.

• Last Edited: 27 Mar 2004

Lydia Ann Willitts

• Marriage*: She married Jesse C. Ridgway.

• Last Edited: 27 Mar 2004

John Prentiss Poe

• Birth*: He was born on 22 August 1836 in Baltimore, Maryland.^1,2
• Marriage*: He married Anne Johnson Hough circa 1863.^3,4
• Death*: He died on 14 October 1909 in Ruxton, Baltimore County, Maryland, at age 73.^1,5
• Burial*: Interment was in Green Mount Cemetery, 1501 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland.^3,1

• Note*: • He was a nephew of the writer Edgar Allan Poe.
  • He was an 1854 graduate of Princeton University.
  • An attorney, he was attorney general of Maryland and dean of the University of Maryland School of Law.^6,7,8

• Last Edited: 23 Jul 2018

Edward Louis Duer

• Father: Dr. Snow Naudain Duer² b. 15 Nov 1864, d. 22 Jun 1928
• Mother: Josephine Poe¹ b. 16 Dec 1868, d. 25 Feb 1952

• Birth*: He was born on 9 January 1895.^3,4,5
• Marriage*: He married Elizabeth Richmond Atwood on 9 June 1918.³
• Burial*: Interment was in Church of the Redeemer Cemetery, 230 Pennswood Road, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.⁶
• Death*: He died on 9 March 1979 in his home, Leopard Lake, Berwyn, Chester County, Pennsylvania, at age 84.^7,5,8

• Obituary Abstract*: Died at his home at Leopard Lake, Berwyn, Pennsylvania on 9 Mar 1979 at age 84. Native of Philadelphia, Penn. Graduate of the Episcopal Academy and Princeton University; attended Oxford University in England after World War I. Lieutanant in 29th Division, U.S. Army, in World War I. Joined Sun Oil Co. in 1919, retired in 1960. Former member of Merion Cricket Club, Princeton Club of Philadelphia, Racquet Club of Philadelphia; member of Cap and Gown Club of Princeton, N.J. Member of St. David's Church in Wayne, Penn. Survived by wife, Elizabeth English Duer; three daughters, two sons, eleven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren. Memorial service at 11:00 a.m., 12 Mar 1979, St. David's Church.⁹
• Note*: • One source spells his middle name as Lewis.
  • He graduated from the Episcopal Academy and Princeton University and after serving in World War I attended Oxford University in England.
  • During World War I he was a first lieutenant in the 29th Division of the U.S. Army.
  • He joined Sun Oil Co. in 1919 and retired in 1960.^{10,11,12,13,14}

• Last Edited: 27 Aug 2018

Elizabeth Richmond Atwood

• Marriage*: She married Edward Louis Duer, son of Dr. Snow Naudain Duer and Josephine Poe, on 9 June 1918.¹

• Last Edited: 7 Jul 2018

H. P. Lively

• Marriage*: He married Mary N. Smith.

• Last Edited: 27 Mar 2004

Mary N. Smith

• Marriage*: She married H. P. Lively.

• Last Edited: 27 Mar 2004

Alice E. Cochran

• Father: Gen. James Monroe Cochran¹ b. 1 Jun 1846, d. 25 Dec 1924
• Mother: Margaret B. ('Maggie') Lively² b. 1851, d. 1879

• Birth*: She was born in Dallas County, Texas.³
• Marriage*: She married W. P. Aldridge.⁴

• Note*: They lived in Collin County, Texas.⁴

• Last Edited: 29 Mar 2004

W. P. Aldridge

• Marriage*: He married Alice E. Cochran, daughter of Gen. James Monroe Cochran and Margaret B. ('Maggie') Lively.¹

• Last Edited: 29 Mar 2004

Nancy Jane Hughsie Cochran

• Father: Gen. James Monroe Cochran^1,2 b. 1 Jun 1846, d. 25 Dec 1924
• Mother: Margaret B. ('Maggie') Lively^3,4 b. 1851, d. 1879

• Birth*: She was born on 24 October 1876 in Dallas County, Texas.^5,6
• Marriage*: She married R. C. McClendon.
• Death*: She died on 26 November 1899 at age 23.⁷
• Burial*: Interment was in Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.⁷

• Last Edited: 31 Aug 2011

George Henry Cochran

• Father: Gen. James Monroe Cochran^1,2 b. 1 Jun 1846, d. 25 Dec 1924
• Mother: Margaret B. ('Maggie') Lively³ b. 1851, d. 1879

• Birth*: He was born on 4 October 1870 in Dallas County, Texas.^4,5
• Marriage*: He married Lida Edwards on 31 October 1895.^6,5
• Death*: He died on 5 April 1956 at age 85.⁷
• Burial*: Interment was on 6 April 1956 in Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.^6,5

• Note*: He was an officer of Skillern's Drug Company in Dallas, Texas for thirty-seven years, serving as secretary and later vice-president. He graduated from the Plano Institute in the Dallas area and was a member of Oak Lawn Methodist Church in Dallas for forty-four years. His survivors included his wife, two daughters, four sisters, a brother, and two grandchildren.⁵

• Last Edited: 31 Dec 2006

Lida Edwards

• Birth*: She was born on 8 September 1874.¹
• Marriage*: She married George Henry Cochran, son of Gen. James Monroe Cochran and Margaret B. ('Maggie') Lively, on 31 October 1895.^2,3
• Death*: She died on 20 January 1964 at age 89.¹
• Burial*: Interment was in Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.¹

• Last Edited: 28 Dec 2004

Thelma Cochran

• Father: George Henry Cochran¹ b. 4 Oct 1870, d. 5 Apr 1956
• Mother: Lida Edwards¹ b. 8 Sep 1874, d. 20 Jan 1964

• Birth*: She was born on 10 April 1900 in Dallas County, Texas.^2,3,4
• Burial*: Interment was in Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.^5,6

• Note*: She died in infancy.¹

• Last Edited: 23 Oct 2006

Anne Cochran

• Father: Gen. James Monroe Cochran¹ b. 1 Jun 1846, d. 25 Dec 1924
• Mother: Hattie M. Bowlin² b. 22 Feb 1861, d. 18 Jun 1924

• Birth*: She was born circa 1886 in Dallas County, Texas.^3,4
• Marriage*: She married J. Sid Pulliam.⁵
• Death*: She died on 5 October 1967 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.⁶

• Note*: She lived in Dallas, Texas all her life and was a charter member of Highland Park Presbyterian Church there. Her survivors included a daughter, two sisters, a brother, and two grandchildren.⁶

• Last Edited: 9 Feb 2005

Katie Lee Cochran

• Father: Gen. James Monroe Cochran² b. 1 Jun 1846, d. 25 Dec 1924
• Mother: Hattie M. Bowlin¹ b. 22 Feb 1861, d. 18 Jun 1924

• Birth*: She was born on 14 November 1888.^3,4
• Marriage*: She married Wesley Taylor Jones.^5,6
• Death*: She died on 11 September 1977 at age 88.^3,7
• Burial*: Interment was on 13 September 1977 in Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.^8,9

• Last Edited: 4 Feb 2007

Bird Cochran

• Father: Gen. James Monroe Cochran^1,2 b. 1 Jun 1846, d. 25 Dec 1924
• Mother: Hattie M. Bowlin^1,3 b. 22 Feb 1861, d. 18 Jun 1924

• Birth*: She was born on 13 August 1904 in Dallas County, Texas.^4,5
• Marriage*: She married Kenneth Walter Garrett on 17 December 1925.^6,7,8
• Death*: She died on 24 June 1946 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, at age 41.^9,10
• Burial*: Interment was in Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.⁵

• Note*: She attended Southern Methodist University and lived in Dallas until moving to Chicago about a year before her death. Her survivors included three brothers and four sisters.¹⁰

• Last Edited: 9 Feb 2005

Kenneth Walter Garrett

• Birth*: He was born on 16 March 1905 in Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas.^1,2
• Marriage*: He married Bird Cochran, daughter of Gen. James Monroe Cochran and Hattie M. Bowlin, on 17 December 1925.^3,4,5
• Death*: He died on 11 February 1940 at age 34.^1,6
• Burial*: Interment was on 12 February 1940 in Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.^7,6

• Note*: He moved to Dallas, Texas in 1909, at about age 4, and lived there the rest of his life, working in insurance. His survivors included his wife, two brothers, and two sisters.⁶

• Last Edited: 6 Jan 2005

Martha Alice ('Mattie') Cochran

• Father: William M. Cochran^1,3 b. 7 Apr 1807, d. 24 Apr 1853
• Mother: Nancy Jane Hughes^1,2 b. 24 Oct 1817, d. 16 Oct 1877

• Birth*: She was born on 25 December 1848 in Dallas County, Texas.^4,5
• Marriage*: She married William Harris on 10 April 1867.^6,5
• Death*: She died on 16 September 1908 in the home of her son, William, on Swiss Avenue, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 59.^7,5
• Burial*: Interment was in Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.⁸

• Obituary*: MRS. MARTHA A. HARRIS IS DEAD.
  Of Pioneer Texas Family, Prominent in Dallas County, Leader in Religious and Social Affairs.
  Mrs. Martha Alice Cochran Harris died suddenly of hemorrhage last night about 30:30 o'clock at the residence of her son, William R. Harris, at 438 [middle digit unclear] Swiss avenue, in this city. She was born Dec. 25, 1848, and was 59 days, 8 months and 21 days old. The funeral arrangements will not be announced until word is received from a brother, John H. Cochran, who resides at Decker, Nolan County.
  Mrs. Harris was born in Dallas County, about five miles north of the city. She was the daughter of William and Mattie J. Cochran, who moved to this State and county from Tennessee in the early days of Texas, founding Cochran's Chapel settlement. She was married on April 10, 1867, to William Harris, a native Texan, descended from an old Tennessee family. He was a Confederate veteran and died in Dallas in 1904. Mrs. Harris had resided in Dallas about twenty-eight years. She was a member of the First Methodist Church.
  The following near relatives survive: John H. Cochran of Decker, a brother; Dr. Arch M. Cochran and James M. Cochran of Dallas, also brothers, and the following children: Mrs. H. H. Jacoby, nee Miss Laura J. Harris; Miss Clara A. Harris, Miss Mary M. Harris, William R. Harris, A. B. Harris and J. C. Harris. All the children reside in Dallas.
  All through her log life, Mrs. Harris had been active in Christian work. Even when failing health prevented her regular attendance upon church, her interest was not less intense.
  She was popular in the old settlers' organization and in the social affairs of the city and county.
  The body will be interred at Cochran's Chapel, for so long the center of the family circle, now so large and widespread. John H. Cochran resides forty miles from a railroad and communication in the Western country is slow. Funeral arrangements will be completed when he is heard from.⁹
• Note*: She was born on the family farm in Dallas County, Texas, then about five miles north of the city of Dallas. At the time of her death she had lived in the city about twenty-eight years. She was a Methodist and was a member of the First Methodist Church in Dallas when she died. Her survivors included three brothers and six children.⁵

• Last Edited: 31 Aug 2011

William Harris

• Birth*: He was born on 11 April 1830 in Texas.^1,2
• Marriage*: He married Martha Alice ('Mattie') Cochran, daughter of William M. Cochran and Nancy Jane Hughes, on 10 April 1867.^3,4
• Death*: He died on 21 June 1904 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 74.^1,5
• Burial*: Interment was in Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.⁶

• Last Edited: 30 Dec 2006

R. C. McClendon

• Marriage*: He married Nancy Jane Hughsie Cochran, daughter of Gen. James Monroe Cochran and Margaret B. ('Maggie') Lively.

• Last Edited: 8 Jan 2005

John Cochran McClendon

• Father: R. C. McClendon¹
• Mother: Nancy Jane Hughsie Cochran¹ b. 24 Oct 1876, d. 26 Nov 1899

• Birth*: He was born on 14 May 1898.²
• Death*: He died on 15 December 1902 at age 4.²
• Burial*: Interment was in Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.²

• Last Edited: 8 Jan 2005

James A. Cochran

• Father: John Hughes Cochran¹ b. 28 Jun 1838, d. 20 Oct 1928
• Mother: Martha Jane Johnson² b. 22 Aug 1845, d. 22 Jun 1917

• Birth*: He was born in Dallas County, Texas.³

• Last Edited: 29 Mar 2004

Obadiah Woodson Knight

Obadiah W. Knight's grave marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Tex., photographed by Roger Bartlett.

• Birth*: He was born on 1 March 1808 in Tennessee.^1,2,3
• Marriage*: He married Martha Ann Knight.
• Marriage*: He married Serena Caroline Hughes, daughter of William Hughes and Alcy Carr.^4,5,6
• Death*: He died on 1 April 1868 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 60.^4,7,8
• Burial*: Interment was in Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.^4,5

• Note*: "In 1846 Obadiah W. Knight, who had married one of the Tennessee Hughes sisters, reached Dallas and established a little trading post where Cedar Springs Avenue now joins Oak Lawn Avenue. He built a small church and another building which is credited with being the first public school in Dallas County. He hauled the timber for the building from the piney woods with his oxen and Negro slaves, and the venture cost him $300 in gold." "He purchased 1,000 acres of land, which he placed under cultivation, and was the owner of slaves, although he was opposed to the principle of bartering in flesh and blood." A Dallas elementary school is named for him. There were nine sons and eight daughters in their family.^9,10,11

• Last Edited: 25 Jun 2014

Serena Caroline Hughes

Serena C. Knight, Dallas Morning News, 1911.

• Father: William Hughes^1,2 b. 13 Jun 1785, d. 10 Oct 1871
• Mother: Alcy Carr^3,4 b. 3 Jul 1791, d. 3 Oct 1870

• Birth*: She was born on 30 September 1822 in Stokes County, North Carolina.^5,6,7
• Marriage*: She married Obadiah Woodson Knight.^8,9,7
• Death*: She died on 5 April 1914 in the home of a son, Arch J. Knight, 4725 Swiss Avenue, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 91.^6,5
• Burial*: Interment was on 7 April 1914 in Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.^10,11,12

• Last Edited: 10 Mar 2018

Mamie M. Knight

• Father: Obadiah Woodson Knight b. 1 Mar 1808, d. 1 Apr 1868
• Mother: Serena Caroline Hughes¹ b. 30 Sep 1822, d. 5 Apr 1914

• Last Edited: 5 Feb 2005

William Jenkins

• Birth*: He was born in 1817.¹
• Marriage*: He married Cynthia Thomas.
• Death*: He died in November 1871.²

• Note*: He moved from St. Louis, Missouri to Washington County, Arkansas and, in 1845, to Dallas County, Texas, where the family settled on a farm north of the town of Dallas. He was a farmer and saddler and the first sheriff of Dallas County.²

• Last Edited: 10 Apr 2004

Cynthia Thomas

• Birth*: She was born in 1816.¹
• Marriage*: She married William Jenkins.

• Last Edited: 10 Apr 2004

Dr. Elijah Creel Field

• Marriage*: He married Elvira Bowman.

• Last Edited: 15 Sep 2007

Elvira Bowman

• Marriage*: She married Dr. Elijah Creel Field.

• Last Edited: 15 Sep 2007

_____ Collins

• Marriage*: He married Mary A. Jenkins, daughter of William Jenkins and Cynthia Thomas.¹

• Last Edited: 3 Apr 2004

Frank Terry Collins

• Father: _____ Collins
• Mother: Mary A. Jenkins¹ b. 26 Mar 1841, d. 23 Mar 1923

• Last Edited: 19 Mar 2006

William Miron Cochran

• Father: Dr. Archelaus Madison ('Arch') Cochran^1,2 b. 25 Dec 1839, d. 4 Aug 1910
• Mother: Mary A. Jenkins³ b. 26 Mar 1841, d. 23 Mar 1923

• Birth*: He was born circa 1872 in Dallas County, Texas.⁴
• Marriage*: He married Mary Ethel Merrell.^5,6
• Death*: He died on 8 June 1938 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.⁵

• Note*: He was born and reared in what is now downtown Dallas, graduated from Bryan Street High School, was a Mason, and worked for forty years in the registry department of the Dallas post office until retiring five years before his death. He was survived by his wife, a son, two grandchildren, and a half-brother.⁵

• Last Edited: 31 Dec 2006

Barksdale Porter Cochran

Barksdale Porter Cochran's tombstone, Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Tex., courtesy of Stephanie Newman.

• Father: Dr. Archelaus Madison ('Arch') Cochran¹ b. 25 Dec 1839, d. 4 Aug 1910
• Mother: Mary A. Jenkins² b. 26 Mar 1841, d. 23 Mar 1923

• Birth*: He was born on 7 March 1874 in Dallas County, Texas.^3,4,5
• Marriage*: He married Harriet Keefer.^6,7,8
• Death*: He died on 8 November 1916 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 42.^9,5
• Burial*: Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery, 3020 Oak Grove Ave., Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.⁸

• Obituary*: "BARKSDALE P. COCHRAN DEAD.
     "Funeral Will Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon at 3 o'Clock at Trinity Methodist Church.
     "Barksdale Porter Cochran, 42 years old, died yesterday at his home, 2712 Boll street. Funeral services will be held at Trinity Methodist Church at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The service will be conducted by the Rev. S. H. C. Burgin, assisted by the Rev. G. B. Fladher and the Rev. O. H. Thomas. The burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. The active pallbearers will be D. C. Whiteley, Fred Patrick, Ben F. Cullum, James E. Record, Sam Smith and Marsh Elliston. The honorary pallbearers will be Matt L. Cobb, Edward Underwood, S. Leslie Stewart, Sam Barnett, Beverly Kendall and Frank E. Hendricks.
     "Mr. Cochran, who was a native of Dallas County, is survived by his wife, two sons, Porter and Archie M., and one daughter, Mrs. Frances Chadwick; his mother, Mrs. A. M. Cochran, and two brothers, William M. Cochran and A. M. Cochran. Mr. Cochran had been connected with the County Clerk's office for several years prior to his death."¹⁰
• Note*: His obituary said that he "had been connected with the County Clerk's office [in Dallas County, Texas] for several years prior to his death." It also said that he would be buried in Oakland Cemetery in Dallas, but he now is interred in Greenwood Cemetery in Dallas; I have not been able to determine whether the obituary was wrong or whether he was buried at Oakland and later was moved to Greenwood.¹¹

• Last Edited: 11 May 2014

A. M. Cochran

• Father: Dr. Archelaus Madison ('Arch') Cochran¹ b. 25 Dec 1839, d. 4 Aug 1910
• Mother: Mary A. Jenkins² b. 26 Mar 1841, d. 23 Mar 1923

• Birth*: He was born circa 1876 in Dallas County, Texas.^3,4

• Last Edited: 19 Mar 2006

Nannie A. Cochran

• Father: William Porter Cochran¹ b. 24 Jan 1841, d. 5 Jan 1906
• Mother: Amanda Maria Lawrence² b. 16 Mar 1846, d. 19 Nov 1930

• Birth*: She was born on 14 November 1868 in Dallas County, Texas.^3,4
• Marriage*: She married Ernest Brown.
• Death*: She died on 1 February 1933 at age 64.⁵
• Burial*: Interment was in Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.⁵

• Last Edited: 31 Dec 2006

Oliver Cock

• Last Edited: 4 Apr 2004

Albert Coles

• Father: Robert Cock² b. 20 Aug 1804, d. 22 Jan 1888
• Mother: Lydia Hunt¹ b. 23 Aug 1803, d. 9 Dec 1884

• Birth*: He was born on 25 April 1838 in Chariton, Lucas County, Iowa.³
• Marriage*: He married Lucy Lamira Smith, daughter of Algernon Dennis Smith and Martha _____, on 21 October 1879.⁴
• Death*: He died on 15 May 1906 at age 68.³

• Last Edited: 5 Apr 2004

Zipporah Ann Coles

• Father: Robert Cock¹ b. 20 Aug 1804, d. 22 Jan 1888
• Mother: Lydia Hunt² b. 23 Aug 1803, d. 9 Dec 1884

• Birth*: She was born in 1828 in McDonough County, Illinois.³
• Marriage*: She married Thomas Newell on 16 November 1847 in Wapello County, Iowa.³
• Death*: She died on 4 April 1905 in California.³

• Last Edited: 4 Apr 2004

Thomas Newell

• Marriage*: He married Zipporah Ann Coles, daughter of Robert Cock and Lydia Hunt, on 16 November 1847 in Wapello County, Iowa.¹

• Last Edited: 4 Apr 2004

Esther Louise Coles

• Father: Robert Cock¹ b. 20 Aug 1804, d. 22 Jan 1888
• Mother: Lydia Hunt² b. 23 Aug 1803, d. 9 Dec 1884

• Last Edited: 4 Apr 2004