This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IMJ.2ACEB/2245 Message Board Post: If anybody knows anything about this family I'd really appreciate your contacting me - thanks. Carolyn in California Descendants of George Moffett Cochran and Maria Boys GEORGE MOFFETT COCHRAN was born January 28, 1798 in Elk Meadows, Augusta County, Virginia, and died May 12, 1890 in Staunton, Augusta County, Virignia. He married MARIA THERESA BOYS, daughter of WILLIAM BOYS and JANE ST. CLAIR. She was born November 02, 1806, and died August 23, 1863. Children of GEORGE COCHRAN and MARIA BOYS are: i. WILLIAM BOYS COCHRAN, b. 1830; m. MARGARET MILLER CAMERON, January 06, 1859; b. January 14, 1829, Augusta County, Virginia. ii. MAGDALEN M. COCHRAN, b. March 20, 1830; d. June 02, 1869. iii. GEORGE MOFFETT JR. COCHRAN, b. February 26, 1832; d. April 07, 1900; m. MARGARET LYNN PEYTON; b. 1835; d. December 23, 1918. iv. HENRY K. COCHRAN, b. April 01, 1834; d. July 30, 1864. v. ALEXANDER BOYS COCHRAN, b. May 10, 1836; d. July 02, 1877. vi. RODNEY COCHRAN, b. 1845. vii. ADDISON COCHRAN, b. 1846. viii. MARIA LAVINA COCHRAN, b. April 13, 1846, Augusta Co., Va; d. March 10, 1911, Roanoke, Va; m. JOSEPH HOLMES JR SHERRARD, November 15, 1888, Staunton, Virginia; b. November 13, 1835, Winchester, Va; d. November 20, 1906, Lexington, Rockbridge County, Va. ix. JAMES A. COCHRAN. x. JANE S. COCHRAN, d. Bef. 1883; m. UNKNOWN HARRISON. xi. JOHN COCHRAN, b. 1838.