This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: COCHRAN/ORTON/SHELL/GARRETT/BEARDEN/BEARDON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IMJ.2ACEB/308.326.573.574.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Daphne, thanks for responding...my Cochran line runs like this: my mother Mary Ivaree Cochran, b. 7/17/1923 in Fannin Co., GA, d. 7/24/1999 in Williamsburg, Whitley Co., KY. She married to Ora Wilbert Eads, b. 1/2/1914 in Wayne Co., MO and still living, age 92, in TN. The marriage took place 3/25/1944 at Druid Hills Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA. My grandparents: Fred Andrew Cochran, b. 10/14/1889 Talking Rock, Fannin Co., GA and d. 12/1/1972 Pickens Co., GA. He married to Kansas Oregon Orton, b. 10/13/1892 in Fannin Co., GA and d. (escapes me right now but I do have it somewhere)! They are buried at Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Ludville, GA. Fred and Kansas married 9/25/1910. My great-grandparents: James Jesse Cochran b. 8/19/1861 in Gilmer Co., GA and d. 11/22/1945 in Murray Co., GA. He married on 2/14/1886 in Gilmer Co., GA to Mary Emmie?Emma? Shell (thought to have been raised by relatives with surname Shell...she may have actually been a Murry?) Her b.date 11/19/1866 in GA, death date ?. Great-great grandparents William Monroe Cochran, b. 6/9/1833 in Cherokee Co., GA and d. 5/1/1896 in Fannin Co., GA. He married 2/27/1859 in Gilmer Co., GA to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, b. 8/17/1840 Greenville, S.C. Burial Morganton, Fannin Co., GA. 3rd great-grandparents thought to be Hezekiah Cockran/Cochran b. abt. 1803 in Greenville, SC and d. abt. 1870 in GA. Thought to have married on 9/27/1828 in Habersham Co., GA to Elizabeth Beardon/Bearden who was b. GA. Last I have possible 4th great-grandfather as another William Cockran b. abt. 1760 in VA.... Parts of this I have docuemntation for, (mainly parents to great-grandparents, but then I don't have documentation for the rest and am open to corrrections and addiltions. I also have to give credit for much of that info. to other Cochran researchers who have posted on here, especially Ann Cameron and Johnny Stanley...Glad to share and compare with anyone! Thanks.