This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: COCHRAN White Brady Kempe Hansbrough Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IMJ.2ACEB/1747.2.1 Message Board Post: Unfortunately, my John Walter COCHRAN was probably born by 1845 at the latest, as the first of his three children was born 6/22/1861. However, the legend is that John Walter Cochran was one of 12 children, "the result of two marriages", so perhaps he could be a sibling to your Richard A. Cochran. John Walter Cochran named his three children Hiram Walter, Albert, and Sarah Eldora. Perhaps the A in your Richard's middle name is for Albert? The next generation (Hiram Walter's progeny) included a Clarence Charles Cochran and a Myrtle Cochran (noticing Lilian's middle initial M.) The only sibling name handed down is Wendell Cochran (no further information available on him, either.) I, too, am hopeful of finding someone who can link in my John Walter in some way, for it seems without someone else I am stuck... unable to locate his death record from 1874, a grave, his original birth record from Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL, or any surviving family history with more information. We are only this far due to the incredible memory of a blind aunt, who dictated everything she knew in 1969. Good luck, and thank you!! Lisa L. Moore/Smith on behalf of Margie Maxine Kempe (COCHRAN-Brady) Smith [email protected]