Posted on: Hancock County, Il Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Hancock?read=1124 Surname: AMES, COCHRAN, CRUM, DINSMOR, DINSMORE, ECKLIN, HILL, HOFFERMAN, JOHNSON, KIMBALL, MCKEE, MCKNIGHT, MOORE, PRIOR, PRYOR, SHEFFIELD, SLUSHER, SMITH, STEEL, STEELE, URTON ------------------------- In an effort to identify the Nellie (COCHRAN) SLUSHER b 1864 in ? - d 1946 Hancock Co., IL, and buried Riverside Cemetery, Montebello, Hancock Co., IL, I am researching the COCHRAN families of Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, which moved to Hancock C., IL, in the early 1800's. The following information was derived from the burial information found on the Hancock Co. pages, from the Illinois marriage index and from on-line LDS files: 1. John COCHRAN b abt 1754 (NH?) - m to Annis DINSMOR - Annis b ?. Children: +2. i. John Dinsmore COCHRAN (Sr.) b 11 Mar 1771 (see below) ii. Robert Boyd COCHRAN b 22 Jul 1775 Windham Twp., Rockingham Co., NH. iii. Martha COCHRAN b 15 Apr 1778 Windham Twp., Rockingham Co., NH. iv. Jennet COCHRAN b 30 Sep 1780 Windham Twp., Rockingham Co., NH. ___________________________________________________________ 2. John Dinsmore COCHRAN (Sr.) b 11 Mar 1771 Londonberry?/Windham? Co., NH - d 19 Jan 1843 Hancock Co., IL - bu Riverside Cemetery, Montebello, Hancock Co., IL - m on ? in ? to Mary ______ (a cousin, poss same last name) - Mary b 26 Feb 1783 Windham, Rockingham Co., NH - d 1 Sep 1838 Hancock Co., IL - bu same cemetery. Children: i. John Dinsmore COCHRAN Jr. b 26 Jul 1810 Windham, Rockingham Co., NH - d 10 Apr 1856 Hancock Co, IL - bu same cemetery. ii. Jane COCHRAN b ? - d ? - m 23 Dec 1832 Hancock Co., IL, to Samuel SMITH, Esq. - Samuel b ? - d ? - both bur same cemetery. iii. (poss son?) Charles L. COCHRAN b 20 Feb 1823 in ? - d 29 Mar 1893 Hancock Co., IL - bu same cemetery. iv. Andrew Parks COCHRAN b 28 Mar 1825 Windham, Rockingham Co, NH - d 14 May 1870 Hancock Co., IL - m 27 Dec 1860 Hancock Co., IL, to Mary Ann PRIOR?PRYOR? - Mary Ann b 23 Feb 1837 in ? - d 31 Nov 1872 Hancock Co., IL - both bu same cemetery. ___________________________________________________________ Also bu same Cemetery: COCHRAN, Mary b 18 Feb 1814 in ? - d 31 Nov 1872 Hancock Co., IL SLUSHER, Nellie (COCHRAN) b 1864 in ? - d 1946 Hancock Co., IL. ___________________________________________________________ Additional COCHRAN marriages in Hancock Co., IL: Beecher B. COCHRAN m Maggie T. MCKEE 2 Jan 1872 James G. COCHRAN m Lina AMES 21 Apr 1870 John E. COCHRAN m Rachel E. MOORE 7 Apr 1867 John H. COCHRAN m Edna Florence HOFFERMAN 1 Dec 1898 John S. COCHRAN m Emily M. JOHNSON 28 Jun 1898 Joshua COCHRAN m Harriett HILL 19 Feb 1874 Moses H. COCHRAN m Sarah E. MCKNIGHT 28 May 1867 William R. COCHRAN m Emma J. HILL 19 Nov 1876 Ann W. COCHRAN m David M. SHEFFIELD 13 Nov 1856 Emily R. COCHRAN m John E. ECKLIN 31 May 1877 Emma E. COCHRAN m Samuel T. SMITH 24 May 1870 Mary COCHRAN m Robert C. CRUM 30 Mar 1900 Mary Jane COCHRAN m George F. URTON 20 Apr 1876 Sarah A. COCHRAN m Alpheus KIMBALL 20 Sep 1838 ___________________________________________________________ Any additional info/connections re the above appreciated either posted here or emailed to me. Also would surely appreciate anyone able to find Nellie COCHRAN (b 1864), then about age 6, in 1870 Hancock Co., Census. Nellie COCHRAN was m to ______ SLUSHER. He is u/i and is beleieved to poss be a descendant of Ashael SLUSHER (1790's-1850), who's widow (Mary "Polly" MAUCK SLUSHER 1796-1872) and children moved to Hancock Co., IL, in the early 1850's. Regards and thanks, Otis Link: Descendants of Asahel SLUSHER URL: <http://community-2.webtv.net/oslushGen2/AsahelSLUSHER/>