> ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== > Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm George W. Cochran Sr. was born between 1770 and 1780 in Virginia. He served in the military in the war of 1812. He resided in 1830 in Jackson, Pickaway County, Ohio. He died before 1840. In the 1840 census his wife appears to be living with their son (younger George) in Fulton County, Illinois. George Cochran was described as a “native of the Old Dominion (Virginia) and of German descent.” Mary Sutherland was born on 20 Apr 1782 in Virginia. She appeared on the census in 1840 in Fulton County, Illinois. She lived with her son George. In the 1850 census of William Ward’s family, Mary was listed as 68 years old, Female, born in Virginia. She died on 15 Jun 1856 in Linn County, Iowa. She was buried in Lafayette Cemetery, Otter Creek Township, Linn County, Iowa. On the grave stone is her son-in-law’s name on the front (James), one side his wife, her daughter (Sarah) and on the other Mary. George W. Cochran Sr. and Mary Sutherland had the following children: I. Sarah Cochran was born on 2 Oct 1799 in Virginia. She appeared on the census in 1840 in Fulton County, Illinois. She Settled in 1841/42 in Otter Creek Township, Linn County, Iowa. She resided about 1841 in Otter Creek Township, Linn County, Iowa. She died on 8 Nov 1865. Sarah is buried in Lafayette Cemetery. On the stone is her husband’s name on the front (James), one side his wife (Sarah) and on the other her mother (Mary). She married James Hemphill, who was born on 10 Nov 1790 in Tyrone, Ireland. He appeared on the census in 1840 in Fulton County, Illinois. II. George Cochran Jr. was born on 7 Aug 1807 in Berkeley Co. (formed in 1772 from Frederick County), West Virginia. He was raised, “grew to manhood and married”, in Pickaway County, Southern Ohio. His sister was born in Pickaway Co. in 1812, so the family was probably living there at that time. He had a wallet inscribed in pen: “George Cochran, his book, 1828, Springfield” He appeared on the census in 1840 in Fulton County, Illinois. In the 1840 Fulton County census the family of George Cochran (Jr.?) lived next door to James Hemphill (husband of Sarah Cochran). Moving west in 1840, he purchased a 260 acre farm in Otter Creek Township in 1841. In 1850 he went overland to California, and after spending about one year on the Pacific slope returned to Iowa by way of the Isthumus of Panama, New Orleans, St. Louis, and Davenport. He died on 12 Apr 1887 in Otter Creek Township, Linn County, Iowa. He was buried in Lafayette Cemetery, Otter Creek Township, Linn County, Iowa. George Cochran was married to Catherine about 2 Aug 1824 in Berkeley Co. , West Virginia. George Cochran m Mrs. Catherine Reichard // Date of bond August 2, 1824 Date of marriage August __, 1824 Name of suretor: George Hoe Name of minister: Charles P Krauth These records are in Bond book 4b #268. Also a ciruit court record with the number mr47. George Cochran Jr. was married to Mary Glaze on 24 Dec 1828 in Pickaway County, Ohio. George Cochran Jr. and Mary Glaze had the following children: A. Mary Jane Cochran George Cochran Jr. was married to Hannah Ward on 21 Nov 1833 in Pickaway County, Ohio. George Cochran Jr. and Hannah Ward had the following children: A. John Cochran B. Mary Jane Cochran George Cochran Jr. was married to Susan Gunn between 1839 and 1849 in Iowa. George Cochran Jr. and Susan Gunn had the following children: A. Z. Taylor Cochran III. Nancy Cochran was born on 10 Feb 1812 in Pickaway County, Ohio. She Moved about 1838 into Illinois. She Moved about 1840 into Iowa. She appeared on the census on 17 Aug 1850 in Linn County, Iowa. She appeared on the census in 1856 in Otter Creek Township, Linn County, Iowa. She Moved in 1875 or 1877 into Clarke County, Washington. She died on 20 Sep 1896 in Hackinson, Clarke County, Washington. She was buried on 20 Sep 1896 in Brush Prairie, Washington. Nancy Cochran was married to William Franklin Ward on 10 Jan 1830 in Allen County, Ohio. IV. Nathan Cochran was married to Eliza Unknown. Eliza Unknown was born about 1826 in Indiana.