Because of the recent postings to this list regarding the surname COCHRAN, I wanted to share the information below with the list. I hastily add that I do not research the surname Cochran. Charlotte Tucker The Rev. William L. Cochran, the pastor of the church during the year of 1853-54 was born in South Carolina during the year of 1805. The oldest female in his family during the census of 1860 was Martha Emeline, born in 1826. He was, perhaps at the time, a widower and Martha was his daughter. His other children were Lucinda, born 1834; Samuel, born 1836; Jesse, born 1838, Eliza, born 1840; John, born 1842; Henry, born 1846 and Charles, born in 1848. Most of his children were members of the church. It appears that he lived in the community and participated in its life. It was his lot to again become pastor of the church in the immediate years ahead. . William L. Cochran served Mulberry Church as its pastor for the second time, this time being the years of 1860,1861, and 1862. SOURCE: Ulysses H. Abrams, A History of Mulberry Baptist Church 1818-1968: 34,36. Book is held by Samford University, Special Collections, Birmingham, Alabama.