Mark, Is your Hugh Cochran possibly related to James Monroe Cochran (Feb 7, 1878 - Mar 13, 1959) who married Stattorer McAdams on Apr 27, 1908 somewhere in Tennessee? Louis Shone Arlington, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Clift <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 7:22 AM Subject: [TNMARSHA] Re: TNMARSHA-D Digest V00 #104 > Hugh Cochran, Sr. is an ancestor of mine. I have done some research on his > military service and family. To my knowledge, he was never buried near the > square, although he is listed on a Confedrate memorial there. > > Hugh was captured at the Yazoo River during the Battle of Jackson (May > 1863), and was shipped up the Mississippi via the steamer Crescent City. He > had already been very sick but apparently got worse on the trip. He was > admitted to a prison hospital in Moundville, Illinois, and died there in > June of that year. He is buried in the Moundville National Cemetery. > > Are you a descendant? If so, what line is yours? I have additional > information I am sure you would be interested in. > > ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss > Searching also in mostly Marshall, Lincoln, and Giles Counties > -BARTLETT -BECK -BRENTS -BURGESS -CLARK -CLIFT -COCHRAN -DUNCAN -EMERSON > -GILLUM -HILLIARD -HOLLAND -JONES -ROGERS -WRIGHT > ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss > > On Wed, 7 Jun 2000 04:00:31 -0700, [email protected] wrote: > ______________________________ > > Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 17:06:24 -0500 > From: Christopher Taylor <[email protected]> > > I'm going to tell a conversation I had today and ask you for your help > filling in the details: > > A man told me his sister remembers seeing tombstones on the SE Corner of the > Lewisburg square when she was 17 (57 years ago). One of the people buried > there was said to be Hugh Cochran Sr, a Confederate soldier who died during > the war. It has been said that the graves were destroyed or moved when the > town square was downsized in the mid 1950's. Does anyone have information > about this story that might prove truth or falsehood? > > Looking forward to hearing from you- > > Christopher > Lewisburg, TN > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite > Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp > >