By horse and buggy, the families loaded up in wagon trains and followed the dirt roads to the next stop of their journey, bringing along a couple of cows and a few pigs and the spinning wheel to use once they succeeded with their first crop of cotton, and of course they grew tobacco or corn, rice and wheat.

Some of their estate sales included a gun, a jar, a grubbing hoe, a shovel, a feather bed, and perhaps a lot of medicine, meaning perhaps a box of medicine. Those attending the estate sales and those making the appraisals were usually married into the family and lived nearby on their own plantations. The old roads used were usually indian paths, sometimes friendly, sometimes not, but many were also intermarried with our families.

Many began in Maryland or Virginia, even in Jamestown, while some were also on the Mayflower landing at Plymouth Rock and then migrating southward along the east coast. They came from many other countries to settle here and fight for their Independence in 1776, being awarded Land for their service and a pension, most often these documents are located in the Archives.

Aug. 15, 1840, and was the daughter of Horatio Wanton and Rosanna (Lamont) Parker, the former a native of New York, and the latter of Ohio.

Six children have been born of this union: Martha W., the wife of Dennis Bull, a farmer of Lime Creek Township; Nellie G., at home; Charles W., deceased; one who died in infancy; Robert Parker and James Mack. Mrs. Griffith was the mother of four children by her first husband, William Hayes: Susan married Philip Whetstine; Lucy J., deceased; Wanton, deceased; Laura, the wife of James Coffey.

In 1876, Mr. Griffith bought seventy-nine acres where he resides, and now owns 244 acres, all under a fine state of cultivation, with all necessary out buildings for a well-regulated farm. He came to Iowa with a cash capital of about seventy-five cents, and, with that as a start, by his own industry and good management, has accumulated an abundance with which to smooth his declining years. He is now turning his attention to stock-raising, and has on hand some fine specimens of the Norman and Clydesdale breeds of horse, together with Short-horn and Red-Polled cattle. He has set out between seven and eight hundred fruit and a number of shade trees on his farm. Mr. Griffith cast his first vote for Harrison, and was an ardent supporter of the war measures. Socially, he is a member of the A.F. & A.M., Dayton Lodge. Politically, he is independent, and religiously, both Mr. and Mrs. Griffith are members of the Christian Church.

Draft Card Cochran (197 KB) Benjamin Harrison Frank's uncle. 1860 census Wm Little (52 KB) Saline Missouri He was Frank's Uncle. census Coonfield (697 KB) great great great great grandpa Isaac Coonfield Draft Card McClain (193 KB) Great grandpa Charles Allen McClain was born 1886 and died 1949 in Montgomery Alabama 1800 census Charles McClain (19 KB) Spartanburg SC a great great great grandfather to Frank's wife. Michael Stone in Tennessee (584 KB) 1840 census image 1860 census YOUNG (35 KB) Boone, Harrison Indiana shows Martha Young as a child. History of Indiana books online mention the names of many of our family as they migrated into this territory in the 1820s. Civil War registration Jacob B. Cochran (25 KB) Great grandpa Jacob Benjamin Cochran - Interesting document, shows his wife Clora Jane. He served in the Ohio Infantry. Must take note that another Jacob Cochran also served and died, but that may have been a cousin. It would seem that our Jacob was well traveled, as his first wife Mariah died in Iowa, and Clora Jane was in Illinois. But Clora and Jacob went back to Iowa and then on to Kanas as the very first homesteaders of Graham KS. 1850 census John C Wright (25 KB) Kentucky A Virginian, great great great grandfather to Frank. John's daughter married Hiram Little in KY. John was married in 1811, to Catherine Weatherford, a daughter of Patsy and Charles Weatherford. 1870 census Hiram Lucius Little and Rebecca (927 KB) Texas - new family, 6 new children plus two more from Kentucky - Brooks family nearby - Hiram's baby is named Brooks.....Hiram was the son of Jonas Little and Betsy Douglass. Jonas had a brother named John who went to Tennessee and then on to Texas so it is possible that Hiram followed his Uncle John Little. Rebecca was born in Tennessee and could be Hiram met her while visiting his Uncle John. census 1860 Young (776 KB) complete image to see the neighbors and I wonder who the parents were of Martha's mom. She was Minerva Evans of Kentucky, probably native american, married to James Young of Pennsylvania, and his brother George Young lived with them. Some of the younger neighbors could be related. 1850 census Grandpa Hiram Little (46 KB) moved to Texas was widowed and remarried Hiram was brother to Douglass, James and Wesley. Hiram was a surgeon in the civil war! 1820 census Charles McClain (29 KB) South Carolina Frank's parents (295 KB) Clora Jane Miller married Frank D. Cochran as also written in Milo's book. Many photos exist of the Millers with the Cochrans and that is because when Clora's family left Iowa for Kansas, several of her Millers came with the Cochrans. So as my daddy played with Roy or Leroy, or Jack or Wesley, lets keep in mind that they were indeed cousins. census 1840 Georgia McLain families (703 KB) Josiah and his son J.W.McLain families are here in 1840 James and Wesley Little, brothers of Hiram (59 KB) census image Frank's uncles. Kentucky history writes of the murder of Wesley. 1860 census Jacob Cochran (66 KB) California- Frank's grandfather spent some time in the gold rush but came back with a sock full of dust and then went to Iowa. Weatherford, Martin (251 KB) grandfather of Catherine Weatherford Wright, he married a native american, and migrated into Georgia as he served in the American Revolution, becamed widowed, remarried, led 300 Creeks into battle, and also ventured back and forth to the Bahamas. Each wife named a son Charles and the first one moved into Alabama while the other went to the Bahamas. census 1860 GA Josiah McClain is 70 (586 KB) with wife Ann on census image John Abraham Little draft card (176 KB) census image Michell Stone from Maryland (16 KB) Alabama census Michael of Maryland was a GGG grandfather to Frank's wife. 1850 census Cochran from Ireland (749 KB) Alexander is 86 and living with another family Civil War registration Grandpa John Wright Little (29 KB) Military registration 1870 census Douglas Little (29 KB) Kentucky Frank's uncle spent his entire life in KY as a wagon maker, had his own shop according to the KY history books, then a lawyer and a Judge. Uncle Douglass is mentioned in several history books of Kentucky and it's counties. His son L. P. was also a judge and an author who assisted in some of that history writing. They truly put our Little family on the map so to speak. Douglass took in many family orphans as his family died off. 1850 census Cochran brothers living together (691 KB) Alexander living with William census 1790 Peter Bozeman (50 KB) South Carolina Born in Bladen County NC around 1755, he served in the American Revolution and was captured at the Fall of Charleston as was also George Little. Peter settled a few miles away on a plantation in Darlington County SC along the PeeDee River by his brother Jesse. Peter married Sarah Brown in 1786 according to the Evan Pugh Diaries, and had 4 daughters on this census. The SC Archives has many records on Peter. 1850 census Catherine Wright Little (17 KB) Kentucky The lovely grandma Catherine G. Wright married in 1811. ( G. for Georgia? as most of the men in her family had settled into Georgia about 1783...so this must be a clue to her father. ) 1900 census Jacob Cochran (985 KB) with family census 1840 Kentucky (547 KB) Little Charley Little (211 KB) Kentucky Frank's Uncle.

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Frank Delbert Cochran left Kansas and went to Arkansas to look for work. There he met Luella Ellen Coonfield and married in 1914. Her parents were Lattie Cedonia Little of Shepherdsville Kentucky andBenjamin Wallace Coonfield of Indiana.

Frank's parents were Clora Jane Miller of Illinois and Jacob Benjamin Cochran of Ohio.

Each had fathers who had served in the Civil War.
Luella named a son Frankie in 1927 and he married Anne Carter in 1951 Montgomery Alabama.
Parents of Anne were Emily Alice McClain and Cecil Earl Fenn Carter. All had fathers serving in the Civil War. Alice's parents were Charles Allen McClain and Lorena Emma Bozeman. Cecil's parents were Anna Lou Stone and Wm Franklin Fenn

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