Journey of Jacob Cochran

Mama and Papa have a vast lineage which arrived long before the first 1790 census. The Coonfield families were in Henry, Kentucky for the 1800 census after migrating from PA.  Alexander Cochran married Hannah Adams in PA and had William after serving in the American Revolution.  Several children were born to this family and they soon migrated into the Oxford township of Guernsey County, Ohio and you will see very clearly that Alexander and William are the only two on that particular census. William married Martha Henderson who also had a very long interesting ancestry, and they had several children, including Jacob born in 1822.  Joseph White lived nearby and Jacob married his daughter Mariah White and had six daughters. They moved to Iowa and one daughter had a child named Frank Cochran and he is listed on Jacob's census as a grandson, but we lose track of him there.  Mariah died and Jacob married  a widow Clora Jane Miller, who also had a large ancestry back to the 1700s Virginia history. Jacob and his brothers were adventurous and spent a while in California in the gold rush, before zinc mining in Iowa, and two even went into Canada and were never heard from again. Jacob served in the Ohio Infantry and then took the first homestead of Graham County, Kansas at Hill City. Clora Jane named a son Frank Delbert Cochran and he married Luella Coonfield in 1914 and my dad was born in 1927 and died 1996.  Martha Henderson's mother was Nancy Ann Clendenning.

!Last name also spelled Clendennin

!Nancy Ann Clendennin:  Guernsey County History:  One cold winter's day the

indians, being hungry, came to the little home in Oxford Township.  Not knowing

what she should do, she gave them an apron full of fresh baked bread.  In a few

days a deer was left on the Porch.  She was educated in Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, I assume she was probably born there.

She came to Guernsey Co., Ohio in 1806 with her husband and Children. She was the first Teacher in Guernsey Co., Ohio. Martha's dad was in the war of 1812...1850 United States Federal Census 

about Nancy A Henderson 

Name: Nancy A Henderson 

Age: 66 

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1784 

Birth Place: Pennsylvania 

Gender: Female 

Home in 1850(City,County,State): Oxford, Guernsey, Ohio 

Household Members: Name Age 

Nancy A Henderson 66  

Thomas Henderson 22  

Wm Henderson 76  

!WilliAM HENDERSON: Guernsey County History: He was the oldest child of John

and Martha (Long) Henderson.  His Grandparents were William and Agnes Henderson

who came from County Down, Ireland in 1758, they settled in Lewistown, Mifflin

Co., Pennsylvania. William was a major in the War of 1812.  He was a blacksmith

and made his own sword. "Roster of Ohio Soldiers in War of 1812" Page 243, Vol.

Colonel John DeLong first Regiment Ohio Militia Maj. Wm. Henderson. Alexander Cochran is found listed in the DAR for his service in the War and he had a son and many grandsons named after him.  

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Alexander and William were the ONLY 2 Cochrans in this town at this time

and the land records indicate it was  Military Land grants.

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1830 United States Federal Census  

Name: Alexander Cochran 

Township: Oxford  

County: Guernsey  

State: Ohio  

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Now the rest of the children have grown to have their own farms and

their own children, several named Alexander or William.

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1840

Alexander Cochran Adams, Guernsey, Ohio  

 Brice Cochran Oxford, Guernsey, Ohio  

 Joseph Cochran Spencer, Guernsey, Ohio  

 Thomas Cochran Centre, Guernsey, Ohio  

 William Cochran Oxford, Guernsey, Ohio  

 Wm Cochran Beaver, Guernsey, Ohio 

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Name: Alexander COCHRAN

Date: 1816

Location: PA, Northumberland

Notes: 

Fishing Creek Township, including Greenwood, Bloom and Briar

Acres & Perches: 404

Adjoiners & Waters: Land of N Beach, Br Ck waters

Total Taxes of $7.81 (county tax of $7.81, no road tax shown)

Supplement to the Democratic Press - Wednesday March 27, 1816

TREASURER'S SALE

By virtue of an act of assembly entitled An act to amend the Act entitled An act directing the mode of selling Unseated Lands for Taxes and for other purposes passed the 15th day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifteen will be sold at the Court House on the second Monday of June next (and to continue by adjournments) for County and Road Taxes due all the tracts of Land hereafter mentioned situate in Northumberland County as the same was previous to the erection of Union and Columbia Counties and the attaching part thereof to Mifflin County ant...Taxes and Costs due are previously paid.

Harry Vanderslice, Treasurer of Northumberland County

Treasurer's Office, Sunbury, 20 February 1816.

N.B. The taxes and Costs to be paid in Philadelphia notes or specie.

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Name: ALEXANDER COCHRAN

Date: 10 Oct 1832

Location: OH, 

Document #: 3174

Serial #: OH0410__.005

Sale Type: CASH ENTRY SALE

Acres: 81.5000

Meridian or Watershed: US MILITARY SURVEY

Parcel: Township 2 N, Range 4 W, Section 1 

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COCHRAN, ALEXANDER  Ancestor #: A023554 Service: PENNSYLVANIA    Rank: PRIVATE Birth: 1760     CUMBERLAND CO PENNSYLVANIA Death: 1817     CUMBERLAND CO PENNSYLVANIA Service Description: 1) CAPT.WILLIAM WILLSON,COL.ALEXANDER BROWN

2) CUMBERLAND CO.MILITIA. 

SpouseNumber Name 

 1)HANNAH X 

MemberIDAppsAdd Vol. Child/Spouse Number/Spouse131444   

   ELIZANAH / [1] JOHN ABLES  535854       S   ELIZANAH / [1] JOHN ABL

Name: WILLIAM COCHRAN

Date: 08 Sep 1821

Location: OH, 

Document #: 54

Serial #: OH0340__.054

Sale Type: CASH ENTRY SALE

Acres: 80.0000

Meridian or Watershed: US MILITARY SURVEY

Parcel: Township 3 N, Range 4 W, Section 21 

1830 United States Federal Census 

Name: William Cochran 

Township: Knox  

County: Guernsey  

State: Ohio

1870 United States Federal Census 

Name: William Cochran 

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1795 

Age in 1870: 75  

Birthplace: Pennsylvania  

Home in 1870: Oxford, Guernsey, Ohio 

Race: White  

Gender: Male  

Post Office: Fairview  

Household Members: Name Age 

William Cochran 75  

Mary Cochran 58  

Martha Taylor 28 

1860 United States Federal Census 

Name: William Cochran 

Age in 1860: 65  

Birth Year: abt 1795  

Birthplace: Pennsylvania  

Home in 1860: Oxford, Guernsey, Ohio 

Gender: Male  

Post Office: Middlebourn 

Household Members: Name Age 

William Cochran 65  

Ruth Cochran 56  

Nelly Cochran 18  

Matty Cochran 17  

Cochran Rosch 15  

George Rosch 10  

Records indicate two Jacobs served in the Ohio Infantry and one died.

1860 United States Federal Census 

about Jacob Cochran living next to his brother.

Name: Jacob Cochran 

Age in 1860: 38  

Birth Year: abt 1822  

Birthplace: Ohio  

Home in 1860: Hamilton, Butte, California 

Gender: Male  

Post Office: Hamilton 

Household Members: Name Age 

Jacob Cochran 38  

Andw Clark 38  

Saml Clark 32  

1870 United States Federal Census 

Name: Jacob Cochran 

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1818 

Age in 1870: 52  

Birthplace: Ohio  

Home in 1870: Troy, Iowa, Iowa 

Race: White  

Gender: Male  

Post Office: Stellapolis  

Household Members: Name Age 

Jacob Cochran 52  

Mariah Cochran 53  

Ruthan Cochran 16  

Margarett A Cochran 13  

1880 United States Federal Census 

Name: Jacob Cochran 

Home in 1880: Troy, Iowa, Iowa 

Age: 58 

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822 

Birthplace: Ohio 

Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) 

Spouse's Name: Clora 

Father's birthplace: Ohio 

Mother's birthplace: Ohio 

Neighbors: View others on page  

Occupation: Farmer 

Marital Status: Married 

Race: White 

Gender: Male 

Household Members: Name Age 

Jacob Cochran 58  

Clora Cochran 28  

Sarah Cochran 2  ? Clora's daughter by first marriage?

Frank Cochran 10  grandson by whom?? where did he go

Flora A. Cochran 3M  =Clora Ann

1900 United States Federal Census 

Name: Jacob Cochran 

Home in 1900: Graham, Graham, Kansas 

Age: 78  

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822  

Birthplace: Ohio  

Relationship to head-of-house: Head  

Spouse's Name: Clora J 

Race: White  

Household Members: Name Age 

Jacob Cochran 78  

Clora J Cochran 42  

Jacob M Cochran 18  

Mary E Cochran 14  

Bengerman Cochran 11  

Flora D Cochran 9  

Frank D Cochran 6.12  =Delbert

Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 

Name: Jacob Cochran 

Census Date: 1 Mar 1895 

Residence County: Graham  

Residence State: Kansas  

Birth Location: Ohio  

Family Number: 58  

Gender: Male  

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822  

Jacob B. Cochran 

rank:  Pvt. 

company:  A 

regiment: 142 

state:Ohio 

arm of service: Infantry 

Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900 

nara publication number:

T289 

publisher:

National Archives and Records Administration 

collection title:

Civil War Pensions 

Citing this Record

"United States, Civil War and Later Pension Files, 1861-1917," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NHF5-P2K : accessed 04 Dec 2012), Jacob B. Cochran, .

United States Census, 1940

Name: Frank D Cochran

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1940

Event Place: Chetopa, Chetopa City, Labette, Kansas, United States

Gender: Male

Age: 46

Marital Status: Married

Race (Original): White

Race: White

Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head

Relationship to Head of Household: Head

Birthplace: Kansas

Birth Year (Estimated): 1894

Last Place of Residence: Rural, Labette, Kansas

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Frank D Cochran Head M 46 Kansas

Luella Cochran Wife F 41 Arkansas

Irma J Cochran Daughter F 19 Arkansas

Jay B Cochran Son M 17 Arkansas

Bonnie M Cochran Daughter F 14 Arkansas

Frankie L Cochran Son M 12 Kansas

Mary L Cochran Daughter F 10 Kansas

Freelon L Cochran Son M 8 Kansas

Darroyl D Cochran Son M 3 Kansas

Deloris W Cochran Daughter F 1 Kansas

District: 50-2 , Family Number: 432 , Sheet Number and Letter: 18B ,

1910 United States Federal Census 

Name: Frank Cochran

[Frank Cockson]  

Age in 1910: 17 

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1893 

Birthplace: Kansas 

Relation to Head of House: Brother  

Father's Birth Place: Ohio  

Mother's Birth Place: Illinois  

Home in 1910: Happy, Graham, Kansas 

Marital Status: Single  

Race: White 

Gender: Male  

Household Members: Name Age 

KY Cochran 28  

Sopha Cochran 18  

Leona Cochran 1  

Frank Cochran 17  

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 

Name: Frank Delbert Cochran 

County: Jasper  

State: Missouri  

Birthplace: Kansas;United States of America  

Birth Date: 20 Jun 1893 

Race: Caucasian (White)  

Roll: 1683222  

DraftBoard: 2  

1930 United States Federal Census 

Name: Frank D Cochran 

Home in 1930: Richland, Labette, Kansas 

Estimated birth year: abt 1894  

Birthplace: Kansas  

Relation to Head of House: Head  

Spouse's name: Luella 

Race: White 

Frank D Cochran 36  

Luella Cochran 32  

Bernice P Cochran 14  

Eunice I Cochran 14  

Cleo S Cochran 12  

Emugine Cochran 10  was Irma jean cedona

Joy B Cochran 7  

Bonnie Cochran 4 10/12  

Frank L Cochran 2 10/12  

Ruby R Cochran 5/12  was Mary Lou

1920 census they were in Chelsea, Rogers, Oklahoma near many Coonfield relatives and Will Rogers.

United States Census, 1940 Kansas

Frank D Cochran

1894

Kansas

Luella Cochran

Irma J Cochran, Jay B Cochran, Bonnie M Cochran, Frankie L Cochran, Mary L Cochran, Freelon L Cochran, Darroyl D Cochran, Deloris W Cochran

Chetopa, Chetopa City, Labette, Kansas, United States

C....Maxwell was previously land owned by the Wright brothers.

1930 United States Federal Census 

Name: Frank L Cochran 

Home in 1930: Richland, Labette, Kansas 

Age: 2 

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1927  

Relation to Head of House: Son  

Father's Name: Frank D 

Mother's Name: Luella   

Household Members: Name Age 

Frank D Cochran 36  

Luella Cochran 32  

Bernice P Cochran 14  

Eunice I Cochran 14  

Cleo S Cochran 12  

Emugine Cochran 10  nickname?

Joy B Cochran 7  

Bonnie Cochran 4 10/12  

Frank L Cochran 2 10/12  

Ruby R Cochran 5/12   nickname?

 There is one piece of paper when Berniece wrote her fathers name as Delbert Franklin, but she is in her 90s. She also advised that many of the birth certificates were messed up mainly because children were born at home during this time.

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record

Military 
 Name:  Laverne B Coonfield 
Birth:  1925 
Military:  5 Jan 1946 
Residence:  Arkansas, Benton, Arkansas 
  
It has been such a great joy to trace their many ancestors across our country and I am in Alabama as the daughter of Frankie Lavern Cochran, and the granddaughter of Luella Coonfield and her mom was Lattie Little. Jacob Cochran's siblings spread out into Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Arizona;  my parents resided in Oklahoma where I was born, then Mesa, AZ where my brothers were born, but most of his siblings remained in Kansas. His sisters have shared many stories and research notes with me, and we have a great family history to be proud of.

page six Civil War witnesses, Isaac and Benjamin Wylie Coonfield

page seven land GRANTS for blackwawk war Benton County Land

page eight Lavern Coonfield born the year before my dad was named after him in 1927 Kansas.

page nine shows Lydia Epperson is our grandmother & first wife of Isaac page ten is 1920 "Wally" Coonfield and Lattie - their daughter Luella Ellen Cochran was my grandmother.

John Clendenning's army land grant http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~southernbranches/1818-JohnClendenning.ARMY.gif 

William Henderson's land http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~southernbranches/1822WilliamHenderson.gif

William Cochran 1821 land http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~southernbranches/1821GrandpaWmCochran.gif