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Jess W. Cochran

4 Feb 1842 – 28 Aug 1929

Birth	4 Feb 1842
Death	28 Aug 1929
Cemetery	Casey Cemetery Caviness , Lamar County , Texas , USA
Added by	Lawrence & Sue Dale on 26 May 2014
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33419471

Bio

THE PARIS MORNING NEWS, Thursday, August 29, 1929, p. 1: 'J. W. Cochran, 87 years old, was found dead in his bed Wednesday morning at his home at Powderly. Mr. Cochran had lived in the Powderly community for 32 years. He was a Confederate veteran and was well known over Lamar county. Mr. Cochran was a widower, his wife having died in 1923. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Baptist church at Powderly, conducted by the Rev. N. C. Walters, assisted by the Rev. S. S. Crain. Surviving are two sons, J. D. Cochran and S. O. Cochran, both of Powderly, and one daughter, Mrs. Laura Downey of Tulsa, Okla. Pallbearers will be W. T. Woody, Sam Chisum, C. M. Bolinger, Ed Griffin, W. D. Spalding and H. B. Gordon.' THE PARIS WEEKLY NEWS, Thursday, Sept. 13, 1923: He appears on the current roster of members of the Albert Sidney Johnston Camp, United Confederate Veterans, listed as having served but no rank or regiment.

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Family

Parents

• William Lynch Cochran 1805–1883

Spouse

• Almeda Angelina Griffin Cochran 1845–1921 FaG

Siblings

• Mary Amanda Cochran Cottingham 1828–1879
• William Thomas Cochran 1828–1881
• Lucinda Cochran 1832–1906
• David Lynch "Dave" Cochran 1846–1917
• Seth Burton Cochran 1855–1922
• Georgia Ann Cochran Brown 1859–1936
• Sarah O Johnson 1861–1928
• Emma Francis Cochran Woolley 1866–1943

Children

• Laura Maye Cochran Downey 1877–1958 FaG

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