Edmund Cochran

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, New Whatcom, Whatcom Co, Washington

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Census:
Edmund Cochran 46
Antilla Cochran 43
Edmund S Cochran 16
Frederick G Cochran 14
Oliver E Cochran 12
Thomas F Cochran 8
Claressa A Cochran 3

Edmund married Antilla B. Fahler on 28 Jul 1878 in Kaufman Co, Texas. Antilla was born in Oct 1856 in Pennsylvania; died in 1922 in Washington; was buried in Frank Abel Cem, Woodland, Cowlitz Co, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Name: Edmund Cochran
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 28 Jul 1878

Spouse: A. B. Fahber

Marriage City: Kaufman
Marriage State: Texas

Source: Texas Marriages, 1851-1900

1. Susan Mae Cochran was born on 29 Jun 1880 in Parma, Jackson Co, Michigan; died on 13 Mar 1970 in Lopez Island, San Juan, Washington.
2. Edmund Sylvester Cochran was born on 29 May 1885 in Lopez Island, San Juan, Washington; died after 1910 in of, St. Helens, Cowlitz Co, Washington.
3. Frederick George Cochran was born on 3 Apr 1886 in Lopez Island, San Juan, Washington; died in 1956; was buried in Gardner aka Hayes Cem, Woodland, Clark Co, Washington.
4. Oliver Eugene Cochran was born on 18 Oct 1887 in Lopez Island, San Juan, Washington; died in Nov 1973 in Friday Harbor, San Juan Co, Washington; was buried in Lopez Union Cem, Lopez, San Juan Co, Washington.
5. Thomas Fahler Cochran was born on 4 Jun 1891 in Lopez Island, San Juan, Washington; died on 10 Jun 1970 in Friday Harbor, San Juan, Washington; was buried in Lopez Island, San Juan, Washington.
6. Clarissa A. Cochran was born in Jan 1897 in Washington; died after 1940.

Edmund married Clarissa Eliva Bonham on 3 Mar 1853 in Jackson Co, Michigan. Clarissa (daughter of Zedekiah Bonham and Dorcus Lane) was born on 27 Sep 1835 in Smithsboro, Tioga Co, New York; died on 16 Jul 1903 in Parma, Jackson, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Clarissa died from burns after a kerosene fire. Her granddaughter, Emma Francis Cochran Fisher also died after severely burning her leg.

Notes for Edmund Buxton Cochran (Son of James Cochran and Abigail Buxton):
"Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson Co., Michigan" 1885, p.588 has a brief sketch of Edmund B. Cochran. He was said to have taken an unimproved and unbroken track of land, consisting of 137 acres, and built a beautiful home there. Before he became a farmer he studied in public and private schools, obtaining a good education for the times. He came to Michigan in the fall of 1844, felling trees and building a log cabin 11x16 feet, in which he lived as a bachelor for several years. In 1876 he began his larger home and married Clarissa E. Bonham, whose parents were early settlers in Maryland, her grandfather was a Rev. War soldier, a native of Pennsylvania and of French descent, while her mother, Dorcas Lane, was of Scotch and English ancestry and born in New York. Her father bought land in Concord Township, Jackson Co., Michigan, and built a log cabin in the woods. There after he purchased land in Tompkins Township, where he resided until his death, when Clarissa was 15 years old. The wife and mother and died four years earlier. Of their eight children, Cora died young, Edmund lived in Washington State, John in Texas, William a clergyman of the Free Methodist Church located in Jackson, MI, Emma, Charles and Mary stayed with their father at home and Fred J., at the time of this article was teaching near Detroit, Michigan. Mr. Cochran was a Republican.
The unpublished Cochran manuscript compiled by Emma and Mary Cochran,his sisters, said he had traveled to the eastern United States, visited Washington, DC, but decided to settle in Sandstone, Jackson, MI in 1844.

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Zedekiah Bonham was born September 19, 1806 in Wayne Co., PA (Source: Listed as Zedekiah Bonum on 1840 Jackson Co., MI census, p149.)

He is listed in Vol. 33, page 396 of the Tioga Co., NY Deed Book, July 1834 with his wife Dorcas Lane, daughter of Nathan Lane and Clarissa Hyde, where they purchased land bordering that of Isaac and Ephraim Bonham.
On page 305r, Jackson Co., Tompkins Twp., dated 9/6/1850, Zedekiah is listed with his sister Harriet. His name is spelled BONNUM, listed as 46 years old, a farmer, property $400, born in PA. Several BATES children are listed here also: Willi, 15 years b. NY; Perrin 12 years b. MI; Charles 9 years b. MI; Lester 7 years b. MI; Francilla 5 years b. MI.

Zedekiah married Dorcus Lane in 1830 in Smithsboro, Tioga Co, New York. Dorcus was born about 1806; died about 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Zedekiah Bonham was born February 24, 1762 in Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ, and died April 22, 1835 in Wayne Co., PA (Source: War of 1812 Pension Records.).0op----------------6tyuhyyyting the Revolutionary War, he enlisted June 1778 as a private, fought in the battle of Monmouth, and in skirmishes at Trimbly's Point and Morse's Mills. This battle was declared a "draw" between the English and American troups. He also, in 1792, served in Hunterdon Militia. Three years before his death, he was granted a pension for his service. From Old COCHRAN genealogy written early 1900's:
 "After the close of the Rev. War, Zedekiah Bonham settled on a farm in the Jerseys. He was married to Prudence Heath, a woman of Dutch descent. From here they started in a covered wagon for Otsego, NY, but winter was coming on, and they were compelled on account of snowdrifts, to stop at Mt. Pleasant, PA. Here he purchased a farm, where a daughter of Harriette Houser now resides, and erected a grist mill on the Youghiogheny River. When the War of 1812 broke out, he enlisted and was wounded in a limb. On returning home, he became a weaver of coverlids and of woolen cloth." His line of descendents is traced in this old unpublished genealogy.

Notes for Prudence Heath:
Prudence and her daughter Mercy (age 51yrs.) are found on the 1850 Mt. Pleasant, Wayne Co., PA census, page 17, house 80-86. She filed application for bounty land in Wayne Co., PA, Dec 4, 1856.      

Zedekiah married Prudence Heath on 30 Aug 1780 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. Prudence (daughter of Andrew Heath and Magdalene (..) Heath, Mrs) was born about 1768 in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey; died on 29 May 1858 in Mt.Pleasant, Wayne Co, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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On May 4th, 1809 she inherited 30 pounds in the will of Uriah Bonham, her brother-in-law (both her sister's husband and her husband's brother), in whose will it was stated: To each of the daughters of Andrew Heath (late of Amwell, dec'd), he ve 30 pounds. These girls were Mary Wilson, Elizabeth Hall, Sarah Dills, and Prudence Bonham. This money, he said, was procured out of their father's estate for their use when their mother had done with it.

Prudence and her daughter Mercy (age 51yrs.) are found on the Mt. Pleasant, Wayne Co., PA 1850 census, page 17, house 80-86. She filed application for bounty land in Wayne Co., PA, Dec 4, 1856.