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- written by: Janice Mauldin Castleman
5841 Waterworks Rd.
Midlothian, TX 76065
972 723-6132
castle96@flash.net
Birth source: 1910 Rosser, Kaufman Co., TX census.
died May 29, 1938 in Rosser, Kaufman, TX (Source: Mt. Olive Cemetery, Scurry, Kaufman Co., TX.)
John and his brother Edmund came to Texas about 1878. He was for several years the postmaster at Rosser, TX. He was a very intelligent man, well
thought of in the community.
From "Kaufman County History" by the Historical Society in writings
about the town of Rosser, TX: it was in 1886 that Capt Rosser applied for a post-office, recommended John Cochran as the postmaster, and suggested the name Burton for the post office and town. The office was granted, John Cochran was appointed, but the town and post office name assigned was Rosser. There was already a Burton, TX. Mr. Cochran served a postmaster for two years and Capt. Rosser succeeded him. The post office was discontinued in 1889, but reopened in early 1892.
This history book continues: The chimney in the Cochran two story home was made of some bricks from the Montgomery Brick Plant located on the
Montgomery farm outside of Trinidad (later named Rosser, Tx). The main store building was located on what is now Cochran property. When the building was razed and the chimney dismantled, a human skull was found lodged in the chimney - one of the mysteries of pioneer life in a river town.
Notes for Nancy Elizabeth Stanford:
Nancy was orphaned by her mother when she was a small girl. Her father doted on her, teaching her to shoot a gun and ride a horse. My mother
told me about Nancy riding her horse when they lived in Northwestern
Alabama, and hearing the panthers scream in the wilderness. In a letter from Bess Fisher Dixon dated July 1987, she said that John Cochran was slightly over 6 feet tall, and Nancy was 5'2" or 5'3", thin and wiry and athletic looking. She never saw her Grandfather John without his full
beard.
Bess Fisher Dixon also wrote that Nancy was visiting relatives in
Kaufman Co., TX when she met her husband to be. There was mention of a
"Toog" Burton also of Kaufman County, unknown who this might be at this
time.
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