Maj. Thomas A. Cochran and Martha M. Jackson
Husband Maj. Thomas A. Cochran 1 2 3 4
Born: 27 Jul 1837 - near Spring Church, Kiskiminetas Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 3 4 Christened: Died: Aft 1891 Buried:
Father: John Cochran (1802-1884) 3 4 Mother: Isabella McKee ( -Abt 1885) 3
Marriage: 2 Nov 1865 5
Wife Martha M. Jackson 1 2 4 5
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: John Jackson (1797-1853) 2 6 Mother: Elizabeth McCartney (1805-1880) 2 6
Children
1 F Stella M. Cochran 4 5
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1905 Buried:Spouse: C. W. Bollinger ( - ) 5
2 M Ardesco Bright Cochran 4 5
Born: 30 Nov 1868 - Apollo, Armstrong Co, PA 4 Christened: Died: Aft 1905 Buried:Spouse: Alice Grant ( - ) 7 Marr: 31 Mar 1892 7
3 F Elizabeth Belle "Lizzie" Cochran 4 5 8
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1905 Buried:Spouse: Joseph T. Dougherty ( - ) 4 8 Marr: 1892 8
4 F Effie T. Cochran 4 5
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1905 Buried:Spouse: J. B. Hamilton ( - ) 4
5 F Anna M. Cochran 4 5
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1905 Buried:Spouse: Boyd Fullerton ( - ) 4
6 F Margaretta K. "Retta" Cochran 4 5
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1905 Buried:
7 M Frank W. Cochran 4 5
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1905 Buried:
8 M T. Clyde Cochran 4 5
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1905 Buried:
9 M James H. Chambers Cochran 4 5
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1905 Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Maj. Thomas A. Cochran
He was reared on the farm and received what was considered a good education at that time. As a first step in his business career he took up the profession of teaching, with which he was occupied in the state of Missouri at the time of the breaking out of the Civil war. Fearful of being impressed into the Confederate army he fled the state and returned to Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He was one of the most enthusiastic Union men of the time, and, the One Hundred and Ninth Regiment from Apollo having already gone to the front, he immediately went to Kittanning and enlisted as a private in Company C, One Hundred and Third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. In this regiment he served up to the close of the war. He displayed great bravery on the field of battle, and was repeatedly promoted for meritorious conduct. At the time of his being mustered out he held the rank of major. When the One Hundred and Third Regiment was captured at the battle of Antietam, he had attained the rank of captain, and with his company had been detailed to the duty of guarding the fort on Roanoke Island, thereby escaping the horrors of confinement in Andersonville prison. At the close of the war he returned to Armstrong County and settled in Apollo, where he engaged in the drug business, with which he was associated for about forty years. Having amassed a considerable fortune, he retired from this business in 1904, and was appointed postmaster of Apollo. He was an active member of the Presbyterian church for many years, being chorister in the church as well as elder in the congregation. He was a member of the Royal Arcanum.
He attended the common schools of Kiskiminetas township and the Leechburg academy. In 1858 he entered Duff's Commercial college, of Pittsburgh, from which he was graduated the same year. He then studied dentistry and returned to Apollo, where he taught school and practiced dentistry for some time. Just before the commencement of the Civil War he went to Missouri as a favorable field for dental work and teaching. The war deranged all business in that state, and after serving a few weeks in a citizens' guard, he returned to Pennsylvania, where, on September 16, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Co. C, 103d regiment, Pa. Vols. He was soon promoted to sergeant, became second lieutenant July 18, 1862, was promoted to first lieutenant January 14, 1863, was commissioned captain July 11, 1863, and commanded his company until it was mustered out of the service June 25, 1865. The 103d regiment bore up well at Fair Oaks, on the Peninsula, was highly complimented by Gen. Foster for their fighting qualities in North Carolina, where all of the companies were taken prisoner, except Capt. Cochran's company (C), which was absent from the regiment at that time, at Roanoke island. Capt. Cochran was now placed in command of his own company, the other soldiers of his regiment who had been absent on furlough and in the hospital and three newly-recruited companies. He held this command until the men were mustered out, and in addition to this position he was given charge of an important fort and had the muster and payrolls of his regiment to make out from April 20, 1864. After the war he was engaged in the dry-goods business for several years. In 1868 he opened a drug house on First street, Apollo. He carried a full and well-selected stock of drugs, proprietary medicines and toilet articles and enjoyed a good trade.
He was a republican and frequently was a delegate to conventions of his party. He was a member of Apollo Council, No. 168, Royal Arcanum, Kiskiminetas Lodge, No. 1993, Knights of Honor, Encampment No. 1, Union Veteran Legion, and Chas. Whitworth Post, No. 89, Grand Army of the Republic. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church.
1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 337.
2 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 242x.
3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 393.
4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 240.
5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 394.
6 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 615.
7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 241.
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John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 558.
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