David Robert Morrow and Clara Cochran
Husband David Robert Morrow 1 2 3
Born: 21 Aug 1851 - Indiana Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: Aft 1909 Buried:
Father: David Morrow (1812-1852) 1 2 3 4 5 Mother: Margaret Lytle (Abt 1822-1909) 1 2 3 4 5
Marriage: 6 Jul 1874 3
Wife Clara Cochran 1 3
AKA: Clara Cochrane 2 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Samuel Cochran ( - ) 3 Mother:
Children
1 M Harry Edward Morrow 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Gertrude McFarland ( - ) 3
General Notes: Husband - David Robert Morrow
He was reared on the home farm, and notwithstanding the fact that she was left a widow with five children to care for, his mother gave him good school advantages, he attending the public schools and the academy at Dayton, Pennsylvania. In 1868, he went to the oil fields of Venango County, where he was employed as pumper one year. He then went into the pipe line business, helping to lay the first line from Pitthole to Coriopolis, and in 1876 entered the producing department of the Standard Oil Company at Bradford, continuing there until 1903, the year which marked his removal to Evans City. There he became foreman of the Midland Division of the South Penn Oil Company, at Evans City.
He was a member of Bradford Lodge, No. 411, I. O. O. F., and in political affiliation was a Republican. He was reared in the United Presbyterian faith.
1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 468.
2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1056.
3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 996.
4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 710.
5
George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 53.
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