Robert Cochran and Eliza Justice

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Husband Robert Cochran ^{1 2}

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           Born: 10 Aug 1798 - Milton, Northumberland Co, PA 1
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           Died: 9 Dec 1869 - Erie Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: John Cochran (1761-1836) 2
         Mother: Sarah Lattimore (      -Abt 1840) 2

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       Marriage: 20 Oct 1822 1

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Wife Eliza Justice ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - New Jersey
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Children

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1 F Sarah Cochran ¹

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2 F Rebecca Cochran ¹

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         Spouse: Dr. Alvin Thayer (1823-      ) 3
           Marr: 5 Jun 1852 4

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3 F Mary Cochran ¹

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4 F Matilda Cochran ¹

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5 F Martha Cochran ¹

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         Spouse: Edwin Willis (      -Bef 1884) 1

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6 F Eliza Cochran ¹

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7 M John Cochran ¹

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8 F Harriett Cochran ¹

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9 F Henrietta Cochran ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Cochran

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He was born at Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and removed with his father's family to Erie in 1809, and lived the greater part of his life in Erie and its immediate vicinity. In his youth he was employed as a clerk in the Land Office of the state, when the seat of government was at Lancaster, and, on its removal to Harrisburg, he continued in that position, his father being the head of that office under the administration of Gov. Snyder. He was thus early in life brought in contact with the leading men of the state, and in after life received from them proofs of their appreciation of his capacity and fidelity in public position, by having conferred on him important posts of honor and profit. He was Postmaster at Erie twelve years, being appointed through the friendship and influence of Pres. Buchanan, who, living in the same city with him in his youth, was an early observer of his fitness for public position. Mr. Cochran was a man of decided and honest character, and never encountered meanness and dishonesty without denouncing them in terms consistent with his own honorable impulses; he was a man of more than ordinary clearness of mind and business capacity, and in the various positions held by him-the post office at Erie, and the several useful local offices of his neighborhood-he always proved himself a capable and accommodating officer. [HEC 1884, 876]

He was appointed by President Jackson, postmaster of Erie, Pennsylvania, February 26, 1833, filled the office seven years; and was again appointed by President Polk, July 23, 1845, holding the office four years.
He died on the old Cochran farm, in South Erie, aged seventy years.

He and his wife had nine children.

1 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 876.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 95.

3 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 876, 961.

4 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 961.