Thomas C. Cochran and Arilla Gordon

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Husband Thomas C. Cochran ^{1 2}

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           Born: 25 Apr 1823 - Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3
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           Died: 2 Dec 1902 3
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         Father: Samuel Cochran (1790-      ) 3 4
         Mother: Mary Cunningham (      -      ) 3

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       Marriage: 1878 1

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   Other Spouse: Sibby Sterrett (      -1877) 3 - 25 Mar 1852 4

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Wife Arilla Gordon ^{1 4}

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           Died: Aft 1909
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         Father: Joseph Gordon (1815-1887) 5 6
         Mother: Emily McCracken (1821-1876) 7

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Children

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1 F Mary Emily Cochran ^{1 4}

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         Spouse: J. W. Orr (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 1905 1

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas C. Cochran

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He received a common-school education, and in 1851 formed a mercantile connection with T. K. Cochran, but after five years severed it and became the senior member of the firm of Cochran and Robinson, which continued until 1879 (with an interruption of four years, during which Mr. Cochran engaged in farming), when the business passed entirely into the hands of Mr. Robinson. Mr. Cochran again returned to agriculture, following the same until he was appointed assignee of Mr. Robinson's estate in 1884. Mr. Cochran formed a partnership with Messrs. Minnis and Thompson and they purchased the business. This partnership continued and a prosperous business was conducted many years. He was an active member and an elder of the United Presbyterian Church. In politics he was a firm Republican, serving as school director for about fifteen years and in other responsible public positions. In 1884 he served as a delegate to the national Republican convention which assembled at Chicago. [HMC 1909, 693]

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General Notes: Wife - Arilla Gordon

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She attended district school until she was sixteen years of age, after which she was a student for three terms at New Lebanon Academy and for two terms at Edinboro Normal. Previous to her marriage, she engaged in teaching for seven terms.

1 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 962.

2 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 19.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 693.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1097.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1057.

6 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 962, 982.

7 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 962, 1031.