Thomas Cochran
The Geneology of Thomas, the Oldest Son of William Cochran, As Written by His Descendants

Thomas Cochran was born December 17, 1759 in Pennsylvania; was married to Elizabeth Morris in 1790. They lived on Short Creek, near West Liberty, Ohio County, West Virginia, until 1797, when they moved to a farm near Long Reach, Tyler County, West Virginia, which they bought off Abraham Clements, who later bought a part of the Cochran farm on Short Creek.

Twelve children were born to Thomas and Elizabeth Cochran, as follows:

(1) First child died in infancy (8) Drusilla, born Oct. 23, 1806

(2) Mary, born Dec. 30, 1793 (9) Nancy, born Oct. 22, 1807

(3) William, born Oct 29, (10) Friend, born Nov. 15, 1809

1795 (11) John C., born April 4, 1811

(4) Phoebe, born Oct. 30, (12) Elizabeth, born Dec. 2, 1815

(5) Thomas, born Oct.29,

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(6) Zachariah, born Dec 11, 1801< /STRONG>

(7) James, born Sept. 21, 1803

Thomas Cochran, first of the same name, was an indian fighter and hunter. He was not a churchman, but his wife was a Methodist. He died in 1845. She died of heart disease in 1843 at R. K. Ewart’s in Ohio. Both are buried on the Montieth, or old home place.

(2) Mary Cochran, born at Short Creek, W.Va., married Robert Kells Ewart, and lived one mile below Grandview, Washington Co., O. They had two children (2a) Thomas West Ewart, born at Grandview, O., Feb. 27, 1816, and died at Granville, O., in 1881. He had a family of twelve children. (2b) Elizabeth Jacqueline Ewart, born Aug., 1828, died in 1881 unmarried. Mary Cochran and her husband were both active members of the Methodist Church. She was a gentle, good woman, loved by all. Buried with her husband at Marietta, O.

(3) William Cochran, born at Short Creek, W.Wa., married Fannie Williams. Their family as follows: (3a) Eliza, died in 1864, unmarried. (3b) Lucretia, married John R. Brown, and had two children. (3c) Mary, unmarried. (3d) Jerimiah, married delia Boothe, and had four children; Charles, Eliza, B. Louisa and Frank. (3e) Lewis, died unmarried. (3f) John married Liva Shearer, had two children, Albert F. and John J. (3g) Thomas J. married Lizzie Barr and had five children. (3h) William, Junior married Sarah Booth, and had three children, and lived in Clarington. 93) William, oldest son of Thomas, First, went to Marietta, O., and learned the tanner trade with Wm. Skinner, Sr., and he and his father had a tannery at Long Reach, W.Va., and subsiquently at Woodsfield, Monroe Co., O. Then he moved to Clarington, O., where he had a farm; thence to a farm he owned in Wetzel Co., W.Va., four miles above New Martinsville, where he died in 1881, aged 86 years. He was a Christian, a member of the Methodist church; a Republican in politics; at one time was County Treasurer of Monroe Co.; respected by all. His wife, Frances Will, was an amiable woman.

(4) Phoebe Cochran, married Joseph Taylor, and settled on a farm on Grape Island, W.Va. She had eleven children, as follows: (4a) Betty, (4b) John, (4c) Harriet, (4d) Friend, (4e) George Wm., (4f) Simon, (4g) Thomas, (4h) Joseph, (4i) Rebecca, and an unnamed infant. Phoebe died of heart disease.

(5) Thomas Cochran, Junior, married Mary McEldowney. He was a tanner by trade. He founded the town of Cochransville, about three miles above New Matamoros, O., and died there in 1863. His children were, (5a) Robert, (5b) Mary Ellen, (5c) Harrison, (5d) Friend, (5e) George, (5f) Lizzie, (5g) Melvina, (5h) Sarah, (5i) Violinda.

(5f) Lizzie married Joseph Whitton.

(5c) Harrison married Ruth Bonnell, born at Barnesville, Belmont Co, Ohio. and moved to Monroe Co. when quite young. Harrison is the only living member of his fathers family.

(6) Zachariah, born at Long Reach, married Lucy Dye, bought a farm adjoining Village of Grandview, Ohio, Washington Co., and lived there all his life. The children were (6a) Terissa, (6b) David, (6c) Silas, (6d) Thomas, (6e) Wm., (6f) Remus Uberto, (6g) Shelby.

Zachariah died 1882, aged eighty. He was a prominent buiseness man; Republican: County Commissioner for one term; member of the Baptist Church. His daughter, terissa, married James Cochran, a son of John Cochran, the oldest son of James, a brother to Thomas; both being sons of William, the founder of the family in America. )Note. This is the only record of inter-marraige I have found.)

Terissa and James Cochran lived in Grandview, and had four children.

(7) James, the fourth son of Thomas, married Caroline S Gorrell, and lived on Bond’s Creek, Ritchie Co., W.Va. They had no children. He died in 1880, aged 77 years.

(8) Drusilla, married Samuel McEldowney and lived at New Martinsville, W.Va. Theri children were; (8a) John, (8b) Robert, (8c) Mary, (8d) Francis. Drusilla died in 1877, Oct. 16.

(9) Nancy married James Flack, and lived below Gallipolis, Gallia Co., Ohio, and had three children: (9a) Friend, unmarried, (9b) Marry, married Smith, (9c) Lizzie, married Walter Thornley. In early life, James Flack was a school teacher; in later years a farmer.

(10) Friend, was born Nov 15, 1809, in Tyler Co., W.Va., just below Long Reach P.O., where his father settled in 1797. He married Catherine Johnson, daughter of William and Elizabeth Taylor-Johnson, Jan 25,1838. They had twelve children, of whom three died in infancy (10a) William Thomas, born Jan. 5, 1839 Died Oct. 15,1849.

(10b) Marion, born July 16, 1841.

(10c) Mary E., born April 9, 1843.

(10d) Phoebe T., born Jan 5, 1845. Died Oct. 15, 1849.

(10e) John, born Feb. 20, 1847.

(10f) Clawser Parker, born March 9, 1849.

(10g) Rebecca S., born March 8, 1851. Died Aug. 5, 1890.

(10h) Joseph E., born Feb. 20, 1853. Married Mollie Morris, April 5,1888. They have one daughter, Grace. Live at Granville, Licking Co., Ohio.

(10i) Julia A., born Sept. 3, 1855.

(10j) Virginia, born July 3, 1858.

(10k) Kate, born Jan. 13, 1862.

Mr and Mrs. Friend Cochrane are both members of the Baptist Church in which he has been a Deacon since 1870. He originally lived on the home place near Long Reach. He moved to his present residence at Salama, W.Va., in 1857. He owns 1314 acres of land, mostly on the Ohio River. He was at one time a member of the County Court. He ranks as one of the best known amd most respected citizens of the county. He was a delegate to the Convention that assembled in Wheeling in time of the war to form the new state of West Virginia.

(11) John Cochran, son of Thos., died in 1822, aged 10 years.

(12) Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas, married Samuel T Thistle, and moved West to Johnston Co., Missouri, and died there in 1844, April 8, leaving one child who married _______ Copeland.

Chronicles of the Cochrans: Being a series of historical events Pages 61-64

By Mrs Ida Clara (Cochran) Haughton 1915, Submitted by Rodney Henthorn

The Craig family originated in Ireland. Our subject's grandfather, John Craig, was born in Virginia, his father having come from Ireland. John Craig moved from Virginia to Pennsylvania. About 1826 he came to Tyler County, Virginia, now West Virginia, and settled near Shiloh, where he lived until death.

James Craig, the father of our subject, was born August 16, 1816, during his family residence in Greene County, Pennsylvania, and died in Pleasants County, July 7, 1894. During a portion of his life he engaged in a mercantile business at St. Marys, but in 1865 he removed to Tyler County and engaged in farming until 1878, when he purchased a farm near Hebron, Pleasants County, where his last days were spent. His wife was of Welsh descent, and was a daughter of John and Abigail Catrell, who removed from Harrison County to Pleasants County about 1859. Mrs. Craig has reached the age of 68 years, retaining all her faculties, and resides with our subject, who was her only child.

On account of circumstances, Mr. Craig secured but few educational opportunities, his present fund of knowledge having been gained by experience, wide reading and association with the world. It was his ambition to enter the legal profession, and with this end in view he devoted every spare moment from farm work to the study of the law, and in June, 1896, passed a very successful examination. In the same year he secured the Republican nomination for prosecuting attorney of Pleasants County. After a hot campaign, in a county regarded as safely Democratic, his opponent being Clyde B. Johnson, one of the ablest lawyers of the county. Mr. Craig was elected to the office. He made his canvass on foot, a house to house campaign. Mr. Craig is regarded as a very Strong man in the Republican party in his section. His practice has extended to other counties and in the Federal courts, his specialty being bankruptcy cases.

In 1895 Mr. Craig was married to Cora A. Wilson, who was born in 1872 near Hebron, Pleasants County, and is a daughter of Silas and Frances (Garrell) Wilson, being the eldest of two children. Four children have been born to our subject and wife, the three survivors being May, Edith Pearl and Vesta Lee, little Ethel having died in infancy. In religious belief, both Mr. and Mrs. Craig are members of the St. Marys Methodist Church. Mr. Craig has taken one degree in the Masonic order.

C. P. Craig is a fine example of a self-made man. having carved his own way unaided by a college education orsocial prominence. He stands well in his profession and enjoys the esteem of all who know him.

Source: Men of West Virginia, Biographical Publishing Company, George Richmond, Pres.; C. R. Arnold, Secy. & Treas., 1903, transcribed by C. Anthony