The Cochrane & Allied Families

Cochranes from Scotland to Colonial Virginia (c 1760), to Kentucky (1811), to Kansas (1859) and beyond. Allied families to the United States from England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.

RIGG, Alexander Moxley Sr. and COCHRAN, Lucy Ann Catharine Family

m. 18 Oct 1832

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  • RIGG, Alexander Moxley Sr. Male
    RIGG, Alexander Moxley Sr.

    Birth  9 May 1805  Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  6 Jan 1887  Catawba, Pendleton, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    New Liberty Odd Fellows Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage  18 Oct 1832  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  RIGG, Jonathan | F174 Group Sheet 
    Mother  QUISENBERRY, Catherine | F174 Group Sheet 

    COCHRAN, Lucy Ann Catharine Female
    COCHRAN, Lucy Ann Catharine

    Birth  16 Jan 1810  Spring Hill - Cabell Family Home, Norwood, Nelson, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  8 Jan 1871  Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    New Liberty Odd Fellows Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  COCHRAN, Dr. William | F76 Group Sheet 
    Mother  SYME, Mildred Meriwether | F76 Group Sheet 

    RIGG, Edward George Male
    + RIGG, Edward George

    Birth  25 Jul 1834  Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  12 Feb 1885  Owenton, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    New Liberty Odd Fellows Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  TODD, Annette Haverstraw | F175 
    Marriage  18 Sep 1860  Owenton, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    RIGG, Dr. William Cochran Male
    + RIGG, Dr. William Cochran

    Birth  17 Jun 1836  Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  28 Jan 1874  Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  BUSH, Alice C. | F193 
    Marriage  4 May 1866  Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    RIGG, Catharine Female
    + RIGG, Catharine

    Birth  14 May 1838  Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  17 Sep 1912  Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial  18 Sep 1912  New Liberty Odd Fellows Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  LOW, George Stackpole | F196 
    Marriage  12 Jan 1859   

    RIGG, Alexander Moxley Jr. Male
    RIGG, Alexander Moxley Jr.

    Birth  14 Jan 1839  Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  29 Mar 1912  Sanders, Carroll, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    New Liberty Odd Fellows Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  GRIFFITH, Elizabeth B. | F206 
    Marriage  25 May 1887  Owen County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    RIGG, Mildred Meriwether Female
    + RIGG, Mildred Meriwether

    Birth  20 Mar 1842  Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  17 Nov 1917  New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    New Liberty Odd Fellows Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  BLANTON, Dr. William Orlando Butler | F207 
    Marriage  19 May 1862  Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  CURTIS, John Quincy Adams | F208 
    Marriage  1 Jun 1880  Owen County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    RIGG, Harry Bodley Male
    + RIGG, Harry Bodley

    Birth  4 May 1844  Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  4 Jul 1924  Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    New Liberty Odd Fellows Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  MCCREARY, Sallie | F211 
    Marriage  26 Aug 1871  Owen County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    RIGG, Thomas Jonathan Male
    + RIGG, Thomas Jonathan

    Birth  29 Sep 1845  Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  22 Apr 1922  California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  TALIAFERRO, Sallie Howard | F214 
    Marriage  16 Jun 1871  Holton, Jackson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  LEA, Grace | F216 
    Marriage  20 Feb 1906  Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    RIGG, Sarah Virginia Cochrane Female
    + RIGG, Sarah Virginia Cochrane

    Birth  25 Jul 1848  Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  5 Nov 1936  Russell, Greenup, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Longview Cemetery, Bethel, Bath, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  COCHRAN, Joseph Bodine Sr. | F225 
    Marriage  11 Feb 1868  Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    RIGG, Overton Cochran Male
    + RIGG, Overton Cochran

    Birth  22 Jan 1850  Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  31 Mar 1933  Worthville, Carroll, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial  2 Apr 1933  New Liberty Odd Fellows Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  HARTMAN, Nannie Catharine | F236 
    Marriage  3 Mar 1874  Carrollton, Carroll, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    RIGG, Mollie Female
    RIGG, Mollie

    Birth  20 Jun 1852  Owen County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  7 Aug 1853  Owen County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     

  • Notes  Married:
    • Married by the Rev. B. O. Peers. [1]

    Residence:
    • Their farm was in Census District 1 in 1850, District 2 (New Liberty) in 1860 and the Dallasburg Precinct (New Liberty) in 1870. It was valued at $8,000 in 1850, $12,000 in 1860, $10,000 in 1870. Their personal property was valued at $4,000 in 1860, $200 in 1870. They had 8 slaves in 1840.

  • Sources 
    1. [S103] Bible - Cochran(e) & Associated Families, (London, England: Thomas Baskett, 1759), 6 Dec 2010, Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, second page. Hand written.
      "A. M. Rigg & L. A. C. Cochran were married by the Reverend B. O. Peers in Lexington, KY on Thursday 18th day of October 1832."
      The Cochran(e) Family Bible
      The Cochran(e) Family Bible
      Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, second page.


    2. [S158] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Cochrane Family History, (Coshocton, Ohio: self published, April 1943.), 30 Aug 2010, Pg. 53.

    3. [S483] Historical Society of Owen County, KY, Cemetery Records - New Liberty, KY, 12 Jul 2013, 154.
      Eternal Rest - New Liberty Cemetery, Pg. 154
      Eternal Rest - New Liberty Cemetery, Pg. 154
      Eternal Rest - New Liberty Cemetery, Pg. 153
      Eternal Rest - New Liberty Cemetery, Pg. 153


    4. [S567] G. Glenn Clift, Book - Kentucky Marriages, 1797-1865 (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishimg Co., Inc., 1966.), 25 Jul 2014, 72.
      Announcement: Lexington Observer, Lexington, KY, 25 Oct 1832

    5. [S999] Edward Mayes, Book - Mayes (Rigg) Family (Ancestry), (Jackson, Mississippi: Hederman Bros., circa 1928.), 16 Aug 2016, p b-101 - b-113.
      Book - Mayes Family (Rigg)
      Book - Mayes Family (Rigg)



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