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.

COCHRAN, Helen Kenaway
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Name COCHRAN, Helen Kenaway [1, 2, 3, 4] Birth 3 Jul 1816 Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female FindaGrave Memorial ID 106269968 Death 16 Nov 1886 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
[2, 3, 5, 6] Age 70 years Burial 18 Nov 1886 Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
[5, 7] Address:
Cave Hill Cemetery
701 Baxter Ave.
Louisville, Kentucky
USA
502-451-5630
https://www.cavehillcemetery.com/- Plot: Section 25, Lot 115, Grave 4. Reinterred with her husband from the Cochrane plot on 21 Mar 1927. Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/): Memorial #106269968.
Person ID I181 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 13 Aug 2025
Father COCHRAN, Dr. William, b. 8 Dec 1779, Newcastle, Hanover, Virginia, USA
d. 19 Aug 1853, Biloxi, Harrison, Mississippi, USA
(Age 73 years) Mother SYME, Mildred Meriwether, b. 16 Jan 1782, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
d. 16 May 1843, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
(Age 61 years) Family ID F76 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family GARLAND, Judge Edward Jr., b. 1810, Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, USA
d. 12 Oct 1882, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
(Age 72 years) Marriage 25 Jul 1836 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
[2, 3, 6, 8, 9] - Married by the Rev. B. O. Peers. [8]
Age at Marriage She : 20 years - He : ~ 26 years and 7 months. Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death Children 1.
GARLAND, Elizabeth Morris, b. 26 Sep 1837, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
d. 1 Jun 1912, Jackson, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
(Age 74 years)+ 2.
GARLAND, Helen Cochran, b. Jul 1839, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
d. 16 Jan 1883, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
(Age 43 years)3.
GARLAND, Edward III, b. 2 May 1841, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
d. 6 Mar 1870, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
(Age 28 years)4.
GARLAND, Mildred Meriwether, b. 7 Jun 1843, Boone County, Kentucky, USA
d. 13 Sep 1844, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA
(Age 1 year)+ 5.
GARLAND, Mildred Cochran, b. 27 Jan 1845, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA
d. 27 Aug 1872, Seneca, Nemaha, Kansas, USA
(Age 27 years)> 6.
GARLAND, William Cochrane, b. 21 Jan 1847, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA
d. 15 Mar 1926, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, USA
(Age 79 years)7.
GARLAND, Clara Martha, b. 27 Apr 1849, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
d. 1 Nov 1911, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
(Age 62 years)8.
GARLAND, Robert H., b. 13 Jun 1851, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
d. 25 Jul 1852, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
(Age 1 year)9.
GARLAND, Mary Janette, b. 28 Oct 1854, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
d. 20 Apr 1918, Lakeland, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
(Age 63 years)10.
GARLAND, John Winston, b. 12 Mar 1855, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
d. 25 Jul 1855, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
(Age 0 years)+ 11.
GARLAND, Sarah Overton, b. 6 Mar 1857, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
d. 30 May 1930, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, USA
(Age 73 years)Family ID F101 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 31 Jul 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - 3 Jul 1816 - Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA 

Marriage - 25 Jul 1836 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA 

Death - 16 Nov 1886 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA 

Burial - Address:
Cave Hill Cemetery
701 Baxter Ave.
Louisville, Kentucky
USA
502-451-5630
https://www.cavehillcemetery.com/ - 18 Nov 1886 - Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
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Sources - [S103] Bible - Cochran(e) & Associated Families, (London, England: Thomas Baskett, 1759), 9 Aug 2010, Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, first page. Hand written.
"Helen Kenaway Cochran was born the 3rd day of July 1816 in Paris, KY."
Cochran(e) Family Bible
Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, first page. - [S158] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Cochrane Family History, (Coshocton, Ohio: self published, April 1943.), 30 Aug 2010, Pg. 87.
- [S158] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Cochrane Family History, (Coshocton, Ohio: self published, April 1943.), 30 Aug 2010, Pg. 120.
- [S1273] Marriage Records - KY - 1783-1965 (Ancestry), ((https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61372/ : 2016)), 18 Dec 2020, accessed 18 December 2020), Edward Garland & Helen K. Cochran, 25 July 1836; Jefferson County, 1836-1837.

Marriage Record - Edward Garland & Helen K. Cochran - [S875] Death Records - KY - Death Registers - 1852-1965 (Ancestry), ((http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1222 : 2007)), 18 Dec 2020, accessed 18 December 2020), Helen K. Garland, p 29 H, No. 58; Death Records (Large Cities), 1852-1910; Louisville Books 5-6.

Death Record - Helen K. Cochran Garland - [S103] Bible - Cochran(e) & Associated Families, (London, England: Thomas Baskett, 1759), 8 Dec 2010, Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, ninth page. Hand written.
"Died in Louisville KY Nov. 16th 1886 Helen K. wife of Edward Garland Sr. in the 71st year of her age. 'After life's fitful fever She sleeps well.' "
The Cochran(e) Family Bible.
Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, ninth page. - [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 4 Mar 2013, accessed 4 Mar 2013<, Memorial #106269968, Helen Kenaway Cochrane Garland.
- [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, sixth page. Hand written.
"Helen K. Cochran (Daughter of William and Mildred Cochran) and Edw. Garland were married on Monday evening the 25th of July 1836 by the Rev. B. O. Peers in Louisville Kentucky."
The Cochran(e) Family Bible
Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, sixth page. - [S1273] Marriage Records - KY - 1783-1965 (Ancestry), ((https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61372/ : 2016)), 18 Dec 2020, accessed 18 December 2020), Edward Garland & Helen K. Cochran, 25 July 1836; Jefferson County, 1836-1837.

Marriage Record - Edward Garland & Helen K. Cochran 
Marriage Recotrd - Helen Cochran & Edward Garland
- [S103] Bible - Cochran(e) & Associated Families, (London, England: Thomas Baskett, 1759), 9 Aug 2010, Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, first page. Hand written.

