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COCHRANE, James Wasson

COCHRANE, James Wasson

Male 1870 - 1906  (36 years)   Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name COCHRANE, James Wasson  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Residence 1870  Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Role: Occupant
      Also living with them were their daughters, Mary, Kate and her husband (John W. COCHRANE) and children (Clara, James), and their sons, John, Nathan and his wife (Kate) and four servants.
    Birth Mar 1870  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Marriage / Children Never Married 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 100631177 
    Residence Feb 1890  Flatonia, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Moved from Lexington, KY to 
    • He had previously been working with his grandfather, John Wasson COCHRAN, and his uncle, Nathan P. COCHRAN, in their insurance agency in Lexington.
    Death 6 Jun 1906  Monrovia, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Age 36 years 
    Burial 12 Jun 1906  Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 6
    Address:
    Lexington Cemetery
    833 W. Main St.
    Lexington, Kentucky
    USA
    859-255-5522
    https://lexcem.org/ 
    Person ID I387  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2025 

    Father COCHRANE, John William,   b. 1845, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1886, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Mother COCHRAN, Kate,   b. 1846, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1918 (Age 72 years) 
    Family ID F156  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • (Research):No marriage or children: There is no mention of them in his obituary, only his mother.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1870 - Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Mar 1870 - Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Moved from Lexington, KY to - Feb 1890 - Flatonia, Fayette, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Jun 1906 - Monrovia, Los Angeles, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Lexington Cemetery
    833 W. Main St.
    Lexington, Kentucky
    USA
    859-255-5522
    https://lexcem.org/ - 12 Jun 1906 - Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA
    Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S158] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Cochrane Family History, (Coshocton, Ohio: self published, April 1943.), 30 Aug 2010, Pg. 47.

    2. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 10 Jan 2015, accessed 10 January 2015<, Memorial #140950548, Kate Cochran Cochrane.

    3. [S1269] Kentucky, Fayette County, Census - US - 1870 - KY - Fayette County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=7163&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 10 Jun 2020, M593, roll 460, Lexington, Ward 4, p. 315A, dwelling 124, family 121, James Cochran, accessed 10 June 2020.
      Census - 1870 - Fayette Co., KY - James Cochran
      Census - 1870 - Fayette Co., KY - James Cochran


    4. [S1271] Kentucky, Fayette County, Census - US - 1880 - KY - Fayette County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=6742&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 1999), 11 Jun 2020, T9, roll 412, Lexington, enumeration district (ED) 65, p. 273A, dwelling 42, family 45, J. W. Cochran, accessed 11 June 2020.
      Census - 1880 - Fayette Co., KY - James Cochran
      Census - 1880 - Fayette Co., KY - James Cochran


    5. [S1277] Kentucky. Lexington., Newspaper Article - Kentucky Leader [Lexington, KY] (Newspapers.com), 28 Jun 2020, "Personal Mention," 12 February 1890, p. 4, col. 1; digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 28 June 2020).
      Kentucky Leader, Lexington, KY - James Cochran
      Kentucky Leader, Lexington, KY - James Cochran


    6. [S77] The Lexington Cemetery Co., Lexington, KY, Cemetery Records - Lexington, KY Cemetery, (htpp://www.lexcem.org, Copyright 2000-2009), 10 Jan 2015, 10 January 2015, James W. Cochrane.


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