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.

RUSSELL, John Jr.
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Name RUSSELL, John [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] Suffix Jr. Birth 21 Sep 1788 Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
[1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10] Gender Male Occupation Lee County, Virginia, USA
[3, 8] Farmer Residence 1820-1850 Lee County, Virginia, USA
[5, 6, 7, 8] in District 31 - His farm was valued at $3,000 in the 1850 Census.
Death 3 Mar 1859 Lee County, Virginia, USA
[3, 4, 10, 11] Age 70 years Person ID I4185 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 25 Dec 2025
Father RUSSELL, Capt. John Sr., b. 13 Apr 1758, Fownhope, Herefordshire, England, UK
d. 3 Aug 1838, Lee County, Virginia, USA
(Age 80 years) Mother HOBBS, Rachel, b. 24 Nov 1767, Province of Maryland, UK
d. 23 Feb 1830, Lee County, Virginia, USA
(Age 62 years) Family ID F1705 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 STEWART, Margaret Orlena, b. Abt 1790, Virginia, USA
d. Bef 1850, Lee County, Virginia, USA
(Age 59 years) Marriage 1808 Lee County, Virginia, USA
[2, 9, 10, 12] Age at Marriage He : ~ 19 years and 3 months - She : ~ 18 years. Marriage Status Ended with Wife's death Children + 1.
RUSSELL, Mary S., b. 13 Oct 1809, Virginia, USA
d. 28 Jan 1853, Lee County, Virginia, USA
(Age 43 years)+ 2.
RUSSELL, Sarah H., b. 30 Oct 1811, Lee County, Virginia, USA
d. 26 Apr 1872, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
(Age 60 years)+ 3.
RUSSELL, John Debo Sharp, b. 16 Feb 1813, Lee County, Virginia, USA
d. 8 Aug 1886, Lee County, Virginia, USA
(Age 73 years)+ 4.
RUSSELL, Nancy S., b. 6 Sep 1816, Lee County, Virginia, USA
d. 10 Aug 1872, Lee County, Virginia, USA
(Age 55 years)+ 5.
RUSSELL, Dr. James Sr., b. 21 Jan 1821, Lee County, Virginia, USA
d. 12 Mar 1896, Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, USA
(Age 75 years)+ 6.
RUSSELL, Elizabeth, b. 1822, Lee County, Virginia, USA
d. 28 Sep 1892, Lee County, Virginia, USA
(Age 70 years)+ 7.
RUSSELL, Eliza T., b. 16 Jun 1825, Lee County, Virginia, USA
d. 23 Jan 1910, Lee County, Virginia, USA
(Age 84 years)+ 8.
RUSSELL, Ervin H., b. 9 Apr 1829, Lee County, Virginia, USA
d. 27 Dec 1893 (Age 64 years)+ 9.
RUSSELL, Lorenzo Dow, b. 1833, Lee County, Virginia, USA
d. 15 Nov 1863, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
(Age 30 years)Family ID F1702 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 Dec 2025
Family 2 LOGAN, Eliza d. Yes, date unknown Marriage Oct 1853 [3, 4, 10, 13] Age at Marriage He : 65 years and 1 month - She : ??. Marital Event 20 Oct 1853 Lee County, Virginia, USA
[13] signed "Articles of Agreement" - As stated in the county deed book, all land owned by John would be vested in his children by his first marriage upon his death. This Agreement was signed shortly before their marriage.
Family ID F1703 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Oct 2019
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Notes - (Research):Marriage: E. Logan, maybe 20 Oct 1853 in Hawkins Co., TN
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Event Map
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Sources - [S985] Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. II, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 2 Aug 2016, p 690-95.
Citing: A Russell Family Bible. - [S1048] Edmund West, complier, Marriage Records - Family Data Collection (Ancestry), ((http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5774 : 2001)), 10 Sep 2017, accessed 10 September 2017), John Ruppell Russell and Margaret Orlena Stewart, 1808.

Marriage Record - John Russell, Jr. and Margaret Orlena Stewart - [S1249] Virginia. Lee County., Death Records - VA - Lee County, 12 Oct 2019, Births / Deaths, Register 1, Deaths Section, 17, line 103, John Russell.

Death Record - John Russell - [S1075] Mark D. Treadway and Phyllis A. Treadway, editors, Book - Lee County, VA Death Records, (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), 17 Oct 2017, p 29.
- [S1042] Virginia, Lee County, Census - US - 1820 - VA - Lee County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=7734&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), 29 Aug 2017, M33, roll 130, p. 134A, line 19, John Russell, Jr., accessed 29 August 2017.

Census - 1820 - Lee County, VA - Russells - [S1043] Virginia, Lee County, Census - US - 1830 - VA - Lee County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=8058&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), 30 Aug 2017, M19, roll 191, p. 317, line 2, John Russell (Jr.), accessed 30 August 2017.

Census - 1830 - Lee County, VA - Russells - [S1041] Virginia, Lee County, Census - US - 1840 - VA - Lee County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=8057&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), 29 Aug 2017, M704, roll 566, p. 91, line 18, John Russell, accessed 29 August 2017.

Census - 1840 - Lee County, VA - John Russell, Jr. - [S1059] Virginia, Lee County, Census - US - 1850 - VA - Lee County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=8054: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 29 Aug 2017, M432, roll 955, District 31, p. 351B, dwelling 667, family 689, John Russell, accessed 29 August 2017.

Census - 1850 - Lee County, VA - Russells - [S1645] Virginia. Lee County., Land Deeds - VA - Lee County (FamilySearch), (FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/ : 12 October 1953), 25 Dec 2025, p 45-46, Land of Thomas Stewart, deceased, 14 October 1834, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/ : accessed 25 December 2025).

Deed - Lee Co., VA - Thomas Stewart, deceased - [S986] Anne Wynn Laningham, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. I, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 4 Aug 2016, p 315-320.
- [S985] Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. II, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 2 Aug 2016, p 690-95.
- [S985] Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. II, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 2 Aug 2016, p 690-95.
Citing: Lee County, VA Deed Book 7, p 45, 2 October 1825. - [S985] Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. II, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 2 Aug 2016, p 690-95.
Citing: Lee County, VA Deed Book 12, p 162.
- [S985] Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. II, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 2 Aug 2016, p 690-95.

