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.
BRYAN, Bessie Evelyn
1907 - 2000 (93 years) Has 57 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1877 - 1912 (35 years)-
Name BRYAN, Bessie Evelyn [1, 2, 3] Birth 13 Jan 1907 Kansas, USA 
[2, 4] Gender Female Family Event 30 Sep 1917 Belleview (Eudora Township), Douglas, Kansas, USA [5] The family of John Wesley and Martha Jane RUSSELL, 3 generations of 26 people, had their picture taken at their home on their farm - Included were their 12 living children, 5 daughters-in-law, a son-in-law and 6 grandchildren. At the time, a son, a son-in-law and a grandchild were deceased. John was 62 and Martha was 53.
"The children of Mr. and Mrs. John Russell very pleasently surprised them by coming Sunday with well filled baskets and spent the day with them. Twenty-six were present for the day. In the afternoon A. Lawrence, the photographer of Lawrence came out and took a family group picture. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Bert Russell and family [sons Cecil and Bert, Jr.] of Paola; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Russell and baby [son Roy]; and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Russell of Wellsville; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Russell and baby [daughter Marie] of Osawatomie; Miss Katie Russell of Kansas City [MO]; Mrs. Lillie Bryan and daughters [Helen and Bessie] of Lawrence; and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Russell; Myrtle, Ernest, Ray and Grace Russell; and Mr. and Mrs. John Russell, all of this place [community of Belleview in Eudora Township, Douglas County, KS]."
- Lawrence (Kansas) Daily Journal-World, 5 October 1917, p. 6, col. 4.
Included in the picture, but not mentioned in the newspaper article, were Mr. and Mrs. William Brecheisen of Johnson County, KS. Mrs. Brecheisen was John and Martha Russell's daughter, Mabel Russell.
John & Martha Russell Family FindaGrave Memorial ID 76016005 Death 4 Apr 2000 [4] Age 93 years Burial Paola Cemetery, Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA [4] Address:
Paola Cemetery
Paola, Kansas
USA- Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/): Memorial #76016005.
Person ID I4208 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 14 Aug 2025
Father BRYAN, Louis Clifford, b. 25 Feb 1877, Kansas, USA d. 13 Mar 1912, Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA (Age 35 years) Mother RUSSELL, Lilla, b. 3 Jun 1880, Missouri, USA d. 28 Dec 1962, Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, USA (Age 82 years) Family ID F1668 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family HAYES, E. Emmett, b. 21 Aug 1903, Kansas, USA d. 20 May 1977 (Age 73 years) Marriage 1929 [3, 4] Age at Marriage She : ~ 21 years and 11 months - He : ~ 25 years and 4 months. Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death Residence 1930 Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA [6] at 115 Main Street - They lived with Bessie's mother, Lilla Russell Reed.
Residence From 1935 to 1940 Troy, Doniphan, Kansas, USA [7] Family ID F1750 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jul 2016
- Included were their 12 living children, 5 daughters-in-law, a son-in-law and 6 grandchildren. At the time, a son, a son-in-law and a grandchild were deceased. John was 62 and Martha was 53.
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Event Map 
Birth - 13 Jan 1907 - Kansas, USA 
Family Event - The family of John Wesley and Martha Jane RUSSELL, 3 generations of 26 people, had their picture taken at their home on their farm - 30 Sep 1917 - Belleview (Eudora Township), Douglas, Kansas, USA 
Residence - at 115 Main Street - 1930 - Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA 
Residence - From 1935 to 1940 - Troy, Doniphan, Kansas, USA 
Burial - Address:
Paola Cemetery
Paola, Kansas
USA - - Paola Cemetery, Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S784] Author unknown, Artifact - Russell Family Charts - James Russell & John Wesley Russell, 25 Nov 2015.
Russell Family Charts - James & John Wesley - [S772] Kansas, Miami County, Census - US - 1910 - KS - Miami County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=7602&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2006), 1 Dec 2015, T624, roll 447, Marysville Township, enumeration district (ED) 127, p. 6A, dwelling 109, family 110, Louis C. Bryan, accessed 1 December 2015.
Census - Marysville Township, Miami County, KS - Louis & Lilla Bryan - [S977] Iva Estelle Russell (Paola, Kansas), Letter - Russell, Iva Bell to Marie Russell Cochrane, 24 Jul 2016.
- [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 3 Dec 2015, accessed 3 December 2015<, Memorial #76016005, Betty E. Bryan Hayes.
- [S810] Photograph - Russell Family (John Wesley & Martha Jane Russell), 13 Dec 2015.
- [S794] Kansas, Miami County, Census - US - 1930 - KS - Miami County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=6224&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), 3 Dec 2015, T626, roll 711, Osawatomie, enumeration district (ED) 61-7, sheet 2A, dwelling 32, family 34, Lilla Reed, accessed 3 December 2015.
Census - 1930 - Osawatomie, KS - Lilla Reed - [S795] Kansas, Doniphan County, Census - US - 1940 - KS - Doniphan County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=2442&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), 3 Dec 2015, T627, roll 1229, Troy, enumeration district (ED) 22-2, sheet 6A, household 124, Emmett Hays, accessed 3 December 2015.
Census - Troy, KS - Emmett Hayes
- [S784] Author unknown, Artifact - Russell Family Charts - James Russell & John Wesley Russell, 25 Nov 2015.