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PVT William E. Cochran

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PVT William E. Cochran

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
6 Mar 1915 (aged 71)
Petoskey, Emmet County, Michigan, USA
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Petoskey, Emmet County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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William Cochran, of Co. F, enrolled Sep. 22, 1861 in Waterloo by Capt. Merrill as a Private; mustered in Nov. 22, 1861 in Ft. Wayne by Lt. Stansbury at age 18. He was 5Œ 7 tall, dark complexion, black eyes, and black hair. Born Jan. 27, 1844 in Erie Co., OH, employed as a farmer, single, resident of Jarvis, in DeKalb Co., IN. Discharged for disease Aug. 11, 1862 in Indianapolis, IN with rank of Private. Notes: On sick leave to the doctor. Discharged for phthisis pulmonalis (TB) hereditary tendency existing prior to enlistment. William E. Cochran filed Invalid Pension Application to receive Pension Certificate #309685 May 24, 1880; Sarah A. Landis filed Widowfs Pension Application #1043678 Mar. 17, 1915, in MI; also listed 1st Indpt. Battfy IN Light Artillery serving Nov. 1864 to Aug. 1865. (Mildred Cochran contested Widowfs Pension Application #1106171 Jul. 14, 1917, in IA.) Died Mar. 6, 1915, in Petoskey, Emmet Co., MI; buried there in Greenwood Cemetery. (/E/Cochrane) Taken from The Iron Men of Indianafs 44th Regiment, Part 1: Biographies and Regimental Statistics by Margaret Hobson.

Co. F, 44 IN Inf
William Cochran, of Co. F, enrolled Sep. 22, 1861 in Waterloo by Capt. Merrill as a Private; mustered in Nov. 22, 1861 in Ft. Wayne by Lt. Stansbury at age 18. He was 5Œ 7 tall, dark complexion, black eyes, and black hair. Born Jan. 27, 1844 in Erie Co., OH, employed as a farmer, single, resident of Jarvis, in DeKalb Co., IN. Discharged for disease Aug. 11, 1862 in Indianapolis, IN with rank of Private. Notes: On sick leave to the doctor. Discharged for phthisis pulmonalis (TB) hereditary tendency existing prior to enlistment. William E. Cochran filed Invalid Pension Application to receive Pension Certificate #309685 May 24, 1880; Sarah A. Landis filed Widowfs Pension Application #1043678 Mar. 17, 1915, in MI; also listed 1st Indpt. Battfy IN Light Artillery serving Nov. 1864 to Aug. 1865. (Mildred Cochran contested Widowfs Pension Application #1106171 Jul. 14, 1917, in IA.) Died Mar. 6, 1915, in Petoskey, Emmet Co., MI; buried there in Greenwood Cemetery. (/E/Cochrane) Taken from The Iron Men of Indianafs 44th Regiment, Part 1: Biographies and Regimental Statistics by Margaret Hobson.

Co. F, 44 IN Inf

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