JOHN H. COCHRAN
John Hughes Cochran was born in Maury County, Tennessee, June 28, 1838. He was of Scottish-Irish ancestry, and with his father, William M. Cochran, and his mother, Nancy Jane Hughes, came to Texas on March 1, 1843, and settled in what is now the Farmers Branch section of Dallas County. His father died April 24, 1853, leaving a widow and six children; John H., William P., James M., A.M., Mary Mariah, and Margaret Elizabeth. By his mother's wise guidance and his own efforts, John H. Cochran graduated with honors from the prestigious McKenzie Institute and taught there in 1858 and 1859.
His mother, Nancy Jane Hughes Cochran, gave the land and organized the First Methodist Church in Dallas County in 1854, which is now the well-known Cochran's Chapel. In 1969, the Dallas Board of Education dedicated the "Nancy Jane Cochran Elementary School" in her honor.
John H. Cochran took the census of the frontier county of Young in 1860. During the year 1860, he, as a lieutenant, commanded a detachment of Texas Rangers at Fort Belknap under Governor Sam Houston.
On June 30, 1860, he married Martha Jane Johnson of Young County, daughter of R.J. and Elizabeth Johnson. He served (1861-1865) as a private in the Confederate Army, in Company C, Sixth Texas Cavalry, until he suffered a chest injury when a cannon ball landed in front of his horse and the horse bolted into a tree.
He served as Assessor and Collector of Taxes of Dallas County from 1862 to 1866. He respresented Dallas County if the 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 22nd and 23rd Sessions of the Texas Legislature, and he was twice Speaker of the House of Representatives and rendered marked service to the State on the subject of Education, Taxation and Revenue. Under the appointment of President Cleveland, he served four years as Postmaster of Dallas. In 1884, he was a candidate for governor of Texas from Dallas County.
John H. Cochran and his wife, Martha Jane, had seven children: William Roland, James A., John Thomas, George W. "Jack", Martha Elizabeth, John Hughes, and Eliza Harris.
Upon the recommendation of a doctor in Dallas, John H. Cochran moved west to a higher and drier climate because of the chest injury received in the Civil War. In 1893, John H. Cochran bought a horse ranch in the south central part of Nolan County, near Decker, from Franco-Texas Land Company. His sons, Tom, Jack and John, came to Nolan County to assist in operating the ranch and bought additional lands. Their father moved from Dallas to the ranch in 1894 and engaged in farming and livestock raising. John H. Cochran and his sons soon changed the horse ranch into a cattle ranch and later to both cattle and sheep.
John H. Cochran was elected County Judge of Nolan County in 1896 and served three terms, but he declined election for a fourth term. He was active in political affairs and worked hard toward having the county seat of Nolan County moved from Sweetwater, which is on the north edge of the county, to Maryneal, a more central location. The vote favored, by a very small margin, leaving the county seat at Sweetwater.
In 1906, Mr. and Mrs. Cochran built a large two-story ranch home in the Decker community that still is a landmark in the county. The house is a Victorian-type, frame building which was restored and improved in 1960 by G.W. Cochran, a grandson. In 1912 John H. Cochran was alternate delegate to the Baltimore Convention, which nominated Woodrow Wilson for President. In the latter years of his life, he gave his ranch property to his sons Jack and John. He spent the winter months in California and the summer months with his sons and their families.
His last active work was the compilation of a History of Dallas County, at the request of the Dallas Historical Society. The publication of this history was nearing completion at the time of his death in Sweetwater on October 21, 1928. He is buried in the Decker Cemetery, along with his wife who died June 22, 1917.
"Without rethoric or exaggeration, the career of John H. Cochran is not only honorable to himself, but a credit to the state in which nearly all his life has been spent." Quote From: The Encyclopedia of the New West.
From "First 100 Years Nolan County Texas", published 1985 by the Nolan County Genealogical Society, though no longer in print. Transcribed with permission. JHD
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John Hughes Cochran, 90, Texas Pioneer, Succumbs At Sweetwater Saturday
Sweetwater, Oct. 20 - Judge John Hughes Cochran, Sr., 90, ex-speaker of the House in the Texas legislature, former captain of a Texas Ranger company, one of the earliest tax collectors in the state, and a holder of many Nolan County offices since his removal here in 1894, died here this morning at 3 o'clock at the home of his son, John H. Cochran, Jr.
He was born in Tennessee June 28, 1838, and moved to Texas in 1843, settling in Dallas County. His father was the first tax collector of Dallas County, and he, himself, was among the early tax collectors of that county. He also served as postmaster of Dallas during the Cleveland administration.
Speaker of the House
Judge Cochran was a member of the state legislature for six terms and served as speaker of the house for two terms during the 16th and the 23rd legislatures. In 1894, he moved to Nolan County, where he held numerous county offices, among them the office of county judge, which he held for six years. Prior to his moving to this section, he served under Sam Houston as captain of a company of Texas Rangers that were stationed in Young County for the protection of that new settlement against the Indians.
His only survivors are two sons, G.W. Cochran and John H. Cochran, Jr., and their families of this city. His wife died in 1917.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at the home of his son, John H. Cochran, Jr., by Rev. P.P. Clark and Rev. H.W. Hanks. Members of the Masonic Order will have charge of the services to the cemetery at Decker, where interment will take place.
Pallbearers
Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers will be the following, among whom are many old timers, who came here about the same time of Judge Cochran: Dr. W.B. Wimberley, A.A. Prince, J.C. King, R. Bishop, R.B. Rose, J.K. Simpson, J.R. Brannon, Lang Aycock, Lee Lusk, Tom Dobbins, A.S. Gracey, Tom Crutcher, L.S. Polk, J.H.R. Lagow, J.F. Oley, J.H. Beall, R.A. Ragland, Ben Jones, Ed J. Hamner, I.M. Newman, Joe Martin, Simon O'Keefe, Jas. Alexander, T.O. Cowan, Buck Johnson, Jack Yarbrough, Henry Bartlett, W.W. Beall, Sam Glass, J.F. Morgan, Sr., W.J. Turner, J.L. Ross and Dr. S.N. Leach.
From THE ABILENE (TX) REPORTER (10/21/1928)
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NOLAN COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
Name: John H Cochran
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 20 Oct 1928
Event Place: Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Hypostatic pneumonia; cardiac decompensation
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 28 Jun 1838
Birthplace: Tennessee
Father's Name: W M Cochran
Mother's Name: Hughes
Both parents born: Tenn.
Occupation: Stock farmer
Residence:
Burial/Removal: Decker, Texas
Date: 21 Oct 1928
Informant: Jno. H. Cochran, Jr., Sweetwater, Texas
Certificate Number: 45060
GS Film number: 2114661
Digital Folder Number: 005145289
Image Number: 00578
Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K37S-CTX : accessed 12 October 2015), John H Cochran, 20 Oct 1928; citing certificate number 45060, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,661.
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John Hughes Cochran was born in Maury County, Tennessee, June 28, 1838. He was of Scottish-Irish ancestry, and with his father, William M. Cochran, and his mother, Nancy Jane Hughes, came to Texas on March 1, 1843, and settled in what is now the Farmers Branch section of Dallas County. His father died April 24, 1853, leaving a widow and six children; John H., William P., James M., A.M., Mary Mariah, and Margaret Elizabeth. By his mother's wise guidance and his own efforts, John H. Cochran graduated with honors from the prestigious McKenzie Institute and taught there in 1858 and 1859.
His mother, Nancy Jane Hughes Cochran, gave the land and organized the First Methodist Church in Dallas County in 1854, which is now the well-known Cochran's Chapel. In 1969, the Dallas Board of Education dedicated the "Nancy Jane Cochran Elementary School" in her honor.
John H. Cochran took the census of the frontier county of Young in 1860. During the year 1860, he, as a lieutenant, commanded a detachment of Texas Rangers at Fort Belknap under Governor Sam Houston.
On June 30, 1860, he married Martha Jane Johnson of Young County, daughter of R.J. and Elizabeth Johnson. He served (1861-1865) as a private in the Confederate Army, in Company C, Sixth Texas Cavalry, until he suffered a chest injury when a cannon ball landed in front of his horse and the horse bolted into a tree.
He served as Assessor and Collector of Taxes of Dallas County from 1862 to 1866. He respresented Dallas County if the 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 22nd and 23rd Sessions of the Texas Legislature, and he was twice Speaker of the House of Representatives and rendered marked service to the State on the subject of Education, Taxation and Revenue. Under the appointment of President Cleveland, he served four years as Postmaster of Dallas. In 1884, he was a candidate for governor of Texas from Dallas County.
John H. Cochran and his wife, Martha Jane, had seven children: William Roland, James A., John Thomas, George W. "Jack", Martha Elizabeth, John Hughes, and Eliza Harris.
Upon the recommendation of a doctor in Dallas, John H. Cochran moved west to a higher and drier climate because of the chest injury received in the Civil War. In 1893, John H. Cochran bought a horse ranch in the south central part of Nolan County, near Decker, from Franco-Texas Land Company. His sons, Tom, Jack and John, came to Nolan County to assist in operating the ranch and bought additional lands. Their father moved from Dallas to the ranch in 1894 and engaged in farming and livestock raising. John H. Cochran and his sons soon changed the horse ranch into a cattle ranch and later to both cattle and sheep.
John H. Cochran was elected County Judge of Nolan County in 1896 and served three terms, but he declined election for a fourth term. He was active in political affairs and worked hard toward having the county seat of Nolan County moved from Sweetwater, which is on the north edge of the county, to Maryneal, a more central location. The vote favored, by a very small margin, leaving the county seat at Sweetwater.
In 1906, Mr. and Mrs. Cochran built a large two-story ranch home in the Decker community that still is a landmark in the county. The house is a Victorian-type, frame building which was restored and improved in 1960 by G.W. Cochran, a grandson. In 1912 John H. Cochran was alternate delegate to the Baltimore Convention, which nominated Woodrow Wilson for President. In the latter years of his life, he gave his ranch property to his sons Jack and John. He spent the winter months in California and the summer months with his sons and their families.
His last active work was the compilation of a History of Dallas County, at the request of the Dallas Historical Society. The publication of this history was nearing completion at the time of his death in Sweetwater on October 21, 1928. He is buried in the Decker Cemetery, along with his wife who died June 22, 1917.
"Without rethoric or exaggeration, the career of John H. Cochran is not only honorable to himself, but a credit to the state in which nearly all his life has been spent." Quote From: The Encyclopedia of the New West.
From "First 100 Years Nolan County Texas", published 1985 by the Nolan County Genealogical Society, though no longer in print. Transcribed with permission. JHD
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John Hughes Cochran, 90, Texas Pioneer, Succumbs At Sweetwater Saturday
Sweetwater, Oct. 20 - Judge John Hughes Cochran, Sr., 90, ex-speaker of the House in the Texas legislature, former captain of a Texas Ranger company, one of the earliest tax collectors in the state, and a holder of many Nolan County offices since his removal here in 1894, died here this morning at 3 o'clock at the home of his son, John H. Cochran, Jr.
He was born in Tennessee June 28, 1838, and moved to Texas in 1843, settling in Dallas County. His father was the first tax collector of Dallas County, and he, himself, was among the early tax collectors of that county. He also served as postmaster of Dallas during the Cleveland administration.
Speaker of the House
Judge Cochran was a member of the state legislature for six terms and served as speaker of the house for two terms during the 16th and the 23rd legislatures. In 1894, he moved to Nolan County, where he held numerous county offices, among them the office of county judge, which he held for six years. Prior to his moving to this section, he served under Sam Houston as captain of a company of Texas Rangers that were stationed in Young County for the protection of that new settlement against the Indians.
His only survivors are two sons, G.W. Cochran and John H. Cochran, Jr., and their families of this city. His wife died in 1917.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at the home of his son, John H. Cochran, Jr., by Rev. P.P. Clark and Rev. H.W. Hanks. Members of the Masonic Order will have charge of the services to the cemetery at Decker, where interment will take place.
Pallbearers
Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers will be the following, among whom are many old timers, who came here about the same time of Judge Cochran: Dr. W.B. Wimberley, A.A. Prince, J.C. King, R. Bishop, R.B. Rose, J.K. Simpson, J.R. Brannon, Lang Aycock, Lee Lusk, Tom Dobbins, A.S. Gracey, Tom Crutcher, L.S. Polk, J.H.R. Lagow, J.F. Oley, J.H. Beall, R.A. Ragland, Ben Jones, Ed J. Hamner, I.M. Newman, Joe Martin, Simon O'Keefe, Jas. Alexander, T.O. Cowan, Buck Johnson, Jack Yarbrough, Henry Bartlett, W.W. Beall, Sam Glass, J.F. Morgan, Sr., W.J. Turner, J.L. Ross and Dr. S.N. Leach.
From THE ABILENE (TX) REPORTER (10/21/1928)
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NOLAN COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
Name: John H Cochran
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 20 Oct 1928
Event Place: Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Hypostatic pneumonia; cardiac decompensation
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 28 Jun 1838
Birthplace: Tennessee
Father's Name: W M Cochran
Mother's Name: Hughes
Both parents born: Tenn.
Occupation: Stock farmer
Residence:
Burial/Removal: Decker, Texas
Date: 21 Oct 1928
Informant: Jno. H. Cochran, Jr., Sweetwater, Texas
Certificate Number: 45060
GS Film number: 2114661
Digital Folder Number: 005145289
Image Number: 00578
Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K37S-CTX : accessed 12 October 2015), John H Cochran, 20 Oct 1928; citing certificate number 45060, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,661.
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JOHN H. COCHRAN
John Hughes Cochran was born in Maury County, Tennessee, June 28, 1838. He was of Scottish-Irish ancestry, and with his father, William M. Cochran, and his mother, Nancy Jane Hughes, came to Texas on March 1, 1843, and settled in what is now the Farmers Branch section of Dallas County. His father died April 24, 1853, leaving a widow and six children; John H., William P., James M., A.M., Mary Mariah, and Margaret Elizabeth. By his mother's wise guidance and his own efforts, John H. Cochran graduated with honors from the prestigious McKenzie Institute and taught there in 1858 and 1859.
His mother, Nancy Jane Hughes Cochran, gave the land and organized the First Methodist Church in Dallas County in 1854, which is now the well-known Cochran's Chapel. In 1969, the Dallas Board of Education dedicated the "Nancy Jane Cochran Elementary School" in her honor.
John H. Cochran took the census of the frontier county of Young in 1860. During the year 1860, he, as a lieutenant, commanded a detachment of Texas Rangers at Fort Belknap under Governor Sam Houston.
On June 30, 1860, he married Martha Jane Johnson of Young County, daughter of R.J. and Elizabeth Johnson. He served (1861-1865) as a private in the Confederate Army, in Company C, Sixth Texas Cavalry, until he suffered a chest injury when a cannon ball landed in front of his horse and the horse bolted into a tree.
He served as Assessor and Collector of Taxes of Dallas County from 1862 to 1866. He respresented Dallas County if the 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 22nd and 23rd Sessions of the Texas Legislature, and he was twice Speaker of the House of Representatives and rendered marked service to the State on the subject of Education, Taxation and Revenue. Under the appointment of President Cleveland, he served four years as Postmaster of Dallas. In 1884, he was a candidate for governor of Texas from Dallas County.
John H. Cochran and his wife, Martha Jane, had seven children: William Roland, James A., John Thomas, George W. "Jack", Martha Elizabeth, John Hughes, and Eliza Harris.
Upon the recommendation of a doctor in Dallas, John H. Cochran moved west to a higher and drier climate because of the chest injury received in the Civil War. In 1893, John H. Cochran bought a horse ranch in the south central part of Nolan County, near Decker, from Franco-Texas Land Company. His sons, Tom, Jack and John, came to Nolan County to assist in operating the ranch and bought additional lands. Their father moved from Dallas to the ranch in 1894 and engaged in farming and livestock raising. John H. Cochran and his sons soon changed the horse ranch into a cattle ranch and later to both cattle and sheep.
John H. Cochran was elected County Judge of Nolan County in 1896 and served three terms, but he declined election for a fourth term. He was active in political affairs and worked hard toward having the county seat of Nolan County moved from Sweetwater, which is on the north edge of the county, to Maryneal, a more central location. The vote favored, by a very small margin, leaving the county seat at Sweetwater.
In 1906, Mr. and Mrs. Cochran built a large two-story ranch home in the Decker community that still is a landmark in the county. The house is a Victorian-type, frame building which was restored and improved in 1960 by G.W. Cochran, a grandson. In 1912 John H. Cochran was alternate delegate to the Baltimore Convention, which nominated Woodrow Wilson for President. In the latter years of his life, he gave his ranch property to his sons Jack and John. He spent the winter months in California and the summer months with his sons and their families.
His last active work was the compilation of a History of Dallas County, at the request of the Dallas Historical Society. The publication of this history was nearing completion at the time of his death in Sweetwater on October 21, 1928. He is buried in the Decker Cemetery, along with his wife who died June 22, 1917.
"Without rethoric or exaggeration, the career of John H. Cochran is not only honorable to himself, but a credit to the state in which nearly all his life has been spent." Quote From: The Encyclopedia of the New West.
From "First 100 Years Nolan County Texas", published 1985 by the Nolan County Genealogical Society, though no longer in print. Transcribed with permission. JHD
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John Hughes Cochran, 90, Texas Pioneer, Succumbs At Sweetwater Saturday
Sweetwater, Oct. 20 - Judge John Hughes Cochran, Sr., 90, ex-speaker of the House in the Texas legislature, former captain of a Texas Ranger company, one of the earliest tax collectors in the state, and a holder of many Nolan County offices since his removal here in 1894, died here this morning at 3 o'clock at the home of his son, John H. Cochran, Jr.
He was born in Tennessee June 28, 1838, and moved to Texas in 1843, settling in Dallas County. His father was the first tax collector of Dallas County, and he, himself, was among the early tax collectors of that county. He also served as postmaster of Dallas during the Cleveland administration.
Speaker of the House
Judge Cochran was a member of the state legislature for six terms and served as speaker of the house for two terms during the 16th and the 23rd legislatures. In 1894, he moved to Nolan County, where he held numerous county offices, among them the office of county judge, which he held for six years. Prior to his moving to this section, he served under Sam Houston as captain of a company of Texas Rangers that were stationed in Young County for the protection of that new settlement against the Indians.
His only survivors are two sons, G.W. Cochran and John H. Cochran, Jr., and their families of this city. His wife died in 1917.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at the home of his son, John H. Cochran, Jr., by Rev. P.P. Clark and Rev. H.W. Hanks. Members of the Masonic Order will have charge of the services to the cemetery at Decker, where interment will take place.
Pallbearers
Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers will be the following, among whom are many old timers, who came here about the same time of Judge Cochran: Dr. W.B. Wimberley, A.A. Prince, J.C. King, R. Bishop, R.B. Rose, J.K. Simpson, J.R. Brannon, Lang Aycock, Lee Lusk, Tom Dobbins, A.S. Gracey, Tom Crutcher, L.S. Polk, J.H.R. Lagow, J.F. Oley, J.H. Beall, R.A. Ragland, Ben Jones, Ed J. Hamner, I.M. Newman, Joe Martin, Simon O'Keefe, Jas. Alexander, T.O. Cowan, Buck Johnson, Jack Yarbrough, Henry Bartlett, W.W. Beall, Sam Glass, J.F. Morgan, Sr., W.J. Turner, J.L. Ross and Dr. S.N. Leach.
From THE ABILENE (TX) REPORTER (10/21/1928)
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NOLAN COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
Name: John H Cochran
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 20 Oct 1928
Event Place: Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Hypostatic pneumonia; cardiac decompensation
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 28 Jun 1838
Birthplace: Tennessee
Father's Name: W M Cochran
Mother's Name: Hughes
Both parents born: Tenn.
Occupation: Stock farmer
Residence:
Burial/Removal: Decker, Texas
Date: 21 Oct 1928
Informant: Jno. H. Cochran, Jr., Sweetwater, Texas
Certificate Number: 45060
GS Film number: 2114661
Digital Folder Number: 005145289
Image Number: 00578
Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K37S-CTX : accessed 12 October 2015), John H Cochran, 20 Oct 1928; citing certificate number 45060, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,661.
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John Hughes Cochran was born in Maury County, Tennessee, June 28, 1838. He was of Scottish-Irish ancestry, and with his father, William M. Cochran, and his mother, Nancy Jane Hughes, came to Texas on March 1, 1843, and settled in what is now the Farmers Branch section of Dallas County. His father died April 24, 1853, leaving a widow and six children; John H., William P., James M., A.M., Mary Mariah, and Margaret Elizabeth. By his mother's wise guidance and his own efforts, John H. Cochran graduated with honors from the prestigious McKenzie Institute and taught there in 1858 and 1859.
His mother, Nancy Jane Hughes Cochran, gave the land and organized the First Methodist Church in Dallas County in 1854, which is now the well-known Cochran's Chapel. In 1969, the Dallas Board of Education dedicated the "Nancy Jane Cochran Elementary School" in her honor.
John H. Cochran took the census of the frontier county of Young in 1860. During the year 1860, he, as a lieutenant, commanded a detachment of Texas Rangers at Fort Belknap under Governor Sam Houston.
On June 30, 1860, he married Martha Jane Johnson of Young County, daughter of R.J. and Elizabeth Johnson. He served (1861-1865) as a private in the Confederate Army, in Company C, Sixth Texas Cavalry, until he suffered a chest injury when a cannon ball landed in front of his horse and the horse bolted into a tree.
He served as Assessor and Collector of Taxes of Dallas County from 1862 to 1866. He respresented Dallas County if the 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 22nd and 23rd Sessions of the Texas Legislature, and he was twice Speaker of the House of Representatives and rendered marked service to the State on the subject of Education, Taxation and Revenue. Under the appointment of President Cleveland, he served four years as Postmaster of Dallas. In 1884, he was a candidate for governor of Texas from Dallas County.
John H. Cochran and his wife, Martha Jane, had seven children: William Roland, James A., John Thomas, George W. "Jack", Martha Elizabeth, John Hughes, and Eliza Harris.
Upon the recommendation of a doctor in Dallas, John H. Cochran moved west to a higher and drier climate because of the chest injury received in the Civil War. In 1893, John H. Cochran bought a horse ranch in the south central part of Nolan County, near Decker, from Franco-Texas Land Company. His sons, Tom, Jack and John, came to Nolan County to assist in operating the ranch and bought additional lands. Their father moved from Dallas to the ranch in 1894 and engaged in farming and livestock raising. John H. Cochran and his sons soon changed the horse ranch into a cattle ranch and later to both cattle and sheep.
John H. Cochran was elected County Judge of Nolan County in 1896 and served three terms, but he declined election for a fourth term. He was active in political affairs and worked hard toward having the county seat of Nolan County moved from Sweetwater, which is on the north edge of the county, to Maryneal, a more central location. The vote favored, by a very small margin, leaving the county seat at Sweetwater.
In 1906, Mr. and Mrs. Cochran built a large two-story ranch home in the Decker community that still is a landmark in the county. The house is a Victorian-type, frame building which was restored and improved in 1960 by G.W. Cochran, a grandson. In 1912 John H. Cochran was alternate delegate to the Baltimore Convention, which nominated Woodrow Wilson for President. In the latter years of his life, he gave his ranch property to his sons Jack and John. He spent the winter months in California and the summer months with his sons and their families.
His last active work was the compilation of a History of Dallas County, at the request of the Dallas Historical Society. The publication of this history was nearing completion at the time of his death in Sweetwater on October 21, 1928. He is buried in the Decker Cemetery, along with his wife who died June 22, 1917.
"Without rethoric or exaggeration, the career of John H. Cochran is not only honorable to himself, but a credit to the state in which nearly all his life has been spent." Quote From: The Encyclopedia of the New West.
From "First 100 Years Nolan County Texas", published 1985 by the Nolan County Genealogical Society, though no longer in print. Transcribed with permission. JHD
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John Hughes Cochran, 90, Texas Pioneer, Succumbs At Sweetwater Saturday
Sweetwater, Oct. 20 - Judge John Hughes Cochran, Sr., 90, ex-speaker of the House in the Texas legislature, former captain of a Texas Ranger company, one of the earliest tax collectors in the state, and a holder of many Nolan County offices since his removal here in 1894, died here this morning at 3 o'clock at the home of his son, John H. Cochran, Jr.
He was born in Tennessee June 28, 1838, and moved to Texas in 1843, settling in Dallas County. His father was the first tax collector of Dallas County, and he, himself, was among the early tax collectors of that county. He also served as postmaster of Dallas during the Cleveland administration.
Speaker of the House
Judge Cochran was a member of the state legislature for six terms and served as speaker of the house for two terms during the 16th and the 23rd legislatures. In 1894, he moved to Nolan County, where he held numerous county offices, among them the office of county judge, which he held for six years. Prior to his moving to this section, he served under Sam Houston as captain of a company of Texas Rangers that were stationed in Young County for the protection of that new settlement against the Indians.
His only survivors are two sons, G.W. Cochran and John H. Cochran, Jr., and their families of this city. His wife died in 1917.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at the home of his son, John H. Cochran, Jr., by Rev. P.P. Clark and Rev. H.W. Hanks. Members of the Masonic Order will have charge of the services to the cemetery at Decker, where interment will take place.
Pallbearers
Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers will be the following, among whom are many old timers, who came here about the same time of Judge Cochran: Dr. W.B. Wimberley, A.A. Prince, J.C. King, R. Bishop, R.B. Rose, J.K. Simpson, J.R. Brannon, Lang Aycock, Lee Lusk, Tom Dobbins, A.S. Gracey, Tom Crutcher, L.S. Polk, J.H.R. Lagow, J.F. Oley, J.H. Beall, R.A. Ragland, Ben Jones, Ed J. Hamner, I.M. Newman, Joe Martin, Simon O'Keefe, Jas. Alexander, T.O. Cowan, Buck Johnson, Jack Yarbrough, Henry Bartlett, W.W. Beall, Sam Glass, J.F. Morgan, Sr., W.J. Turner, J.L. Ross and Dr. S.N. Leach.
From THE ABILENE (TX) REPORTER (10/21/1928)
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NOLAN COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
Name: John H Cochran
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 20 Oct 1928
Event Place: Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Hypostatic pneumonia; cardiac decompensation
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 28 Jun 1838
Birthplace: Tennessee
Father's Name: W M Cochran
Mother's Name: Hughes
Both parents born: Tenn.
Occupation: Stock farmer
Residence:
Burial/Removal: Decker, Texas
Date: 21 Oct 1928
Informant: Jno. H. Cochran, Jr., Sweetwater, Texas
Certificate Number: 45060
GS Film number: 2114661
Digital Folder Number: 005145289
Image Number: 00578
Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K37S-CTX : accessed 12 October 2015), John H Cochran, 20 Oct 1928; citing certificate number 45060, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,661.
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