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Mary Melvina <I>Shatto</I> Cochran

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Mary Melvina Shatto Cochran

Birth
Sullivan County, Missouri, USA
Death
25 Jul 1923 (aged 77)
Polk Township, Sullivan County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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"Mrs. Mary M. Cochran, one of the highly respected ladies of this county, died suddenly at her home three miles west of Milan about 11 o'clock Tuesday night, July 25, 1923, of heart failure. She was 78 years and 10 months old.

Mrs. Cochran had been ailing for some time, but her condition was not thought to be serious. She was in Milan Friday. She retired as ususal Tuesday night and was lying on a cot near the window. About eleven o'clock she got up for some purpose and fell to the floor, dying almost immediately.

The deceased was the mother of eleven children, all of whom survive her: James E., Hugh, Charley, Chester, Alice and Bertie, Mrs. Maggie Cochran, Mrs. Mattie Franklin, Mrs. Belle Bray, Mrs. Minnie Bailey and Mrs. Addie Whitacre. She is also survived by four stepchildren, R. H. Cochran of Harris, Wm. Cochran, Jr., Mrs. C. A. McCaughey of Milan and Mrs. James Smiley of Rosendale, Kansas.

The deceased was a sister of Elias Shatto and Mrs. Judge Franklin of Reger.

Funeral services will be conducted at the home at 2:30 this (Thursday) afternoon." The Milan Republican (Milan, Missouri), July 26, 1923
"Mrs. Mary M. Cochran, one of the highly respected ladies of this county, died suddenly at her home three miles west of Milan about 11 o'clock Tuesday night, July 25, 1923, of heart failure. She was 78 years and 10 months old.

Mrs. Cochran had been ailing for some time, but her condition was not thought to be serious. She was in Milan Friday. She retired as ususal Tuesday night and was lying on a cot near the window. About eleven o'clock she got up for some purpose and fell to the floor, dying almost immediately.

The deceased was the mother of eleven children, all of whom survive her: James E., Hugh, Charley, Chester, Alice and Bertie, Mrs. Maggie Cochran, Mrs. Mattie Franklin, Mrs. Belle Bray, Mrs. Minnie Bailey and Mrs. Addie Whitacre. She is also survived by four stepchildren, R. H. Cochran of Harris, Wm. Cochran, Jr., Mrs. C. A. McCaughey of Milan and Mrs. James Smiley of Rosendale, Kansas.

The deceased was a sister of Elias Shatto and Mrs. Judge Franklin of Reger.

Funeral services will be conducted at the home at 2:30 this (Thursday) afternoon." The Milan Republican (Milan, Missouri), July 26, 1923


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