COLONEL JOHN COCHRAN came to Pickaway county, in 1812, as a recruiting officer for the army. He had a commission as ensign in the Nineteenth regiment of infantry, and had his recruiting office at Franklinton. He served as ensign until the close of the war, and in 1815 was commissioned second lieutenant of the Seventeenth regiment. At the close of the war he bought land in Harrison, and, soon after his return, married Mary O'HARA, by whom he had nine children, three of whom are now living. Their names were, Nancy, Priscilla, Frank, Elizabeth, Findly, William Gustavus, Sarah, and Mary. Nancy married William FORESMAN, who died in 1850. Robert, her son, lives with her in Bloomfield. Frank married Ann Morgan, and owns a farm near Bloomfield. William married Fanny FLORENCE, daughter of Colonel Elias FLORENCE. She died, and he married Mary CLAYPOOL, and now lives in Kansas. Colonel COCHRAN was commander of a regiment of militia for a number of years. He was an intelligent man, who read a great deal, and his influence was felt in the community in which he lived. He served in the State legislature in 1818, 1831, 1832, 1835, 1836, and 1850. In politics he was a Whig. His death occurred in 1878, at the age of eighty-eight, and that of his wife in 1875, aged seventy-four.
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