Notes for James Spear COCHRAN

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Notes for James Spear COCHRAN

James S Cochran was born in Pittsburg Pennsylvania on the 22d of February 1834 His father James B Cochran M.D. was a graduate of the Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia His mother Susan Cochran was a graduate of the Emmitsburg Female Seminary
Emmitsburg Maryland James S Cochran entered Bethany College Virginia where he spent two years After that he became a student of Jefferson College Pennsylvania He later began the study of law at Pittsburg Pennsylvania and afterward attended the law
school of Judge J VV Brockenbaugh at Lexington Virginia In 1858 he was admitted to the bar at Pittsburg and on the 3d of July of the same year came to Freeport Illinois and entered upon the practice of his chosen profession In 1861 he was elected city
attorney for the city of Freeport and in 1872 was elected state's attorney for Stephenson county In the latter capacity Mr Coch ran served most acceptably for a period of twelve years until 1884 when he was elected state senator for the twelfth
senatorial district comprising the counties of Jo Daviess Carroll and Stephenson Of his work in the thirty fifth general assembly it is said that the journal of the legislature will exhibit the fact that more of his public measures pertaining to
general subjects became law than those of any other member of either branch of the legislature Mr Cochran was chairman of several important committees He took an active interest in the reform of the revenue laws of the state and examined with care the
nature of all bills for which he voted Mr Cochran has always been a Republican in politics and has labored zealously for the promulgbation of that party's interests He took part in the memorable struggle for the election of a United States senator
before the thirty fourth general assembly of Illinois in 1885 which resulted in the election of John A Logan on May 9 1885 In 1863 Mr Cochran married Miss Eva Tarbox daughter of Horace Tar box one of the early settlers of Stephenson county Mrs Cochran
died in April 1877 Mr Cochran is a member of the Masonic fraternity and has also taken a conspicuous part in the interest of education in the public schools of Freeport and served twelve as a member of the board of education [The Bench and the Bar of
Illinois: Historical and Reminiscent By John McAuley Palmer, pages 1202-1203]
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Oddly, the 1880 Census of Freeport lists the two children as "niece" and "nephew" of Joseph Emmert. It also states that James A. Cochran's mother was born in Illinois, while Mary's was born in Pennsylvania, which suggest two different mothers.
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Also lived in Freeport in 1900; age 65, widow, birthdate February, 1835. Appears to be a boarding house on Douglas Avenue; no children listed with him.
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James "Spear" Cochran was named after one of Zadock Cramer's partners.

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