Notes for Susan CRAMER

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Notes for Susan CRAMER

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. [presumably part of Thomas Jefferson University as of 2007] 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 James. 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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No 7 AN ACT To enable the Executor of the will of Susan Cochran deceased to transfer certain stock SECTION 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met and it is hereby enacted
by the authority of the same That the executor of the last will and testament of Susan Cochran late of the borough of Beaver in the county of Beaver deceased or in case of his death or discharge the administrator de bonis non with the will annexed
shall have power and he is hereby authorized to transfer to Zadock Cramer Cochran James S Cochran and Mary Cochran only children and sole legatees of the said Susan Cochran deceased all the remaining unsold stock in the Bank of Pittsburg bequeathed by
the said Susan Cochran in her said will to her children the said Zadock Cramer Cochran James S Cochran and Mary E Cochran in th same manner and proportions of shares as by the said will the said stock is bequeathed to them to have and to hold the said
stock in the several proportions bequeathed to them absolutely in their own right and with power to sell and transfer the same at their pleasure absolutely and freed and discharged from any right of survivorship among each other and from any limitation
to their issue unborn at the time of the said transfer to them Provided That at the time of the said transfer to them they shall deliver to the said Bank of Pittsburg their written consent to the terms and purposes of this act W.C.A. LAWRENCE Speaker
of the House of Representatives WM M FRANCIS Speaker of the Senate APPROVED The nineteenth day of January Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty WM F PACKEK Laws enacted in the general assembly of the commonwealth

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