HARVEY COCHRAN

COCHRAN, MCCOY

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 7/26/2009 at 19:47:16

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

HARVEY COCHRAN, farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Centerville; born Nov. 4, 1843, in Van Buren Co.; when an infant, came with his parents to Appanoose Co.; he owns 120 acres of land. Married Rebecca McCoy, Jan 28, 1866; she was born in Monroe Co., Ohio; had eight children, six living - Ellen (Ann and Houston are twins), Isabel, George and Lillie. Enlisted in 1862, Co. F, 17th Iowa V.I.; served to the end of the war; was a prisoner in Andersonville six months. Has been township trustee. M.E. Church; Republican.