Lyman's history of old Walla Walla County, embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties . ed. GEORGE COCHRAN. George Cochran, one of the substantial and valued farmers of Walla Wallacounty, living on section 27, township 8 north, range 37 east, was born Decem-ber 2, 1873, in the township where he still makes his home, his parents beingTames W. and Cynthia A. (Angel) Cochran, both of whom were natives of Mis-souri, where they were reared and married. In 1864 they determined to try theirfortune in the west and made their way to Walla Walla county, Washington,crossing the plains
Lyman's history of old Walla Walla County, embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties . ed. GEORGE COCHRAN. George Cochran, one of the substantial and valued farmers of Walla Wallacounty, living on section 27, township 8 north, range 37 east, was born Decem-ber 2, 1873, in the township where he still makes his home, his parents beingTames W. and Cynthia A. (Angel) Cochran, both of whom were natives of Mis-souri, where they were reared and married. In 1864 they determined to try theirfortune in the west and made their way to Walla Walla county, Washington,crossing the plains with ox teams in a wagon train of forty wagons. While enroute they endured all the hardships and privations incident to the trip and aftercoming to this state they experienced all those things which constitute featuresin pioneer life. They took up their abode on Russell creek but in 1866 or 1867removed to the Willamette valley of Oregon, where they remained until calledto their final rest. The father died December 8, 1915, having for a considerableperiod survived his wife, who passed away May 9, GEORGE COCHRAN
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