James A. Cochran

    James A. Cochran, farmer, Hanover Township, is a native of Hanover Township, Jefferson County, and was born February 27, 1831. He was reared in this township on a farm: attended the common schools of the township.

    He was married in 1869 to Miss Annie Morton, daughter of John Morton, of this county. He has two children, Jennetta and Moses A. He is a member, and an elder of Carmel (U.P.) Church.

    He owns a farm of 216 acres of land where he lives, three miles west of Hanover Town; the land is good and well improved. He is a large owner and dealer in Merino sheep.

    His parents, Alexander and Margaret (Anderson) Cochran, were natives of Scotland; his father of Glasgow, and his mother of Dumfries. They came to the United States, the mother in 1818, and the father in 1821. His father was a prominent farmer of this county, and died in 1876, at the age of 85. His mother died in 1884, at 90 years of age. Mr. Cochran was elected as County Commissioner in 1876 to 1885, on the Republican ticket.

Source: Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana. By John M. Gresham & Co., 1889.