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8/18/2018

 
​Margaret Cochrane, (1835-1907) Margaret settled in Michigan, where she became a physician and married twice, first to Mr. Gray, then to Henry A. Cooper (1800-1888).  It is unknow whether she had any children. Because Margaret was such a common name, as were the surnames, Cooper and Gray, this researcher has been unable to definitively locate her to discover records at this time.
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 Susan Cochrane (1836-1928) Susan settled in Michigan, where she married Sandford Messenger (1836-1891) Sanford was a medical Dr.  Together they had four children before divorcing sometime between 1870 and 1880.  Susan later married John L.  Nostrant.   Susan and John did not have any children together.  Susan worked as a dress maker after her divorce.  Susan died in Lansing Michigan on  12/28/1928, at the ripe old age of 92. Susan and Sanford had the following children;
                                                                Lillian E. Messenger (10/1859-3/23/1927)
Lillian was born in Illinois but settled in the Lansing Michigan area. She married William A. Norton (1854-) on 1881.  William was a lawyer.  Lillian and William had two sons;
Guy William Norton (7/27/1884-1/30/1960) was a newspaper reporter who worked around the country with a career spanning 21 years.  During his career he met and reported on the likes of Al Capone and Billy Jean king.  He married Cora Church on 4/11/1910.  They had two children, Guy Norton Jr. (1/10/1917-10/16/1984) On 8/15/1940 Guy married Lorine Pitney .  Guy and Lorin had three children, still living, names unknown. Wilburta Norton AKA Billie (1/13/1912-) The family settled in Philadelphia PA. 
Russell Fane Norton (4/9/1886-5/27/1946) He married Dorothy.  Nothing else is known at this time. 
                                                                Minnie L. Messenger (2/1866-5/3/1942)
Minnie was born in Michigan On 10/17/1883, she married Ely Allen (1865-  ) Ely was a real estate salesman.  He moved his family to California around 1920.  In 1920, Susan Cochrane Nostrant, then widowed, lived with them.   Minnie and Ely had two children;
Elma Fay Allen (7/2/1887- ).  Elma also went by the name of Esme.  On 9/12/1914, she married James Blaine Chaney (12/5/1891-9/1965) James was a tailor.  They had two children; Ralph Allen Chaney (12/12/1917-1/16/1995).  Ralph worked as a tin smith and remained in Michigan.  On 9/21/1949 He married Margaret Helen Kennedy (1920-) it is unknown whether they had children. Richard Ely Chaney (4/21/1921-12/17/1983). On 2/11/1950 Richard married Shirley Mae Rasmussen ( 11/2/1927-10/10/1995) Richard and Shirley had at least one child; Ronda / Rhonda Kay Chaney (9/16/1956-)
 
                                                                Mattie Messenger (12/1/1869-7/20/1922)
Mattie Messenger was born in Michigan and settled there to raise her family.  She married Rudolph O. Loomis (   ) in Grand Ledge Michigan on 12/7/1891. They divorced at some time after 1920.  Rudolph was married 4 times, all ending in divorce for extreme cruelty.  Mattie never remarried and lived out the rest of her life with her daughter’s family.  Mattie and Rudolph had one son; Arthur Loomis ( 1894- 5/27/1894) Arthur died shortly after birth. 
 
                                                                Clifford Cochrane Messenger (11/27/1874-2/12/1958)
Clifford was a dentist in Michigan.  On 1/17/1900, he married Maude McLaughlin (1874-) They were divorced 5/26/1909 following Maude’s claim of extreme cruelty. Clifford then married Henriette Clare Bode (1886) on 7/20/1909, They divorced on 3/16/1911.  They had no children.              
 
 
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William L. Cochrane, (1841-1918) settled in Michigan and established a farm.  He married Nellie Ostrander, whom he later divorced.  William and Nellie had no children.
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Isaac Newton Cochrane (1842-1916) Isaac Newton Cochrane settled in Indiana, where he married x2.  His first wife, Lydia Burtch (5/1848-9/1875) passed away three weeks after delivering their only child, Frank Burtch Cochrane (1873-1917).  Dr. Isaac Newton Cochrane then married Isabelle Thompson.  Isaac was a physician.  He also served as a colonel in the Civil War for Michigan.  Isabella and Isaac had four children together.
                                                                Frank Cochran (1873)
Frank’s obituary says it all:  from the Delphi Journal March 7, 1918:
Cochran, Dr. Frank, age 44; interment Masonic cemetery, Delphi. The citizens of Delphi were inexpressibly shocked on Thursday evening to hear that Dr. Frank B. Cochrane had been shot with a .45 caliber revolver, by his own hand. Dr. Cochrane had been for some months a victim of attacks of melancholia, and the last one was very violent. He had been at home throughout the day, and at 5:30 his wife, who was sitting on the front veranda, was alarmed by the shot, which was found to have entered the right temple, passed through the brain and into the wall opposite. He lived for nearly two hours,  but was never conscious after the shooting.  Frank Burtch Cochrane was born in Grand Ledge, Eaton county, Michigan, August 14, 1872. He was the son of the late Dr. I. N. and Lydia Burtch Cochrane. His mother died when he was three weeks old. About three years later his father located in this county and married Miss Isabelle Thompson, who loved and reared Frank as she did her own son. He received his early education in the schools in this vicinity. Later he attended school in Jackson and Ypsilanti, Mich., and Danville, Ind. He graduated from the Indianapolis Dental College in 1896. He established himself in a successful practice here. July 9, 1896, he married Mary Edith Cochrane of Jackson, Mich., who, with their son, Robert B., survives him. He was of a kind, genial nature, a warm, loyal friend, an affectionate husband and father, gratifying, as far as he could, every wish of his family. He had a love for and an artistic appreciation of the beautiful in music and the human in literature. He was a man who excelled in his profession.  Besides his wife and son he leaves his mother, Mrs. Isabelle Cochrane; one brother, William S., of Tulsa, Okla.; Miss Mary Cochrane and Mrs. Mabel Cochrane Devitt.  The sad accident which brought his life to a close on the evening of September 20, has taken from the community a man who will be missed by all. Those who knew him most intimately will ever feel a sense of personal loss in his untimely death. Funeral services were conducted at the home Sunday afternoon at 3:30 by the Rev. Ray Heritage of the Baptist church. Interment was made in the Masonic cemetery. 
Frank’s wife, Mary Edith Cochrane is his first cousin, daughter of William L. Cochrane (see above) . They had one child; Robert Eugene Cochrane (10/12/1900-5/14/1931).  Robert never married and died of heart trouble at the age of 30.
 
Oliver  M Cochrane (1878-10/18/1901)
Oliver never married, no children.
 Mary Cochrane , (6/28/1881-2/22/1981)
Mary was a librarian and well known in her local area.  She never married and had no children. She died 4 months before her 100th birthday.
 
William S. Cochrane (8/1/1884-2/10/1961)
William Sherman Cochrane was an attorney.  He settled in Tulsa Oklahoma, where he married Bess Stillman (11/19/1891-5/12/1954).  From the Delphi Journal 2/23/1961: Word was received by friends here Tuesday morning of the death of Attorney Will S. Cochrane, 76, who passed away at Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he practiced law for many years. Attorney Cochrane died Sunday morning following a long illness Funeral rites were held at the Episcopal church in Tulsa Tuesday morning. Born in Madison township, 1884, he was the son of Dr, I. N. and Isabel Thomson Cochrane. He. was graduated from the Delphi high school and University of Michigan Law School in 1905 and had practiced many years at Tulsa. He served as a law clerk for the Dawes Commission, named to represent the five civilized Indian tribes. Later, he was named District Indian Agent at Nowata, Oklahoma. He served as legal counsel for Sinclair until his retirement in 1945, and was a member of the Tulsa County Excise Board for about a year until Door health forced him to retire. He was an authority on oil law and won a case before the United States Supreme Court at the age of 28. A Mason, he held 50-year membership with the Delphi, Indiana, lodge. He also was a former Lieutenant in the Indiana National Guard. He leaves two sisters: Miss Mary Cochrane, former librarian Delphi, and Mabel DeVitt, of Delavan, Wisconsin. A brother, Oliver, a veteran of the Spanish-American War,, and a half-brother, Dr. Frank Cochrane, a former dentist here preceded him in death. His wife died in 1955 and his son, Preston, in 1957, but a grandson, William Cochrane, 15, resides in Coalings, California. Mrs. G. A. Shaffer and Attorney Cochrane were classmates in the graduating class of 1902. He moved to Delphi with his parents when in grade school.
Preston West Cochrane (6/8/1915-5/3/1957) married Julie Ann Beard (1913-1965 ).  They had one son, William Cochrane who was born 1942 and was living in California at the time o his father’s death.  Nothing else is known of him at this time .
 
                                                                                Mable Lorraine Cochran (5/26/1894-3/5/1978)
Mable was born in Indiana and married Herbert W. Devitt (1895-) in Carroll Indiana on 8/25/1917.  The couple quickly settled in with Mable’s parents, Isaac and Isabella Cochrane.  Herbert worked in a furniture factory and eventually became a sales manager there.  They had four children;
Herbert William DeVitt Jr. (9/3/1918-4/18/2004)Obituary Published in Desert News 4/31/2004: Herbert William DeVitt, Jr. 1918 ~ 2004   Herbert William DeVitt, Jr. passed away on April 18, 2004 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born on Sept. 3, 1918 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Herbert and Mabel DeVitt. He married Leona Geise on June 3, 1944, during World War II. They later divorced. Herbert then married Maxine Murray Hayward on Oct. 21, 1972.  Herbert served his country as a naval pilot in World War II. Also, he was held in high regard as a Economics professor at both B.Y.U. and the U. of U. He is survived by his wife Maxine; his three children: Bill DeVitt, Steve DeVitt, and Patty Blakesley; his sister: Mary Steib; Maxine's two children: Murray Hayward and Janet H. I. Crook; 12 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Memorial services will be held at Friendship Manor, 1320 East 500 South, Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday, April 23rd at 4:00 p.m.  Herbert’s children were mentioned in the obituary.  They are still living and there is no information available regarding them at this time. 
 
Mary Bell DeVitt (5/30/1922-) Married ? Steib.  Mary was still living in 2004, when her brother died.  No additional records were located concerning her or possible children. 
Suzanne DeVitt (3/15/1924- 2/1939 ) Died at age 15 of scarlet fever. 
 
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Martha (Mattie) Cochrane, (1844-1926) Martha was a Physician.  She settled in Michigan and married Reuben E. Strong.   Martha and Reuben had no children.
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Sarah A. Cochrane (1848-1937). Sarah Ann settled in Michigan and married William Plummer(6/1839-5/30/1933), a wagon maker.  Sarah and William had two living children
Mable H. Plummer (9/14/1870-5/22/1893) Mable married Frank Lockwood. Seage (18768-1951) on 12/25/1891.
 Reginald Copeland Plummer (11/22/1881-12/26/1936) AKA Rex or Copeland.. On 5/10/1919,  Rex married Ada Merrifield (1890-1948) and settled in the Seattle Washington area. Reginald was an ENT Doctor.   They had a daughter, Nancy Lee Plummer (4/4/1921-1985) On 4/15/1944, Nancy married Theodore Edmund Camlin (10/1/1902-3/30/1981) In Seattle Washington.  The Camlin’s settled in Illinois. Theodore worked as an accountant.  It appears that they had children but the names and additional information is unavailable, as they are still living. 
 
 This concludes the family of Mary Copeland and Samuel Cochrane.  Our history will continue as we delve into the past and present of the rest of the Copeland clan.  I hope you have been enjoying this brief history.  If this is your family, and you have additions or corrections, please feel free to drop me a line at therandomgenealogist@gamil.com  or as a message on the web site.  Look for us on facebook. 
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MORE ON THE COPELAND CLAN

8/18/2018

 
COPELAND FAMILY HISTORY-THE GRANDCHILDREN and descendants OF AGNES LOWERY AND ISAAC COPELAND
I apologize for the extraordinarily long delay in completing this post.  I have heard from several people interested in this family and I am happy to hear from readers that they are finding my site useful.   In our last post we had started our look at the grandchildren of Agnes Lowery and Isaac Copeland.  We have completed a look at the children of Mary Copeland and Samuel Cochrane.  As you may recall, Mary and Samuel did not make the journey to America with the rest of the Copeland clan. It was not until after Samuel Cochrane died that Mary and her children made the trip.  We will start this episode with a look at the descendants of Mary Copeland and Samuel Cochrane.
 
​Mary Jane Cochran (1824-1910)- Mary Jane was born in Armagh, Ireland.  After her father’s death, she and her mother and sibling joined her grandparents in Canada.   Mary Jane Cochrane married Lorenzo Raymond, who worked as a Justice of the Peace in Welland Ontario.  Mary Jane and Lorenzo had the following children;
                                                                Mary Elizabeth Raymond 6/27/1865-5/24/1955
Mary Elizabeth Raymond 6/27/1865-5/24/1955- Married Reverend Thomas Clark Street- Macklem and settled in the Toronto Ontario area.   It is unknown at this time whether they had children or not.  They remained in Canada until their respective deaths and are buried alongside Mary Jane Cochran and Lorenzo Raymond. 
                                                                Samuel D. Raymond (8/18/1856-1/1/1927)
Samuel D. Raymond (8/18/1856-1/1/1927) remained in Ontario Canada, where he married Annie M. Greenarmytage on Oct. 30/1895.  Samuel was a banker, starting off as a teller and working his way up to bank manager.  He and Annie had the following children;
John G.C. Raymond 10/9/1896-10/25/1961) John was a soldier when he met and married Constance ( Connie) Mildred Clare Teversham on April 26, 1919 in London England.  They had the following children: Diane Alexis Raymond (1920-2017- settled in Seattle Washington- arriving 4/14/1944), Patricia Cecile Raymond (1/3/1922-11/21/2002. Patricia emigrated to the Us, spending time in Boston Mass, where she met DR. William McLean Wallace.  Patricia took the name of Wallace but it is unknown if she and William married.  He appears to have had two other wives and marriage records could not be located for his marriage to Patricia.  Patricia had at least one son, born in Boston, Andrew McLean Wallace 1951-1995. There are possible three or four additional children, still living.  Patricia moved to Seattle Washington and finally settled in Cuyahoga County Ohio, where she died in 1995)   and Enid Clare Raymond (1928-1988.  Little is known of Enid at this time.  It is believed that she remained in Canada and may never have married)
Laurence Cochrane Raymond (7/9/1898-5/28/1997) Laurence worked as a clerk and, later, as a cabinet maker.  He moved briefly to California, but returned to Ontario, where he died in 1997.  Laurence married Kathleen Perry on July 8. 1925 in Woodstock Ontario.  They had four children, three still living, and Laurence Clark Raymond born in 1926-2016.
Marian Eleanor Raymond (10/8/1900-4/27/1986).  Marian married Norman Phillips Kirkham, on August 24, 1925 in Alberta, where she settled and together they had 3 children; Norma Marian Kirkham (1926-1977, worked as a stenographer.  She does not appear to have married.), Helen Jessica Kirkham (1928-2000, did not marry), and Thomas Raymond Kirkham, (1931-2012, settled in Manitoba Canada, where he married Simone Turcott. Together they had 5 children, all living at this time).  Norman worked as a hotel manager in Alberta. 
                                                                William Beardsley Raymond (1858-1945)
William Beardsley Raymond (4/20/1858-11/4/1945), William was a barrister in Toronto Ontario.  He married Alexa Mcdougal Cromar on August 3, 1909.  They had one child, Alexis Mary Barbra who died in infancy (1912-1912).  They do not appear to have other children.
 
Lorenzo Clarke Raymond (1859-1942)
 Lorenzo Clarke Raymond (10/7/1859-6/19/1942) Lorenzo was a barrister and a Quaker.  He traveled extensively but does not appear to have married. 
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 Elizabeth Cochrane (7/9/1826-12/1/1899) settled in Battle Creek, Michigan, where she met and married John Cliff.  John, an English immigrant (1/12/1829-8/1/1856-). John was a farmer After the death of John Cliff, Elizabeth, needing to raise three small children, remarried to John Wilson (1812-1/24/1898).  John was also an English immigrant and a farmer.   ( Please note the Cliff Name appears throughout the record as both Cliff and Cliffe. This variation in spelling is not uncommon during the mid to late 1800’s.) 
 
                                                                Jennifer Cliff, born 1848- . 
Jennifer Cliff, born 1848- unknown.  Jennifer was a school teacher in Mont Calm Michigan.  Jennie moved to Indiana, where she gave birth to a son, Herbert L. Jeffrey, on May 17, 1880.  Herbert is believed to be the son of Herbert L. Jeffrey Sr. but no record of this person was found.  There is no marriage record or census record of a Jennifer Jeffrey, nor is there additional records of Jennifer Cliff.  At this point it is a mystery. 
Herbert L. Jeffrey (5/17/1881-8/3/1946) Hebert was bornin in Indiana, where he remained.  He worked for the rail road and moved his way up to a conductor position.  Herbert married Carrie Wilky in Dubois Indiana, on 1/1/1901. They had one daughter, Leona D. Jeffrey, born 1903 n Dubois Indiana.  No records of Leona have been located at this time.
                                                                Catherine Cliff (1851-1871)
Catherine Cliffe (7/10/1851-10/20/1871) was born in New York State on July 10, 1851. She moved to Michigan with her family, where she remained until her death on October 20, 1871. Katie, as she was known, was a school teacher.  She died from heart disease at the age of 20 years, 3 months and 10 days old.  She never married and left no off spring.
Samuel Cliff (1853-1923),
Samuel Cliff (1853-1923) was a brick layer.  He settled in Lansing Michigan, where he met and married Ida Matilda Sheets (8/22/1860-7/19/1930) on April 6, 1881.    Samuel and Ida had 7 children, all born and raised in Michigan. 
Lilah M. Cliff (8/14/1881-7/23/1951) married Wilbert Somerville (1878-1957) on April 12, 1909.  Delbert, AKA Wilbert worked as a bricklayer in his youth, but settled down to farming once he moved to Michigan.   He and Lilah had four children; Josephine C. Somerville (12/5/1910-1/17/1968) married Leon Keyes Bennett (12/10/1896-7/2/1974).  He was a laborer.  They had one child, Norma J. Bennett born 9/1/1939.  Norma Jean Bennett married Howard B. Doyal (1935-2008) and settled in Michigan.  They had one daughter, Katherine Elizabeth Doyal born 12/7/1963 in Illinois and Died 7/17/1970 in Chicago Illinois.
Mary Mabyn Cliff (12/31/1887-8/12/1966) Clinton County Michigan.  Mary went by the name Maybyn and Maybe or just May, through out her life.  On January 30, 1916, she married Lewis S. Phillips (3/28/1885-3/28/1975) Lewis was a farmer in Michigan.  Lewis and May had three sons; Cliff W. Phillips (10/13/1917-12/5/1979) Cliff married Geraldine M. Pierce in Lansing Michigan on 10/11/1940.  It is unknown whether or not they had children as no records were discovered confirming any children. Lewis S. Phillips Jr. (10/2/1922-11/28/1944) Lewis married Erdine Miller (1/26/26-9/19/2013) on May 26, 1944, while he was serving in the US Army.  Lewis was killed in action while training in Kansas, on 11/28/1944.  They had no children. Ronald Charles Phillips (4/2/1924-2/17/2010) Married his brother’s widow, Erdine Miller Phillips, on Sept. 5, 1948.   Ronald and Erdine had two daughters; Karen Phillips married James Holiday, Suzanne Phillips married Dennis Boone.There are additional living grandchildren and great grandchildren of Erdine and Ronald still living in the DeWitt Michigan area. 
Frances M. Cliff (January 1888-2/14/1972)  One record was found suggesting Francis married a VanZant and had a daughter, Maria, but I have been unable to confirm this through additional records and the find a grave information seems to indicate Frances never married.
 
Winnefred Ida Cliff (1/3/1891-1/24/1982) was born in Michigan and settled in Indiana, where she met and married William W. Harves (6/13/1892-11/1959).  William W. Harves Sr. worked as a general laborer.   Together they had 5 children.  William Wesley Harves Jr. (10/7/1918-4/22/2004).  William was a sales man.  He settled in Indianapolis, where he married Beverly Hartley (on 4/13/1962.  They had two children; William “Hank” Harves (unknown- living) and Hope Harves (1965) married Timothy Sallee.  7/16/1993.  Ellen Harves (12/17/1918-4/2/2015) Ellen married x3.  She was divorced from her first husband, Robert Hufford (1920-1999- Robert was married x 5- Ellen being his first wife).  They had one son, Robert E. Hufford Jr. (1938- living) who married Diane and settled in Georgia.  Robert and Diane had at least one son, who died in childhood, Wesley Hufford. She married a second time in February 1952, to Roy Phillips.  Roy brought a son to the marriage, Charles Phillips, who Ellen helped raise.  Charles is married to Mary and living in Chicago. Ellen married a third time, on June 1, 1970, to Roger F. Nusbaum.  Roger brought a young son, Kurt, and four grown daughters to the marriage. Ellen adopted Kurt Nusbaum, who is now married to Debbie and living in Illinois and was a step mother to the four grown girls; Sue married Delbert Haschemeyer, Donna, married Aschenbrenner and lives in Illinois, Ronda J. Nusbaum living in Arizona and Peggy Nusbaum in Montana. Richard C. Harves(2/19/1921-12/29/2007) settled in Indiana, where he worked for 30 years as a salesman for the Curtis 1000 company.  Dick retired from there in 1982.  He served as a gunnery instructor in World War II, and Married Jenell Conrad (11/2/1923-1/27/1994).  Dick and Jenell had three daughters, Cathie, (4/20/1945-6/13/2005).  Cathie married Mr. Herrod., Carol married Mr. Paine and settled in Texas, and Chrystal Harves who settled in Arizona.  Thomas Own Harves (4/6/1923- 9/8/2013) Thomas settled in Washington state, where he married x2.   His first marriage to Kathleen ended in divorce on 9/28/1973 and resulted in three children.  Thomas married a second time on 6/25/1974 to Florence E. Mickelson. 
 
Rhoda M. Cliff (3/22/1893-12/23/1943) Rhoda married I Edward Waldon (5/14/1890-10/20/1981) in Michigan on 11/15/1915.  Edward was a farmer.  They had two children; Coralie Rhoda Waldron (6/14/1916-4/16/1991) married Ernest Richardson.  It is unknown if they had children., and Edward Waldron (1/25/19178-4/3/1996) Edward was a farmer in Michigan.  He moved his family to Texas whrer he remained until his death.  He married Gertrude Brunink (1917-1988). They had one daughter, Carol Ann Waldron, still living. Carol Ann married Gilbert Stanley Wood, a farmer born in California, settled in Texas.   
Harold S. Cliff (4/5/1907-11/1979) Harold was born in Michigan and settled in Arizona, where he married Lucille E. Lucille was bornin Ohio.  Harold was a factory worker.  It is unknown whether he and Lucille had any children.
Edna I Cliff (9/2/1905-9/1993) Edna married Isaac Buitendorp (1904-7/7/1972).  Isaac was a delivery man who had his own business.  Edna and Isaac settled in Muskegon Michigan, where they raised  6 children, all still living.  Colon H. Beutendorp (3/26/1928-7/4/2011) colon settled in Texas and married Beverly Larson (1929-) Ruth Annette Buitendorp (1930-) married Carl Henry Simple, Norma Rae Buitendorp (8/8/1930-2/8/2016) married Mack Mackenzie ( 1893-1963), Richard Allen Buitendorp (10/22/1934-9/23/2011), Samuel Isaac Buitendorp (3/28/1946-), Marion Buitendorp (1947-) married Roy Robert Commet. 
 
                                                                Agnes Cliff, (1855-1943. 
Agnes Cliff, (1855-1943) married Dennis S. Knickerbocker (1838-4/22/1892) Dennis was a farmer.  Born in Pennsylvania, he settled in Illinois, where he met and married Agnes Cliff.  Together they raised 6 children;
Clifford Earnest Knickerbocker (1874-1949) Clifford was born in Michigan but settled in Missouri, where he worked in retail sales and finally, as a coal miner.  Clifford married Sarah J. Mc Sparrin in 1897. They had one child that died before 1900. 
 
Luella Knickerbocker (1876-1976it appears that she never married.  She settled in Kansas and lived to be 100 years old
 
George Washington Knickerbocker (2/22/1879-5/21/1954) was an insurance salesman, born in Kansas, he settled in Illinois, where he married Mable Esta (9/2/1889-6/26/1941).  They had two children; Roger Knickerbocker (6/19/1916-2/1977) and Georgia R. Knickerbocker (11/2/1930-7/23/1999) Married Nicholas G. Smith in Iowa on 10/8/1959.
 
Bert Arthur Knickerbocker (4/1/1881-1971) Bert was born in Kansas and settled in Missouri, where he worked as a carpenter.  Bert eventually settled in Illinois where he married Dollie Russel in 1906. They had three children; Bertie J. Knickerbocker born around 1900, Clifford Knickerbocker born 10/26/1912-5/11/1985) Cliff worked as a roller operator.  Clifford married Katherine Pike and had two children; Cloyce Eugene Knickerbocker (7/2/1937-5/17/1996) and Louis Knickerbocker (1939).
Walter Floyd Knickerbocker (8/20/1887-9/2/1888) died 1 year 13 days old.
 
Leonard Roy Knickerbocker (1890-1893) died in childhood.
 
 
  Elizabeth and John Wilson had two sons:
                                                                John Charles/ Charles John Wilson born 1859
 John Charles/ Charles John Wilson born 1859 (he used his middle and first name interchangeable). Married Clara Bing.  No further information available at this time.
 
                                                                Freddie Wilson born 1864.   
 
 Freddie Wilson born 1864.  No information was discovered concerning Fredrick Wilson.
 

 
Agnes Cochrane (1826-1899) Agnes also settled in Michigan and married Samuel Cliff, brother to John Cliff. Note that Samuel spells his name with an additional e at the end. He added this after 1870. The original spelling was CLIFF. John was also a farmer.  He is listed in the census as an Irish Immigrant, but likely the Cliff family, like the Copeland clan, had immigrated from English held Northern Ireland.  Agnes and Samuel had the following children;
 Edward Cliffe (1857-) This researcher was unable to find definitive records regarding Edward Cliffe.
 
 Maggie Cliffe, (1859-) This researcher was unable to find definitive records regarding Maggie Cliffe.
 William Cliffe, (1860-) Was born in Canada and settled in Michigan, where he met and married Frances Swift on 7/9/1896.   William was a farmer.  He and Francis had one child, Julia (May 1897-1973).  Julia married Erwin O. Rhines (1895-1/19/1969).  Julia and Erwin had one son; Robert E. Rhines (1922-1958) Robert married Betty Eileen Dalrymaple. 
 
 Gordon Cliffe (1865-6/18/1955) Born in Canada, Gordon emigrated with his family in 1870.  Gordon worked as a butcher.  Gordon married Gertrude Snoor (1867-3/17/1899) on 6/4/1890.  They had four children; Edward James (5/17/1891-8/8/1958) Edward married Marie Kitcher on 9/15/1915.  He was divorced on 8/14/1919. They had no children. , Rudolph F, (9/1892-)3/15/1964) Married Teressa Husted.  Rudolf was an iron worker.  He and Teresa had four children; Leonard Cliffe (1912-) no additional information is available, Gertrude Helen Cliffe (1918-1978) Married Donald Milton Gutekunst (1918-1971)no additional information is available at this time., Fletcher R. Cliffe (1923-1933)Died at age 10.,  and Wayne D. Cliffe (2/7/1924-4/9/1982 )  Wayne married Lois Sellers on 2/11/1944 and divorced 9/16/1950.   Ruth K , (1/1/1894-1963)  married Allen Briggs ( 1900-).  They had one child, Allen J. Briggs Jr. (1921-).  Allen Jr married Marguerite Bowersox (1925-) no additional information available.   Helen (10/1897-6/26/2003)Helen married twice, first to Ernest Luff. They had no children, the second marriage was to Ernest  Forest Merill ( 1896-)E. Forest was a medical Dr.  The family moved frequently.  They had three children; Sylvia Merrill (7/11/1925-3/11/1976) Sylvia married Ross Banes, a career military man.   Gertrude passed away in 1899, leaving Gordon to raise the children alone.  On 9/5/1900, Gordon married a second time, to Mary Schnoor (1881-1909), half sister of Gertrude.  Gordon and Mary had Four children; Agnes Mary Cliffe (1901-1928)died in Rochester NY, Baby Cliffe (1903-1903), Marion Mary Cliffe (1905-2002)married ? Booth. No additional information is available at this time. , and Gordon J. Cliffe (1909-1909).  Mary died in childbirth in 1909. Cliff married a third and final time on June 30, 1910, to Alta Lemm (1970-1945).    After 1900, Gordon moved form working as a butcher to working as a stock saleman. 

 
Samuel Jr. Cochrane, (1834-1914), born in Ireland and immigrated with his mother around 1856, Samuel served in the military and received a pension for his services.  Samuel, like others in his family, was a farmer.  He married Lucy Phelps (born 1841 in Michigan) Samuel died of heart disease in 1914.  Samuel and Lucy had the following children;
Ernest Cochrane (10/1/1869-1/25/1914), Ernest worked as a bicycle repairman and later, as a machinist in a factory.  Ernest married Ethel F. Taggert 10/10/1906.  They do not appear to have had any children.  Ernest died in 1914.  
 
Wayne Cochrane (12/29/1877- 1959) Wayne Alexander Cochrane was a medical Dr. in the Lansing Michigan area.  He does not appear to have married.
 
Ethel M Cochrane, (1879), no definitive records were located for Ethel Cochrane.
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Alexander William Cochrane, (1835-1900)- not much is known about Alex.  He moved around the country, living in Illinois and Kansas and died in Montana.  He married Sarah Frances Short (last name unknown. ) Sarah went by the name Franny, (1851-1928), and had the following children;
 Inez Cochrane (1880-1935) was born in Indian Territory and was a school teacher, teaching in Montana.  She married John F. Hash in 1901 at Big Horn Wyoming. John worked as a stationary Engineer for the Rail Road.  John and Inez had seven children;
 Zeni Margaret Hash (12/22/1901-1/5/1976) married Ralph C Farnes  (11/18/1904-4/1992) in Billings Yellowstone, Montana on 2/2/1924.  Ralph worked as an auto mechanic in a garage.  They had two children; Ruth Zini Farnes (4/24/1928-1/20/2013) Ruth married x 3 and had a total of 8 children.  Her husbands were Thomas F. Armstrong (1/17/1923-) married on 2/8/1946, divorced 1/5/1948, on 1/14/1948 Ruth married Calvin Sjostrom (4/5/1925-10/18/1993).  We do not have the names of all of Ruth’s children as many of them are still living.  We do know Ruth and Calvin had a daughter, Barbara Diane Sjostrom on 11/28/1951.  Barbara has married x 2. Ruth and Calvin divorced after 1955.  Calvin was a truck driver.  He remarried.  Ruth married Alfred Landon Bissett (10/14/1936-1/7/2010) Alfred divorced his first wife in 1964 and married Ruth. Ruth and Alfred had one daughter, Zena Renee Bissett (3/27/1965-6/1992).  Zena married William Dean Keene.   It is unknown if they had any children.   Robert Ralph Farnes 2/10/(1931-)Robert is presumed to be still living in Montana.  He married Virginia Bailor 4/17/1950.  Robert was arrested for burglary in the first, pled guilty and was sentenced to two years in Montana State prison, entering prison on 10/2/1950.  Robert and Virginia were divorced on 5/24/1951.  Nothing more is known about Robert at this time.  If still living he would be 87 years old.
Fredrick C. Hash (1904-1124/1960) Fred married Mildred C. River (1909-) on 10/6/1926.  Mildred is the daughter of Frances Cochrane and Carson River of Illinois.  It is possible Mildred and Fred were cousins.   The couple lived for a time in Alaska, before settling in the state of Washington. Fred worked as a repair man and a clerk. They had three children; Jack Clifford Hash (8/5/1927-5/1/2008) Married Muriel.  He lived in Washington where he died.  No other information is known at this time, Virginia E. Hash (11/21/1929- ?) Married Donald H. Welcher and settled in Tacoma Washington, Barbara June Hash (7/3/1931-1/16/2014) Married Richard Dale Farnes (1928-2008) and settled in Washington. They are believed to have had three children, at least two still living, their daughter, Donna Louise Farnes (1959-1993) is deceased.
 Willard Fieldon Hash (1/29/1906-9/6/1967) was born and stayed in Montana, where he married x2, His first wife, Virginia Gretchen Saunders (5/14/1917) married 5 times, Willard was her third husband.  They were married in Billings Montana on 4/3/1944 and divorced on 5/31/1944.  He married a second time, to Lois Olive McClelland (7/21/1924-10/27/2013) in Roundup Montana on 7/17/1944. It is unknown if they had any children.
Eda Hash (1909-4/29/1995) married Fermon Lester Farnes on 9/16/1924.  Fermon, or Lester as he was generally called, was the brother of Ralph C. Farnes, who married Zeni Hash (see above).  Eda and Lester had two children; Harold Farnes (7/26/1925-1/30/2007) born in Washington, he married Annabelle Dora Kennedy and settled in Montana.  They have at least one child, Nancy Lee Farnes (1952-) married Ronald William Matheson.    Richard D. Farnes (4/12/1928-2/13/2008) married Barbara June Hash (7/3/1931-1/16/2014. Barbara is the daughter of Fred Cochrane Hash and Mildred C. River (see above)
Charles Watkins Hash (5/26/1910-2/26/1998) Charlie was born in Montana and settled in the Oregon/ Washington area.  He married Alma Heiser on 7/3/1932 at Roundup Montana.  It is believed that Charlie was a farmer or cattleman.  Little else is known about him and his family at this time.
Vernon Hash(1912-12/16/1970)  Vernon was born in Montana but settled in Oregon.  He was a welder by trade.  On 12/1/1933, Vernon married Irma Jones (2/22/1914-4/22/2007). Vernon and Irma had a least one son, Edward Allen Hash (12/19/1936-).  Edward moved from Montana to Washington state, where he married Phyllis J. Russell (1936).  Little else is known at this time.
Marvin Francis Hash (5/7/1916-3/9/1982) Marvin was a post man, delivering mail.  He settled in Billings Montana and married Georgianna B. Larssoon (1917-) on 9/17/1938.  They had at least one child, Marveen Frances Hash (6/19/1942-).  Marveen married Gary Dee Davis (1941-) on 3/5/1963 and divorced him on 6/7/1971.  She married a second time, to Edward William Kneble on 5/26/1973.  Marveen served in the US Navy. 
 
William Alexander Cochrane (2/9/ 1882-1960) was born in Kansas.  He moved to Montana with his parents and siblings where he worked as a painter, and later purchased and ran his own farm.  On 10/22/1925 he married x 2.  On 10/21/1910, William married Olive Estelle Hullar(1/10/1887-12/24/1965- born in Auburn NY). This was Olives second marriage.    Olive married 4 times and died alone, in a nursing home in Idaho, of an over dose of nebutol on 12/24/1965.  On 10/25/1922, William married Emily May Denson (11/2/1892-12/4/1978 ) and raised a family.   Emily had been married once, before she wed William, and several children that she brought to the marriage.  It is noteworthy that the children took the Cochrane name, but it is unclear if thre was ever a formal adoption of the children by William. ; Hazel Maureen Hemmerly (11/9/1918-9/21/2006) On 6/5/1935, At the tender age of 16, Hazel M. Hemmerly was married to her step uncle, Walter Greenwell Cochrane and moved to Idaho. (see below), Alice Hemmerly (1914- ) Alice married x3.  Her first marriage to James O. Lee took placed when Alice was 15 or 16 years old.  She had two children with James; Barbara J. Lee (1930-) and  Kenneth Lee (1932-) her second marriage taking place on 6/25/1936 to Clifton H. Chase. Clifton died prior to 1940 and Alice went on the marry E. J.  Howerton on 7/5/1941.   and Adeline Hemmerly (11/24/1915-9/5/2002)  married Emerson Ray Bunn on 6/5/1935.  They had at least one child, Betty Lucille Bunn (8/28/1951-living) On 9/3/1972 she married Gary John Sahly and they are believed to be living in California.  Clayton Hemmerly (12/26/1920-4/23/2015), Clayton married x2, it is unknown if he has any children.  It appears he retired to the California area. William and May had two children together; Wilma Cochrane (1924-) married James Jones on 9/3/1943.  and Wheeler John /’Jack” Cochrane (11/6/1926-) settled in Washington, where he married Ivy Rebecca Bailey (7/25/1926-) on 6/15/1952.  No additional information is available at this time.
 
Walter Greenwell Cochrane (1/24/1889-11/9/1972) Walter was a farmer. He was born in Wyoming, where he married his step niece, Hazel Maureen Hemmerly on 6/5/1935.  The family settled in Big Horn Montana. They had at least two children; Vicki Jo Cochrane ( 1/31/1954- ) Vickie married x2, Her first husband was Mr. Braten. This ended in divorce in Nov. 1972 and she married Charles Glen Walker. This was also his second marriage.  No further information is available at this time.  Gerald Cochrane (9/3/1938-8/30/2001) Born in Montana and settled in Tacoma Washington.  He married Judith llona Erck on 6/5/1958.  No other information is available at this time. 
 
(Note- the Cochrane families appear to have family “homesteads” in both Tacoma Washington and surrounding area and in Montana in the Red Lodge area.  The families move back and forth between these two states regularly.   Many members of the family are buried in the Red Lodge area of Montana.
 

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