Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Cochran, Charles E. 1866 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

CHARLES E. COCHRAN.

   Charles E. Cochran is a well-known citizen of Flora, the proprietor of the
Flora Saw-mill Company, the owner of several properties in Flora and sixty-three
acres of land in Monroe township. He was born in Monroe township on September
21, 1866.

   Mr. Cochran is the son of Sanford and Catherine (Voorhees) Cochran. The
former was born in Indiana and the latter in Ohio. Sanford Cochran emigrated to
Oregon in 1884 and was engaged in farming up until the time of his death. He was
accidentally shot while hunting in the mountains. Sanford and Catherine
(Voorhees) Cochran had four sons, namely: Charles E., the subject of this
sketch; Jesse, who is a barber at Holly, Oregon, and the father of six children;
Marcellus, a druggist at Cottage Grove, Oregon; and Albert, who is in the
bicycle business at Cottage Grove, Oregon.

   Charles E. Cochran was eighteen years old when he accompanied his parents to
the state of Oregon. During his youth he worked out and gave his earnings to his
parents, and in consequence his early education was neglected. He supplemented
his meager advantages he enjoyed by home study, and is today a well-informed man
and citizen. Mr. Cochran gave his earnings to his parents until twenty-four
years old. He remained in Oregon until 1889, when he returned to Flora, Indiana.
At this time he was married to Laura Montgomery, of Carroll county, and, after
his marriage, took his wife to Oregon, where for a short time he was engaged in
the lumber business. He owned a portable saw-mill and worked up the lumber which
he bought into posts and shingles. After four years he returned to Flora,
Indiana, where for some time he was employed in the mill owned by his uncle.
Mrs. Cochran died in 1895, leaving one son, Everett. He is a graduate of the
Flora high school and the University of Illinois at Champaign. He is engaged in
the lumber business and is now employed by his uncle at Logansport, Indiana.
Everett Cochran is married but has no children.

   Charles E. Cochran was married the second time, April 30, 1903, to Elizabeth
Shock, who was born and reared in Carroll county. Mr. [sic] Cochran is the
daughter of Daniel Shock.

   Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Cochran are members of the Christian church and he is
a deacon in the church. Fraternally, he is a member of Fountain City Lodge No.
280, Knights of Pythias. During late years he has been identified in politics
with the Prohibition party. Although he is aggressive in business, personally he
is quiet and unassuming and a man who is very well liked by all of the people
who live in Flora and vicinity.


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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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