York County NeArchives Biographies.....Anderson, Edna Cochran 1878 - 
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Source: Nebraskana
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Edna Cochran Anderson 

Edna Cochran Anderson, the youngest of nine children, was born on a farm near
Waco, York County, Nebraska, February 7, 1878, the daughter of John M. and
Harriett Elizabeth (Fox) Cochran. Her father, who was a farmer, died in
February, 1879. Her mother died at York, Nebraska, June 30, 1895.

Mrs. Anderson was graduated from York High School in 1895; attended the A. N.
Palmer School at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and the University of Nebraska. During Mrs.
Anderson’s career as teacher, she was busily engaged in extension work. She was
a rural teacher, 1895-98, and again 1903-04; a teacher in village schools,
1904-06, 1907-09; in the city schools of York, 1909 to 1918. During the World
War she was engaged in clerical work at Washington, D. C., after which she was
travelling instructor for the A. N. Palmer Co. Returning to York, Nebraska, in
1919, she served as principal of Willard School and conducted classes in teacher
training at York College until 1923, when she became superintendent of York
County Schools. This office she has held for three successive terms. Her
services in behalf of rural and village children has been with the same
diligence as that which marked her service in city schools.

In 1898, she married Charles E. Anderson, a farmer in York County. One daughter
was born, Marjorie, April 29, 1900. The daughter is a graduate of the University
of Nebraska, was a Nebraska teacher for six years, then becoming home
demonstration agent for Fremont County, Colorado. In April, 1931, she married
Laurie Arvid Monson, Smith Hughes instructor in agriculture, Canon City High
School, Colorado.

Mrs. Anderson is a member of the First Methodist Church at York. She was
formerly state chairman of the Rural Department of the Parent-Teacher
Association, is chairman of the Junior Red Cross at York, and a member of the
Rebekah Lodge. She is a member of the Business and Professional Women’s Club,
the Nebraska Woman’s Educational Club, the national social science honor society
of Pi Gamma Mu, and a member of the Nebraskana Society. Residence: York.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from 
Nebraskana
Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932


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