Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Cochran, Paul H. 1892 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 489 - 490
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     PAUL H. COCHRAN is one of the most successful and prominent paving and 
grading contractors of the Columbia River valley. In association with his 
brother, Thomas L. Cochran, he has done a vast amount of public work in 
Portland and vinicity, in all of which he has executed his contracts in a 
manner that has won for him an enviable reputation for reliability and 
trustworthiness. Mr. Cochran was born in Fifield, Price county, Wisconsin, in 
1892, and is a son of T. H. and Lilly (Rossman) Cochran. His father was born 
in Arostook county, Maine, in 1868, and was a son of Sandy Cochran, a native 
of Limerick, Ireland. He went to Wisconsin in about 1880 and engaged in the 
logging contracting business, in which he was successful. In 1903 he came to 
Portland and engaged in the contracting and building business. He was one of 
the founders of St. Johns and erected the old Cochran block, which is now 
called the Central building, and which at the time of its construction was the 
best building in St. Johns. He also did a large amount of grading contracting. 
He prospered in his business affairs and became prominent and influential in 
the political and business circles of his locality. His wife was born in 
Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, and was a daughter of Paul Rossman, who was a 
native of Germany and became a pioneer of Wisconsin. Mrs. Cochran still 
resides in St. Johns.

     Paul H. Cochran attended the public and high schools and had two years' 
work in Oregon Agricultural College, after which he joined his father and 
brother in the contracting business. Since their father's death, the sons have 
carried the business on, ably sustaining the prestige gained by their father 
for capable and dependable ability in their line of business. They make a 
specialty of street paving and grading, having done a large part of the 
concrete paving in Portland, and have built Fremont street and Forty-second 
street to Sandy boulevard. They have also built ten miles of concrete highway 
in Yamhill county. They employ, on an average, from seventy-five to one 
hundred men and have a complete and up-to-date equipment.

     In 1914, Mr. Cochran was united in marriage to Miss Gladys Garvin, of 
Portland, and they have a daughter, Margaret. Mr. Cochran gives his political 
support to the republican party and has shown a commendable interest in the 
affairs of his city and county, contributing by his efforts to the advancement 
of the public welfare. Cordial and affable, he enjoys a wide acquaintance and 
is held in high regard by all who know him.

     His brother, Thomas L. Cochran, was born in Iron River, Wisconsin, in 
1895, and is a graduate of the Portland high school. Since leaving school he 
has been closely identified with the contracting business and is now a partner 
of his brother Paul.  He married Miss Mary Ledford, of Portland, and they have 
a son, Thomas L., Jr.

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