BIO: William R. Cochrane, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, pages 296-297.
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  Cochrane, William Ross, was born on October 14, 1829, in Edinburgh, 
Scotland, and came to America in 1831, with his parents. He was 
converted at Cooperstown, N.Y., in 1856, and joined the Methodist 
Episcopal Church. For a season he attended the Cooperstown Seminary, 
and afterward taught school for several years. In his younger days he 
learned the tanner's trade. He was first licensed to preach by the 
Cooperstown Church. In 1860 he supplied the Hope and Benson charge in 
the Troy Conference; in 1861 supplied Hyde Park, at that time a part of 
Cooperstown charge, and in 1862 supplied Guilford charge a part of the 
year. In 1863 he was received into Oneida Conference on trial, and 
became a member of Wyoming Conference in 1869 by accession of 
territory.
  On December 18, 1860, he married Miss Phrocene D. McFarland, of Fly 
Creek, N.Y., who died suddenly, without warning, on May 28, 1893. On 
November 26, 1894, he married Mrs. Sarah N. Rommell, of Newark, N.J.
  His pastorates have been as follows: 1863, Mount Upton; 1864-65, 
McDonough; 1866-67, Plymouth, N.Y.; 1868, Sidney; 1869-71, Exeter; 
1875-77, Vestal; 1878-80, Jackson; 1881-83, Little Meadows; 1884-86, 
Castle Creek; 1887-91, Pleasant Mount; 1892-93, Centermoreland; 1894-
95, Stewart Memorial Church, Rendham; 1896-97, Oakland; 1898-99, Falls; 
1900-03, Fairdale, Pa.