1925 Biography - Cochran
The Cochran family was one of the first families settling here. The names found on the records are Adam, Samuel, Jesse, Moses and Andrew, who was a Commissioner of this county in 1821 and drew a salary of $82.33 for his services. There could be nothing secured in a definite line of these families. Carrol Cochran, the Grandison, Harvick family, Thomas and Milton Cochran, residents of this county are descendants of this family.
Extracted 06 Feb 2017 by Norma Hass from 1925 A History of Johnson County, Illinois, by Mrs. P. T. Chapman, page 356.