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Born 1877
From History of Madison County, Iowa, and its people (1915)
F. L. COCHRAN.
F. L. Cochran, a representative of agricultural interests in Grand River township, was born on the Cochran homestead, in that township, on the loth of February, 1877, a son of Wesley and Elizabeth (Hamblin) Cochran, an account of whose lives will be found elsewhere in this work. He was reared under the parental roof, and, in addition to attending the public schools, assisted with the farm work, thus gaining valuable knowledge concerning practical methods of agriculture. After his marriage he began farming for himself upon land which his father gave him. His farm comprises two hundred and forty acres in Grand River township. He follows general farming and stock-raising and as he manager his affairs well and is industrious and progressive he is meeting with gratifying success.
Mr. Cochran married Miss Mate Ethel Terry, a native of Greene county, Iowa, and they have four children, Elizabeth, Pauline, Dorothy and Wesley
Wallace. He cases his ballot in favor of the candidates of the democratic party, as its principles coincide with his political belief. He has earned a place among the prosperous and wide-awake farmers of his township.
As printed in History of Madison County, Iowa, and its people (1915). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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