Forest Lee Cochran

COCHRAN, HAMBLIN, TERRY

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/10/2005 at 18:58:37

F. L. Cochran, a representative of agricultural interests in Grand River township, was born on the Cochran homestead, in that township, on the l0th 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 manages 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 casts 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.