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James W. Cochran (Lexington, Kentucky, insurance agent)

b. 1812 d. 1885

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, insurance agent. Kentucky native. Married to Theodocia S. Payne Cochran. Father of John Cochran, Nathan P. Cochran, Kate Cochran, and Mary Cochran. Merchant in Fayette County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Insurance agent in Lexington in 1860. Household owned three enslaved persons in Lexington in 1860. Notary public in Fayette County in 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 91.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 462A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 4, p. 315A.

Biographical Catalogue of the Xi Chapter of the Zeta Psi Fraternity at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1858-1897 (New York, 1897), pp. 24-25.

"James Wasson Cochran (1812-1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial 100096802, accessed December 2, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100096802.

KYR-0001-017-0062.

Citation

Cochran, James W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205373 (November 12, 2026).

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